Phone Comparison - Apple iPad 3 Wi-Fi vs Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi vs Asus Memo Pad 8 ME181C

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Asus
Announced March 2012 October 2012 June 2014
Status Available - March 2012 Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - Q3 2014
Colors Black, White Black/Slate, White/Silver Black, White, Purple, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm
(9.5 x 7.31 x 0.37 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in)
211.7 x 124.9 x 8.3 mm
(8.33 x 4.92 x 0.33 in)
Weight 652 g (23 oz) 308 g (10.86 oz) -
2G Network N/A N/A No
3G Network N/A N/A No
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 iOS 6 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5X Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Quad-core 1.33 GHz, Intel Atom Z3745
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 PowerVR SGX543MP2 -
RAM N/A 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 7.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.01% 71.76% 69.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G No No No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No No Yes, with GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML (Safari) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh)
Capacity 42.5 Wh 16.3 Wh -
Stand by Up to 720 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h Up to 9 h (multimedia)