Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Mini 4 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus vs Apple iPad mini (2021)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Apple
Announced September 2015 September 2016 September 2021
Status Available - September 2015 Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - September 2021
Price Rs. 28,799 ($423.51) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 46,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Space Gray, Pink, Purple, Starlight
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 mm
(8 x 5.31 x 0.24 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm
(7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 in)
Weight 299 g (Wi-Fi) / 304 (10.55 oz (Wi-Fi) / 10.72 ) 188 g (6.63 oz) 293 g / 297 g (10.34 oz / 10.48 oz)
SIM Type - Nano SIM Nano-SIM, eSIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Cellular version only LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2) - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Stylus support (2nd gen only)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9 iOS 10 iPadOS 15
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Apple A8 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion Hexa-core, Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm)
GPU - 6 core Apple GPU (5-core)
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 32/128/256 GB 256 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Liquid Retina IPS LCD Screen
500 nits (typ)
Wide color gamut
True-tone
Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 7.9 inches 5.5 inches 8.3 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1488 x 2266 pixels (327 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.58% 67.51% 77.24%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels Dual 12 MP 12 MP
Flash No Quad-LED (dual tone) Quad-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, 1.12μm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), AF
HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps; gyro-EIS
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, Face Detection, HDR [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 12 MP, f/2.4, 122˚ (ultrawide)
HDR
1080p@25/30/60fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
USB v2.0, reversible connector v2.0, reversible connector USB Type-C 3.1, DisplayPort
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 256 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion, non-removable
Capacity 5124 mAh 2700 mAh 19.3 Wh
Stand by - Up to 384 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 21 h Up to 10 h (multimedia)