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today's video is brought to you by audible hey guys johnathan your TL d hope you guys are doing better than the bulls if you are a Bulls fan I feel your pain if not go easy on me because the rose news is so so sad anyways I am here with a much requested comparison on the brand new iPad air versus the iPad Mini with Retina display because now the gap between the two is smaller than ever from the pricing to the hardware to the performance so if you are up in the air between the two this video will hopefully help ease your decision now if you happen to miss my comparison of the first generation versus the second generation iPad Mini I'll have an annotated up here and also linked right below that thumbs up button just in case you missed it that video was more based off speed test and performance because the gap between those two were pretty significant these two on the other hand the iPad air and iPad Mini with Retina Display the gap as far as performance goes is much much smaller so this is really going to come down to everyday usage and how it actually fits into your lifestyle so to kick things off the iPad Mini with Retina display starts out at 399 lets them get you an a7 processor and a 7.9 inch display with a resolution of 2048 by 1536 400 bucks more the iPad air will get you the same a 7 processor and they both do feature the m7 coprocessor for motion processing you're going to get these same 2048 by 1536 resolution but you're going to jump up to a 9 point 7 inch display as opposed to the 7.9 inch display on the iPad Mini apart from that they're the same cameras Wi-Fi connections battery life so you can see there are a lot of similarities so aside from the obvious form factor differences there are a couple variances that I want to point out starting with the processor even though they both feature these same exact a7 processor the iPad air is clocked slightly higher at around 1.4 gigahertz whereas the iPad Mini is clocked right around 1.3 guards now as far as how that translates into actual performance if you just look solely at benchmarks and Geekbench here for example the iPad air of course does score higher than the iPad Mini now as far as how those numbers equate into actual real-world performance I would say 99% of the people out there wouldn't tell the difference between the two as far as gaming or snappiness they are both blazing fast and to me there's not enough there to solely base your buying decision off benchmarks or a slightly higher clock speed they both perform really really well now the next big difference is the actual display quality not the size the actual quality there have been reports that the actual color accuracy on the iPad Mini is subpar compared to the iPad air I have used both in hand and I will say it is noticeable but again it's one of those things where the majority the people out there won't notice difference between the two I will say I am a little disappointed that the quality isn't up to the iPad air standards but as far as how I use my iPad it's more for media consumption as opposed to creation so I don't need a super super accurate display I'm really going to rely on my computer for those needs so with that in mind if you do want to use your iPad more for creation and photo editing and things like that you need the accuracy you might want to consider the iPad air now aside from those two major points for me it really comes down to Portability and how you plan on using it in your life for me before the iPad Mini I didn't really use the iPad that much because if you put a laptop or an iPad in front of me I would always lean towards the laptop because I can do more I'm gonna be on Final Cut editing working being more productive in my eyes not to say that you can't create an iPad but before the iPad Mini like I said I would always choose a laptop so for me why I prefer the iPad Mini is definitely the form factor it's more of a complementary piece of tech now I can use it alongside my laptop and not really feel like I have to choose I can consume mediate watch Netflix play games because I do enjoy that form factor for playing games and the iPad Mini it's easier to throw on my bag with all my camera gear it just fits a lot better now I will say because the iPad air is thinner and lighter the difference between those two as far as weight goes is pretty small the iPad air weighs just one pound whereas the iPad Mini is just about seven tenths of a pound so there's not a huge gap there and that made it a lot harder of a choice that I initially thought it would be so watching movies playing games with the iPad air was a lot more enjoyable than it ever has been before I can watch an hour-long show off iTunes on the iPad air and it wouldn't feel like my arm was straining so there was a lot of good but ultimately just wasn't as portable as the iPad Mini was for me so that's kind of my thoughts on who I think the iPad Mini is for as far as who I think the iPad air is for if you're going to use it as your main computing device and you really don't plan on using a laptop then obviously go for the bigger screen it's a great complementary item to a desktop so if you don't plan on using a laptop or anything in between then the iPad air makes a lot of sense another example that comes to mind will be using the iPad in the kitchen I think the iPad air would make it much more enjoyable peace in your kitchen having to see recipes on a bigger display and things like that so if you really don't need it so much for Portability and you like the idea of a bigger screen again the iPad air is probably going to be a better choice for you again it really comes down to how you're going to use these in your lives you're not getting any extra screen resolution on either people are saying is it a big difference between the two because the iPad Mini is more dense because there's more pixels and a smaller form factor and to me it's not really a huge difference they both look fantastic it's not like one is better than the other again the iPad air does have a better color accuracy but as far as actual sharpness they are both stellar so hopefully you guys enjoyed this video hopefully it helped ease your decision between the two if you guys enjoyed this style of video and thought it fit better as opposed to more of a benchmarking type video definitely know by leaving a thumbs up it is much appreciated and of course in return you get a virtual hot Bob at Show face now before I hop out of here I wanna give a huge shout-out to audible calm for making this video possible they thought highly enough of the channel and of course the audience to reach out to us and it makes a huge difference in helping us bring this awesome content to you guys if you guys weren't we're audible.com is a leading audiobook provider with more than 150,000 downloadable titles ranging from all types of genres now it's funny as I had actually bought these Steve Jobs biography when it came out way back 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