That is the question.
iPad mini
$329
Nexus 7
$199
Now that we have already seen both devices. Which device do you think will be bag the tablet of the year and one you'd be getting before/ the holidays?
Pros and cons
Apple iPad mini Pros
35% more screen real estate than the Google Nexus 7
Just 7.2 mm thick
Apple iPad mini Cons
Lesser display
Lacks NFC
Apple Maps in iOS 6 are useless
Priced at $329 for the 16GB variant
Google Nexus 7 Pros
Better display
NFC capable
Cool design
Tegra Zone
Google Nexus 7 Cons
No 32GB variant… yet
Hardware
The Apple iPad mini uses the Apple A5 System On a Chip (SoC).
This is the same CPU / GPU combination that was used by the Apple iPad 2 and the Apple iPhone 4S. This translates into a 1 GHz dual-core Cortex A9 CPU and a PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU.
In the Android corner,
the Google Nexus 7 uses a slightly underclocked version of the Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC: a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex A9 CPU, and an Nvidia ULP GPU.
The Google Nexus 7 uses 1GB of RAM memory, while
the Apple iPad mini is said to have 512MB of RAM under the hood (Apple usually doesn’t mention RAM for its iOS devices during launch events).
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Looks like Apple team is threatened by Nexus 7's existence they are comparing it to the new iPad Mini at Apple's press release. This makes me feel, the Nexus 7 is a even better device now!
But considering I already own an iPad, I'll just wait until they lower the price or add more specs.
