The 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 is five percent taller than the iPad mini. The iPad mini, though, is almost nine percent wider. You can chalk that up to the screens’ different aspect ratios (more on that in a minute).
Both tablets are very thin, with the Tab 3 coming in at a mere three percent thicker than the svelte iPad mini.
No worries here. Both tablets are extremely light. The iPad is slightly lighter though (by about two percent).
The iPad mini has a unified aluminum build, while the Galaxy Tab doesn’t do anything to change Samsung’s affinity for plastic.
If you’re measuring diagonally, the Tab 3 8.0 looks to have a slightly bigger screen. But those diagonal measurements are deceiving. If you look instead at screen area, you’ll find that the iPad mini’s screen is actually slightly bigger: by almost three percent.
As most of you know, iPad Mini is running on an A5-Chips.. The same goes for the Tab 3’s nondescript dual core processor. When Samsung doesn’t tell you the make of the chip, you know it isn’t pushing any boundaries. Though, to its credit, it is clocked a bit higher than the iPad mini’s A5.
But since tablets make for awkward cameras anyway, we aren’t too worried about their rear cams. Front-facing shooters might be more important on tablets, and both of these will let you video chat in HD.
On paper, this is a very small advantage for the Tab 3. Lots of factors can influence actual battery life though. But since the Tab 3 has a pretty low-res display (and no other juice-draining red flags), it’s probably a safe bet that, like the iPad mini, it’ll give you good-to-great battery life
