What is better for college? An iPad air or an iPad mini with retina display?

I'm currently a junior in high school and I'll be graduating in the summer of 2015. My parents, well mostly dad, are planning on buying me the iPad air with 128 GB of memory. I got curious and went to look at the price and compare models and I saw that the iPad mini with retina display was the same as the iPad air, the only difference is the size. Since I saw that it was cheaper I was thinking on telling my parents to buy me that instead of the iPad air because it is more costy and my family isn't really the rich kind of people. I will be only using the iPad for school and nothing else since I have my iPod to play games on and stuff so it will only be used for purely educational purposes. Plus I've been hearing around that the iPad air is not that great and stuff because it has a bigger screen and such. Personally for me, I do not care about the screen size I just care about the price for my parents' sake because I don't like it when they have to spend a lot of money. So can you please help me decide on which to get and why it would be better than the other? Please and thank you.

iPad Air vs. Retina iPad Mini: Which tablet is right for you?
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57610252-243/ipad-air-vs-retina-ipad-mini-w hich-tablet-is-right-for-you/
Should I Get the MacBook Air or the iPad Air
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/should-i-get-the-macbook-air-or-the-new-ipad-air -good-tech-questions-196728
Unless you are going to store many thousands of high resolution photos and LOTs of movies or videos, you don't need a 128GB storage. Save some $ and get a smaller capacity.
16GB vs 32GB vs 64GB: Which new iPad storage capacity should you get?
http://www.imore.com/2012/03/08/16gb-32gb-64gb-ipad-capacity/
How much content will fit on my iPod or iPhone?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1867
How Much iPad Memory Do You Need?
http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad-Tutorials/a/How-Much-iPad-Memory-Do-You-Need.htm
You might consider getting a refurbished iPad for less than the regular retail price.
Buy a Refurbished iPad? The What, When, Why and How
http://www.maciverse.com/refurbished-ipad.html
Has new screen, back and battery, and 1-year warranty.
Refurbished iPads from Apple
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad
 Cheers, Tom

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Processor Speed
Built-in Memory
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I tested them side-by-side in Apple Store today and after the same 10 apps loaded, I didn't feel significant speed gain from iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display from my New iPad.
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Can someone who has upgraded give any feedback?

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Take it to an Apple store and ask. All they can do is say no. They may ask for a purchase receipt to make sure it's not stolen.
 Cheers, Tom

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dear apple,
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Yours sincerely,
ipad user

You're not talking to Apple by posting here.
WhatsApp is only available for iPhone. It is not up to Apple to change that, it is up to the developer of the app.

HT4858 iPad air or iPad mini with Retina display

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You could solve your problem by getting both of them.

Hi i recently buy an ipad mini 4g lte 32gb but a new ipad mini with retina display is coming i can change it for the new ipad mini in a apple store

the question is
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I'm sorry but this would be down to Apple, you'd have to ask them directly.
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Steve

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Yea. I know the answer seems pretty obvious, "Dur, get an iPad Mini with Retina Display!". But I'm worried about the prices.
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

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Hello,
I am considering to buy iPad mini with retina display 16 GB model. After searching a lot, I couldn't find the space available for the users. Can you please tell me the available memory for users (apart from the OS)?
It would also be helpful if you also post the memory available for users in iPad Air 16 GB.
Thanks in advance,
Vaibhav Sharan

You'll have approximately 13 gig and change to use after you take out the operating system.

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