Top 5 Tablets to Consider Before Buying the iPad 4 [July, 2014]

iPad mini with Retina Display

For the same $399 price, you can get the iPad mini with Retina Display, Apple's current 7.9-inch tablet and a smaller version of the iPad Air.

Instead of the 9.7-inch display that the iPad 4 offer, the iPad mini with Retina comes with a smaller 7.9-inch Retina Display with a more compact design. The smaller footprint makes the iPad mini with Retina a much easier device to take on-the-go.

Like the iPad Air, the iPad mini with Retina Display comes comes with a sleek design, A7 64-bit processor, and Apple's full iOS 7 feature set. Some models also are capable of connecting to a 4G LTE network for extremely fast connections when Wi-Fi isn't available.

Rule it out before going with the iPad 4, especially since it's the same price.