[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Diversion:
The Galaxy 7.7 has always been my favorite tablet in the 7" lot. I've had both the 7.7 and now the mini.

Let's get one thing straight, I am no Apple or Android fanboy, I love both for their own reasons and I have gripes which each platform so on with my review:

Battery: The Mini has real world reliable battery life, this thing will not give up.. 18+ hours usage is not hard to fathom. The 7.7 would drain before my eyes doing simple things like web browsing. . Yes i'm aware of the 12+ hour battery life Engadget got in a video rundown test. That only tells me the 7.7 is efficient at playing videos.. The moment you do any real usage besides watch a local video, its much worse (like all Android devices tend to be).

Screen: 7.7 wins here for sure, the OLED true RGB panel is beyond gorgeous.. the best i've seen yet, however i'm not saying the Mini's IPS screen is trash.. It's very good, excellent color reproduction and extremely bright. The PPI isn't as big of an issue as people make it out to be, its not Retina by any means but it's still easy to use and easy to read text.

Weight and size: Depends on if you like weight or not, I prefer lighter and thinner.. Mini is noticeably lighter and thinner. For me, the Mini wins, getting lighter and thinner is a sign of the future getting more advanced, cramming more technology in lighter/thinner packages just makes other technology improve.

Performance: I find the Mini to be much faster in just about every task I throw at it (comparing to a completely stock 7.7). Apple's A5 might be clocked lower, the ram might be 512mb.. But let's be honest here, iOS is a NATIVE OS.. It runs at native hardware levels and it shows. It's ultra smooth, fast, fluid and apps load up as fast and certain games on both platforms run better and faster on the Mini than the 7.7. Sunspider scores on the Mini are in the 1400s and the 7.7 gets by in the 1900s range. Yes, custom roms and custom kernels can get the 7.7 to achieve better scores but it sucks that we have to fix Samsung's hardware for them. You don't have to fix Apple's iOS, it already runs at the fastest it can because it's ultra optimized for this particular hardware. Android has a long ways to go to before XDA devs get to stop "fixing" Androids optimization problems. I give the devices a fair DRAW in performance once you get custom roms/kernels on the 7.7 and make it fast, which for me, was always a little annoying as it opened more room for fault in the Android system.

Reliability: I don't have to say iPad Mini, I can sum it up with iOS by far offers a reliable experience.. You know when you're battery is going to die, you expect it to work and it always does. With Android you can leave your 7.7 on the table and come back to 20% battery lost to find out Maps was running in the background doing whatever it wanted to do. You don't have these weird issues with iOS, you get to expect it to perform the way it was designed and it does. For me, Mini wins by leaps and bounds on this front.

Build quality: I'll say the Mini might have a little edge here, it seems to have higher quality physical buttons, it feels stronger as a tablet overall.. But i'll give this a fair even.

Price: Mini, you can get a 16gb LTE Mini for cheaper than a new 7.7 locally. I'm not going to entertaining factoring in online stores, it's not worth the trouble, it's easier to just compare ready to buy in store pricing.

Storage: Considering the pricing differences, I'm doing to call a draw here.. You can guy a 64gb iPad Mini for less than a new Verizon 7.7 (our only choice in the USA btw). The excitement for a SDCard slot is pretty much nullified by the ridiculous price of the 7.7.

Cameras: Mini, even if though you want to play the "Numbers game", the Mini's front facing still produces far better photos than the 7.7.. and the rear 5mp shooter on the Mini is identical to the iPhone 4S shooter.. it's a winner and produces fantastic pictures.

Bullet point balogne: Argue how the 7.7 has more bells and whistles that you never actually use, like NFC and other silly things.. In the stuff that actually matters, the Mini still does it better. I have a Galaxy S III as my phone, I don't use NFC.. and its not by choice, there's just zero opportunity for it because that piece of technology isn't adopted yet.

To the OP, GPS is in the LTE equipped iPad Mini.

So as MOST Android devices go, on paper they look like winners but its hard to beat iOS as it's a native OS, the hardware requirements are less.

If you have any questions about the Mini i'll answer the best I can.