Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 54.7 | 61.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Acer | Huawei |
| Android 4.2.1 | Android 4.2.2 |
| -- | 2014-02-23 |
| 8.00 x 5.40 x 0.30 inches | 8.44 x 4.75 x 0.31 inches |
| 13.40 ounces | 11.61 ounces |
| White | Gray, Purple, Red and White |
| Aluminium | Aluminium |
| $ 249.00 | $ 155.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8 inches |
| 768 x 1024 pixels | 800 x 1280 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 160 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom chipset | Hisilicon Kirin 910 chipset |
| Z2560 (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Quad-Core 1600 MHz processor |
| 1 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-450MP4 GPU |
| 8.19 | 8.37 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.72 | 4.62 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 5.94 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and GSM |
| -- | SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 4800mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 6.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Compass | Accelerometer, Compass and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M1 has an overall score of 61.5, which is much better than the Acer Iconia A1-830-1479's 54.7 score. Both tablets we are comparing here work with Android operating system, but the Huawei MediaPad M1 has a newer 4.2.2 version while Acer Iconia A1-830-1479 has Android 4.2.1 version, giving a couple nice extra features and performance improvements. Huawei MediaPad M1's body is a little bit thicker but somewhat lighter than Acer Iconia A1-830-1479.
Huawei MediaPad M1 features a bit better display than Acer Iconia A1-830-1479, and although they both have a display of the same size, the Huawei MediaPad M1 also has a quite better resolution of 1280 x 800 and a quite greater pixels number per inch of display. Huawei MediaPad M1 counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Acer Iconia A1-830-1479, and although they both have 1 GB of RAM memory, the Huawei MediaPad M1 also has more processing cores.
The Acer Iconia A1-830-1479 has a much bigger storage to install games and applications than Huawei MediaPad M1, and although they both have an external memory slot that allows a maximum of 32 GB, the Acer Iconia A1-830-1479 also has 16 GB internal memory capacity. The Huawei MediaPad M1 counts with improved battery lifetime than Acer Iconia A1-830-1479, because it has 4800mAh of battery capacity.
Acer Iconia A1-830-1479 counts with a slightly better camera than Huawei MediaPad M1. They have the same video frame rate, the same video resolution and a same resolution back facing camera.
Despite of being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, Huawei MediaPad M1 is also a lot cheaper.
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