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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 73.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2025-03-04 | 2018-09-28 |
| -- | 9.58 x 6.39 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.76 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 310.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.1 inches |
| -- | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 224 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Mali T830 MP2 GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite is slightly better than the Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), with a score of 73.3 against 69.6. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite works with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, and Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with a much more powerful processor than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite has an incredibly better looking display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little bit smaller screen. The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) captures greater pictures and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, because it has a lot more mega-pixels camera in the back and a much higher (4K) video quality.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a slightly bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has just 64 GB internal memory, it also counts with a slot for SD memory cards that supports a maximum of 256 GB. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has just a little better battery duration than Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, because it has a 7606mAh battery capacity.
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