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| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | HarmonyOS |
| 2013-10-22 | 2021-07-06 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 7.27 x 11.28 x 0.26 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 21.48 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Green, Matte Gray and Silver |
| Aluminium | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 12.6 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | 240 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Kirin 9000E chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Cortex-A77, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 3130 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G78 MP22 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.81 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 8.03 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 9.52 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air has a general score of 77.9, which is slightly better than the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6's 76.3 score. Although the Apple iPad Air is a lot older and thicker than the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6, it's construction is still noticeably lighter. Apple iPad Air has iOS 8.x OS, while Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has HarmonyOS OS.
The iPad Air features a sharper display than Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6, because although it has a bit worse 1536 x 2048px resolution and a much smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch of screen. Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has a bit faster CPU than Apple iPad Air, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor and a 32-bit processing unit instead of 64-bits, it also counts with 7 GB more RAM memory and more cores.
The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 features a little bit better camera than Apple iPad Air, because it has a way larger camera aperture to take better captures and video in low-light environments, a much higher video resolution and a camera in the back with a way higher 13 mega-pixels resolution. Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 features as much memory capacity for games and applications as the iPad Air one, they have the same internal storage capacity.
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has a little better battery lifetime than iPad Air, because it has a 10050mAh battery size against 8820mAh.
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