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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 8.x | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2014-10-16 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 10.19 x 6.76 x 0.29 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 17.57 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminium | Metal |
| $ 271.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 280 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7340mAh Battery | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 2 is a bit better than the Huawei MediaPad M5 10, getting a 79.3 score against 75.8. IPad Air 2 comes with iOS 8.x OS, and Huawei MediaPad M5 10 comes with Android 8.0 Oreo OS. IPad Air 2's construction is lighter and thinner than Huawei MediaPad M5 10, even though it was released 4 years before.
The Apple iPad Air 2 features a brighter display than Huawei MediaPad M5 10, although it has a little bit smaller display, a just a little lower display density and a little lower resolution of 2048 x 1536. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 features a bit better performance than iPad Air 2, because although it has a 32-bits CPU instead of 64-bits, it also counts with 7 more cores and a larger amount of RAM.
The Apple iPad Air 2 features a slightly better camera than Huawei MediaPad M5 10, although it has a smaller camera aperture which is not so good for low-light photos and video and a way less mega-pixels back facing camera. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air 2, and although they both have the same internal storage capacity, the Huawei MediaPad M5 10 also has a slot for an external memory card that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 features a little better battery duration than Apple iPad Air 2, because it has a 2% bigger battery capacity.
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