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| Global Score | |
| 85.9 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| -- | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2019-03-18 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.80 x 6.80 x 0.24 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 16.37 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminum | Metal |
| $ 779.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.5 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 2224 x 1668 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 10.35 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 8.91 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8134mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.04 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air (2019) has an overall score of 85.9, which is better than the Huawei MediaPad M5 8's overall score of 75.5. The iPad Air (2019) body is newer and somewhat thinner than Huawei MediaPad M5 8's, but it is extremely heavier. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a little sharper display than Apple iPad Air (2019), because although it has a way smaller display, it also counts with a greater pixel count in each inch of display and a little higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px.
The iPad Air (2019) has a better performing CPU than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, and they both have the same number of cores, the iPad Air (2019) also counts with a 64 bits processing unit. The iPad Air (2019) takes much better photographs and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, although it has a smaller aperture and a back-facing camera with much less mega pixels.
The iPad Air (2019) has just a bit more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage capacity. Apple iPad Air (2019) features a way better battery life than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has an 8134mAh battery capacity instead of 5100mAh.
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