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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 74.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iPadOS 14.x | HarmonyOS |
| 2020-10-16 | 2021-07-06 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 9.69 x 6.26 x 0.28 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Dark Blue and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 280 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SM8250 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 3200 MHz) processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 10.26 | 9.81 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 7250mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 1.36 | 8.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) is a bit better than the iPad Air (2020), getting a 74.8 score against 71.7. Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) counts with HarmonyOS operating system, and iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x operating system. The Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) construction has the same weight than iPad Air (2020), but it's thicker.
IPad Air (2020) has a bit more powerful processing unit than Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), because although it has an inferior number of cores, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit. IPad Air (2020) has a little sharper screen than Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), because although it has a little worse pixels density and a little worse resolution of 1640 x 2360px, it also counts with a bit larger screen.
The Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) counts with a lot bigger memory to store more apps and games than iPad Air (2020), because it has 128 GB internal storage. Apple iPad Air (2020) shoots way better photographs and videos than Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), and although they both have the same camera aperture, the same video frame rate and the same (4K) video resolution, the Apple iPad Air (2020) also has a camera in the back with way more mega-pixels.
The Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) has a much better battery duration than iPad Air (2020).
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