Compare tablets
Apple iPad mini 2
Wi-Fi Only 16 GBA1490, A1491, A1489
Huawei MediaPad X2
32 GBGEM-702L
| Global Score | |
| 72 | 72.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 5.0 |
| 2013-10-22 | 2015-04-07 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 7.22 x 4.09 x 0.28 inches |
| 11.68 ounces | 8.78 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Gold |
| Aluminium | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 275.00 | $ 165.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 7 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 323 pixels per inch |
| -- | 450 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.5 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 2000 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-T628 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.93 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 7.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6471mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 7.92 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad X2 is slightly better than iPad mini 2, getting a 72.7 score against 72. The Huawei MediaPad X2 is a newer tablet, and it's also just a little bit thinner and noticeably lighter than iPad mini 2. Huawei MediaPad X2 comes with Android 5.0 OS, and iPad mini 2 counts with iOS 8.x OS. Huawei MediaPad X2 has a bit better looking screen than Apple iPad mini 2, although it has a bit inferior number of pixels per display inch, a little bit smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1920 x 1200px.
The Huawei MediaPad X2 counts with a lot bigger storage to install games and applications than iPad mini 2, because it has 16 GB more internal storage capacity and a slot for an external memory card that admits a maximum of 128 GB. Huawei MediaPad X2 features just a bit better processing power than Apple iPad mini 2, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, and they both have a 64-bit processing unit, the Huawei MediaPad X2 also counts with more RAM memory and 6 more processing cores.
The iPad mini 2 takes better videos and photos than Huawei MediaPad X2, although it has a camera with much less megapixels resolution and a lower 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition. The Apple iPad mini 2 has superior battery life than Huawei MediaPad X2, because it has a 6471mAh battery size.
Even being the best tablet in our comparison, Huawei MediaPad X2 is also by far the cheapest one.
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