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| Global Score | |
| 59.3 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| Android 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2, 4.2.1, 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2012-06-27 | 2018-06-12 |
| 7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 11.99 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 0.55 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G) |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4325mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 300 hours standby time | -- |
| 6.24 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has an overall score of 75.5, which is way better than the Google Nexus 7's global score of 59.3. Huawei MediaPad M5 8's body is a lot newer, much thinner and just a little bit lighter than the Google Nexus 7. These devices come with Android OS (Operating System), but Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has newer 8.0 Oreo version while Google Nexus 7 has Android 5.1, counting with a couple additional features.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a bit better display than Google Nexus 7, because it has a way higher pixels density, a larger screen and a much higher 1600 x 2560 resolution. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a bit better processing unit than Google Nexus 7, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with 4 more CPU cores and 3 GB more RAM memory.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has much more storage capacity to store more apps and games than Google Nexus 7, because it has 96 GB more internal memory capacity and a slot for SD memory cards that admits up to 256 GB. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a lot better camera than Google Nexus 7. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with superior battery lifetime than Google Nexus 7, because it has 5100mAh of battery capacity.
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