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| Global Score | |
| 76.3 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| HarmonyOS | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2021-07-06 | 0000-00-00 |
| 7.27 x 11.28 x 0.26 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.48 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Green, Matte Gray and Silver | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.6 inches | 11 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 240 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.3 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Kirin 9000E chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Cortex-A77, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 3130 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G78 MP22 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.81 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 8.03 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 10050mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 10.32 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 is slightly better than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), getting a global score of 76.3 against 72.3. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 comes with HarmonyOS operating system, and iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system. Although it's the best tablet in this review, the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 body is just a bit thicker and heavier than the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a bit more vivid display than Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6, because although it has a bit smaller screen and a quite lower 1640 x 2360 resolution, it also counts with a quite greater screen pixels density. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 features a much better hardware performance than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). Both of them have 8 GB of RAM and 8 cpu cores.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has as much storage to install applications and games as the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6, both of them have equal internal memory capacity. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has a little bit better camera than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), and although they both have a F1.8 aperture, the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 also has a back-facing camera with more mega-pixels.
The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has a way better battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
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