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| Global Score | |
| 54.5 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Huawei |
| Android 4.0.3 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2012-07-25 | 2018-06-12 |
| 7.60 x 4.72 x 0.43 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 13.05 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1024 x 600 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 170 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| -- | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A8 (Single-Core 1400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 7.83 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 8 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.62 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 3.20 MP + 0.30 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 5.5 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G) |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 3.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4100mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has an overall score of 75.5, which is a lot better than the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite's 54.5 general score. These tablets come with Android operating system, but the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a more recent 8.0 Oreo version and Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite has Android 4.0.3 version. Huawei MediaPad M5 8's design is noticeably newer, somewhat lighter and incredibly thinner than Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a faster processor than Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite, because it has more RAM and a higher number of cores (and they are faster). Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a sharper screen than Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite, because it has a much better 1600 x 2560px resolution, a bigger display and a much higher pixels count per inch of screen.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a lot bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite, because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity and a SD extension slot that supports up to 256 GB. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 captures much better photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite, because it has a camera in the back with lot more mega pixels.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has better battery performance than Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite, because it has a 24% bigger battery size.
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