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| Global Score | |
| 65.5 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 5.1 Lollipop | Android 11 |
| 2015-07-16 | 2022-01-13 |
| 8.46 x 4.88 x 0.31 inches | 9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches |
| 11.64 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Gray, Pink Gold and Silver |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 283 pixels per inch | 210 pixels per inch |
| 400 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.7 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset | Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53e, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-T628 MP4 GPU | Mali G52 MP2 GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.38 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4800mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 7040mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.64 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M2 is just a bit better than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, getting a 65.5 score against 62.6. Both devices in this comparison review have Android operating system, but Huawei MediaPad M2 has a newer 5.1 Lollipop version and Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 has Android 11 version, so it provides some additional features. The Huawei MediaPad M2 design is incredibly lighter than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, but it's thicker and was released many years before.
Huawei MediaPad M2 features an incredibly better looking display than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has a way smaller display, it also counts with a slightly better 1200 x 1920px resolution and more pixels per inch of display. The Galaxy Tab A8 counts with a much bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than Huawei MediaPad M2, and although they both have equal 32 GB internal memory, the Galaxy Tab A8 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 1 TB.
Huawei MediaPad M2 features a much powerful processing unit than Galaxy Tab A8. They have 3 GB of RAM memory and the same number of cores. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 has a little bit better camera than Huawei MediaPad M2. They have a 8 megapixels resolution back facing camera. Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 features a way better battery duration than Huawei MediaPad M2, because it has 7040mAh of battery capacity against 4800mAh.
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