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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2018-06-12 | 2020-09-18 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Metal | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is way better than the iPad 10.2 (2020), with a 75.5 score against 62.2. Huawei MediaPad M5 8's construction is noticeably lighter and just a little thinner than the iPad 10.2 (2020), although it was released many years before. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with Android 8.0 Oreo OS, while iPad 10.2 (2020) has iPadOS 18.x OS.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much more powerful CPU than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 1 GB more RAM and more cpu cores. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with just a bit better display than iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1600 x 2560 and a better pixel amount per display inch.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much better storage capacity for applications and games than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and a slot for external memory cards that supports a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a really longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020).
The iPad 10.2 (2020) shoots a little bit better photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, although it has a tinier aperture and a much less mega-pixels back facing camera.
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