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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2018-06-12 | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 11 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is slightly better than the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), with a 75.5 score against 72.3. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a thicker but much lighter portable tablet than the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, while iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a little sharper screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a really smaller display, it also counts with a greater count of pixels per inch of display and a slightly better resolution of 1600 x 2560 pixels. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a very superior processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has less RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much better storage capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a slot for an external memory card that holds a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 and the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) feature extremely similar cameras, because although the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a lesser mega-pixels resolution camera, it also counts with a larger aperture to capture better low-light images and videos.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much better battery lifetime than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
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