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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2018-06-12 | -- |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | -- |
| 11.15 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | -- |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 359 pixels per inch | 223 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 6.5 |
| 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 | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 7.7 |
| 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) | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 2.4 |
| 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
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a general score of 75.5, which is much better than the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s general score of 60.6. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has Android 8.0 Oreo OS, while iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a lot better screen than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has a really smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher screen pixel density and a little higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much better storage to store more apps and games than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB and 128 GB internal memory. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much greater hardware performance than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has 4 GB less RAM memory, they both have 8 cores.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a very superior battery life than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen). Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) and Huawei MediaPad M5 8 feature incredibly similar cameras, because although the Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has a camera with a worse 12 mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture to take better low light captures.
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