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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 77.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2018-06-12 | 2013-10-22 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Gray and White |
| Metal | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 273.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| 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 | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G) | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air is slightly better than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, having a score of 77.9 against 75.5. The Apple iPad Air design is a lot older, just a little bit thicker and noticeably heavier than Huawei MediaPad M5 8. Apple iPad Air counts with iOS 8.x OS, while Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has Android 8.0 Oreo OS.
The iPad Air has a bit sharper screen than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a much lower quantity of pixels per inch of display and a quite lower 1536 x 2048px resolution, it also counts with a larger screen. The iPad Air's CPU is just as good as the CPU in Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although the iPad Air has a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores, it also counts with an additional graphics co-processor and a 64 bits CPU.
The iPad Air's camera is just as good as the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 one, although the iPad Air has a smaller diafragm aperture which is not nice for taking photos or video in low-light environments and a much worse resolution camera. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a very superior memory capacity to install applications and games than iPad Air, and although they both have equal internal memory, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a slot for an external memory card that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
The iPad Air features a really longer battery life than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 73% greater battery capacity.
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