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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2018-06-12 | 2024-05-07 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | -- |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 13 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 359 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 6.8 |
| 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
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has an overall score of 75.5, which is a little bit better than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen)'s global score of 71.3. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 comes with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, and iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) works with iPadOS 15.x operating system. Huawei MediaPad M5 8's body is much lighter than the iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), but it's thicker and was released many years before.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a more vivid display than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a quite lower 1600 x 2560px resolution and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a better display density. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a very superior processing unit than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), although it has lesser RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) features a camera that is just as good as Huawei MediaPad M5 8's camera, because although the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) has a back facing camera with a worse 12 mega pixels resolution, it also counts with a bigger aperture to take better low-light photos and videos.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), and although they both have equal 128 GB internal memory, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 256 GB. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a really longer battery duration than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen).
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