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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 61 |
| 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 | -- |
| Gold and Gray | -- |
| Metal | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | -- |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 5.85 |
| 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 |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | Li - Polymer 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, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a lot better than the Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), getting a 75.5 score against 61. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 comes with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, while Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x operating system. The iPad mini (7th Gen) features a little sharper screen than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, although it has a little worse 1488 x 2266 resolution, a bit lower pixels density and a bit smaller display.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a much better storage for applications, games, photos and videos than iPad mini (7th Gen), because it has an external SD slot that supports up to 256 GB and 128 GB internal memory. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a way better hardware performance than iPad mini (7th Gen), because it has a larger number of cores.
IPad mini (7th Gen) features a much better camera than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a worse 12 megapixels resolution camera in the back, it also counts with a bigger diafragm aperture. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a superior battery life than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen).
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