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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 66.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 13 |
| 2018-06-12 | 2023-11-20 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 10.11 x 6.63 x 0.29 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 17.28 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Glacier Blue and Interstellar Grey |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 208 pixels per inch |
| -- | 360 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Unisoc Tiger T616 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 2000 MHz processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 7.92 | 7.04 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 8800mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is better than the Blackview OSCAL Pad 18, with a 75.5 score against 66.1. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a lighter tablet than Blackview OSCAL Pad 18, but both have the same thickness. These tablets have Android OS (operating system), but the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a newer 8.0 Oreo version while Blackview OSCAL Pad 18 has Android 13 version, providing a lot of extra features.
The Blackview OSCAL Pad 18 features a CPU that's just as good as Huawei MediaPad M5 8's processing unit, and although the Blackview OSCAL Pad 18 has 8 GB more RAM, they both have the same number of cores. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a sharper display than Blackview OSCAL Pad 18, because although it has a much smaller screen, it also counts with a better 1600 x 2560 resolution and a much better pixels count per display inch.
Blackview OSCAL Pad 18 has just a bit bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 128 GB more internal storage. Blackview OSCAL Pad 18 counts with a much longer battery life than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 73 percent bigger battery size.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 captures better videos and photos than Blackview OSCAL Pad 18. Both have a 13 mega-pixels back facing camera.
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