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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 14 |
| 2018-06-12 | 2024-09-16 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 359 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.21 |
| 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 + 9.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a general score of 75.5, which is much better than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3's 61.1 overall score. These devices have Android OS (Operating System), but Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has the newer 8.0 Oreo version while Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has Android 14, so it gives lots of additional features and some performance improvements. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 construction is incredibly lighter than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, although it's much thicker and was released 6 years before.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a little sharper screen than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a just a bit lower pixel quantity per inch of screen, it also counts with a lot larger display and a higher resolution of 1920 x 3000 pixels. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much powerful CPU than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM, it also counts with 7 more processing cores.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a camera that is very similar to the camera in Huawei MediaPad M5 8, and although the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a larger aperture, they both have a camera in the back with a 13 megapixels resolution. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a little bit more storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a very superior battery life than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 10050mAh battery size against 5100mAh.
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