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| Global Score | |
| 73.3 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2018-09-28 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.58 x 6.39 x 0.30 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.76 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| $ 310.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 11 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 224 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali T830 MP2 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.36 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.78 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.48 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2, EDR | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite has a general score of 73.3, which is a bit better than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s global score of 72.3. Even being the best in this review, the Huawei MediaPad M5 lite body is just a little heavier and extremely thicker than the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite comes with Android 8.0 Oreo OS, while iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has iPadOS 15.x OS.
Huawei MediaPad M5 lite has a much more powerful processing unit than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a bit better looking screen than Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, because it has a quite larger screen, a just a bit more pixels per inch in the screen and a better resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels.
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) takes a bit better pictures and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, because it has a much better resolution back camera. Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a little bit more memory for applications and games than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has just 64 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a SD memory slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB.
Huawei MediaPad M5 lite has a much longer battery performance than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
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