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| Global Score | |
| 73.3 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Microsoft |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Windows 10 |
| 2018-09-28 | 2018-08-02 |
| 9.58 x 6.39 x 0.30 inches | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 16.76 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 310.00 | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 10 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 224 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali T830 MP2 GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 9.36 | 8.46 |
| 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 | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2, EDR | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite has an overall score of 73.3, which is better than Microsoft Surface Go's score of 66.5. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite is a just a bit lighter and just a little bit thinner portable tablet than the Microsoft Surface Go, although both were released only a couple of months apart. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite comes with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, while Microsoft Surface Go counts with Windows 10 operating system.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a little sharper display than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a little bit higher 1920 x 1200 resolution, a little bigger screen and a just a little more pixels per screen inch. Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with a greater performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has 4 GB less RAM, it also counts with a higher number of cores.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite takes better photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface Go. Both of them have a 8 megapixels resolution back camera, the same video frame rate and the same (Full HD) video resolution. Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with slightly more storage to store more apps and games than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has only 64 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external memory slot that holds up to 256 GB.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a really longer battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
Huawei MediaPad M5 lite not only is the best tablets between the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other tablets, which makes this tablet an obvious call.
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