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| Global Score | |
| 63.4 | 73.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Huawei |
| Windows RT 8.1 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2013-09-23 | 2018-09-28 |
| 10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 inches | 9.58 x 6.39 x 0.30 inches |
| 23.84 ounces | 16.76 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 630.00 | $ 310.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 208 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1700 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali T830 MP2 GPU |
| 8.55 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.50 MP | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.9 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 360 hours standby time | -- |
| 1.36 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite is better than the Microsoft Surface 2, getting a 73.3 score against 63.4. Huawei MediaPad M5 lite is a extremely newer tablet device, and it is also thinner and much lighter than the Microsoft Surface 2. Huawei MediaPad M5 lite comes with Android 8.0 Oreo OS, and Microsoft Surface 2 works with Windows RT 8.1 OS.
The Microsoft Surface 2 features a bit more vivid display than Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, because although it has a quite worse screen density and a bit lower resolution of 1080 x 1920px, it also counts with a little bit bigger screen. Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with much more storage for apps and games than Microsoft Surface 2. Both have exactly the same internal memory capacity.
Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a bit faster processing unit than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has more CPU cores and a greater amount of RAM. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with a really longer battery performance than Microsoft Surface 2. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a much better camera than Microsoft Surface 2, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video quality and the same video frame rates, the Huawei MediaPad M5 lite also has a back camera with a much better resolution.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite not only is the best devices in this comparison, but it's also a bargain compared to others.
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