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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Huawei |
| Windows 10 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-08-02 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Gold and Gray |
| Metal | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.49 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is much better than the Microsoft Surface Go, having a overall score of 75.5 against 66.5. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has Android 8.0 Oreo OS, and Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS. Even when the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 and Microsoft Surface Go were released only a few months apart, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is somewhat thinner and extremely lighter.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a little bit better performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has 4 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a larger number of cores. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a more vivid screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with way more pixels per inch in the screen and a higher 1600 x 2560px resolution.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a very superior storage capacity to store more games and applications than Microsoft Surface Go, and although they both have the same internal storage, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a SD memory slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 shoots much better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a camera in the back with way more MP.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a way better battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
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