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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | |
| Windows RT | Android 14 |
| 2012-06-18 | 2024-09-16 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| -- | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 123.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| -- | OLED |
| 148 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 8.64 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 4.29 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 is a bit better than Microsoft Surface RT, getting a 61.1 score against 58.4. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with Android 14 OS, while Microsoft Surface RT works with Windows RT OS. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 construction is way newer, lighter and notably thinner than Microsoft Surface RT.
Microsoft Surface RT counts with a much greater hardware performance than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an additional graphics processor and a larger number of faster cores. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a way better looking display than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a lot higher 1920 x 3000 resolution, a bigger display and a lot higher pixels number per display inch.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with much more memory capacity to install games and applications than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 takes way better photos and videos than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a back facing camera with a way better 13 mega-pixels resolution.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a much better battery performance than Microsoft Surface RT.
Although Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 is a better device, it costs a lot more money than the Microsoft Surface RT, and it doesn't have such a good quality/price relation as the Microsoft Surface RT. If you prefer to save some dollars, you can buy the Microsoft Surface RT, and give up a couple features, but you'll get the most with your budget.
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