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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch
3G OnlyGT-P5210
| Global Score | |
| 65.9 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.2 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2013-06-03 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.57 x 6.93 x 0.31 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 18.06 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| Brown and White | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| $ 309.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 149 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1600 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 3.00 MP + 1.30 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.38 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G) |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 40 hours talk time | -- |
| 8.16 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is much better than the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, getting a 75.5 score against 65.9. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a notably newer tablet, and it's also a little bit thinner and a lot lighter than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch. These tablets have Android OS, but the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has 8.0 Oreo version while Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch has Android 4.2 version, so it provides you some nice extra features and increased performance.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a sharper display than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a much higher resolution of 1600 x 2560 and way more pixels per screen inch. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much better memory capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 256 GB and 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a superior processing unit than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because it has a greater number of cores (and faster) and a greater amount of RAM memory. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because it has a camera with a much higher 13 mega pixels resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch features improved battery lifetime than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 33 percent larger battery size.
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