Huawei MateBook vs Apple iPad Air (2019) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 21, 2016	Mar 18, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
$1599 | €1799	$779

Design

Dimensions
10.98 x 7.64 x 0.27 inches 278.8 x 194.1 x 6.9 mm	9.8 x 6.8 x 0.24 inches 248.9 x 172.7 x 6.1 mm
Weight
22.58 oz (640.0 g)	16.37 oz (464.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Gold, Gray, Silver

Display

Size
12.0-inch, 79.23% screen-to-body	10.5-inch, 79.41% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 500 nits
Resolution
1440x2160px, 216 PPI	2224x1668px, 4:3 ratio, 265 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Intel Core M	Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm)
Processor
Dual-core 3100 MHz	Octa-core 2490 MHz Vortex and Tempest
GPU
Yes	Apple 4-core GPU
Memory
8GB (LPDDR3)/512GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/256GB 3GB/64GB
OS
Windows (10)	iPadOS (13.x)

Battery

Type
4430 mAh	8134 mAh, Li - Ion

Camera

Rear
	Single camera
Main camera
	8 MP (Autofocus, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.4
Video recording
	1080p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP	7 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.0	Lightning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync, AirDrop

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$629

Wi-Fi only with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB
Weight	16.08 oz (456.0 g)
Prices (MSRP)	$499

Wi-Fi only

Weight	16.08 oz (456.0 g)
Prices (MSRP)	$649

Links

Full specifications
Huawei MateBook Specs	Apple iPad Air (2019) Specs
PhoneArena Review
Huawei MateBook Review	Apple iPad Air (2019) Review
User Reviews
	Apple iPad Air (2019) User Reviews