Huawei MediaPad M3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 01, 2016	Dec 15, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
€449

Design

Dimensions
8.48 x 4.89 x 0.29 inches 215.5 x 124.2 x 7.3 mm	9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches 246.8 x 161.9 x 6.9 mm
Weight
10.93 oz (310.0 g)	17.92 oz (508.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Gray, Silver, Pink Gold

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 76.48% screen-to-body	10.5-inch, 76.09% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	TFT, 60Hz
Resolution
2560x1600px, 359 PPI	1920x1080px, 16:10 ratio, 210 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 950	Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A75 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Mali G52 MP2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB	3GB/32GB 4GB/64GB 4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
5100 mAh, Li - Polymer	7040 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus)	8 MP (Autofocus)
Video recording
Yes	Yes
Front
8 MP	5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
Yes	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 19, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM

Phone Features

Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Prices (MSRP)	€399

With LTE

Data Speed	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	€399

With 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	€349

With 4GB RAM and 128GB internal storage

Memory	4GB/128GB

Links

Full specifications
Huawei MediaPad M3 Specs	Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 Specs
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