Huawei MediaPad M5 10 vs Apple iPad Air (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018	Sep 15, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$729

Design

Dimensions
10.19 x 6.76 x 0.29 inches 258.7 x 171.8 x 7.3 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
Weight
17.57 oz / 498.0 g	16.23 oz / 460.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Rose gold, Space gray, Silver, Green, Sky blue

Display

Size
10.8-inch, 76.10% screen-to-body	10.9-inch, 81.23% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
1600x2560px, 16:10 ratio, 280 PPI	2360x1640px, 264 PPI
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.9 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core Firestorm and Icestorm
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Apple 4-core GPU
Memory
4GB/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	iPadOS (14.x)

Battery

Type
7500 mAh, Li - Polymer	Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (PDAF, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8
Video recording
Yes Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
8 MP	7 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

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, 48
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s)	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$879

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB

Wi-Fi only

Weight	16.16 oz / 458.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$599

Memory	64GB
Features	Stylus

Wi-Fi only with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Weight	16.16 oz / 458.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$749

LTE support

Data Speed	LTE

LTE support

Memory	64GB
Features	Stylus
Data Speed	LTE

Links

Full specifications
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