Huawei MediaPad M5 10 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018	Jul 31, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
	$730

Design

Dimensions
10.19 x 6.76 x 0.29 inches 258.7 x 171.8 x 7.3 mm	9.63 x 6.28 x 0.22 inches 244.5 x 159.5 x 5.7 mm
Weight
17.57 oz / 498.0 g	14.82 oz / 420.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Notification light	Stylus
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Mountain gray, Cloud blue, Rose blush

Display

Size
10.8-inch, 76.10% screen-to-body	10.5-inch, 81.93% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, HDR
Resolution
1600x2560px, 16:10 ratio, 280 PPI	2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 288 PPI
Features
	HDR support, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Snapdragon 855 SM8150 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2840 MHz Kryo 485
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 640
Memory
4GB/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/256GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (12, 11, 10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
7500 mAh, Li - Polymer	7040 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Video recording
Yes Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	8 MP (Dual-Camera)

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,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Yes

Cellular

Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s)
SIM type
Nano SIM

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

with 128 GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$650

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB

with LTE support

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s)
SIM type	Nano SIM

Memory	64GB
Features	Stylus

LTE support

Data Speed	LTE

LTE support

Memory	64GB
Features	Stylus
Data Speed	LTE

Links

Full specifications
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 Specs	Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Specs
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