Huawei MediaPad M5 8 vs Apple iPad Pro 10.5-inch Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018	Jun 05, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
	$1079

Design

Dimensions
8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches 212.6 x 124.8 x 7.3 mm	9.87 x 6.85 x 0.24 inches 250.6 x 174.1 x 6.1 mm
Weight
11.15 oz / 316.0 g	16.83 oz / 477.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
	Right: Volume control
Colors
Gold, Gray	Gold, Gray, Silver, Pink

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 77.17% screen-to-body	10.5-inch, 78.27% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 600 nits
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 359 PPI	2224x1668px, 4:3 ratio, 265 PPI
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	3 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Apple A10X Fusion APL1071 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core 2380 MHz Hurricane and Zephy
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Apple 12-core GPU
Memory
4GB/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/512GB 4GB/64GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	iOS (13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x)

Battery

Type
5100 mAh	8134 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, Autofocus, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
	Quad LED
Video recording
Yes Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (240 fps) OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP	7 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.2
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 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Lightning
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	NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync, AirDrop

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Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	TV-out
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$879

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$779

LTE support

Data Speed	LTE

Weight	16.54 oz / 469.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$949

Memory	256GB
Weight	16.54 oz / 469.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$749

Memory	64GB
Weight	16.54 oz / 469.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$649