Huawei MediaPad M5 8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018	Oct 10, 2017

Design

Dimensions
8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches 212.6 x 124.8 x 7.3 mm	8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches 212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm
Weight
11.15 oz / 316.0 g	12.84 oz / 364.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Black, Gold
Phone functionality
	Yes

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 77.17% screen-to-body	8.0-inch, 70.45% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 359 PPI	1280x800px, 189 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 308
Memory
4GB/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
5100 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
	LED
Video recording
Yes Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	5 MP 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,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Other features
	Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB

LTE support

Data Speed	LTE

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