Huawei MediaPad M5 8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ Specs Comparison

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Huawei MediaPad M5 8 Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+
Released · Jun 12, 2018
Released · Oct 17, 2023
8.4-inch · 2560x1600px
11.0-inch · 1920x1200px
Single camera
Single camera
4GB · 128GB
4GB · 64GB
5100 mAh
7040 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018

Design

Dimensions
8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches
212.6 x 124.8 x 7.3 mm
10.12 x 6.64 x 0.27 inches
257.1 x 168.7 x 6.9 mm
Weight
11.15 oz (316.0 g) 17.35 oz (492.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Colors
Gold, Gray Graphite, Silver, Navy

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 77.17% screen-to-body 11.0-inch, 80.93% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD TFT, 90Hz
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 359 PPI 1920x1200px, 206 PPI

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) Snapdragon 695 5G SM6375 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
2x2.2GHz Kryo 660 Gold
6x1.8GHz Kryo 660 Silve
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8 Adreno 619
Memory
4GB/128GB
4GB/32GB
4GB/64GB
4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo) Android (14, 13)

Battery

Type
5100 mAh 7040 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
8 MP
Video recording
Yes
Video calling, Video sharing
Yes
Front
8 MP 5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 5.1
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 Direct
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

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 Wireless screen share

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage
Memory 64GB
with 32 GB storage
Memory 32GB
LTE support
Data Speed LTE
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