Huawei MediaPad M5 8 vs Xiaomi Redmi 8 Specs Comparison

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Huawei MediaPad M5 8 Xiaomi Redmi 8
Released · Jun 12, 2018
Released · Oct 12, 2019
8.4-inch · 2560x1600px
6.2-inch · 1520x720px
Single camera
Dual camera
4GB · 128GB
3GB · 32GB
5100 mAh
5000 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018 Oct 09, 2019

Design

Dimensions
8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches
212.6 x 124.8 x 7.3 mm
6.16 x 2.97 x 0.37 inches
156.5 x 75.4 x 9.4 mm
Weight
11.15 oz / 316.0 g 6.63 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal Back: Plastic
Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray Onyx Black, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 77.17% screen-to-body 6.2-inch, 81.81% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD, 60Hz
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 359 PPI 1520x720px, 19:9 ratio, 270 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) Snapdragon 439 SDM439 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
1950 MHz
Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8 Adreno 505
Memory
4GB/128GB
4GB/32GB
4GB/64GB
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB (eMMC 5.1)
4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo) Android (10)

Battery

Type
5100 mAh 5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 18.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
LED
Video recording
Yes
Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps), 720p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP 8 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
b,g,n
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage
Memory 64GB
Comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage.
Memory 4GB/64GB
with 32 GB storage
Memory 32GB
LTE support
Data Speed LTE
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