Huawei MediaPad M5 lite vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 28, 2018

Design

Dimensions
9.58 x 6.39 x 0.30 inches 243.4 x 162.2 x 7.7 mm	8.31 x 4.91 x 0.31 inches 211 x 124.7 x 8 mm
Weight
16.76 oz / 475.0 g	11.71 oz / 332.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Colors
Gold, Gray	Graphite, Silver, Navy

Display

Size
10.1-inch, 74.89% screen-to-body	8.7-inch, 81.65% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	TFT, 60Hz
Resolution
1200x1920px, 16:10 ratio, 224 PPI	1340x800px, 16:10 ratio, 179 PPI

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm)	Mediatek Helio G99 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali T830 MP2	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 3GB/32GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/128GB 8GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (14, 13)

Battery

Type
7500 mAh, Li - Polymer	5100 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus)	8 MP (Autofocus)
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	Yes
Front
8 MP	2 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2, Yes	5.3
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 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26	1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

With 128GB internal storage

Memory	128GB

Wi-Fi only

With 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/128GB

Wi-fi Only

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