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

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 10, 2017	Feb 25, 2018

Design

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

Display

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

Hardware

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

Battery

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

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9	13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	Yes Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

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

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
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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