Throughout the past year the Huawei tablets They managed to cut the gap quite strikingly with respect to the leaders of the sector, thanks mainly to mid-range tablets, but for the 2018 They are presented as very complicated rivals also for the high-end ones: we review the strengths and weaknesses of the new MediaPad M5 10 vs. its rivals more important.
MediaPad M5 10 vs. iPad Pro 10.5
One might think that a duel between a tablet with an official price of more than 700 euros (Although you can save a few euros with the help of our guide to buy iPad at the best price) and another that has started to be sold from only $400 It should be very uneven, but it is not as uneven as it might seem. We recently saw by performance and autonomy tests of the MediaPad M5 10 that the Apple tablet continues to win in both sections (it has a lot of advantage especially in the first one) and still has a few interesting extras, such as the 120 Hz screen, but the tablet of Huawei It has left good sensations in those sections, and it does not have much to envy in the multimedia section (Quad HD screen, four Harman Kardon stereo speakers, 13 and 8 MP cameras) or the design section.
The MediaPad M5 10 vs. the Galaxy Tab S3
Although the iPad Pro 10.5 remains the champion on some key points, in a sense the Galaxy Tab S3 is a more complicated rival for the MediaPad M5 10, more than anything because the price difference is much smaller, since lately the tablet of Samsung is found with some ease by $550 or even less, and it must be remembered that the S Pen comes included. You have to think that the version with the M Pen (of which we have already seen a short video demonstration) is going to cost us 500 euros. In terms of performance, you also have to do a distribution of points (the first one wins in CPU, the second in graphic processing) and in autonomy they are quite close. The tablet of Huawei It has some points in its favor, yes, like arriving with Android Oreo, but its rival, on the other hand, is still the champion in image quality.
MediaPad M5 10 vs. iPad 9.7
If compared to the best tablets of the moment the MediaPad M5 10 It shines for offering us great features with a lower price (much lower, if we compare with the iPad Pro 10.5), it will not be a less dangerous rival, logically, for the most successful tablets in its price range. Starting with the iPad 9.7, we find a situation similar to when we compare it with its older brother, only in this case the advantage of the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in performance it is much lower (for autonomy we do not yet have comparable data) and the superiority in the multimedia section of the Huawei it is much clearer. What can play in favor of the apple tablet is that, surprisingly, it may be the most affordable option, since lately it is being able to be found for up to under 350 euros.
The MediaPad M5 10 vs. the Galaxy Tab S2
La Galaxy Tab S2 is another high-end tablet that moves in the price range of the MediaPad M5 10 And that should not be immediately ruled out due to the fact that it is somewhat older, although it is true that it is perhaps the one that can least stand up to it, because it is true that the time that has passed since its launch is quite noticeable in the performance section and we would even say that in the design one (there is no USB type C port and it still belongs to the era of plastic Samsung). Even so, it must be taken into account that it is also a little cheaper (about 350 euros) and that its screen already had many of the virtues of the one that the Galaxy Tab S3 looks like. If we are looking for a thin and light tablet, in addition, it is something in which there is no one that can surpass it, without losing sight, of course, that it achieves it at the cost of certain sacrifices when it comes to the battery.
The MediaPad M5 10 vs. mid-range Windows tablets
In addition to that Pro version that comes with the M Pen included, Huawei clearly wanted to present to the MediaPad M5 10 as a tablet that we can also trust to work, as everything that has been shown to us together with the official keyboard. It's probably more in an attempt to compete against the iPad Pro 10.5 than against the Windows tablets, but it is true that many may also consider it an interesting alternative to these and it moves in the price range of the mid-range ones. As usually happens in these cases, it is true that the latter are somewhat limited to move Windows 10 with solvency, but it is also true that they are more prepared for the productivity, and not only by operating system, but by basic issues such as the number of accessible ports. On the other hand, they lag far behind in the multimedia section, so we should assess how important each use is to us.
The MediaPad M5 10 vs. Huawei's other Android tablets
Finally, we are going to encourage you to take a look at our MediaPad guide 2018 In case you are not sure if the newcomer is the one that best suits your needs, or if you could really be satisfied with any of the others Huawei Android tablets, which involve a much lower investment. The choice should not be difficult because in most cases the difference in price and technical specifications is quite large (except between the last 8-inch and its predecessor, where it is much more a matter of small improvements), but you can see for yourself. themselves.