Today we are going to face the new iPad mini 4 with one of the few tablets that can boast of having, like him, an elegant metal casing. We refer to the MediaPad M2 de Huawei, a device that comes to be a version of 8 inches and without function for phone calls of its "phablet" MediaPad X2 7 inch. The tablet of the Asian company is, in addition, a difficult rival to beat as well (although not as much perhaps as the MiPad with which we compared yesterday) in the section quality / price ratio. Which of the two best suits what you are looking for? We detail their Technical specifications in this comparative for you to decide.
Integrated
As we said, the MediaPad M2 It is one of the few tablets that are on an equal footing with the iPad mini 4 As far as materials are concerned, since in both cases we find a metal casing. The design of both, not osbtante, is quite different, especially in the front, since in the tablet of HuaweiIn addition to not having a physical home button, we see metal here as well. One point in favor of the tablet Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, aside from aesthetic evaluations (always subjective in the last instance) is that it has a fingerprint reader as an extra security measure.
Dimensions
The difference between the iPad mini 4 and MediaPad M2 It is not so much in size as in proportions, since that of Huawei It is one of the few tablets of 8 inches that have not adopted the more square format characteristic of those of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), (20,32x13,48 inch against 21,48x12,4 inch). The first does have a clear advantage, however, in terms of thickness (6,1 mm against 7,8 mm) and weight (299 grams against 330 grams), which is one of the points in which it has improved compared to iPad mini 3.
Screen
Despite being practically identical in size (7.9 inches against 8 inches) there are a few differences between the two screens that cannot be ignored. The resolution (2048 x 1536 against 1920 x 1200) and pixel density (PPI 324 against PPI 283), however, it is perhaps the least important, although it must be noted and the advantage of iPad mini 4. The one with the most impact for our user experience, however, is probably the format, since the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), use the 4:3 (optimized for reading) and Huawei la 16:9 (optimized for video playback).
Performance
As usual when faced with high-end Android tablets, the iPad mini 4 lags a bit behind in technical specifications in this section, both per processor (a A8 dual core to 1,5 GHz In front of a Kirin 930 eight core to 2,0 GHz) and RAM (2 GB front up 2 or 3 GB of RAM, depending on the model), but you already know that the response of Apple devices is always better than you would expect from these figures, so it will always be interesting to wait to see them face each other in a real use test.
Storage capacity
Which of the two tablets should be awarded the victory will depend in this case on our specific needs: both are sold with a minimum of 16 GB, But iPad mini 4 offers us the possibility of having a much larger internal memory if we are willing to pay for superior models (128 GB against 32 GB) while the MediaPad M2, in any of its versions, gives us the possibility of extending it externally through cards micro-SD. You have to think, yes, that in the case of the Huawei tablet the choice at this point also conditions the amount of RAM that we will have (only 3 GB for the 32 GB model).
Cameras
Virtually absolute tie between both tablets in the cameras section: both have a camera of 8 MP on the back case and the difference between their respective front cameras is minimal (1,2 MP against 2 MP). If we normally advise not to attach too much importance to this section when it comes to tablets, even more so on this occasion.
Autonomy
Although the definitive data is what the autonomy tests give us (and we are still waiting to see what stops both tablets come out of them), for now the battery capacity data gives the victory to the iPad mini 4, with 5124 mAh against 4800 mAh for MediaPad M2, something curious if we consider that the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it is much finer.
Price
As we anticipated, the tablet of Huawei It will come with some advantage in this section, but it is true that the difference is not as great as in other cases and, in fact, it invites us to give more importance to other issues: MediaPad M2 will be sold from $350, Whereas the iPad mini 4 can be purchased from $389.