Huawei It has more and more weight in the field of tablets but it is true that where it has taken root is in the field of the mid-range and basic. Things change a lot with his latest tablet from 10 inches, which is proposed as an alternative with a great quality / price ratio even for the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, as we are going to see in this comparative : MediaPad M5 10 vs. iPad Pro 10.5.
Integrated
Starting with the exterior, the tablet from Huawei to the one Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),: in both cases we have the own finishes of the metallic housings, fingerprint readers and four stereo speakers. Many will consider a point in its favor, in fact, that it comes with a USB Type-C port. Note also the peculiarity of the design of the MediaPad M5, which apparently favors the use in portrait position, as the iPad, but it is really especially interesting to use in a landscape position and get more out of the format of your screen, with a more comfortable location of the home button and more grip space on the sides.
Dimensions
El iPad Pro 10.5 is a hard tablet to beat when it comes to comparing dimensions, as Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), you really did a great job of optimizing it in this regard (its tight front bezels are a good example of that). Huawei has boasted in the presentation, however, of having achieved a size / screen ratio even better than that of the tablets of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. We do not yet have the concrete measures of the MediaPad M5 but we will update as soon as they are available to see exactly how much difference there is between them.
Screen
As we have already commented, the screen of the MediaPad M5 it's something bigger10.8 inches against 10.5 inches), but it is not the only difference to be taken into account. For example, its resolution is also higher (2560 x 1600 against 2224 x 1668), enough to still gain in pixel density (282 PPI vs 265 PPI), and also uses a different aspect ratio (16:10, optimized for video playback, vs 4: 3, optimized for the reading). In favor of the screen of the iPad Pro 10.5In any case, you have to put its spectacular refresh rate of 120 Hz.
Performance
From what we have already seen in the past of benchmarks of the Kirin 960 (eight cores and 2,1 GHz maximum frequency), it is hard to imagine that even if Huawei has better optimized its performance for the MediaPad M5, it may surpass the iPad Pro 10.5 and A10X in this sense, but in any case it will be one of the most powerful Android tablets and it must be borne in mind that these comparisons with different operating systems are always somewhat skewed. At least the MediaPad M5 can boast, like the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, to arrive with the latest version of yours (Android Oreo y iOS 11, respectively). The two also have 4 GB of RAM.
Storage capacity
Here the distribution of points is imposed, at least if we take as a reference the standard model of both, since the iPad Pro 10.5 in that case it doubles the other in internal memory (32 GB against 64 GB). The MediaPad M5However, it has a very important advantage and that is having a card slot micro-SD, which makes running out of space on the device itself less dramatic.
Cameras
Duel at the top in the cameras section, where the two offer us much more than what most of us will need, with figures typical of smartphones, really: the MediaPad M5 leaves us a main chamber of 13 MP and another front of 8 MP, and those of iPad Pro 10.5 sound 12 and 7 MPrespectively.
Autonomy
As always, we must remember that the really interesting data is the one that the independent tests will leave us in the tests of real use, but until we have the results of the MediaPad M5, we have no choice but to settle for a first approximation through the capacity of their respective batteries, where we see that the iPad Pro 10.5 part with advantage7500 mAh against 8134 mAh). There are many factors, however, that can influence us to find a very different consumption, starting with the operating system.
MediaPad M5 10 vs iPad Pro 10.5: final balance of the comparison and price
As we said at the beginning, it has become clear that the MediaPad M5 really has very little to envy iPad Pro 10.5 when it comes to hardware and there are really very few details that could put one or the other a bit ahead in some section, such as the USB port, the micro-SD card slot, or the higher resolution in the case of the tablet Huawei or the 120 Hz display or the larger internal memory than the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. The most deciding factor for many will probably end up being personal preferences regarding the operating system.
Or the price, because one of the great assets of the MediaPad M5 versus iPad Pro 10.5 is that, although it is still a relatively expensive tablet, as is typical of the high range, it is a much more affordable option: Huawei has announced that it will be sold from $400 while the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it will cost us at least $730 (unless you use our guide to getting a cheaper iPad, which may help you save some euros). Even if we opt for the Pro model, with 64 GB, keyboard and M Pen, it will cost us 500 euros, which still gives it a lot of advantage over the apple tablet.