The new MediaPad M5 Lite 10 It is undoubtedly one of the mid-range tablets more interesting that we have known so far, but it is possible that some of you are interested in the option of taking advantage of the low prices that the MediaPad M3 Lite 10 or that, having one of these already at home, you have doubts whether or not it is worth renovating it. We review the Main differences to help you choose.
USB Type-C port
La MediaPad M3 Lite 10 It was already probably the best tablet in design within the mid-range, with virtues typical of the high-end, such as the metal case, the fingerprint reader or the four Harman Kardon stereo speakers. Its successor maintains all these attractions and adds to them that it also arrives with USB Type-C port, a small detail that at this point begins to many sure that it begins to seem essential in smartphones and tablets of a certain level.
More powerful processor
The one that is probably the most important improvement of all, however, is the one that we find in the performance section and more specifically in the processor: the Snapdragon 435 (eight cores with a maximum frequency of 1,4 GHz) was probably one of the weakest points of the MediaPad M3 Lite 10 and it is great news that MediaPad M5 Lite 10 I have replaced it with a Kirin 659 (eight cores with a maximum frequency of 2,36 GHz).
Android Oreo
Although the difference is not as great as between a tablet with Android Nougat and another with Android Marshmallow, Android Oreo has a better performance and consumption optimization, it still leaves us a few functions that we are going to be glad to have available, such as the floating window (PiP), and with the MediaPad M5 Lite 10 we will have it now without worrying about updates (which , the truth is that it does not seem that they will reach its successor).
More battery
Although the difference is not very noticeable, it can be seen that the MediaPad M5 Lite 10 It is somewhat thicker (7,7 mm compared to 7,1 mm) and heavy (475 grams compared to 460 grams), but it has a justification, and that is that it comes with a battery of much more capacity (7500 mAh against 6600 mAh). It is not that the MediaPad M3 Lite suffer in this section, but thanks to this improvement it is possible that we will see an advance in autonomy even despite having a more powerful processor.
Price
It is important to think a little about what these improvements are worth to us, and if we care about performance especially (because we use heavy apps to work, or because we often play with the tablet) we would say that it is worth the extra investment, but it is true that the price difference is notable, because the MediaPad M5 Lite 10 is launched by the same $300 what cost the MediaPad M3 Lite 10 at the time, but this can be bought now for 220 euros, with many of its virtues (Full HD screen, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, 8 MP cameras…). If we are especially interested in the multimedia section, it is probably a good decision to simply take the opportunity to save money, for example.