Compare: Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5

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The Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite is a budget-friendly $300 tablet included with Stylus. The Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite build consists of a metal unibody design with curved glass edges to help make it feel more comfortable in the hands. There’s no curve to display but the glass on the front of the display is curved. Most tablets don’t have a very high structural intensity because of their large thin profile.

Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite

Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite Rear

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 is available at a time when tablets have lost a lot of value. This device worth the premium price you pay for it and the fact that it’s a tablet. The new Galaxy Tab A 10.5-inch tablet and comes with a plastic back. Samsung has to include a metallic back. iPad 9.7 also falls under the same price bracket but it has a solid build with a premium metallic bag.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 Front

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 Rear

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
Beautiful design and premium feelFour quad-speakers, Dolby Atmos support
Good System Performance & USB Type-CElegant design, comfortable handling
Handy fingerprint sensor feature for kidsThe optional kid’s mode
Low-Contrast DisplayOnly 32GB storage
Weird position of the logoSluggish Performance

Key Specification

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
Released2018, October2018, August
ChipsetKirin 659Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450
Display10.1 inches10.5 inches
Memory64GB 32GB 
Camera8 MP8 MP
Fingerprint Sensor PositionFront

Design

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
Dimensions243.4 x 162.2 x 7.7 mm260 x 161.1 x 8 mm
Weight475 g534 g
Screen Size10.1 inches10.5 inches
ColorSpace Gray, Champagne GoldBlack, Blue, White
Display TypeIPS LCDIPS LCD
Build MaterialAluminum frameAluminum frame

Mediapad M5 Lite

Display it measures in at 10.1-inches and it features an IPS LCD display panel with 1920 by 1200 resolution and that only translates to a 224 pixel per inch index that’s about a hundred PPI is less than optimal and a couple of 100 PPI is less than the premium density we see in mini phones and ultra-high-end tablets. The display does get fairly bright and it has decent viewing angles and colors but you can notice the individual pixels and a lack of clarity when compared to your phone.

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Galaxy Tab A 10.5

The tablet comes with a 10.5-inch IPS LCD display. The tablet features full HD 1200 by 1920 pixels resolution in 16:10 aspect ratio is ample as the videos at crisp and vibrant and the colors really pop out but as a manufacturer of Super AMOLED displays Samsung has included an IPS LCD panel which is quite strange.

Performance

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
ProcessorOcta-core (4×2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
GPUMali-T830 MP2Adreno 506
RAM4GB 3GB
Internal storage64GB 32GB 
Storage expansionUp to 256Up to 256
OSAndroid 8.0Android 8.1

Mediapad M5 Lite

Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite RAM

Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite Benchmark

This tablet is a Kirin 659 Octa-core processor with either 3 or 4 gigabytes of RAM just depending on which configuration you select the 32 or 64-gigabyte storage model. There’s plenty of power to help keep this tablet running smooth, for the most part, Apps seem to open up pretty quickly and navigating the tablet as a whole is pretty seamless. The skin is minimal it seems to make the tablet feel a bit outdated the animations just are noticeably more choppy than stock Android or other skins.

Galaxy Tab A 10.5

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 RAM

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 Benchmark

The Snapdragon 450 chipset with 3GB of RAM. The performance is a tad bit slower and the App openings take a little bit of time when it comes to storage even budget smartphones are providing 64 GB of memory the Tablet A 10.5 only offers you 32 GB the memory is expandable.

Camera

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
Rear8 MP8 MP
Front8 MP5 MP
Video recording1080p@30fps
1080p@30fps
1080p@30fps
1080p@30fps

Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 10 Camera Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 10 Front camera

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 Camera Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 front camera

Multimedia

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab a 10.5
Headphone jackYesYes
LoudspeakerYesYes
Audio Features

Mediapad M5 Lite

M5 Lite comes with Quad stereo speakers tuned by Harman Kardon and they sound great they get very loud and the bass is robust enough to give the sound the depth of a small Bluetooth speaker.

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Galaxy Tab A 10.5

There are Quad speakers on this tablet 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom and these speakers give off stereo audio of top quality. Watching movies on this device and listening to some bass-heavy songs is quite good.

Battery Life

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
Capacity7500 mAh7300 mAh
TypeNon-removable Li-PoNon-removable Li-Po
Quick ChargingYesYes
User ReplaceableNoNo

Mediapad M5 Lite

Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite Battery life

The battery inside is a pretty large 7500 mAh battery with 18-watt fast charging support so even if you manage to kill this thing in one day the fast-charging support will come in handy to help you top it off in only a couple hours.

Galaxy Tab A 10.5

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 battery

The tablet shines is in the battery department the battery lasted for more than 2 days on normal usage and if you happen to watch a lot of movies or videos it will give you around 10 hours of time on top of that you get a Type-C port that is embedded with fast charging which is a good step.

Connectivity

Mediapad M5 LiteGalaxy Tab A 10.5
SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetooth4.24.2
WifiWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/acWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
SensorsAccelerometer, proximity, compassAccelerometer, gyro, compass