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.
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.
Mediapad M5 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 |
Beautiful design and premium feel | Four quad-speakers, Dolby Atmos support |
Good System Performance & USB Type-C | Elegant design, comfortable handling |
Handy fingerprint sensor feature for kids | The optional kid’s mode |
Low-Contrast Display | Only 32GB storage |
Weird position of the logo | Sluggish Performance |
Key Specification
Mediapad M5 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 | |
Released | 2018, October | 2018, August |
Chipset | Kirin 659 | Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 |
Display | 10.1 inches | 10.5 inches |
Memory | 64GB | 32GB |
Camera | 8 MP | 8 MP |
Fingerprint Sensor Position | Front | – |
Design
Mediapad M5 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 | |
Dimensions | 243.4 x 162.2 x 7.7 mm | 260 x 161.1 x 8 mm |
Weight | 475 g | 534 g |
Screen Size | 10.1 inches | 10.5 inches |
Color | Space Gray, Champagne Gold | Black, Blue, White |
Display Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Build Material | Aluminum frame | Aluminum 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.
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 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 | |
Processor | Octa-core (4×2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) | Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Mali-T830 MP2 | Adreno 506 |
RAM | 4GB | 3GB |
Internal storage | 64GB | 32GB |
Storage expansion | Up to 256 | Up to 256 |
OS | Android 8.0 | Android 8.1 |
Mediapad M5 Lite
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
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 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 | |
Rear | 8 MP | 8 MP |
Front | 8 MP | 5 MP |
Video recording | 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps | 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps |
Multimedia
Mediapad M5 Lite | Galaxy Tab a 10.5 | |
Headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
Loudspeaker | Yes | Yes |
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.
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 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 | |
Capacity | 7500 mAh | 7300 mAh |
Type | Non-removable Li-Po | Non-removable Li-Po |
Quick Charging | Yes | Yes |
User Replaceable | No | No |
Mediapad M5 Lite
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
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 Lite | Galaxy Tab A 10.5 |
SIM | Nano-SIM | Nano-SIM |
Bluetooth | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Wifi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity, compass | Accelerometer, gyro, compass |