Huawei MediaPad M5 10 Specifications, Comparisons & More

Last updated on

15/08/2018

Published on

March 11, 2018

The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is a new high-end tablet with a metal body, fast processor, and a high-resolution 10.8-inch screen. It is one of the first tablets to ship with Android 8.0 Oreo. Its highlights are a great build quality and features like a fingerprint reader. Huawei is offering an optional keyboard cover and a build in desktop mode for better productivity. Here is everything you need to know about the Huawei MediaPad M5 10.8.

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Highlights

Full metal body
High-resolution 10.8-inch screen
Fast Kirin 960s octa-core processor
4GB RAM & up to 128GB storage
Fingerprint reader
Optional keyboard and LTE

Huawei MediaPad M5 10: The Basics

Huawei MediaPad M5 10 with keyboard

The Huawei MediaPad M5 10.8 offers a full metal body and feels very high-end. On the top and bottom, we get two soundbars with two speakers each for better audio quality. There are a USB Type C port and a microSD card slot. You can connect headphones using an included Type C adapter only. With the LTE 4G version, you get a nano-SIM slot as well.

As you might have guessed, the screen has a diameter of 10.8 inches. It is an IPS panel with a very high resolution of 2560 x 1600 and a pixel density of 280ppi. While the Pro version does support active pen input, the standard MediaPad M5 10.8 does not.

Unlike the M5 Pro and M5 8.4, the standard 10.8-inch tablet features a HiSilicon Kirin 960s processor. It is an octa-core chip with four 2.1GHz and four 1.8GHz cores. The Kirin 960 from its siblings offers a little higher frequency of up to 2.4GHz. In addition to that, we get 4GB of RAM and 32GB, 64GB or 128GB of internal storage.

Together with the other versions of the MediaPad M5 lineup, it is one of the first tablets to ship with Android 8.0 Oreo. On top runs Huawei’s EMUI which customizes the interface a lot. It is very similar to previous versions though. There is a new desktop mode that transforms Android into a productivity-focused operating system similar to Windows 10 with a taskbar, start menu and windowed apps.

Full Specifications

Tablet	Huawei MediaPad M5 10.8
Operating System	Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI
Display	10.8-inch IPS with 2560 x 1600
Processor	HiSilicon Kirin 960s octa-core
Storage	32GB, 64GB, 128GB
Expandable	microSD card slot
RAM	4GB
Rear Camera	13-megapixel
Front Camera	8-megapixel
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n,ac, Bluetooth 4.2, optional LTE and GPS
Charging	USB Type C
Battery	7500mAh
Security	fingerprint reader
Dimensions	258.7 x 171 x 7,3 mm
Weight	498g

Comparisons

The main competitor to the Huawei MediaPad M5 10.8 is the similar priced Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. While the processor is not as fast, the Tab S3 features a very pretty Super AMOLED screen and active pen input including their S-Pen out of the box.

If you are looking for something cheaper, you can check out the Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10. However, it is not as powerful as the MediaPad M5. Thanks to its nice screen and good speakers it can be a great alternative if you’re looking for an affordable entertainment tablet.

Another interesting alternative is the Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 10 which was released in August 2018. It, again, offers a similar design but less powerful hardware. But it is a bit cheaper.

Availability & Price

The Huawei MediaPad M5 10.8 is available since March 2018. Prices start at 399 Euros and that should be similar in US Dollars. If you want more storage or LTE you usually have to pay around 50 Euros more. Huawei is going to release their tablet worldwide including most European and Asian countries, as well as in the United States and Canada.

Huawei MediaPad M5 10

Read now: Our Huawei MediaPad M5 10 Review

The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is an almost perfect Android tablet. It features a great build quality, an outstanding performance, good speakers, and features like a fingerprint scanner. In addition to that, the battery life is good and we get recent Android 8.0 Oreo. However, the MediaPad M5 10 is lacking a standard headphone jack and the software customization's are too heavy for my taste.

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