Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) vs Huawei MediaPad M2

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung	Huawei
Announced
September 2017	May 2015
Status
Available - September 2017	Available - May 2015
Price
Rs. 17,999 ($275.00) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 27,058 ($396.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, Gold	Silver, Gold
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm (8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 in)	214.8 x 124 x 7.8 mm (8.46 x 4.88 x 0.31 in)
Weight
364 g (12.84 oz)	330 g (11.64 oz)
SIM Type
Dual-SIM	-
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - M2-803L
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - M2-801L, M2-803L HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - M2-802L HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - M2-802L TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - M2-803L
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) - M2-801L LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 40(2300), 41(2500) - M2-802L LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(26
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED
No	-

OS
Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)	Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
1.4 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 [Similar]	Octa-core 2.0 GHz, Hisilicon Kirin 930 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 308 [Similar]	Mali-T628 MP4 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB	16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	microSD, up to 128 GB

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
8.0 inches [Similar]	8.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) [Similar]	1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.26%	69.68%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
8 MP [Similar]	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Yes	LED flash
Features
Autofocus, f/1.9 aperture, geo-tagging, panorama, HDR	Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
1080p@30fps	Yes
Front Camera
5 MP [Similar]	2 MP [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP, LE	v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0	microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM	16 GB, 2 GB RAM - Standard edition 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - Premium
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
Supported	-