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	-

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

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

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	-