Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi vs Huawei MediaPad X1 vs Huawei Ascend Mate7

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Huawei Huawei
Announced October 2012 February 2014 September 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - March 2014 Coming Soon - Q3 2014
Colors Black/Slate, White/Silver Silver/White Obsidian black, Moonlight silver, Amber gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in)
7.18 mm thickness
(0.28 in thickness)
157 x 81 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.19 x 0.31 in)
Weight 308 g (10.86 oz) 239 g (8.43 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA HSDPA
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Huawei V9R1 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, HiSilicon Kirin 925
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Mali-450 Mali-T628
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB Yes, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 7.0 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% - 77.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat6, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host, USB On-the-go
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM (3GB on 32GB model)
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB Yes, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 16.3 Wh 5000 mAh 4100 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 648 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h - -