Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Apple Huawei
Announced March 2014 October 2014 January 2016
Status Available - June 2014 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2016
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray Space Gray, Silver, Gold Moonlight Silver, Luxurious Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
239.8 x 172.8 x 7.4 mm
(9.44 x 6.8 x 0.29 in)
Weight 360 g (12.7 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 500 g (17.64 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - M2-A01L
TD-SCDMA
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - M2-A01L
4G Network - LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - M2-A01L
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex A53 + quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Hisilicon Kirin 930
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Mali-T628 MP4
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No To be confirmed

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 9.7 inches 10.1 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.69% 71.58% 71.49%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, f/2.0
Flash No No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 2 GB RAM - Standard edition
64 GB, 3 GB RAM - Premium
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No To be confirmed
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 8600 mAh 6660 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (multimedia) Up to 10 h (multimedia) -