Huawei MediaPad M5 Tablets Come with Kirin 960 Processor, 8.4″ or 10.8″ Display, Optional LTE

Huawei has unveiled three MediaPad M5 tablets at Mobile World Congress 2018 with one model with a 8.4″ display, another with a 10.8″ display, and a Pro model adding a pen, support for an optional keyboard cover, more storage to the latter.

All models will come with Hisilicon/Huawei Kirin 960 octa-core Cortex A73/A53 processor, displays with 2560×1600 resolution, plus WiFi and optional LTE connectivity.

MediaPad M5 / M5 Pro specifications:

• SoC – Kiron 960 octa-core processor with four Cortex A73 cores @ 2.4 GHz, four Cortex A53 cores @ 1.8 GHz, Arm Mali-G71MP8 GPU
• System Memory – 4GB RAM
• Storage – 32 to 128GB internal storage, micro SD card slot
• Display – 8.4″ or 10.8″ 2560 x 1600 pixels, Enhanced ClariVu display
• Connectivity – Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz
• Cellular Connectivity – LTE FDD / LTE TDD / WCDMA / GSM (Enabled only on the SHT-AL09 version)
• Location – GPS, A-GPS (except some specific models), GLONASS, BDS
• Sensors – Gravity sensor, ambient light sensor, compass, gyroscope, fingerprint sensor, hall effect sensor
• Camera
  • Rear camera – 13 MP, F2.2, Auto Focus (PDAF), no flash
  • Front camera – 8 MP, F2.2, Fixed focus
• Audio
  • M5 (8.4) – Dual stereo speaker
  • M5 (10.1) and M5 Pro – Quad stereo speaker
  • HUAWEI Histen sound effect, Harman Kardon audio certified, supports Hi-Res Audio
• Battery –
  • M5 (8.4) – 5,100 mAh with quick charge support (9V/2A)
  • M5 (10.1) and M5 Pro – 7,500 mAh with quick charge support (9V/2A)
• Dimensions & Weight
  • M5 (8.4) – 212.6 x 124.8 x 7.3 mm, 316 grams
  • M5 (10.1) and M5 Pro – 258.7 x 171.8 x 7.3mm, 498 grams

The tablets run Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0 “emotion UI”, and ship with a charger, a cable, a USB Type-C to 3.5 mm headset jack adapter cable, an eject pin, a Quick Start Guide, and a warranty card. The Pro version also adds HUAWEI M-Pen Stylus.

With the combinations of screen size, storage capacity, and WiFi/LTE versions, we end up with 16 variants whose prices are shown in the table below.

More details can be found on Huawei MediaPad M5 product pages.

Via Liliputing

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