Phone Comparison - Huawei MediaPad X2 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Apple iPad Mini 4

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung Apple
Announced March 2015 July 2015 September 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Available - August 2015 Available - September 2015
Price Rs. 18,400 ($269.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 28,799 ($423.51) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Moonlight silver, Amber gold Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 183.5 x 103.9 x 7.3 mm
(7.22 x 4.09 x 0.29 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 mm
(8 x 5.31 x 0.24 in)
Weight 239 g (8.43 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz) 299 g (Wi-Fi) / 304 (10.55 oz (Wi-Fi) / 10.72 )
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) - GEM-703L
LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Cellular version only
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) iOS 9
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53, Hisilicon Kirin 930 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Apple A8
GPU Mali-T628 MP4 Adreno 405 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No

display Display

Type LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 5.7 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.73% 73.99% 70.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM radio with RDS; recording No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, 1.12μm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama)
Video 1080p 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, Face Detection, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM/ 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 5000 mAh 3050 mAh 5124 mAh
Stand by Up to 576 h (3G) - -
Talk Time - - Up to 10 h (multimedia)