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Huawei MediaPad M3 8.4

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Huawei MediaPad M3 8.4 vs Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Huawei MediaPad M3 8.4

Huawei MediaPad M3 8.4

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Huawei MediaPad M3 8.4

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)

LTE 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2600
HSDPA speed

-

HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-9

2014-1
Status

2016-9

2014-1

Design
SIM

Nano-SIM

Micro-SIM
Height

215.5 mm

127 mm
Width

124.2 mm

64.9 mm
Thickness

7.3 mm

9.5 mm
Weight

137 g
Colors

Gold, Silver

Black, Lime, Pink, White

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

8.4 inches

4.3 inches
Resolution

1600 x 2560 pixels

720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density

359 ppi

342 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Multitouch

Yes

-

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

-
CPU

Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72

Quad-core 2.2 GHz 400 Krait
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 950

Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU

Mali-T880 MP4

Adreno 330
Memory RAM

4 GB

2 GB
Internal storage

32, 64 GB

16 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

64 GB

OS
OS

Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)

Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)

Main camera
Camera type

-

Photo / Video
Main camera

8 MP

20.7 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

5248 x 3936 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

-

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

8 MP

2 MP
Selfie camera video

-

1080p@30fps

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Multimedia
Radio FM

FM radio

Stereo FM radio with RDS

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0
USB On-The-Go

-

Yes
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.1

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

-
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
BDS

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

-
Java

No

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Sensors

Fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

-

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Po

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

5100 mAh

2300 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Talk time 2G

-

10 h
Talk time 3G

-

18 h
Standby time 2G

-

670 h
Standby time 3G

-

600 h

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