HUAWEI MediaPad M5 8 – 8.4"" Android 8.0 Tablet, 2K IPS Display with Eye-Comfort Mode, 32GB, 13MP Rear Camera, Quad Stereo Speakers Tuned by Harman Kardon, 5100mAh, Children's Corner, Grey

I had previously bought a Huawei flagship phone and was very impressed with the build quality and spec level. So when my Samsung Galaxy Note finally got so slow I wanted to break it I went straight for Huawei.The M5 8 is an excellent tablet and so fast.When powered off, the time from pressing the power button to using it is 18 seconds. That is quick.SCREEN Good bright screen Very clear and sharp.SOUND Very good sound for a tablet Very good volume!STORAGE Very good 32gb and micro SD slot too!STREAMING Fast and stable.DESIGN / BUILD Way beyond anything I've seen from samsung.. Solid machined metal and glass. Premium feel.CONNECTIVITY USB C is great. No headphone socket but USB C adapter works fine or Bluetooth headphones.I have had mine over a month and I am a heavy user, as I work on it. It is a great companion. The 10 inch would be too heavy for my usage hence the 8. I previously had a 10 but it kills your hands.In my opinion, it is a great powerful tablet.PS get a genuine Huawei case they are the best if hard to get...

The MediaPad M5 8.4 inch is still a very powerful tool offering lots of speed and stamina for the overall media consumer and digital nomad. Truly, this pad can take on the iPads and Samsungs out there any day of the week. The display is brilliant and the sound with its quad stereo speakers left and right of the tablet when holding it in landscape mode is just something not easily to be found on other Android or iOS devices. Its limited capacity of 32 GB is not really a problem as one can expand it by using a normal microSD card. My 128 GB sandisk Ultra works just finde. Note, once you have enabled the SD card as your default storage device, you cannot add new users to the Android system. However, this is due to Android's limitations, not Huawei's. So be careful to check whether you need multiple users or not before you insert your SD card and switch it to default.Are there any negative points? Not much, as the many raving reviews on youtube will confirm. Perhaps one should notice that Android 9 Pie will be the last big update. However, as there are only a handful Android 9 and 10 pads out there, I guess this is still fine. One can expect security updates throughout 2020...more than a lot of competitors have to offer. Especially below the 200 Euro/Pounds barrier.

I ordered this because I wanted a smaller android tablet to take around with me. This fits the bill perfectly. I got a £40 discount on Prime day and so far am very happy with my purchase. The screen is the sharpest of any of the tablets I have owned. It is very light and the battery life is very good. The sound is good for a tablet and works well with a Bluetooth speaker.For anyone else who needs to know I had a problem loading the Amazon Music App. It kept saying that the App was not compatible with this device. This seemed very counter intuitive and after searching the net it seems some other people have had the same problem. Well I discovered this is the answer, if you need to know, set up a Huawei ID and Account and it downloads no problem. Yes it is as simple as that. I already had an account from my phone so even easier.Other than the above it is all good news. The memory card I have loaded works fine, the updates all downloaded, I have copied the Apps and data from my phone so all up and running singing and dancing.More features to explore including the uses for the nano Sim slots. I will update as and when I have time to investigate all the potential of this tablet. For me well worth the premium. but as they say many other tablets are available. Nice choice to have.

Updated 8/4/18Huawei Mediapad M5 8” Tablet - Good for gaming and Livestreaming. Amazing sound quality from speakers and headphones. Amazing battery life. A few set backs but still a great tablet to own.Thanks for reading. I've been shopping on Amazon for 9 years leaving a good few hundred reviews along the way! I like to hope I know a thing or two as a fellow tech guy and good judge of quality for the money. Any negatives are based purely from my experiences so far.Let's start.I've needed a Tablet for a good few years or so. I've been used to Android on a mid range smart smartphone around the same price ranges as the Huawei Mediapad M5 8” Tablet. I did a ton of research against other tablets before diving in and just as the price went up I got the deal price and didn't fancy going down the Samsung path. I looked at the underdogs as always. I was torn between 8" or 10" and decided on the 8" Huawei Mediapad M5 8” Tablet which comes with 4GB Ram and 32GB internal space. There is great power under the hood but some real possible cons too. Researching the pros and cons of a super large tablet I knew 8" would be the sweet spot for carrying the tablet around and enjoying great entertainment. I use this tablet for surfing, videos, reading and games. In comparison the Nintendo Switch is around a 6" screen and my fault ridden smartphone, Sony Xperia XA1 is around 5"6 but for sure 8" is a massive jump and in my opinion the best experience for Android. It's not a pocket size but a tablet size and unlike a smartphone the battery goes a lot further! The tablet won't intrude when traveling or needing to move around the house but I would recommend a carry case and keyboard for a netbook experience. (next on my buy list).Huawei Mediapad M5 8” Tablet(Grey)The good points gear towards the picture quality which is amazing and 2k and 4k images really pop out. Youtube will only let you view 1080p on this tablet though which really is disheartening. You can however download Hologram apps which give 3-D backgrounds that pop and they work a treat on the device. Try them out!. Android really lacks the ability to make text small in apps so text is going to look bigger then you would want. Not all apps including games are built for bigger screens. It's just due to how Android operates so things will look bigger or zoomed in more on a bigger screen that would look better on a smartphone. As I got used to the tablet it's not a massive issue but I watch programs with subtitles and the text is kinda big.The sound quality is ultra impressive and I've been blown away by the full range and depth you get from the speakers alone. I've not heard anything sing as sweet as the speakers. Full stereo sound with bass and takes full advantage of livening the entertainment on Netflix and YouTube and other music streams. The speakers on each side of the tablet are incredible and you get deep full sound. The mighty downside is the tablet has no 3.5mm Jack for entertainment and my headphones do not work with the supplied USBc to 8.5mm jack. This in turn is not the devices fault.The battery is impressive and if you just surf and watch YouTube it barely gets used. Gaming will pull on the battery but it depends on how intense the game is at processing graphics. Games like Candy Crush won't cause the battery to drain but full on 3-D games will, it depends on the app really. You can read, write and do everything else without worrying about needing to charge your battery fully before taking it out with you.Heat is a major issue for intense 3-D gaming but the tablet but tablets are for many other things then gaming. The device will not heat up during normal use and is pleasant to hold or have resting. I jump on PUBG and within 5 minutes the tablet is roasting from the camera point on the back of the device. PUBG runs great as well even at the highest possible settings as well as Oceanhorn (top down 3-D isometric RPG)and Shadowgun Legends (Like Destiny for the Android) but note all these work on my smartphone too and one thing I hoped for is being able to hold my device and game for longer periods. I've been gaming a total of 15 hours over the 4 or so days and it's not a major problem all the time and it does depend on the game too, normal use will not cause the unit to heat up. I play Fifa Mobile to an audience and in 720p over WiFi and that runs cool so it's possibly down to how much the hardware has to work to run a graphic intensive game.Another drawback with the Tablet is the microphone which I can't locate at all. The Microphone sound cuts out and somehow I cover it up. I live stream on YouTube and people say my mic cuts out and I hear it too when I listen. I just can't locate the mic at all. Facebook Messenger I send voice clips and the mic cuts out. This could possibly be a fault with my unit. The Microphone quality is great and will be better once I know where it sits in the tablet.The supplied apps were not intrusive, there are apps for the Kids, useful apps from Microsoft and all the Google goodies. I can't see why people complain about Android putting Google apps in the OS. I would have downloaded those anyway. =/Everything's good with the interface and easy to navigate. I am new to tablets but I've had a fully working Android smartphone for 4 years. Split-Screen is great and I am sure there will be more features I will like. I was very much interested in Desktop mode for the Huawei Mediapad M5 8” Tablet but I don't know if this is just in the 10" version. It's a feature that makes everything like a desktop for a laptop experience. I hope it is in there as with the bigger screen I could get a keyboard and mouse and use for surfing and research, texting and more. I can't find Desktop mode so I'll see if the app store has something. I don't see much sign of Bloatware at all and 32GB is way more then enough for the majority of us and you can always expand the memory with a SD card anyway.It's a tough call. It's hard to find a better 8" tablet without losing specs. There is a total of 4GB in Ram but the OS takes up about 2GB... I would recommend downloading a free RAM cleaner app too.Good Points.Great battery life.The best sound quality I have ever heard.Amazing picture quality 2k and 4k pictures pop!Immersive Video quality.Great Mic quality.Plenty of storage.Great gaming potential.Holographic Backgrounds!BadMic cuts outNo headphone portCan only go up to 1080p on YouTube.Some 3-D games will make unit run very hot.