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No comparison - the M5 shows it a clean pair of heels in all respects. It is fast, butter smooth, the screen is jaw-dropping, and the build quality and materials are second to none. On the screen, I wouldn't have believed that an ips screen could achieve the colour saturation and real blacks of an oled screen, which was one of the reasons I went for the Tab S 10.5 in the first place. But the M5's screen achieves these and more. Colours, even in vivid mode, appear natural with no colour bleed. The camera also faithfully replicates the real life colours of subjects. Sound and volume output are very good, with a hint of real bass, thanks to the Harmon Kardon stereo speaker system. But there is no Dolby audio present. This doesn't impair the audio when watching Dolby encoded material in any way. But purists will cluck their tongues and stroke their beards with disdain no doubt. The cameras are very good and capture a lot of detail and colour in ideal conditions. And even with that expanse of glass and metal rear cover, it never feels heavy or uncomfortable to hold.
On the minus side? The M5 is designed to be held in landscape mode, same as the Tab S, but the contras are on the right side rather than the top. So when you do use it in portrait mode, the controls are on the bottom edge. A small niggle, but nevertheless... I've read gripes in other forums where owners are complaining that the native Netflix app doesn't feature hd playback. But I can't see anything wrong in that respect. And the lack of flash either on the rear, or front selfie camera can be an issue in low lighting conditions. But then again, no one in their right mind would consider this a replacement for a real, or even phone, camera.
So that's my tuppence. Of course, I would suggest having a look at the M5 before deciding to buy. But this isn't really feasible given the lack of retailers stocking Huawei devices. You could try mobile phone stores which sell their handsets as they are more likely to have them available.
To anyone who decides to go fore one of these, I suggest buying a screen protector and case at the same time as, unlike their phones, Hauwei hasn't deemed the M5 worthy enough of a factory-fitted (film-type) protector. And that huge slab of glass is an accident waiting to happen. Ditto the rear aluminium cover. It looks sexy as hell, but it's gonna scratch easily. |
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Author: JonnyTester
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2-12-2019 05:45:04