The Android tablet market has been growing exponentially in recent years, with more and more competitors joining it. In recent years, we have seen the emergence of brands such as Realme, Vivo and Oppo in this segment. Every brand wants to get its piece of this category and Honor is no exception. The former Huawei sub-brand is investing heavily to establish its name in the world of technology. Recently, the brand has released some solid smartphones, such as the foldable Honor Magic Vs, as well as good flagships, such as the Magic series of smartphones. Today Honor presents the new Honor Tablet 9 to compete in the segment of large smart devices. The Honor Tablet 9 debuted today alongside the Honor 90 GT smartphone. This is a mid-range tablet focused on multimedia consumption and content creation.
Main characteristics and features of Honor Tablet 9
The Honor Tablet 9 has a sleek profile. Its weight is only 555 grams, and the total thickness is 6,96 mm. The all-metal body makes it look like a premium tablet, even though it's a mid-range device. The Honor Tablet 9 is available in white, blue or gray with 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of storage or 12GB of RAM and 256GB/512GB of storage.
Under the hood, Tablet 9 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor. Qualcomm's first mid-range chipset under the new vocabulary brings efficient 4nm production to the budget segment. The tablet has 4 ARM Cortex-A78 cores for productive tasks and 4 ARM Cortex-A55 cores for energy efficiency. This chipset is sufficient for normal social networks, streaming applications and web browsing. Of course, you can even enjoy demanding games with the right settings.
Large display and 8 speakers for multimedia content
The tablet is equipped with a 12,1-inch IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels and a brightness of 500 nits. The panel uses anti-reflective glass etching to eliminate up to 98% of reflections. The panel is certified by the Winning Bidding Institute for visual comfort and has TUV Rheinland approval for no glare, low blue light and no flicker. As for multimedia, the Honor Tablet 9 is equipped with 2 microphones and 8 speakers for real surround sound. There is also a built-in voice enhancement algorithm that can suppress noise and emphasize voices even from recordings.
Customers can purchase the Honor Tablet 9 with a special paper-like protective screen that Honor calls Soft Light. It makes writing and drawing on the display more enjoyable with a stylus. Interestingly, Honor is keen to let users use the stylus and add drawing templates to the Notes app. The new version of the program also supports voice-to-text conversion.
The new Honor Tablet 9 boasts a massive 8 mAh battery bundled with a 300W charger. That's enough for a full day of light use. However, if you plan to use it for gaming, you'll probably need to charge it once. In terms of software, the tablet runs the Honor MagicOS 35 operating system, which is based on Android 7.2.
Price and availability
The Honor Tablet 9 is on sale starting today at a price of 1 yuan ($599). Honor offers a discount of 223 Chinese yuan for first-time buyers. The version with 100 GB of RAM and 8 GB of permanent memory costs 256 Chinese yuan (US$ 1). The model with 699 GB of RAM and 237 GB of permanent memory costs 12 yuan ($256), and with 1 GB of RAM and 999 GB of permanent memory - 279 yuan ($12).
Judging by the specifications, the device is an attractive tablet for those who want to enjoy multimedia content. It can also handle games and the most demanding tasks admirably, as the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 is a powerful mid-range chipset thanks to its Cortex-A78 cores. In addition, users who like to take notes with a stylus will appreciate the versatility of this tablet and the usefulness of the Honor Notes application.
