Huawei Launches Flagship MatePad Pro Tablet with Punch-Hole Display
by Anton Shilov on November 26, 2019 2:00 PM EST
Huawei is among a few manufacturers who still competes on the market of high-end tablets against Apple and Samsung. This week the company introduced its MatePad Pro, a high-end tablet which is being positioned to rival Apple’s iPad Pro as well as Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6. The tablet features a large display with a punch hole camera for selfies as well as Huawei’s top-of-the-line SoC.
Huawei’s MatePad Pro comes in an aluminum chassis that is 7.2 mm thick with 4.9-mm bezels, holding a 10.8-inch, 16:10 aspect ratio AMOLED display with a 2560x1600 resolution. The display has a punch hole for an 8 MP selfie camera, whereas the main camera on the backside of the tablet has a 13 MP CMOS sensor and a LED flash. The tablet is based on Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 990 application processor paired with 6 GB or 8 GB of RAM as well as 128 GB or 256 GB of NAND flash storage. Meanwhile, Huawei will initially offer the tablet in Wi-Fi only configurations as well as a Wi-Fi with 4G/LTE version, with a 5G model due in the first quarter of next year.
Being aimed at demanding users who are after more than a portable television, the Huawei MatePad Pro will come with the company’s M-Pen stylus for drawing and precise interaction with programs. To maximize the battery life of the device, Huawei equipped it with a 7,250 mAh battery, which in turn can be charged with Huawei’s 40 W SuperCharger or 15 W wireless charging.
On the software side of matters, Huawei’s MatePad Pro is based on Google’s Android 10 with EMUI 10, but lacks Google’s Play and Mobile Services suite, which is likely to make it considerably less competitive outside of China. The good news, at least, is that the tablet has a laptop mode, which will make it easier to use for productivity applications.
| Huawei MatePad Pro | |
| Specifications | |
| SoC | HiSilicon Kirin 990 2x Cortex-A76 @ 2.86 GHz 2x Cortex-A76 @ 2.36 GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.95 GHz |
| Graphics | Arm Mali-G76 |
| Display | 10.8-inch sAMOLED 2560×1600 |
| Storage | 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB Nano Memory card slot |
| Memory | 6 GB or 8 GB of RAM |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4G+5GHz, MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth v5.1 |
| GPS | A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Connectivity | USB 3.1 Type-C for data and charging |
| Camera | Rear Camera: 13 MP Front Camera: 8 MP |
| Video | Recording: UHD 4K (3840×2160) @ 30 fps Playback: ? |
| Audio | 4 × Speakers USB-C headset |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, Gyro Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Compass |
| Battery | 7250 mAh |
| Dimensions | 246 × 159 × 7.2 mm 460 grams |
| Color | White, Black, Green and Orange |
| OS | Android 10 with EMUI 10 |
| Price | Starts at $392 in China |
| Accessories | various |
Huawei is currently taking pre-orders on its MatePad Pro in China with the aim to start actual shipments on December 12. Depending on the version, the MatePad Pro will cost from CNY 3,299 to CNY 4,499 ($392 ~ $533 without VAT). As for colors, the company will offer its premium tablet in White, Black, Green and Orange colors. Huawei yet has to formally announce the MatePad Pro outside of its home market.
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JeffFlanagan - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - link
You said something "triggers" someone while calling them a douche. That's falls under projection, or at the very least pot-kettle.PeachNCream - Thursday, November 28, 2019 - link
Talk about aggression and projection, sheesh. Calm down and take a deep breath before a) making assumptions about age groups like the 10-12 year old range and b) randomly attacking by using Ryan as a conduit to add what you feel might be legitimacy to your name calling. I did not mention tweens and the credibility piggybacking attempt is pretty poorly veiled, so much so that I suspect you didn't even realize that was what you were doing as it seems almost a subconscious act.JeffFlanagan - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - link
It is unfortunate. I'd think it's a camera that could be used with Skype, so there's a use for it that could justify the hole in the screen, when narcissism alone would be a really bad reason to mar the screen.Ithaqua - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - link
I hereby officially give Ryan the power to change name of things (at least on Anandtech)."Selfie Cam" is now "Skype Cam" or whatever he wants to call it in his articles.
Ithaqua - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - link
change the name of things*Seriously, we need an edit feature.
PeachNCream - Thursday, November 28, 2019 - link
I don't see what adverse impact it would have on your access to hardware if your writers were granted the authority to make minor changes to terminology that would improve the overall quality.In any event, that change was made in the specifications table on the front page of the article where the front camera was named as such so it seems as though there already is no trouble in taking a liberty with the term selfie camera and that's inconsistent with your stated lack of choice -- all within opening page.
PeachNCream - Thursday, November 28, 2019 - link
Right, single page article. Anyway you get the point. It's odd to claim you have no choice when choice was exerted. And the fact that you are saying you don't have a choice to make the change calls into question the independent nature of journalism on this site. Why can't you make changes? Who is micromanaging to that degree and what other things are the editor and writers gagged into stating? Readers make purchase decisions based on these articles and it is a concern if there is that degree of control preventing a writer from...well...writing.kirsch - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - link
As a happy owner of an iPad Pro, I must say having an AMOLED screen sounds wonderful.Sttm - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - link
It is, much like it is on a phone. Which was why I was expecting them to move the iPads to AMOLED after the iPhone X came out. Apple understands its better, yet doesn't use it for tablets, weird.Smell This - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - link
Too massive _ even at 10-inch (and a pound+) folks kicked-back at leisure (with little teenie hands) might mind it a bit unwieldy after 10 minutes or so ...