Until now confined to low-cost tablets, Honor is developing its catalog and presenting at MWC 2024 a better equipped tablet, the Pad 9. Presented alongside the very ¨s premium Magic 6 Pro in the smartphone department, the device adopts a mid-range positioning with an overall classic technical sheet, but more generous than that of the Pad X9.
On the menu therefore, a fairly large format, since the device relies on a 12.1 inch panel displaying 2560 x 1600 pixels, or 249 ppi, and offering a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz This is an IPS LCD panel whose brightness is announced at 500 nits maximum. To stand out, Honor relies on certifications demonstrating its efforts to protect the user’s eyes from flicker and blue light. Behind this panel hides a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip, which already powered the Magic 6 Lite, a smartphone launched in France at the very beginning of 2024. This is also what makes it deprives access to the latest wifi standards, and limits it to AC wifi. The Pad 9 comes with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage space.
Honor also equips its tablet with an 8300 mAh battery, larger than that of the Pad X9 (7250 mAh), and above all able to recharge more quickly, since it is compatible with blocks of power of 35 W. On the back, it presents a 13 megapixel photo sensor flanked by a wide-angle f/2 lens, and on the front, the tablet offers an 8 Mpx module.
If the tablet is geared towards entertainment and everyday uses, it is also designed for productivity; If necessary, it can be accompanied by a keyboard and connected to a PC. On the other hand, the stylus mentioned when this Pad 9 was announced in China at the end of last year does not appear on its European version. Finally, note that the device is announced under Android 13 at a price of €399; For comparison, the Pad