Are you looking for the Best Huawei Tablets? Though Honor used to be a sub-brand of Huawei, it’s now an independent company — but Huawei and Honor both release some great tablets.
In this guide, we’ve rounded up the best of both worlds — from the high-end Huawei MatePad Pro 11 (2024) to inexpensive options like the Honor Pad X9.So, let’s take a look at their displays, performance, and software so you can pick the perfect tablet!
Honor Pad 9: Best Overall Huawei Tablet
- Screen Size: 12.1-inch
- Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Pixels IPS
- Refresh Rate: 120Hz
- Processor: Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage: 256 GB
- Speakers: 8
- OS: MagicOS 7.2 (Android 13)
- Weight: 555g
- Thickness: 6.9mm
The Honor Pad 9 is now available in Europe launching at €349 (apa $300), so it’s good value for mid-range tablet. Offering a premium, 555g and 6.9mm thin, all-metal design, it’s home to a 12.1-inch IPS screen with a pixel-dense 2560 x 1600 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, both of which are somewhat hard to find in this sort of pricing segment.
Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB storage, the tablet offers strong CPU performance but its GPU could use some work, lagging behind competition like the Lenovo Tab P12.
The entertainment experience is great, thanks to eight speakers that deliver loud, high-quality sound, and Widevine L1 certification ensures HD streaming on apps such as Netflix. There’s an 8MP front camera with support for facial recognition, but no fingerprint scanner.
On the software side, it’s running MagicOS 7.2 on top of Android 13, with full Google app support. A big downside though is the lack of guaranteed software updates — the Pad 8 never made it to Android 13, and so the Pad 9 is unlikely to ever be updated to Android 14.
A €60 optional Bluetooth keyboard cover comes with it but neither has a touchpad nor adjustable angles — and needs to be charged separately.
The Honor Pad 9, on the whole, impresses with its high-res display, powerful speakers, and smooth performance, making it a nice pick for media consumption.
The biggest negatives are the questionable future for software updates and the rudimentary keyboard accessory. It’s a powerful option if you need an entertainment tablet on the cheap — just realize you’re not getting any long-term Android support.
Honor Pad 8
Theres a good chance that the Honor Pad 8 is the best entertainment tablet for the price, with a comparatively massive 12-inch screen and good audio.
One of the cheapest 12-inch tablets around, it offers a quality, full-metal body with a premium feel, albeit with small design concessions such as visible plastic Wi-Fi antenna covers.
The 12-inch LCD has a 2000 x 1200 resolution — slightly above Full HD — and it looks decent for most purposes, though it lacks sharpness when you’re looking at it up close. It’s laminated front to back with a decent level of brightness, so it’s good for indoors or shaded outdoor areas.
One highlight is its audio system, with eight speakers producing surprisingly great audio quality for this price range — even better than some pricier competitors like the Galaxy Tab S7 FE.
The Pad 8 stumbles, though, when it comes to performance. Driven by the Snapdragon 680 and accompanied by 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, it’s just above entry level in CPU tests and well behind in graphics performance, with it being a task for it to handle anything but low settings in demanding games.
For day-to-day chores like web surfing, watching video, or running two apps side by side, it’s smooth enough. Running Android 12 with the new Magic UI 6.1, it also finally has Google Play support again — a refreshing change from Honor’s Huawei days.
There’s no fingerprint sensor — just basic facial recognition using the 5MP front camera — and the rear 5MP camera is disappointing. You’ll get similar battery life of around 6.5 hours, streaming, at max brightness.
In the end, the Honor Pad 8 isn’t a gaming powerhouse or productivity machine, but it’ll do a great job serving as a dedicated large-screen entertainment tablet with great-sounding speakers—all for well below $400.
If media consumption is your main concern rather than raw power or high-res graphics, it’s a decent choice, but those seeking better performance or pen support may prefer alternatives such as the Galaxy Tab S7 FE or Xiaomi Pad 5.
Huawei MatePad Pro 11 2024: Huawei Tablet with OLED screen
Huawei is announcing the MatePad Pro 11 (2024) fully featured high-end tablet. It is equipped with an 11-inch OLED display that has a 2560 x 1600 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 600 nits brightness, and supports 1 billion colors — making it perfect for work and play.
Powering it is the Kirin 9000s chipset with an octa core 2.49 GHz CPU and Maleoon 910 MP4 GPU, paired with 12GB RAM and either 256GB or 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage which makes for smooth multitasking and apps to open quickly.
The tablet also offers BDS satellite calling and messaging — an unconventional feature for tablets — as well as a range of sensors including ambient light, gyroscope and compass.
On the camera side, there’s a 13MP main + 8MP ultra-wide rear array with 4K video recording, while the front camera is a 16MP sensor with 1080p recording.
Audio is pumped out by six stereo speakers and an 8,300mAh battery with 66W fast charging via USB-C 3.1. The device runs HarmonyOS 4.0 and is fully compatible with the Huawei M-Pencil (3rd gen).
Huawei MatePad SE 10.4
- Display: 10.4-inch
- Resolution: 1200 x 2000 Pixels LCD
- Processor: Snapdragon 680
- RAM: 3GB
- Storage: 32GB (expandable via microSD)
- Audio: 4 speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack
- OS: HarmonyOS 3
- Pen Support: No
A cheap tablet, the Huawei MatePad SE retails for 298 SGD and sits between the MatePad T10 and MatePad 10.4. It lacks the premium aesthetic of the MatePad 10.4, but it’s still built well, with a matte textured back and a plastic surrounding between the two metal and glass.
The 10.4-inch LCD (1200 x 2000 resolution) is sharp but not nearly as bright or vibrant as the MatePad 10.4. On the performance side, the Snapdragon 680 processor runs basic tasks smoothly — browsing, emails and streaming — as long as you’re not running too many apps at the same time. It is fine for light games, but a graphics-heavy game creates delayed graphics.
The MatePad SE runs HarmonyOS 3, so it doesn’t natively support Google Play Store, but you can use the G-space app to install Google apps—albeit with a slightly slower loading time. It also doesn’t have pen support (unlike the MatePad 10.4, which supports the Huawei M-Pencil 2).
Audio duties are handled by four-way speakers — fine but slightly hollow compared to the MatePad 10.4’s fuller sound. At least it has a 3.5mm headphone jack — a feature absent from its costlier counterpart. A microSD card slot helps with the storage, which is important if you get the base model, with 3GB RAM and 32 GB storage.
What are the best Huawei Tablets?
- Honor Pad 9: Best Overall
- Honor Pad 8: Runner Up
- Huawei MatePad Pro 11 2024: OLED Screen
- Huawei MatePad SE 10.4