Huawei on Monday announced the MatePad Pro, its answer to the latest iPad Pro but with that punch-hole cutout in the corner.
Apple is always thought as the only brand taking tablets seriously, but Huawei has demonstrated that this isn’t the case.
The MatePad Pro has a 10.8-inch 1600 x 2560 LCD screen, a high-end Kirin 990 chipset which is the same as the Huawei Mate 30 Pro. It has 6GB or 8GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage, a 13MP f/1.8 rear camera, and a 7,250mAh battery with 40W fast charging.
The device also has an all-screen front with a 90% screen-to-body ratio, an 8MP f/2.0 punch-hole selfie camera, four speakers, wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging.
It runs Android 10-based EMUI 10, but as with other recent Huawei devices it lacks Google Play and other Google apps and services, which will be a major mark against it.
It weighs about the same as the 11-inch iPad Pro (460 grams), but it's a bit thicker at 7.2mm compared to 5.9mm.
The device comes in black, white, green and orange shades. It supports an M-Pencil with 4,096 levels of pressure and a keyboard case and starts at CNY 3,299 ($470) for the entry model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
Huawei also announced two new MateBook D laptops, both the 15-inch model as well as the smaller 14-inch.
Unlike the previous generation, this swaps out the conventional Intel processor for an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with a Radeon Vega 8 graphics. It also comes with a hybrid SSD+HDD configuration that Huawei says you can upgrade as needed.
Just like the MatePad Pro, this Windows laptop has a special feature that allows owners of Huawei phones to mirror their mobile device to the screen.
The MateBook D 15 and 14 do run Windows but there is also a Linux option for those that have no care for Microsoft’s OS.
The MateBook D has a starting price of 3,699 RMB or $526 with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD.
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