On November 25, 2019, Huawei launched the MatePad Pro tablet at a new product launch conference in Shanghai. With its super-performance Kirin 990 and advanced narrow bezel design, it attracted a large number of Consumer favor.
According to foreign media reports on May 2, Huawei seems to want to expand its MatePad production line and continue to explore the mid-to-low-end market.
This is the long-rumored MatePad T.
Although large-screen mobile phones have begun to crowd out the tablet market in recent years and the tablet market is showing weakness, it is obvious that domestic brands such as Huawei have the ability to compete with the iPad and seize the latter's market share. market share.
The MatePad T exposed this time is a design patent that Huawei applied to the State Intellectual Property Office in 2019. The patent was released to the public on April 14, 2020.
It is expected that Huawei MatePad T will be built as a streamlined version of MatePad Pro, and will be priced at a lower price without losing some functions. Different from the 10.8-inch body of MatePad Pro, MatePad T will use an 8-inch screen, so some people also call it the MatePad 8-inch version.
Different from the four-speaker design of MatePad Pro, MatePad T is designed with two speakers, located at the top and low end respectively. The bottom is equipped with a charging Type-C port, and the right and left sides are used as usual. to place the power button, volume button and SIM card slot. The camera design is also different from the hole-digging design of MatePad Pro. The front camera of MatePad T is placed on the upper border.
There is a rear camera with a flash. The specific details of the camera are not yet known.
According to the exposed information, MatePad T may add an optional back panel with a special texture pattern.
Prior to this, Huawei MatePad T has obtained Wi-Fi certification and will be produced in 6 different models. The main differences will be in storage capacity, Wi-Fi, and 4/5G.
On the chip, Huawei MatePad T may use Kirin 810 or Kirin 820. EMUI 10, which is deeply customized based on Android 10, will be pre-installed. Of course, Google services will still not be available.
It can be said that Huawei’s efforts on tablets in recent years have paid off. Huawei M6 and Matepad have become optional devices that can be compared with the iPad. This is not easy.
Although the success of a product must be accompanied by the existence of demand, the positioning of tablet computers is very embarrassing. Think about it, it is right between a mobile phone and a laptop. You say it is better than a mobile phone, but in fact there is no irreplaceable function of a mobile phone. You say it is comparable to a laptop, but a laptop still has many functions that a tablet cannot achieve. Therefore, it is very important for tablet manufacturers to position differentiated functions of tablets.
The biggest difference between mobile phones and tablets is that mobile phones have communication functions, and the entertainment function is only ancillary, while tablets are basically a continuation of the entertainment function of mobile phones. As long as the entertainment experience is good, the product will be successful. That's the case with Huawei.
Most of the Android tablets before this can be described as "hot chickens", with all the entertainment functions in place. It's a shame that no one buys them. Those in need can only turn their attention to the superb knife skills. iPad. But a beggar's version of the iPad costs several thousand dollars, and various accessories cost another thousand yuan. The cost has exceeded that of a laptop.
At this time, many consumers began to give up on tablets or lower their expectations. However, the debut of Huawei M6 has brought consumers a tablet with top-level SOC, excellent external amplifier system, excellent screen and reasonable price. Although the smoothness is slightly worse than that of iPad, overall it can be ignored.
Therefore, Huawei won the market with the M6 ??and the subsequent Matepad.
We hope that the Matepad T launched this time can continue the excellent tradition of Huawei tablets and bring new experiences to consumers.