On December 22, Chinese manufacturing giant, Honor, officially released its latest tablet, Honor Pad 9. Today, the company has announced that the first official sale of this device is now active. The starting price of this huge 12.1-inch tablet is just 1,499 yuan. This is approximately $212.
Honor Pad 9 Price and availability
The price of the Honor Pad 9 is shown below
Honor Tablet 9
- 8GB + 128GB – 1,599 yuan ($223 approx.) (1,499 yuan for first sale)
- 8GB + 256GB – 1,799 yuan ($251 approx.) (1,699 yuan for first sale)
- 12GB + 256GB – 1,999 yuan ($279 approx.)
- 12GB + 512GB – 2,199 yuan ($307 approx.)
Honor Tablet 9 Soft Light Edition
- Soft Light Edition (8GB + 256GB) – 1,899 yuan ($265 approx.) (1,799 yuan for first sale)
- Soft Light Edition (12GB + 256GB) – 2,099 yuan ($294 approx.)
With regards to availability, this device is now available for purchase in China. It is available in three colours including “Light White”, “Azure” and “Starry Gray”. The tablet is now on sale at JD.com. Click here to buy the Pad 9 and here to buy the Soft Light edition.
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Under the hood, this tablet comes with a mid-range chip, Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor. The body is 6.96 mm thick and it weighs between 555 grams and 559 grams. Furthermore, this device is equipped with eight surround speakers and supports two-way vocal enhancement.
In terms of screen, the Honor Pad 9 Soft Light Edition is equipped with a soft light screen, and the Honor Pad 9 is equipped with an LCD screen. The Soft Light screen version can reduce specular reflection by 98%, has a resolution of 2560 x 1600 and a PPI of 249. The device also has a contrast ratio of 1500:1 and supports a 120Hz refresh rate. In addition, this device has a 6.9mm narrow bezel, a screen-to-body ratio of 88%, and a brightness of 500 nits.
In addition, the Honor Pad 9 has obtained Rheinland hardware-level low blue light certification/non-reflection certification/no flicker certification. It also passed the display colour temperature adjustment by the National Eye Engineering Center as well as the visual comfort test of the Winning Bidding Institute.
Honor Tablet 9 Specs
- 12.1-inch (2560 x 1600) WQXGA TFT LCD screen, 1.07 billion colours, 500 nits peak brightness, soft light matte screen
- Octa Core (4x A78 at 2.2GHz+4x A55 at 1.8GHz Kryo CPUs) Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 710 GPU
- 8GB/12GB RAM, 128GB/256GB/512GB storage
- MagicOS 7.2 (Based on Android 13）
- 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, up to 4K video recording
- 8MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture, up to FHD video recording
- 8 Speakers, dual microphones
- Dimensions: 278.27x 180.11x 6.96mm; Weight: 555g (standard) / 559g (soft light)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, USB Type-C with OTG
- 8300mAh battery with 35W fast charging support