Honor introduced a midrange Android tablet in China back in December. Now, the company is expanding the tablet’s availability and making its way to the UK and Ireland. The slate is now offered in these regions in a single 8 GB/256GB configuration and a Space Gray color option for £300. Honor is also offering an optional keyboard case which is also available for early-bird orders on Honor UK’s website. The Honor Pad 9 will be available through multiple e-commerce websites from Sunday, February 25.
Honor Pad 9 Specifications and Key Features
The Honor Pad 9 is a decent mid-range tablet with a focus on offering productivity and an enjoyable experience in multimedia. It is equipped with a large 12.1-inch IPS LCD screen with 2,560 x 1,600 pixels of resolution and a 120 Hz refresh rate. The display boasts 500 nits of brightness and supports stylus input. However, the pen is available as a separate purchase and will be available only from April.
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Under the hood, the Honor Pad 9 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset. The chipset brings four ARM Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.2 GHz and an efficiency cluster with four ARM Cortex-A55 cores clocked at up to 1.8 GHz. There is also an Adreno 710 GPU for graphical tasks.
As usual in tablets, the Honor Pad 9 has a modest camera setup. It has an 8MP selfie shooter for selfies and video calls. When it comes to the main camera, it has a 13 MP camera. The phone draws power from an 8.300 mAh battery with 35W fast charging.
In terms of software, the Honor Pad 9 runs MagicOS 7.2 based on Android 13. Honor promises only one Android OS update, which means the device will get just Android 14. That’s a bit disappointing for those who value long-term software support and plan to keep the device for more than one year.
The Honor Pad 9 is a decent offering for those who need a large tablet for multimedia and productivity. As a plus, it has a good processor that can handle applications and even games without much difficulty.
