This Android tablet combines design and performance at a very reasonable price

After testing the Honor Pad with very noticeable quality 12.1 inches and a properly adapted interface Easily switch between apps, multitask, games and more. Best of all, his incredible independence and voice.

HONOR Pad 9 can be purchased in Spain For 309 euros. One premium version with a capacity of 8 + 256 GB For its huge screen and sound Which will prevent you from even having to pair it with a Bluetooth speaker. Interesting details to make it your home entertainment center.

MagicOS 7.2 operating system based on Android 13 In conjunction with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip (launched in September 2022), they work in a great partnership to make performance and interface control extremely simple and intuitive. Whether you switch to the home screen from an app open in full screen or from a floating app, there are a series of gestures that make it easy to operate this tablet.

It is important that a device with a 12.1-inch screen has enough interaction tools to handle it easily Double tapping on the screen to activate it is missing So you don’t even have to press the power button to start the unlocking process.

High quality specifications

A tablet of this size has some important points to consider and review before purchasing. Especially since the larger it is, the greater its weight and the greater its dimensions. the The HONOR Pad 9 has a weight of 555 grams and dimensions of 278.27 x 180.11 x 6.9 mm. What becomes a thin and light tablet with fair edges on the screen and in harmony with the entire front.

It actually goes to the screen, which is 2.5K (2560 x 1600) TFT LCD (IPS) display And the ability to reproduce 1.07 billion colors. Inside it is the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip that features energy efficiency and excellent performance.

In fact, HONOR wanted to take advantage of its excellence in taking care of autonomy to include a battery with a capacity of 8300 mAh, which suggests that it is more than enough to spend hours and hours consuming multimedia content in all its forms.

Following the theme of multimedia content consumption, it contains 8 HONOR Histen speakers, audio and two microphones So that video calls are satisfying and can partly resemble the mobile experience.

Design and photography

HONOR Pad 9 plays with Sober style with metal body, without highlighting almost anything in the design, saturating the back with its branding and a camera module from which you can read the AI ​​camera. Now that the thin tablet is attracting more attention due to Apple and its 5.1mm iPad Pro, this tablet is 6.9mm thick, while the new Redmi Pad Pro is 7.52mm thick.

In the The rear camera appears to be a 13-megapixel one with f/2.0 aperture and autofocus On the front, there is an 8-megapixel camera with an f/2.2 aperture. Different modes can be used to enhance your portrait photography using Beauty mode, HDR mode, or switching to Pro mode to select capture settings.

Consumption of multimedia content

With the available specifications, it is easier to understand one of the goals of this tablet, which is to consume multimedia content at all levels. 12.1-inch high-quality screen provides a great experience Enjoy streaming platforms like Netflix, Max, or YouTube itself In addition to other devices dedicated to gaming, such as Twitch.

It can be said that it is fun to watch movies or series as well as play some good games of any video game. In our case, we tested one of the notable applications that in recent weeks have arrived on Android, Loop Hero looks scary, of course What’s more, it’s a game that, although it can be enjoyed on the typical screen of any current smartphone (between 6.5 or 6.7 inches), all its details appear on the Honor Pad 9. Roguelike (Infinite RPG) that offers the option to build a medieval city and more.

The sound is excellent and it’s a very pleasant surprise how good the bass sounds with the Spotify volume turned up or the movie soundtrack on Filmin. With this tablet for you You can avoid buying a Bluetooth speakerbecause even at maximum volume it sounds very good thanks to the four grilles placed, two on each side so that the sound comes out.

Productivity and multitasking

Although at first it may seem like a smartly designed tablet for entertainment, HONOR continues to work tirelessly on developing the interface that focuses on using a mobile device like the Pad 9’s screen, and there is a need for an interface that allows the user to engage with it properly. Without having to extend your arm every now and then To move to one application or another or go to the beginning.

MagicOS 7.2 based on Android 13 is an example of the above work, although there is one point that we did not like at all: The large number of apps Google recommends you install When setting up your tablet for the first time; Which may be useful for some users, but the configuration becomes heavy due to rejection of Google Files, Google News, Google Messages, etc.

After this point, there are some interface details that we really liked: One of them is a very intuitive gesture Because when you’re in a game or watching a movie, gesture from the bottom of the screen to go to the home screen.

Interacting with a tablet of this size is vital and the gestures that will be used the most, other than say, are those dedicated to bringing up the control panel when done from the top right and the notification panel from the left; And side gesture from left to right or vice versa to scroll between the two. Yes, double tapping the screen to wake the screen is missed, because it forces you to always use the power button.

These are the gestures that will be used on a daily basis on this tablet. As for multitasking, it comes with some interesting features: You go into preview mode and each app will show whether it can be used for multitasking through the window icon located right at the top right.

the HONOR Pad 9 lets you drop a game or app as if it were floating (Always depends on whether the game or app allows you to expand it as if it were a Windows window), and go to split screen: From the app preview, click on the window button mentioned earlier and then on the top bar of the app window to choose Floating or Split Screen mode, or Simply drag it to the upper right corner to make it a small window.

Everything is very intuitive and the performance is excellent To perform any action, even if you want to minimize the app and leave it with the floating button open at all times.

Finally, MagicOS 7.2 has AI-based details like Extract text from imageOr a tap to access associated services or apps (such as Google Maps if the text is an address) or the ability to select and hold text to drag and drop it into the HONOR Notes app to paste instantly.

The software does not lack anything and has a good list of its own applications, as well as the Safe Box experience to mimic the Secure Folder or Private that will arrive in Android 15.

Your independence

for him The battery is 8,300 mAh It allowed us to enjoy hours and hours of a game like Loop Hero. HONOR neglects to provide details about the use of applications, as they practically no longer exist and everything is focused on showing the remaining hours of use and the percentage.

Its charging capacity allows it to be taken from 10% to 24% in 30 minutes. Speed ​​isn’t one of its most notable features, although MagicOS does a good job of efficiency so that an hour of video consumes 14% of your battery.

Should I buy it?

Going from almost doubling the price of the HONOR Pad x9 makes very important improvements such as a Very powerful sound with incredible bass12.1-inch screen with 120 Hz refresh rate and 2.5K resolution, important capabilities for performance and autonomy: the best chip with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, 16 GB of RAM, 256 GB of internal memory and autonomy of 8300 mAh charging Fast 35 watts.

It’s a thin tablet just like the Pad X9 Photography has been improved on the back and front. This is perhaps not the most important thing in a tablet usually intended for multimedia consumption, but it adds value to its entire package.

The Spanish market now has some attractive tablets In this price range like the Xiaomi Pad 6 (launched in summer 2023), which has a Snapdragon 870 chip that loses ground in power efficiency, but shows great strength in performance.And the device that’s fresh out of the oven is the Redmi Pad Pro. Honorary board

And of course, HONOR continues to invest in it Scary specifications at a great price With great interest in becoming one of the reference brands in the field of mobile devices in the coming years. One of them is the HONOR Pad 9 tablet.