As scheduled for today, Huawei finally announces the Mediapad – the company’s first high-end Android tablet among budget plenty of budget ones seen over the years. If you’ve been holding out for a good 7-inch tablet your choices just broadened with the arrival of this tablet which packs a high-res 1280 x 800 IPS display, Android Honeycomb 3.2 (a first!) and a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.
Take a look at the specs:
- 7-inch 1280 x 800 IPS display (217 PPI)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon chip (1.2GHz, dual-core)
- 1080p video Playbook
- Android Honeycomb 3.2
- 8GB of internal storage
- 1.3MP front-facing camera
- 5MP rear-facing camera
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- Bluetooth
- MicroSD card reader
- HDMI out
- 6 hour battery
- GPS
- 3G HSPA+
- 10.5mm thick
- 390g / 0.86 pounds
- Preloaded – Flash 10.3, Documents To Go, Let’s Golf, Twitter, Facebook
Great specs. In terms of size and weight, it’s chunkier than the Galaxy Tab (8.6mm) and a wee bit heavier by 10g (380g vs 390g). Honeycomb 3.2 is apparently a version of the OS specifically for 7-inch tablets, according to Huawei. It’ll launch in the US in Q3 sometime although. Huawei’s still trying to figure out pricing and it’ll probably depend on the carrier, of which nothing has been disclosed yet. Sadly, Huawei has no plans to release a Wi-Fi only model.
Official video:
Website: Huawei Facebook
Source: Engadget
