On August 6th, HarmonyOS Zhixing Xiangjie S9 and Huawei's all-scenario new product launch conference was officially held, and a number of new full-scene products were released on the spot, including Huawei MatePad Air and Huawei MatePad Pro, two new tablet computers.
华为MatePad Air
In terms of appearance, the Huawei MatePad Air adopts an all-metal seamless body design and uses a natural mica powder material that is resistant to corrosion and hand sweat. A total of four colors were launched, namely grass green, cherry pink, feather sand white, and smoky cloud gray; The weight of the product is 555g and the thickness is 5.9mm.
In terms of configuration, Huawei MatePad Air is equipped with a 12-inch 2.8K screen, a full-screen design, and an optional Yunxi soft light screen, which has the characteristics of anti-glare and paper-like writing. It supports 144Hz refresh rate, P3 wide color gamut, HDR Vivid, and the maximum brightness of the full screen can reach 1000nits in specific scenes. It is equipped with a 10100mAh battery and supports 66W wired charging.
In other aspects, HUAWEI MatePad Air supports HUAWEI M-Pencil (3rd generation) stylus and the newly released smart magnetic keyboard, and brings a number of AI smart writing functions such as AI pinyin association, AI handwriting adjustment, and AI handwriting arrangement, as well as a number of new features such as AI smart painting, AI smart selection, and AI portrait practice.
Huawei MatePad Air will be available in four versions, with pre-sales starting at 16:08 on the day of sale and officially going on sale at 10:08 on August 13, with the following prices:
8GB+256GB is priced at 2999 yuan
12GB+256GB is priced at 3299 yuan
Soft version
12GB+256GB is priced at 3599 yuan
12GB+512GB is priced at 3999 yuan
华为MatePad Pro
In terms of appearance, the back cover of Huawei MatePad Pro is made of 0.5mm aviation-grade ultra-thin glass fiber material, and a total of three colors are available, namely Liujin, Xuanbai, and inkstone black; The weight of the product is 508g and the thickness is 5.5mm.
In terms of configuration, Huawei MatePad Pro uses a 12.2-inch 2.8K 144Hz dual-layer OLED screen for the first time, with a screen-to-body ratio of 92%, Tandem peak brightness of 2000nits, a 3-fold increase in life, and a 33% increase in energy consumption optimization; There is also a soft light version to choose from, with the original flash point elimination technology, the anti-flash point ability is 31% higher than that of the iPad Pro nano textured glass version; It is equipped with a 10,100mAh battery with a reported charging power of 100W.
In other aspects, Huawei MatePad Pro is equipped with the official version of the Born Painting APP, with built-in master brushes of the China Academy of Art, and supports willow leaf pens, AI intelligent selection, one-click cutout and other functions.
Huawei MatePad Pro will launch a total of six versions, pre-sale will start at 16:08 pm on the day of sale, and it will officially go on sale at 10:08 on August 13, the specific prices are as follows:
12GB+256GB is priced at 4299 yuan
12GB+512GB is priced at 4799 yuan
Soft version
12GB+256GB is priced at 4899 yuan
12GB+512GB is priced at 5399 yuan
16GB+1TB is priced at 6699 yuan
Gold Collector's Edition
16GB+1TB is priced at 8299 yuan
The chips of the two products were not introduced at the press conference, but it was reported that the Huawei MatePad Air/Pro uses Kirin 9000W and Kirin 9010W chips respectively.
In addition, Huawei has also launched matching keyboards for two tablets - Smart Magnetic Keyboard and Xingyue Keyboard. The two keyboards are available for the Huawei MatePad Air and Huawei MatePad Pro, respectively, and both are available in black and white. In terms of price, the price of Huawei's smart magnetic keyboard is 599 yuan, and the price of Huawei's Xingyue keyboard is 1299 yuan.