Huawei launched a plethora of devices in its event organised in Bangkok on 28 May. Among these were the Huawei P8 Max and Mediapad X2 tablets. Here's a first look at these two devices.
As the name suggests, the Huawei P8 Max is a bigger version of the P8 smartphone. It sports the same metallic build and design as the P8, but on a larger scale. It support dual-SIM slots, making it a voice calling tablet.
While the P8 Max has a 1080p display, at 6.8 inches, the pixel density drops considerably. A bigger problem though is that the screen is very fingerprint intensive.
The P8 Max has a 5MP front camera along with a 13MP rear camera. It's difficult to gauge the camera performance on demo devices, but this one seemed at least respectable for a tablet camera.
The Huawei P8 Max runs on a 2.2 GHz octa-core Kirin 935 SoC along with 3GB of RAM and Android 5.0.2 Lollipop, layered with the company's own EMUI 3.0. It has 64GB internal storage, and you can also use the second SIM slot on this device to add micro-SD support.
Another thing that the huge size affords is a lot of space for battery. The P8 Max has a 4360 mAh battery inside.
Although it is big, the retangular shape and 6.4 mm thickness of the P8 Max makes it suitable for voice calling purposes. Of course, it's not as wieldy as a phone, but like the Asus Fonepad 7, this is meant for people who want this big a display with voice calling.
The P8 Max is also an LTE capable tablet. If you happen to like it, then it's be worth noting that this device may not make its way over to India, since the Mediapad tablets are already selling in the country.
Speaking of which, the Mediapad X2 is an upgrade to Huawei's Mediapad X1 tablet launched last year. The device was the only product with Honor branding at this launch event.
The Mediapad X2, like its predecessor, has a 13MP rear camera, which is quite good for a tablet.
The front camera also remains the same 5MP as before.
The main upgrade in the Mediapad X2 is in the processor department. Huawei has used the new Kirin 930 SoC instead of the older Kirin 910. This brings this tablet closer to the P8 Max though, and is one of the principle reasons why that one may not be launched in India.
At first glance, the Mediapad X2 looks almost the same as the P8 Max, but there are subtle differences like in the volume and power buttons. The X2 has flat bar-shaped buttons, while the P8 Max has the round power button.