Introduction
Unintuitively, the Honor Pad 9 (a.okay.a. the Pill 9 in China) is has a big 12.1-inch display. It covers all of the fundamentals with an eight-speaker audio setup and even stylus help, all for a reasonably cheap worth of £299.99 or £349.99 with the elective Bluetooth keyboard attachment.
Honor Pad 9 specs at a look:
- Physique: 278.2×180.1×6.9mm, 555g; Glass entrance, aluminum body, aluminum again; Stylus help.
- Show: 12.10″ IPS LCD, 1B colours, 120Hz, 500 nits (typ), 1600x2560px decision, 14.4:9 side ratio, 249ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM6450 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4 nm): Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55); Adreno 710.
- Reminiscence: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM; microSDXC (mobile mannequin solely).
- OS/Software program: Android 13, Magic OS 7.2.
- Rear digital camera: 13 MP, f/2.0, (extensive), AF.
- Entrance digital camera: 8 MP, f/2.2, (extensive).
- Video seize: Rear digital camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps; Entrance digital camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 8300mAh; 35W wired.
- Connectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 5; BT 5.1.
- Misc: Accelerometer; stereo audio system (8 audio system).
The Pad 9 doesn’t stray previous the fundamentals. There is no such thing as a expandable storage, no 3.5mm audio jack, no help for positioning, and no NFC or a radio receiver. The digital camera setup can be pretty primary, with a 13MP snapper on the again and an 8MP one on the entrance.
Then once more, with the current surge in “value-driving” units within the pill area, we’ve to imagine that market analysis doubtless signifies that few customers are in search of actually premium tablets, so the Honor Pad 9 could be properly positioned within the midrange.
Unboxing the Honor Pad 9
The Honor Pad 9 ships in a primary two-piece cardboard field. There is no such thing as a plastic within the package deal, which is at all times appreciated from an ecological standpoint.
The field cowl has a big, to-scale picture on the entrance of the pill itself, together with the proud proclamation that it helps “the Google App and Google Chrome”.
There may be loads of area contained in the field, and fairly just a few compartments for various equipment. Our unit solely got here with an Honor SuperCharge charger and a primary USB Kind-A to Kind-C cable. You do not get the keyboard or the stylus in the principle field.
We additionally acquired the elective Bluetooth keyboard in for overview as properly. It is available in an equally primary flip-up cardboard field with no plastics in sight. Nonetheless, there’s some foam to maintain the keyboard from banging up in opposition to itself (within the case half).
Sadly, we do not have the elective Honor Alternative Pencil stylus to overview presently.