On March 23, Huawei is set to host a mega spring event in Shanghai, China, where it will unveil a range of new flagship products. Among the devices to be launched are the premium Huawei P60 series and the highly anticipated Mate X3 foldable. Today, the brand has confirmed this year’s MatePad refresh will also be arriving on the same day. MatePad 11 (2023) has been teased to feature some interesting improvements. Here are the details.

As per official teasers, Huawei MatePad 11 tablet (2023) will offer a paper-like reading and writing experience. This device will also feature a smooth screen with anti-glare eye protection, marking Huawei’s first foray into this type of tablet. The tablet’s panel boasts impressive capabilities, as it can eliminate up to 97% of the distracting light in the surrounding environment.

Separately, TUV Rheinland has shared the device’s renders, which reveal its design. The tablet can be seen to have a single camera on the rear and a notch-less display on the front. The selfie camera is embedded vertically on the upper bezel. The MatePad 11 tablet has received the TUV Rheinland’s reflection-free certification, which means that it can shield users from the negative effects of indoor ambient light, resulting in a better overall experience.

MatePad 11 (2023) has also become the world’s first tablet to get the SGS low visual certification. This certification standard was recently developed by SGS and the China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS) to assess the level of visual fatigue products cause to users. Currently, other specifications of the Huawei tablet are not known. We expect the company to reveal more details through teasers before the launch. Stay tuned for the latest developments.

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HUAWEI launched the MatePad 11 in December last year, and the device became an instant blockbuster in the tablet segment. It was dubbed one of the best tablets of 2021 by experts.

Now, HUAWEI has launched a new color for the device. The color has been dubbed- ‘Sakura Pink’ and is only available for the tablet’s 8+128GB Wi-Fi version. There has been ongoing speculation amongst experts relating to the launch of a brand-new tablet, however, HUAWEI has certainly decided to provide potential buyers with a new color scheme instead of a full-spec brand-new tablet.

HUAWEI MatePad 11 specifications

The Huawei MatePad 11 tablet has an 11-inch screen, 2560×1600 resolution, 120Hz high refresh rate, support for DCI- The P3 film-level color gamut display, has passed the TUV Rheinland low blue light/flicker-free dual certification and is equipped with a four-speaker module tuned by Harman Kardon. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor.

The MatePad 11 delivers a smoother operating experience in video, gaming, reading, and sliding sceneries and has the lowest latency of just 2ms when using the second-generation HUAWEI M-Pencil pen, making it Huawei’s first tablet to support a 120Hz refresh rate.

The HarmonyOS 2 operating system, which offers multi-screen collaboration, smart multi-windows, and other features, is already pre-installed on the Huawei MatePad 11. It also further improves parallel vistas, keyboard and mouse operations/shortcuts, etc.

Price and availability

The device is priced at 2869 yuan ($425 approx.) and is now available on the HUAWEI Mall in China.

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The tablet market has heated up in 2021. Due to the increasing demand for online classes, portable tablets are back in the spotlight. 

Before the pandemic, most of us didn’t care about alternatives to the expensive Apple’s iPad series. But in 2021, we see that players like Xiaomi and Huawei are refocusing on their tablet product lines, and new entrants like Realme are also expected to bring us surprises. Even Lenovo, a veteran player in the industry, returned to the battleground with their affordable Yoga tablets and Xiaoxin Pads, which we reviewed a few weeks ago. 

But today we’re excited to show you another amazing model, the Huawei MatePad 11. In my limited experience time, I have to admit that it’s even more surprising than the Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021. And more importantly, it’s almost at the same price point as the Xiaoxin Pad Pro! So what exactly does it offer at its sub-500 Euro price tag? 

Let’s find out!

Huawei MatePad 11: Design & Display

Huawei’s MatePad 11 comes with a 10.95-inch screen, which is more portable than the Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021. The device is as thin as 7.25 mm and weighs about 485g. It has the compact size of a magazine and can easily fit into a backpack. Even if you are carrying it for your long travels, it won’t cause any obvious discomfort.

The 11-inch LCD display has a 2K resolution and supports up to 120Hz refresh rate, which is rare at such price point. By far we’ve only seen the Apple iPad Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Pro, and the MatePad 11 featuring such a high refresh rate of 120Hz. But if you’ve checked the other twos’ pricing, you will finally realize how special the MatePad 11 is. Although it’s an LCD panel, the display quality looks excellent. In our internal tests, we found that it covers 98.6% of sRGB colors and 91.7% of DCI-P3 gamut. Compared to the Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021, the MatePad 11 is more portable, which brings a more detailed graphics under the same resolution.    

The audio is definitely a surprise on the MatePad 11. It features 4 speakers to produce stereo sound, which are tuned by Harman Kardon. It sounds much better than a smartphone, and surely better than other tablets that you can buy at this price point.

And look at its appearance. The tablet’s frame is made of metal while the rear cover uses plastic. However, we can still feel the excellent build quality of the tablet. 

Huawei MatePad 11: Hardware & Performance

As for the performance, the MatePad 11 is powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset, which is the best Android chipset from 2020. Even now, although it’s a bit weaker than the Snapdragon 870 used on the Xiaoxin Pad Pro, it is still one of the most powerful chipsets with excellent thermal design and good power consumption. From the results on the benchmarks we ran, we can see that the MatePad 11 has almost the same performance as the flagship smartphones in 2020. So we were really looking forward to how it performs in heavier games. 

Well, in our gaming test, PUBG Mobile didn’t create any trouble for the tablet. It stably ran at the best level that we could access in the game. 

However, in heavier games like Genshin Impact and Nimian Legend, the tablet didn’t look like it was at its full strength yet. But thanks to the relatively conservative GPU strategy, the tablet had an excellent thermal performance, which was much better than most smartphones. Meanwhile, lower power consumption also suggested it might have good battery performance. Later we will show you more details. 

In shooting games like ACE Force which can run up to 120fps, the MatePad 11 no doubt is one of the best devices to enjoy an excellent gaming experience.   

Huawei MatePad 11: HarmonyOS Software 

And thanks to Harmony OS, the MatePad 11 offers more versatility than a traditional tablet. A tablet used to be a transitional product between a Smartphone and a notebook. However, since most tablets ran a similar software to smartphones, it just made them look like a smartphone with a bigger display. Most brands are simply thinking about how to make their tablets look and feel like a Notebook. But on the MatePad 11, Huawei no doubt was more creative with its software.

Let’s look deeper at the Harmony OS powering the MatePad 11. The optimized interface is really delightful, especially when we view all the contents through the 120Hz display. App-opening speed is also fast with super fluent animations. Some of you might worry the compatibility of the Harmony OS. Well, of course, Google apps are not available on the MatePad 11 for reasons that are well known. However, in addition to Huawei’s App Gallery, you are allowed to install other Android Apps through APK installation files. 

Harmony OS is currently the best mobile OS for multi-device collaboration. So it’s no surprise that the MatePad running Harmony OS is multi-device friendly. If you want to connect with a smartphone, users can get a real-time projection of the smartphone with one click. And amazingly, the latency is almost unperceivable. Almost all the smartphone operations are enabled on the MatePad, and you can even drag files between the two devices. This has highly improved the efficiency of data transfer and has turned the MatePad into a data processing center. 

For example, you can use the connected smartphone to collect data, such as capturing or searching for high-quality images, or even record voices of important people speaking. And then you can organize them all on the Matepad. You can immediately drag the photo from the phone into the tablet’s Notepad, and even use its voice input feature to convert the recording to text. This way, you can easily generate a simple report or a work note. But please note that this convenient collaboration feature is only available with HUAWEI phones.

If you want the tablet to work with a PC, Harmony OS creatively offers three working modes for seamless cross-platform operation. First, under expansion mode, you can set the tablet as a wireless expanded screen for the PC. Or just transform the tablet into a sketchpad by copying the PC screen. Paired with the HUAWEI M-Pencil, you can draw, mark, and easily share the PC contents onto your tablet. The third mode is the Share Mode, in which the PC and the tablet run independently but share a single set of keyboard and mouse.

This mode truly breaks the boundaries between a PC and a tablet. You can use a single set of keyboard and mouse to control both your devices, and achieve cross-system data transfer by freely dragging and dropping files between them. Any work that has been done on one device can be easily dragged to the other, and users can synchronize work processes on the tablet, no matter from PC to tablet or from tablet to PC.

To improve multitasking efficiency, Huawei has developed a smart Multi-window feature for the MatePad series. With the Multi-window feature, users can open up to 4 apps at once using 2 floating windows and split-screen view.

In addition, to take full advantage of the landscape display, there’s another interesting feature called app multiplier. It allows you to open dual tasks within the app, but either of them can be operated independently. 

Once you get used to the features of multi-window and app multiplier, the whole experience is much more delightful than before. Especially when you’ve got tired of switching between apps on a tablet, you must understand the pleasure of smooth operation with multi-task mode on a mobile device.  

Huawei MatePad 11: Stylus

Now let’s talk about the official stylus, the latest HUAWEI M-Pencil. The Pencil feels like a true pencil that we use on paper, not just because it’s lightweight, but also because of the comfortable grip.

Huawei claims that their latest Penkit solution can reduce writing latency down to 2ms. Well, it’s hard to tell whether this is true or not, but we were satisfied with its low latency. Huawei has also opened up the HUAWEI Penkit to app developers. So make sure to check whether your everyday drawing application supports the HUAWEI Penkit optimization. That said, the M-pencil is almost the best low-latency stylus that I’ve used on a non-Apple tablet.

Huawei MatePad 11: Battery Life

About the tablet’s battery performance, it’s much better than what we expected. Especially when compared to the Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021, the MatePad 11 still has around 20% of power left after running our standard battery-life test. 

Huawei MatePad 11: Verdict

In the review of XiaoxinPad Pro 2021, we predicted that there will be more competitive tablets coming out in the second half of 2021. But we didn’t really expect a surprise from HUAWEI. As most tablet manufacturers are focusing on hardware of the tablets, HUAWEI stands out as it tries to improve user experience by making the MatePad more like a true tablet, and an efficient one at the software level.  So on the MatePad 11, although it is running the initial version of the Harmony OS, we can already see its potential, especially when it comes to multi-device collaboration.

So that’s all about the HUAWEI MatePad 11, which is probably the best tablet that you can find at this price point.

What are your thoughts about the MatePad 11? Do you want us to review other models of the MatePad series? 

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Leading Chinese tech giant Huawei has continued to show resilience despite the crippling of its smartphone arm by the US sanction. The company has today announced the launch of a slew of high-end electronic products for the Asia-Pacific market. the products range from a monitor, earbuds, laptop, a smartwatch, to even a smartphone. Aside from its home country of China where these products had earlier been launched, other countries targeted by this new launch include India, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, among others. The products include the Huawei Nova 8i smartphone, the MatePad series made up of the MatePad Pro 12.6-inch, MatePad Pro 10.8-inch, and MatePad 11. The Huawei Watch 3 series smartwatch as well as the FreeBuds 4 TWS earbuds also joined the fray. Huawei also unveiled two high-end monitors – the MateView and MateView GT.

Apart from the Nova 8i which is making its first official appearance, the other products have earlier been announced in China. The MatePad Pro 12.6, MatePad Pro 10.8 and MatePad 11 as well as the Watch 3 series are mong the first products that were announced to be powered by the latest cross-device HarmonyOS 2. The self-developed OS comes with a distributed data management and task scheduling capabilities which will allow the Watch 3 and MatePad Pro to be able to pair with other intelligent devices such as smartphones, PCs, monitors. The potential which this cross-device capability brings is just enormous.

Huawei didn’t release details of the availability or their pricing in the targeted markets. The company only disclosed hat the FreeBuds 4, Watch 3 series, MateView, MateView GT, MatePad Pro 10.8, and MatePad 11 will be hitting Singapore pretty soon. Of course, announcing the product is one thing, releasing them is another. With the present reality, intending buyers may have to wait a while longer before these products are released into the market.

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Earlier today (5th July 2021), Huawei announced on its official Weibo account, a Chinese microblogging website, that it will be launching the new MatePad 11 on 6th of July 2021. The upcoming tablet will also arrive with support for HarmonyOS 2.0.

Back in June 2021, the Chinese tech giant held the HarmonyOS 2.0 and new product launch conference, which also had the brand unveil its new MatePad tablets that are equipped with the proprietary operating system. While the top of the model was a 12.6 MatePad Pro, Huawei had also teased the arrival of a 11 inch tablet as well. We had previously reported on rumors that the company would be launching this device on June 6, which has now been officially confirmed.

Unfortunately, the company’s announcement of the tablet’s launch date did not include any finer details regarding its specifications. Although, we do have some information from past reports to go on at the moment. As per these reports, the MatePad 11 will launch with an 11 inch panel on the front that supports 120Hz high refresh rate and features 2.5K resolution. Under the hood, the device is expected to sport the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC.

For memory, the firm will launch the tablet in multiple storage variants, including a 64GB, 128GB, and even 256GB version that can be further expanded via a microSD card slot. Other features include support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0. Huawei is also expected to launch the MatePad 11 in four color variants in China. So stay tuned, as we will be covering the launch event tomorrow.

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Besides the 2021 versions of the MatePad Pro, Huawei launched another tablet with HarmonyOS 2.0 which is actually more affordable: the MatePad 11 2021. Despite it is cheaper, it still comes with flagship-class specifications. We can not tell the same about the newly-announced Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE, an affordable version of the Galaxy Tab S7 series, but this tablet still has its own advantages. Another affordable tablet with flagship-class specifications is the iPad Air 2020, even though it is a bit older. Which tablet is worth buying now? This comparison will hopefully clear your ideas in regards.

Huawei MatePad 11 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE vs Apple iPad Air

Design

The Apple iPad Air is more elegant and beautiful than its two rivals by Samsung and Huawei because it has a thinner profile, it is lightweight and it has an aluminum body. It also comes with a fingerprint reader, unlike the Huawei MatePad 11 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE. On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE is comfortable because it has a magnetic slot for the S Pen.

Display

If you need the best display, you should opt for the iPad Air 2020. Its Liquid Retina IPS LCD display has a better color reproduction, it supports a wider color gamut and the True-tone technology which adapts the colors to the environment. The iPad Air also comes with a 4:3 aspect ratio which is great for viewing images and reading. The second place goes to the Huawei MatePad 11 2021 packing an IPS display with the highest refresh rate: 120 Hz. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE is inferior with its TFT display coming with a standard 60 Hz refresh rate. All of these tablets have a Quad HD+ resolution.

Hardware/Software

The most advanced performance is provided by the Apple iPad Air 2020: not only it has a stronger Apple A14 Bionic chipset, but it also comes with a well-optimized operating system able to guarantee higher stability and speed. But the Huawei MatePad 11 remains a flagship tablet with its Snapdragon 865 processor, up to 128 GB of internal storage, and 6 GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE is just a mid-ranger with its Snapdragon 750G. But there is an important thing to note: iPad Air 2020 does not support 5G, while Huawei MatePad 11 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE do.

Camera

The iPad Air 2020 provides the best camera: we are talking about a 12 MP sensor with a bright f/1.8 focal aperture and 4K video recording up to 60 fps. The selfie camera is great as well with its 7 MP resolution, HDR, and 1080p video recording at 60 fps. The Huawei MatePad 11 comes right after with a 13 MP rear camera paired with an 8 MP front camera, while the camera found on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE is a bit disappointing with its 8 MP resolution.

Battery

The most important pro of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE is the battery: with its capacity of 10,090 mAh it is a lot bigger than its rivals and it provides a great battery life. Further, it supports a faster 45W charging technology.

Price

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE and Apple iPad Air are priced at about €650/$788 in the global market, while Huawei MatePad 11 starts from €400/$485 in the Chinese market and it is still not available globally. Overall, the iPad Air 2020 looks like a better choice due to its better camera, display, and operating system (at least for those who want to work with their tablet).

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Huawei MatePad 11 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE vs Apple iPad Air: PRO and CONS

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE

PROS

• Worldwide availability
• Bigger display
• S Pen
• 45W fast charging
• Micro SD slot

CONS

• TFT display

Huawei MatePad 11 2021

PROS

• Good price
• Reverse charging
• 120 Hz refresh rate
• Micro SD slot

CONS

• Inferior battery life

Apple iPad Air 2020

PROS

• Awesome display
• Best cameras
• iPadOS
• eSIM

CONS

• Price

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