Huawei has officially launched the MatePad T8 in India. The tablet was first announced in May for the global market. Later in July, the company teased the impending launch of the tablet in India.

The MatePad T8 is offered in a single Deepsea Blue color and comes in Wi-Fi and LTE versions priced at Rs9,999 ($135) and INR10,999 ($150), respectively. The LTE model will be available for INR1,000 ($13) less during the pre-order phase on Flipkart, which begins on September 8, 2020, and ends on September 14, 2020. The slate will be available on open sale from September 15.

The Huawei MatePad T8 features an 8-inch LCD panel with 4.9mm left and right bezels. It also packs a screen resolution of 800 x 1200 pixels resolution, 80% screen-to-body ratio and 189ppi pixel density. The tablet also comes with an all metal-body.

Talking of the processor, the slate is powered by a MediaTek MT8768 chipset that includes four cores of Cortex-A53 CPU ticking at 2.0GHz and another four cores of Cortex-A53 CPU at 1.5GHz. The SoC includes IMG G38320 650 graphics.

The octa-core processor is paired with 2 GB of RAM and there are 16 GB and 32GB storage options expandable via microSD. The MatePad T8 is preinstalled with Android 10 OS with an overlay of Huawei’s EMUI 10.1 custom skin. The tablet lacks Google apps and services. Instead, Huawei provides its own AppGallery on the device. The table comes with educational content for children. Parental control mode and eye-comfort mode are also available on the MatePad T8.

The tablet gets its juice from a 5,100mAh batterywhich can deliver up to 12 hours of video playback. There is a  2-megapixel camera with f/2.4 aperture at the front while at the back, it sports a 5-megapixelcamera.  It comes with support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, microUSB 2.0, USB OTG and 3.5mm audio jack. There is also LTE support on some models.

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Huawei has been releasing smartphones on all fronts, both flagship, mid-range and entry-level models. Just recently, the Huawei Y6P and Y5P popped up on the radar signifying an impending launch. Well, without much funfair, Huawei has unveiled the duo in Romania. The two smartphones were launched alongside the MatePad T8 tablet.

Huawei Y6P – Specs & Features

The Huawei Y6P features a 6.3-inch IPS LCD display with an HD+ resolution. The display has a waterdrop notch which houses an 8MP selfie camera. At the rear aspect, the phone sports a triple camera setup consisting of a 13MP main camera alongside a 5MP ultrawide camera sensor and a 2MP depth of field camera. The device also has a rear-mounted capacitive fingerprint scanner.

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The Y6P is powered by a MediaTek Helio P22 chipset paired with 3GB RAM and 64GB of storage, which is expandable. Keeping the lights on is an impressive 5000mAh battery which over the dated micro-USB port. The phone runs the latest EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10 but you get Huawei’s own Harmony Mobile Services instead of Google Mobile Services (GMS).

The Huawei Y6P is available in black, green, and purple colors with a starting price of RON 799 (€165). Pre-orders start tomorrow in Romania with a RON 200 (€40) discount.

Huawei Y5P – Specs & Features

On its part, the Huawei Y5P packs a 5.45-inch TFT LCD panel with the traditional top and bottom bezels even though slightly trimmed. The phone comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio. There is a 5MP selfie shooter at the top bezel.

The back panel has an 8MP camera with LED flash. The Helio P22 chipset along with 2 GB of RAM powers the device. There is a 32 GB internal storage on the phone. A microSD card is available for additional storage. Under the hood, there is a 3,020mAh battery. The Y5P runs on EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10 but still without GMS.

As for the pricing, the Huawei Y5P which comes in black, blue and mint colors will go on pre-order tomorrow for 599 RON (€125). There is also an early bird discount of RON 200 (€40) discount.

Huawei MatePad T8 – Specs & Features

Huawei recently transitioned the MediaPad series to MatePad and the MatePad T8 is the third model dropping this year after the MatePad Pro 5G and MatePad 10.4. The new tablet completes the cycle as the MatePad Pro is a flagship slate, the MatePad is a mid-range tablet and this new model is a budget-level slate. The model features an 8-inch LCD panel with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It ha the classic bezels at the top and bottom edges of the display. The top houses a 2MP selfie shooter which most will likely not put to use. At the rear, there is a 5MP primary camera.

Under the hood, the MatePad T8 crams an Octa-core MediaTek MTK8768 chipset paired with 2GB of RAM. There are 16GB and 32GB internal storage options that are expandable via the microSD slot. The tablet equally crams a sizeable 5100 mAh battery and boots EMUI 10.0.1 on top of Android 10 out of the box.

The Huawei MatePad T8 comes with a pocket-friendly RON 500 (€100) price tag and is available in a single color variant which is blue. The slate will go on sale later this month.

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