Last year, Huawei announced the MatePad Pro. While it has released other premium tablets before, the MatePad Pro raised the bar higher with its features and design. Huawei is set to announce a less powerful variant soon that ditches the “Pro” suffix and will have a more affordable price tag.

A report from China says the MatePad line may replace the MediaPad line. According to the source, the MatePad Pro was originally termed the MediaPad M7, thus lending further credence to the report.

The question is why is Huawei ditching MediaPad for MatePad? First, let’s go back in time to when the series was first announced.

Huawei announced the MediaPad tablet line in 2011 and its selling point was its audio and visual performance which is why features such as stereo and quad speakers were some of the top features of MediaPad tablets.

Now that tablets are serving as alternatives to PCs and MacBooks, the MediaPad name doesn’t fit for a tablet targeted at professionals. As we all know the MatePad Pro is advertised as a productivity device with a stylus and an optional keyboard. The upcoming MatePad is also being marketed as a productivity device and also has support for a stylus.

Does that mean, Huawei is no longer catering to those who just want to buy a tablet for entertainment?

Not really. Aside from the upcoming MatePad, there is also a third model that is called the MediaPad T that received Wi-Fi certification earlier this month. This model appears to be an entry-level model with modest specs that can be used for reading and entertainment but not productive work like the MatePad and MatePad Pro. Honor also seems to still be in the tablet game, so there should be more options to choose from if you want an affordable tablet.

Huawei should complete the transition from MediaPad to MatePad this year. It is reported that the MediaPad M6 8.4-inch is no longer available on Huawei’s Vmall online store. The 10.8 version may also be pulled down when the MatePad with its 10.4-inch screen is announced.

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Alongside the new Honor 8C, the company also unveiled a mid-range tablet in China, the Honor MediaPad T5. You could also call it the Honor Tab 5. Note that there’s a good chance that you have already heard this name, if you recall, Huawei had released the MediaPad T5 earlier this year. Well, don’t get yourself confused, these two are basically the same device. Except for minute differences (camera specs, fingerprint), the Huawei MediaPad T5 is basically the Honor MediaPad T5. Just note that in China it goes under the Honor brand, while internationally, its being sold under the Huawei brand name. Now that we’ve cleared this, let’s move on to the Honor MediaPad T5 (Honor Tab 5) in detail.

The tablet comes in an all metal CNC body and weighs just about 460 grams. The dimensions (243mm × 164mm × 7.8mm) are decent enough for a 10-inch tablet, making it easy to carry around where ever you go. To be honest, there’s nothing spectacular about the tablet’s design but for its affordable pricing, the metal body and under 500 gram weight makes it a pretty good tablet in the segment. Further, there are two color options available: Glacier Blue and Grey.

The Honor Mediapad T5 comes with a 10.1-inch 19200 x 1200 pixel resolution display, which brings the aspect ratio to a comfortable 16:1o. Apart from the large FHD display up front, the tablet features dual stereo speakers with Huawei Histen 5.0 sound technology with Harman Kardon professional tuning. It’s clear that the company wants to market this tablet as an entertainment device. The large display and stereo speakers definitely gives it an edge over large screen smartphones which threaten to eat up the tablet market.

Inside, the tablet comes with a Kirin 659 processor with 3+32GB and 4+64GB storage options. Since its a Kirin processor on board, you also get the company’s GPU Turbo technology which should offer solid gaming performance.

Another upgrade on the Honor Tab 5 aka Honor MediaPad T5 is the presence of a fingerprint sensor and even face unlock. The Huawei branded model that’s sold internationally doesn’t feature this sensor. Other notable features includes eye comfort mode with blue light filter, and children’s corner.

The Honor MediaPad T5 starts at 1399 Yuan ($200) for the 3+32GB model, 1599 Yuan ($230) for the 4+64GB model and goes up to 1799 Yuan ($260) for the LTE 4+64GB variant. Reservations start today and goes on until October 14. First sale is on October 15 at 10AM in China.

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Huawei is preparing their new tablet device, thats called as Huawei MediaPad 10 Link, this tablet is already enter the FCC and shows that tablet device has nice  specs.

The Huawei MediaPad 10 Link is packs with 10 inch screen display with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, powered by 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, coupled with 1GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

While this tablet is enter the FCC, seems that the MediaPad 10 Link will hit global market and ready to compete with another tablet manufacturer.

The new device appears in FCC ID as  QISS10-201L, while the first version had the catchy moniker of QISS10-201WA. The new device parameters is uncertain, there are rumors may add mobile data network features, but the domestic 3G version already on sale, so this statement is not credible. Thuis new tablet device will packs with 6400 mAh battery capacity, this is large enough for tablet device.

If nothing else, this tablet will meet us in July, according to the MediaPad 10 Link in the domestic price of 1699 yuan or around $ 277 USD. Everyone likes hold out on their own, anyway, this is still small series wager the same years K3V2.

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