Along with its new Huawei Ascend G6 4G and Huawei TalkBand B1 smart wristband, Huawei today unveiled the 7-inch Huawei MediaPad X1 and 8-inch Huawei MediaPad M1 tablets. The two are billed as “the world’s slimmest 7-inch LTE Cat4-enabled all-in-one phablet” and “the 8-inch entertainment powerhouse” respectively.
Huawei calls the MediaPad X1 a phablet despite the fact that it is the same size as many tablets. If nothing else, it does prove that the line between smartphones with large displays and small tablets is blurring very quickly.
Huawei MediaPad X1 specifications:
- Processor: 1.6GHz quad-core Hisilicon Kirin 910 with Mali450-MP4 GPU
- Operating system: Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with Emotion UI 2.0
- Cellular connectivity: LTE Cat 4
- Other connectivity: GPS/A-GPS, dual-band 802.11 ab/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
- Display: 7-inch WUXGA (1920×1200/323PPI)
- RAM: 2GB LPDDR3
- Internal storage: 16GB
- External storage: MicroSD cards up to 32GB
- Rear-facing camera: 13MP AF with Sony Exmor R BSI with 1080p 30fps video capture
- Front-facing camera: 5MP
- Sensors: Ambient light, accelerometer, proximity, gyroscope, compass
- Battery: 5,000mAh Li-Polymer
- Dimensions: 183.5 × 10.9 × 7.18 millimeters
- Weight: 239 grams
- Colours: Snow White, Diamond Black
Huawei MediaPad M1 specifications:
- Processor: 1.6GHz quad-core Hisilicon Kirin 910 with Mali450-MP4 GPU
- Operating system: Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with Emotion UI 2.0
- Cellular connectivity: LTE Cat 4
- Other connectivity: GPS/A-GPS, dual-band 802.11 ab/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
- Display: 8-inch WXGA (1280×800) IPS
- RAM: 1GB
- Internal storage: 8GB
- External storage: MicroSD cards up to 32GB
- Rear-facing camera: 5MP AF with 1080p 30fps video capture
- Front-facing camera: 1MP
- Sensors: Ambient light, accelerometer, compass
- Battery: 4,800mAh Li-Polymer
- Dimensions: 214.4 × 120.7 × 7.9 millimeters
- Weight: 329 grams
- Colours: White, Tulip, Carnation, Lily/Lotus, Titanium Gray
- Other: Dual front-facing speakers and microphones
The Huawei MediaPad X1 will be available in China, Russia, Western Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Latin America starting next month March 2014. The Huawei MediaPad M1 will follow slightly later but still in Q1 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, China, Japan, Asia Pacific, Australia and Latin America. There is no word on pricing or North American availability at this point.
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Source : Huawei