rubber_otter
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I was able to get my hands on the new Huawei Mediapad T5 10". A couple of weeks down the line, and I must say, i am quite impressed. Huawei just keeps rolling out good products.
This bad boy is rocking an Octa-core CPU, running on the Kirin 659 chipset. Huawei are keeping it quite fresh with Android 8.0 with EUMI on top of that, and I have to say, I have become a fan. Yes, there are many people that hate that all of the apps are shown on the home screen. But stop complaining, there is a fix for that. Just toggle the Drawer style home screen and you are set. No need for a 3rd party launcher.
The screen is good, 1920 x 1200 pixels with a 224ppi density. Images are sharp and clear, and the brightness is good. Netflix quality is perfect, the only down side is the dual downward facing speakers which are easily covered when you are watching a movie while laying in bed.
Performance is acceptable when you consider this is a budget tablet. Gaming is somewhat neglected when it comes to the highly graphically intensive games, but looking at the bigger picture, a tablet is not purchased to play Tier 1 games on. Load your angry birds or temple run on here and you are golden.
Speaking of gaming, the T5 comes with, what I think is a brilliant idea, Kids Corner. This gives a parent, such as myself, better control on the content your kid is allowed to access. Being able to set a session time limit, available apps, accessible content, you name it.
Then, the most impressive aspect of it all, the gigantic 5100mAh battery this thing is packing. The low power draw of the T5 is something out of this world. After forgetting it in my backpack for the better part of a week, the battery level was sitting at 74% when I took it out to check my emails. I was astounded to say the least.
Small little details like the headphone jack and the expandable storage via microSD card make this a very well rounded budget tablet. I can highly recommend this to the every-day-joe that is gonna stream shows, game a bit, and check emails from time to time and charge it up every 4 - 5 days. It is well built, has a nice weight to it, and all in all, for R4299, it is worth every cent. According to Huawei it will be in store by mid-december.
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/mediapad-t5/
This bad boy is rocking an Octa-core CPU, running on the Kirin 659 chipset. Huawei are keeping it quite fresh with Android 8.0 with EUMI on top of that, and I have to say, I have become a fan. Yes, there are many people that hate that all of the apps are shown on the home screen. But stop complaining, there is a fix for that. Just toggle the Drawer style home screen and you are set. No need for a 3rd party launcher.
The screen is good, 1920 x 1200 pixels with a 224ppi density. Images are sharp and clear, and the brightness is good. Netflix quality is perfect, the only down side is the dual downward facing speakers which are easily covered when you are watching a movie while laying in bed.
Performance is acceptable when you consider this is a budget tablet. Gaming is somewhat neglected when it comes to the highly graphically intensive games, but looking at the bigger picture, a tablet is not purchased to play Tier 1 games on. Load your angry birds or temple run on here and you are golden.
Speaking of gaming, the T5 comes with, what I think is a brilliant idea, Kids Corner. This gives a parent, such as myself, better control on the content your kid is allowed to access. Being able to set a session time limit, available apps, accessible content, you name it.
Then, the most impressive aspect of it all, the gigantic 5100mAh battery this thing is packing. The low power draw of the T5 is something out of this world. After forgetting it in my backpack for the better part of a week, the battery level was sitting at 74% when I took it out to check my emails. I was astounded to say the least.
Small little details like the headphone jack and the expandable storage via microSD card make this a very well rounded budget tablet. I can highly recommend this to the every-day-joe that is gonna stream shows, game a bit, and check emails from time to time and charge it up every 4 - 5 days. It is well built, has a nice weight to it, and all in all, for R4299, it is worth every cent. According to Huawei it will be in store by mid-december.
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/mediapad-t5/
