Honor MagicPad 2 looks like this

After presenting internationally the new folding mobile HONOR Magic V3, the Chinese brand has left an important space in the presentation for its new MagicPad 2 tabletwhich we have just had the opportunity in EL ESPAÑOL – El Android Libre to test to record its best virtues and some details in which it has to improve.

The HONOR MagicPad 2 is available for 599 euros in Spain in the colors white and pearl black (until the end of the month for your purchase a discount coupon of 50 euros and these three gift accessories: HONOR Super Charge 66W, HONOR Magic Pen and HONOR Earbuds X6. Princinpalmente is based on being that tablet that Will become the hub of the home for multimedia content playback.The tablet can be used to play multimedia content, surf the web or even enjoy some of today’s best games. Although it must be said that it performs superbly in multitasking to be an all-rounder tablet.

It is a tablet of details and an outstanding specification that totally changes the concept that has to be taken about the HONOR MagicPad 2: its OLED display of 12.3 inches that totally distances it from the previous one launched in the Spanish market, the HONOR Pad9, which we also had the opportunity to test in EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre.

And is that to find tablets with OLED screen you have to go to those of Samsung in its Galaxy Tab S family and at quite high prices, so the bet of HONOR is very interesting, because apart from going directly by the Korean manufacturer, it is available as a very worthy competitor against Apple and its iPad.

Commenting on its details, there is another important asset that adds quite a lot of value to the whole, and is none other than the 8 stereo speakers which mounts with Smart PA and stereo sound effects. Of course, a device of this type is aimed directly at the reproduction of streaming platforms. The base sound it generates is very special thanks to DTS X: Ultra, HONOR Histen and the spatial audio, and with the IMAX-Enhanced certification takes the sound experience to an unprecedented level

But there is one thing we do wish he had included on the tablet, and that is. the two-tap screen gesturebecause this convenient experience, when it is not available, and even more so on a large tablet, makes it necessary to turn on with the button.

Specifications: large OLED display

In the design it plays with two colors, a standard black with gray finish and white Moonlight White marble type that appropriates a visual identity a little bit of its own.. Especially because in the camera module HONOR plays with a circular one and those two stripes to let you intuit the led Flash that as a whole makes a nice touch in the visual.

As far as its hardware is concerned, it lacks nothing and in its guts runs the chip. Snapdragon 8s Gen 3announced in March of this year to be one of the newest SoCs, accompanied by a unique configuration of 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal memory to put together a more than perfect device.

Returning to the screen, it goes into detail, and is that apart from being a 12.3-inch OLED, 1.07 billion colors, certificationTÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light, resolution 3,000 x 1,920 and a typical peak of 650 nits (maximum of 1,600), it is quite surprising for the thin bezels thanks to an 80% body-to-screen ratio.

We have put on record in several screenshots one of its best specifications, its OLED screen, whether for gaming, streaming across platforms or watching a simple video on YouTube. It can be seen in the picture of the game Alien: Isolation. which is where you can best see how the black color generates a great contrast.

The photographic section is not that it is as important as in cell phones, but HONOR has not forgotten to include a 13 Mpx rear camera and a 9 Mpx front camera to try to allow the user to use the tablet for video calls and even for the occasional photo.

Not that it is the most important thing, but it complies, like other tablets on the market and as an important detail to understand the value that gives the Chinese brand to the HONOR MagicPad 2 in Spain.

Great autonomy and some details

And if it has an exceptional chip and an OLED screen, it takes an autonomy to already leave the future buyer of this well-made tablet very surprised. A 10,050 mAh total battery with fast charging 66 W with HONOR SuperCharge, but of which it is unknown if it is the same one used in the Magic V2 or Magic V3, which has allowed HONOR to decrease almost to nothing (to the size of the USB Type-C connector) the thickness of its foldables.

This charge allows you to carry it from 19% to 33% in only 10 minutes and to 46% in 20 minutes.. It is another of the highlights of this tablet, since as a general rule do not usually have fast charges and take it to the maximum, and even more so when they are devices with high capacity batteries, it can take hours to bring it to 100%. In this case in 20 minutes it has gone from 19 to 46%, more than a quarter of its maximum capacity.

And more details, it has a weight of 555 g and dimensions of 274.5 x 180.5 x 5.8 mm.which is amazing, as the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra at 326, 4 x 208.6 x 5.5 mm weighs its 732 g (being a bit bigger in screen with 14.6 inches instead of the 12, 3), so it becomes a good light, thin tablet with an exciting OLED display with those very thin bezels.

Finally, it is a tablet with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 and USB Type-C and another USB 2.0 connection. It does not have a charger in the box, so it would take one to charge it (including time).

Software with generative AI

HONOR takes care of the software of its devices and with this tablet and its multitasking, it brings Magic OS 8.0.1 based on Android 14. It was already known 10 days ago that the new Magic V3 was going to be treated elegantly in collaboration with Google with new features of generative artificial intelligence with translator mode or the ability to delete objects or people a la Magic Editor of the Pixel.

And yes, HONOR magic portal is present in the MagicPad 2 with AI suggestions to interpret what you see on screen and thus anticipate the user’s action (if it is a link to Maps suggests this app) and Magic Text so that by pressing the button located in the lower right corner you can extract text from an image in a simple way.

The third function is Magic Portal, to drag content to any app in a sidebar to swipe an image; similar in concept to Rodea to search (available on Samsung phones and Google’s Pixel), but here with a long touch.

Also present within hours or days will be some important new features such as the ability to transcribe voice memos, mathematical formula recognition and beautify handwriting. with AI in its Notes app (here comes into play the HONOR Magic Pen); yes, we will have to wait for an update that should fall soon in Spain. By the way, its own Notes app is one of the best apps offered by HONOR.

Among those details in the software can be found to HONOR Connect which apart from allowing smooth and easy file transfer between the same devices, makes it possible to make synchronized calls, use the keyboard, mouse or touchpad to control a mobile or PC, or use the tablet as a webcam for the PC.

In games it goes scary and although limited by the chip, which does not reach the height of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it copes without problems the most played games currently as Supercell and in Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile comes out quite well without being able to go to ultra settings.

Should I buy it?

One tablet with OLED screen is always a great buy. because of its own panel technology that makes watching TV series, movies, documentaries or playing any game an experience in itself.

To this simple fact is added the clear intentions of HONOR to become one of the references in the coming years in Spain. –words taken entirely from the interview given by its CEO in Spain to EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre– with devices that are worth much more than the price they are at, so at this cost, and after commenting on each of their virtues, it is difficult to find a tablet that beats itespecially for its finishes and elegance in all its nuances and specifications.