Huawei MatePad Paper Review: Is it really useful to add an ink screen to the Pad?

Ink screen, a panel display technology that was once popular, has gradually become a "niche" product in the continuous development of the industry, and in this market environment, Huawei has launched a new product of the MatePad series - MatePad Paper. The reason why it is called "Paper" is that it is equipped with a 10.3-inch ink screen, what is the MatePad Paper experience? What are the advantages and disadvantages compared to other MatePad products? This experience will tell you the answer.

The original intention of the birth of the ink screen is to provide users with a paper-like reading experience, so it was first applied to the Kindle type of reader, no stroboscopic, wide viewing angle of the characteristics make the ink screen become the best choice for the electronic era to replace paper, Huawei's launch of MatePad Paper is also very pure, is to use the tablet computer's large screen and ink screen features to focus on improving the experience of text content.

Huawei's MatePad Paper uses a 10.3-inch ink screen, which is also the world's first ink screen product to pass the Rheinland certification.

Ink screen as the closest to the paper display technology, there has always been a problem by the user criticized, that is, "slow response", which is mainly due to the working principle of the ink screen, only when the power will change the image content, want to improve the screen refresh rate of the ink screen, the solution is to increase the speed of electricity.

Normal mode slide effect

Smart mode swipe effect

In the settings, we can see that there are two screen refresh modes, the former is the refresh rate of the traditional ink screen, and the smart mode can detect the use needs, increase the over-power speed when sliding the panel or watching the video, increase the screen refresh rate, and use a lower refresh rate when reading text statically, so that you can meet the daily use needs.

In terms of brightness, MatePad Paper also has multiple gears that can be adjusted, and even one-click switching brightness mode according to the environment to meet the needs of outdoor strong light or extremely low light environment.

In the left edge of the fuselage, MatePad Paper also imitates the physical book to design an extended spine, so that when using it daily, it leaves more grip space for the hand and does not obscure the screen.

The most critical thing is that MatePad Paper uses a magnesium alloy that is lighter than magnesium aluminum alloy as the middle frame frame, making its whole machine weight only 360g, even if the weight of the protective holster is much lighter than other flat products.

The outer layer of the magnesium alloy is wrapped in a plain leather material, and this time we got an inky black color scheme with a lychee texture on the back. The touch of plain leather is warmer and less slippery than metal or glass, making it very comfortable for everyday use.

In the details of the fuselage, the MatePad Paper power button integrates fingerprint recognition function. At the same time, we can also see that there are a lot of radio miCs on the border, which is also a core feature of Huawei's MatePad Paper, which we will describe in detail later.

The final replacement of the hardware part is the random matching M-Pencil second-generation stylus, Huawei has replaced the material in the nib position of this second-generation stylus, which appropriately increases the sense of writing dampness, making it more suitable for writing on the surface of the lightly frosted screen such as the ink screen, which can maximize the reduction of the writing experience on the real paper.

Officials say that the M-Pencil's writing delay on the MatePad Paper can be as low as 26ms, considering the working characteristics of the ink screen, the writing delay is still acceptable.

Comes with note-taking software writing effects

Writing effects in WPS software

However, on third-party apps other than Huawei's own note-taking software, the writing delay will be slightly noticeable.

After the exterior, let's talk about the inside of the MatePad Paper.

MatePad Ppper is equipped with Hongmeng operating system, the overall page is very simple, only divided into five categories: card desktop, notes, bookshelves, book city and applications. In particular, the card layout of the desktop can display functions such as schedule, notes, inbox, recent documents, etc., and can quickly reach the functions you want.

In the notes column, Huawei has built-in 5 sets of note templates, including meeting minutes, Cornell notes, reading notes, SWOT, and to-do items, which can be matched with different note templates according to their own needs to facilitate better recording of content.

For handwritten content, MatePad Paper also supports handwritten transliteration function, which can directly convert handwritten note content into text, which is convenient for recording and summarizing.

Or when the user is reading a book or browsing other content, he can also swipe inward from the upper right corner of the fuselage to call out the split-screen notes or global annotation function, and can split the note page on the current browsing page, and record key information while reading.

However, the note content is still too inefficient after all, so Huawei MatePad Paper also has a built-in radio Mic on the fuselage, using a 4-meter standard linear array to improve the sound quality and sound color and voice intelligibility and intelligibility. Voice intelligent gain control technology can achieve accurate pickup up to 5 meters, even if it is far away from the speaker can be heard clearly.

With this feature, Huawei MatePad Paper can record the sound of dialogue and convert real-time text, which can be very helpful for recording during meetings.

In the book city part, Huawei has built a large number of book resources read by Huawei into MatePad Paper, and through the aggregation of 1.65 million+ reading resources of content partners such as palm reading, click reading, Chinese online, and 130,000+ diversified reading content of cooperative publishers such as CITIC Publishing House, Peking University Press, and Shanghai People's Publishing House, covering a large number of book resources such as economic and cultural history, character biographies, social science culture, and popular novels, it meets the reading needs of different users and different scenes.

Even when reading the note annotation, idea recording, dashing and other operations will be recorded separately as note content, when you want to browse the notes later, click the corresponding annotation to jump to the original text of the marker position for review.

For users who like to listen to books, Huawei MatePad Paper also has two built-in large amplitude speakers, with the specially customized Histen 7.0 technology, independent sound processing for listening to books and storytelling modes, making the vocals clearer and more comfortable by adjusting the equalizer and dynamic compression values, etc., and the background music is more layered, telling the story with sound.

In terms of software, MatePad Paper has a built-in application center, you can download some notes or reading Apps, but because of the built-in Hongmeng operating system, MatePad Paper can actually install third-party apps such as Vibrato, B Station, Weibo and other third-party apps through the browser, and the running aspects are also very smooth, just use the ink screen to watch videos, the experience is still very peculiar.

Finally, let's talk about full-scene interaction.

As a device equipped with Hongmeng operating system, Huawei MatePad Paper is equipped with an ink screen, but its essence is still a tablet, so it can also complete multi-device interconnection with other Hongmeng devices.

Huawei MatePad Paper can be used as a secondary screen with PC devices for multi-screen collaboration, especially when users are creating text, a large number of text document content can be placed on the Huawei MatePad Paper to read, the look and feel is more comfortable and natural. The document content on the PC/mobile side can also be transmitted to the MatePad Paper through "Huawei Share" for reading, and the work efficiency can be improved with the help of split-screen notes and global annotation functions.

However, the best thing for me is the "read later" function, when we read an article on the mobile phone, we can call out the "read later" function by pressing the screen with two fingers, so that the content of the article will be saved. We can also do breakpoint relapse on a more readable device like the MatePad Paper.

Or the articles read in the mobile app can also be dragged and dropped to the MatePad Paper through the "HyperTerminal", but this function is more restrictive, only supports the MatePad Paper application center can download the app, other third-party apps currently do not support sharing through this method.

For the MatePad Paper product, it has a clear audience. Huawei MatePad Paper is not only a high-quality reading ink screen product, it also integrates the large-screen attributes of the Pad and the multi-scene collaboration function of Hongmeng, making it both have office attributes while reading, especially the writing experience that is infinitely close to the paper can perfectly replace the notebook as a recording tool for meetings and learning. In the face of the current gradual rise of the large-screen reader market, Huawei MatePad Paper is undoubtedly the most feature-rich and balanced product, especially the Hongmeng operating system makes its application scenarios more extensive, and can really bring help to users in office or life.

If there are higher requirements for reading + notes, Huawei MatePad Paper will be a very worthwhile product to buy.