On March 16, 2022, Huawei's MatePad Paper was officially unveiled in China. It has a 10.3-inch eye-protecting ink screen, equipped with HarmonyOS 2, and comes standard with the second-generation M-Pencil stylus, which brings convenient note-taking functions, has rich reading resources, and is based on HarmonyOS' full-scene interaction capabilities, supporting cross-device circulation, universal card desktop direct and other advantages. The author also got this product at the first time. Let's follow in the author's footsteps and see how it performs.
01 Appearance: High-end fan full display, large screen and light and thin feel do not fall
When many people buy a product, they will pay attention to its appearance at the first glance. Huawei's MatePad Paper uses a 10.3-inch eye-protecting ink screen, and the front screen accounts for 86.3%. The "spine" design is retained on one side of the fuselage for easy grip. The other side of the fuselage is the volume key, and the second-generation M-Pencil stylus that comes with it is automatically adsorbed on this side for wireless charging.
The surface of Huawei's MatePad Paper is made of plain leather material, with three colors of brocade white (lambskin pattern), clear blue (lambskin pattern), and ink black (micro lychee pattern), and the author tested ink black.
Huawei MatePad Paper has three details worth noting:
The large amplitude speakers built into the top and bottom of the fuselage make the overall volume of the fuselage more powerful and the sound field more shocking, thanks to these two custom large-amplitude speakers, Huawei MatePad Paper has a high-power smartPA, making the bass more intense.
Because the thickness of the fuselage is only 6.65mm, the cross-sectional area of the power key that is combined with the fingerprint recognition key is not large enough, and consumers need to have multiple inputs when entering fingerprints, but the sensitivity of fingerprint recognition is very high and commendable.
The weight and thickness of the fuselage are 360g and 6.65mm, which also makes huawei MatePad Paper easy to hold, giving people a light and thin feel.
It is worth mentioning that Huawei MatePad Paper comes with a smart leather case, which is also made of plain leather material, showing a natural texture, environmentally friendly materials, transmitting natural touch, and the micro-elasticity of leather texture. The plain leather is also practical, scratch-resistant, non-slip and easy to clean, just like a paper book, providing a warm and comfortable feeling that people will love it. It also supports automatic adsorption of the fuselage, which can bring close protection to the fuselage.
All in all, the overall look of the Huawei MatePad Paper is quite satisfying. The plain leather material alone makes the high-end fan of the product fully displayed. After a week of use, when the author used other products of the same type, I found that they still have a big gap with Huawei MatePad Paper in terms of feel and appearance.
02 Screen: Support intelligent refresh mode and not afraid of bright light, bringing a good visual experience
There may be consumers who do not know the so-called ink screen, the author here to briefly introduce. Ink screen is usually called black and white screen, its display material is electronic ink, these electronic inks are capsule structure, different colors of ink attached to the positive and negative charges, after powering on, through the positive and negative voltage so that the charges with different colors of ink attract each other or repel, change the arrangement of charges, display text and pictures. The ink screen has the advantages of power saving, eye protection, no flicker, no radiation, and large viewing angle.
Different from the general ink screen tablet, Huawei MatePad Paper is the world's first ink level board that has passed the TÜV Rheinland paper display certification in Germany. It is understood that the certification has a high gold content, it is based on the screen paper display characteristics and user scenario experience two dimensions, is the German Rheinland TüV through ten professional tests to make high standards for the ink screen terminal requirements. The Huawei MatePad Paper has passed all the test requirements of the standard, which shows that the screen of the product is excellent.
Huawei MatePad Paper also supports "Smart Refresh Mode". The system will automatically match the appropriate screen refresh based on what the user is currently watching, eliminating the need to manually select the screen refresh mode. For example, in plain text scenarios such as consumer reading, notes, etc., the screen refresh rate will remain low, while in scenes with more graphics/videos or swiping, the screen will be adapted to a smooth display mode with a faster refresh rate to reduce screen flicker.
Screenshot of Huawei MatePad Paper "Smart Refresh Mode"
In addition, the self-developed display enhancement algorithm equipped with Huawei's MatePad Paper can bring a very good display effect - the text is clear and sharp, which makes the picture achieve a picture quality effect closer to the 256-level grayscale image, with higher chiaroscuro contrast and more distinct levels.
In the process of using Huawei MatePad Paper, the author is particularly impressed by its screen, whether it is reading plain text e-books, or browsing files and comics, it can bring me a good visual experience, and there are few pictures and other situations.
03 Office: Standard second-generation M-Pencil stylus + equipped with HarmonyOS 2, to help efficient office
Huawei's MatePad Paper comes standard with a second-generation M-Pencil stylus and is equipped with harmony OS 2 operating system, which combines the two to help consumers work efficiently.
The first is the standard second-generation M-Pencil stylus, which can use the same pen as other Huawei tablets with HarmonyOS 2 and above. It also retains convenient functions such as global handwriting, double-click switching, Bluetooth automatic pairing connection, magnetic charging, etc., and supports 4096 pressure sensitivity and smooth follow-up. In the "Notes" application, the delay is only 26ms, and the moment the pen tip touches the screen, the user can feel the moderate damping sensation brought about by the friction between the screen surface and the stylus, restoring the paper-like writing experience.
Next is equipped with HarmonyOS 2, which makes Huawei MatePad Paper different from the previous ink level board, no longer just an "independent" reading and writing device, but also able to seamlessly connect other Huawei devices, form a "hyperterminal", and use each other's functional modules for hardware mutual assistance, resource sharing, and collaborative operation.
Screenshot of Huawei MatePad Paper "HyperTerminal" function
Like Huawei MatePad Paper can achieve multi-screen collaboration with PCs. When consumers need to face the computer screen for a long time to stare at the material, often cause eye discomfort, through the Huawei MatePad Paper can be directly transformed into the EXCLUSIVE expansion screen of the PC, so that consumers can be on the Huawei MatePad Paper excellent eye protection ink screen, efficient and healthy office.
Huawei MatePad Paper's HarmonyOS card desktop is also a highlight, it will be a high-frequency application in the form of a card one-stop collection in the "homepage", boot is the default entry, users only need to tap a click can go directly to the core application functions, such as viewing the meeting schedule, open the email body, no longer need to click the tab step by step, so that the interaction becomes simpler and more efficient.
Huawei MatePad Paper "Home"
In addition, Huawei MatePad Paper also has a variety of functions, such as support for voice to text function, which can convert the recording of meetings and conversations into text with one click, which is convenient for consumers to further organize and edit. Bilingual to English and Chinese languages and multi-dialect recognition are also supported.
Recording of huawei MatePad Paper meetings
I have to say that the office function of Huawei MatePad Paper is really practical, in the past, the author who needed to stare at the computer for a long time often needed to rest for a while with eye drops to continue working, and now with Huawei MatePad Paper, the excellent office experience it brings, so that the author almost forgot to use eye drops.
04 Reading: Not only can you read with quality, but also you can achieve multi-device data interoperability
With a good screen, the content has to keep up. Huawei MatePad Paper has built-in Huawei Book City service, which aggregates 1.65 million+ reading resources from content partners such as palm reading, dianzhong reading, Chinese online, and 130,000+ diversified reading content from cooperative publishers such as CITIC Publishing House, Peking University Press, and Shanghai People's Publishing House. Huawei Book City's services cover a large number of book resources such as economic and cultural history, biographies, social science culture, and popular novels, to meet the reading needs of different users and scenes.
Screenshot of Huawei MatePad Paper Book City
When the author opened the book city of Huawei's MatePad Paper, he found that there were classic works such as "Scream", "Fu Lei's Book", and "Tea House", which made people overjoyed. Entering the reading, I think the reading experience of Huawei MatePad Paper is great, it can highly restore the paper book reading experience, support font size, line spacing and other personalized settings. Not only does it support "handwritten annotations", scribing, writing, or adding "ideas", but there are also a variety of pen types and colors to choose from, making it easy to classify notes. When consumers read foreign books, they support simplified and traditional chinese conversion and language translation, so that consumers can easily read.
Huawei MatePad Paper read screenshots
When it comes to reading, I have to say that huawei MatePad Paper comes standard with the second-generation M-Pencil stylus. Consumers can continuously handwrite input while holding a pen, and handwritten text is automatically converted into text characters, which can significantly improve the efficiency of finding bibliographies and retrieving documents on the ink level board.
It is worth mentioning that Huawei MatePad Paper relies on Huawei's powerful cloud service to save consumers' books in the cloud on the cloud shelves. If consumers log in to their HUAWEI ID, consumers can share and read together on multiple devices such as Huawei MatePad Paper, Huawei mobile phones, and MatePads, so as to realize one-click import of cross-device files into the bookshelf. Huawei MatePad Paper also supports the import and reading of local e-books, so that consumers' favorite e-books can also be presented on Huawei MatePad Paper.
Huawei MatePad Paper and local import
In general, the built-in e-books of Huawei MatePad Paper Book City are rich in content, support "handwritten annotations" and so on to bring a good reading experience, and the multi-device data synchronization of e-books makes people feel the full sincerity of Huawei MatePad Paper for e-book lovers.
05 Battery life and charging: 3625mAh battery for long-lasting experience
Huawei MatePad Paper has a built-in 3625mAh battery, supports 22.5W super fast charging, and can be fully charged in 1.5 hours. With the powerful energy consumption performance of the six-core processor and the power-saving technology based on HarmonyOS, according to Huawei lab data, the maximum standby time of Huawei MatePad Paper is 28 days, and the comprehensive experience browsing is about 6 days. Without further ado, let's take a look at the charging and battery life of the aircraft.
In terms of charging, from the perspective of 30-minute charging test, Huawei's MatePad Paper, which supports 22.5W super fast charging, can be charged to 55% in 30 minutes, and the charging speed is still good.
In terms of battery life, the author did a 3-hour heavy battery life test on Huawei MatePad Paper, including 1 hour of reading e-books, 1 hour of reading comics online, and 1 hour for office (including Huawei MatePad Paper and mobile phones, PC collaborative office, multiple document format browsing & signing, meeting recording, etc.).
Judging from the test results, Huawei's MatePad Paper has 68% of the power left after 3 hours of testing, consuming a total of 32% of the power, and the battery life is excellent, and ordinary users have no problems with normal use for a day. Especially in the part of reading e-books, the power consumption in one hour is only 7%, which is also a relatively good result. If you are a heavy user who loves to read e-books and work with computers, the battery life performance of Huawei's MatePad Paper with a 3625mAh battery will definitely make you satisfied.
06 Summary
The appearance of high-end fans, excellent screens, excellent reading and office experience, and good endurance are the author's evaluation of Huawei MatePad Paper. If you want to buy a tablet that can not only protect the eyes of e-books, but also work efficiently, you may wish to try the Huawei MatePad Paper, I believe its performance will not disappoint you.
As for the reason why Huawei launched such a product as MatePad Paper, the author guesses that it may have taken into account the needs of business elites and professionals. They pursue the ritual sense of traditional paper and pencil, are accustomed to immersive work and reading without distraction, often require a long period of reading a large number of documents/literature, and have a high demand for multi-device collaborative and efficient office. The launch of Huawei's MatePad Paper can just fill this market gap.
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