Huawei unveiled a lot of devices today – among them five phones and one tablet – the MatePad Pro 13.2 (2024), which is almost indistinguishable relative to the MatePad Pro 13.2 from late 2023.
As the name suggests, the slate features a 13.2-inch 2880x1920px flexible OLED display with 1,000 nits brightness and 144Hz refresh rate. There seem to be two variants on sale – a regular (presumably glossy) version, and the so-called Clear Soft Light Screen version. On top of this is an optical film, which uses a nano-magnetic optical coating process and nano-etching technology to diffuse reflections and reduce glare.
Huawei has tried to cleverly hide this in the press materials for the MatePad Pro 13.2, but the display does have a notch up in landscape position. The large display supports up to 4 apps at the same time in multi-window mode with aspect ratio adjustment.
The tablet also supports Smart Magnetic Keyboard and M Pencil 3rd generation for typing and drawing on the go. Edit documents, draw pictures, add annotations, make conference calls – the Matepad Pro 13.2 (2024) can do it all. As far as AI is concerned, HarmonyOS Next (based on HarmonyOS 4.3) features the Xiaoyi smart assistant based on the Pangu elder model for AI assistance in natural conversations and tasks.
Users can combine typed and hand-written notes and use AI for corrections and summarization.
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Huawei isn’t saying a word about the chipset running the show, but while the older model used the Kirin 9000S, the new model may use the rumored Kirin 9100. Huawei said the 2024 model has 30% better heat dissipation than the previous generation.
The MatePad Pro 13.2 (2024) weighs 580 grams and is 5.5mm thin. It has six speakers and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. As for the cameras, there’s a 13MP f/1.8 main unit on the back, flanked by an 8MP f/2.2 ultrawide. Upfront is a 16MP f/2.2 fixed-focus unit.
The 10,100mAh battery can charge from 0% to 80% in 40 minutes.
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The MatePad Pro 13.2 (2024) is available in two versions – the regular screen model in 12/256GB or 12/512GB, and the Soft Lite version (with non-reflective screen) in 12/256GB, 12/512GB and 16GB/1TB.
The regular model starts at CNY 5,199 (€680, INR 60,500) and will ship before December 15. The Soft Lite edition will go up for pre-order on December 12, starting at CNY 5,799 (€760, INR 67,500).
