The border between smartphones and tablets continues to blur, becoming thin, thin, almost invisible. This is the fault of numerous and rather popular "plafonds" (smartphones, phablets - choose from these stupid words the one that you personally like) like Samsung GALAXY Note - something between smartphones and tablets. In general, the dimensions of mobile phones have grown significantly over the past couple of years. Determining what exactly is in front of you - a large smartphone or a small tablet - is not always easy these days.

It so happened historically that gadgets with a display diagonal of seven inches or more are considered tablets, less - smartphones. The MediaPad X2 has a screen of exactly seven inches. That is, by the nomenclature (and by the name) it is a tablet. However, the gadget turned out to be so compact that, if necessary and with due diligence, it can fit in some wide pocket of a jacket or jacket. In addition, you can make calls from it in GSM-networks, and at its disposal there are as many as two slots for SIM-cards. So Huawei MediaPad X2 is another striking representative of the “smartchet” subclass.

⇡ Specifications

	Huawei MediaPad X1	Huawei MediaPad X2
Display		7 inches, 1920 × 1200, matrix type - IPS + LTPS
Touch screen		Capacitive (10 points), reacts to touch when wearing loose gloves
Air gap	No	No
Oleophobic coating	There is	There is
Polarizing filter	There is	There is
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 910 (Hi6620): four cores ARM Cortex-A9 (ARMv7), frequency 1.6 GHz; 32-bit computing 28 nm HPm process technology	HiSilicon Kirin 930: four cores ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8), frequency 1.5 GHz + four cores ARM Cortex-A53e (ARMv8), frequency 2 GHz; 32-bit and 64-bit computing, ARM big.LITTLE (4 + 4) technology, 28 nm HPC process technology
Graphics controller	ARM Mali-450 MP4, 533 MHz	ARM Mali-T624 MP4, 600 MHz
RAM	2 GB LPDDR3	2 GB LPDDR3
Flash memory	16 GB + microSD	16 GB + microSD
Connectors	1 × micro-USB 2.0 1 × microSD 1 × micro-SIM	1 × micro-USB 2.0 1 × 3.5 mm headset jack 1 × micro-SIM 1 × universal slot for nano-SIM or microSD
cellular	Built-in 2G / 3G modem; optional 4G support The ability to make calls 3G: DC-HSPA + (42 Mbps) 4G: LTE Cat. 4 (150 Mbps) - optional One SIM card micro-SIM	Support for networks of the second, third and fourth generations; the ability to make calls 2G: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz 3G: DC-HSPA + (42 Mbps) 850/900/1900/2100 MHz 4G: LTE Cat. 6 (300 Mbps) band 1/3/7/8/28/38/39/40/41 (2100/1800/2600/900/700/1900/2300/2500 MHz) One SIM card of micro-SIM format + one SIM card of nano-SIM format; work in turn
Wi-Fi	802.11b / g / n, 2.4 / 5 GHz	802.11a / b / g / n, 2.4 / 5 GHz
Bluetooth	4.0	4.0
NFC	No	No
Infrared port	No	No
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Sensors	Light sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer / gyroscope, digital compass (magnetometer)	Light sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer / gyroscope, digital compass (magnetometer), pedometer
Main camera	13 MP (4160 × 3120), autofocus, diode flash	13 MP (4160 × 3120), autofocus, diode flash
Front-camera		5 MP (2592 × 1952), without autofocus
Nutrition	Non-removable battery Capacity 19 Wh (5000 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery Capacity 19 Wh (5000 mAh, 3.8 V)
The size	184 × 104 mm Case thickness 7.2 mm	184 × 104 mm Case thickness 7.2 mm
Weight	239 g	239 g
Operating system	Google Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Firm shell Emotion UI 2.0	Google Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) Firm shell Emotion UI 3.0
Estimated price	18,990 rubles for the version with a 3G modem 20,990 rubles for the version with 4G modem	24,990 rubles

⇡ Appearance and ergonomics

The exterior of the MediaPad X2 is exactly the same as that of its predecessor, the MediaPad X1. The dimensions of the tablet cases and their weight coincide to tenths of a millimeter and a gram, respectively. There are no significant changes in the appearance of the device. The main feature of the exterior of the MediaPad X1 / X2 is the very thin bezels around the screen. Above and below, they do not exceed two centimeters, and on the sides, the count goes in millimeters. The display takes up about 80% of the bezel, which is very good.

The body of the tablet is still made of metal. The device is assembled well - there are enough stiffeners in the structure. The gadget does not creak or bend when the sides are squeezed; characteristic colored streaks do not appear on the matrix.

Like the X1, the X2 does not have any hardware keys on the front panel, all buttons are exclusively on-screen. In the upper part of the front panel there is the lens of the front, 5-megapixel camera, the earpiece mesh (by the way, another smartphone attribute) and the light sensor eye.

Perhaps the only noticeable difference in appearance between the X2 and the X1 is that the new version an additional universal connector appeared next to the power and volume keys. It can be used for a microSD memory card or for a second SIM card of the nano-SIM standard. The predecessor was able to work with only one SIM card.

The body of the device is not too puffy, its thickness is 7.2 millimeters. Its narrow bezels and low thickness make it easy to hold with one hand. Moreover, with proper dexterity, pressing the screen is obtained with the thumb of the same hand. The device weighs only 239 grams - it does not make a backpack or bag heavier, and your hands do not get tired. In general, the tablet is well suited for travel or other outdoor use scenarios.

From the point of view of ergonomics, the gadget turned out to be successful. All connectors are in place, you don't have to look for them, you get used to the tablet quickly. The micro-USB interface is located on the bottom end, and the 3.5 mm audio jack for connecting a wired headset is on the top. The device is equipped with two microphones, with the help of which the active noise cancellation system is realized.

The surface of the rear panel of the device is rough, so that it does not strive to slip out of your hands during use. The case, as usual, is non-separable. The rear panel houses the lens of the main, 13-megapixel camera and a cutout for the external speaker.

Audio player in Huawei Mediapad X2

It would be more effective to position the slot for the speaker in front or on the bottom edge, as was customary for Huawei P8 Max - as soon as the tablet finds itself on the bed, the sound volume is blocked by a sheet of 40 percent of the commercials. in such a way that your fingers go around the thin edges of the case and hang over the speaker, or are generally located close to Micro USB and do not interfere with sound reproduction.

There are no revelations in the audio player either: the design familiar at least with Android KitKat, support for playing music from folders (which will be useful for those who like to download music out of nowhere) and almost complete absence of options for demanding users.

Iron

As we have already seen, the external modernization of the MediaPad X1 in the X2 came out quite modest, but from the inside the tablet was fundamentally transformed - to replace the dead and gluttonous HiSilicon Kirin 910 with four Cortex-A9 cores, a new eight-core Kirin 930 based on modern architecture came.

For a long time, it was rumored that this proprietary Huawei processor will consist of four economical Cortex-A53 cores for moderate use, and four more Cortex-A57 cores for extreme load. But then the Chinese abandoned the intention to impose competition on the flagship chips Qualcomm and MediaTek and decided to use all eight "53" cores in the processor. Four cores operate at 1.5 GHz, and the high-performance unit was overclocked to 2 GHz and received the marketing nickname A53e. Representatives of Huawei said, they say, Cortex-A57 does not give out how much power, how much it heats up and consumes the battery, and therefore is not suitable for modern gadgets.

On the one hand, such statements are like fairy tales and excuses instead of admitting “it turned out to be weak / too lazy for us to tinker with the cooling powerful device", But on the other hand, everything is not so simple. You look at the epic with overheating of Snapdragon 810, then its "castration" to Snapdragon 808 against the background of the MediaTek MT6795 that has not yet "fired", and you understand that to join this circus, even having the technology of alternately switching on blocks of four cores in stock (technology big .LITTLE) Huawei desperately didn't want to.

Of course, a combination of four 53 cores at 1.5 GHz and, moreover, a fast cluster with a frequency of 2 GHz looks promising, but the similar in design Snapdragon 615 power did not shine in any way, and we have yet to check whether the Huawei chip is worthy the title of the flagship product.

The graphics potential of the tablet is average - the Mali T628 MP4 video accelerator, on the one hand, is almost twice as powerful as the Mali-450, which is used in the eight-core MediaTek MT6592 and budget processors. However, performance records from Kirin 930 graphics are not to be expected: the quad-core Mali T628 will at best reach the Adreno 320 results from the good old Snapdragon 600/800 (found in LG G Pad 8.3, Sony Xperia Tablet Z and ASUS Nexus 7) ...

To assess the performance of the Chinese processor, we will compare the test results, including those of smartphones. Samsung Galaxy A7 and ASUS ZenFone 2 - These devices have similar display resolutions and fully realize the capabilities of their hardware platform in our tests. And at the same time we'll see how much slower its predecessor, the MediaPad X1, turns out to be.

	Huawei MediaPad X2	Huawei MediaPad M2
Body materials	metal and plastic	metal and plastic
Operating system	Google Android 5.1 + EMUI 3	Google Android 5.1 + EMUI 3
Network	2G / 3G, LTE CAT 6, two sim cards	2G / 3G, LTE CAT 6, one sim card
CPU		8 cores, 64-bit, HiSilicon Kirin 930
RAM	2/3 GB	2/3 GB
Storage memory	16/32 GB	16/32 GB
Interfaces	Wi-Fi (b / g / n) dual band, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB (USB 2.0) connector for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm for headset	Wi-Fi b / g / n / ac dual band, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB (USB 2.0) connector for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm for headset
Screen	IPS 7 "" with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels	IPS 8 "" with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels
Camera	13/5 MP, flash	8/2 MP, flash
Navigation	GPS / GLONASS	GPS / GLONASS
Battery	Non-removable 5000 mAh lithium polymer (Li-Pol)	Non-removable, lithium-polymer (Li-Pol) with a capacity of 4800 mAh
Dimensions (edit)	183 x 104 x 7.18 mm	214 x 124 x 7.8 mm
The weight	249 g	330 g
Colors	Silver, Gold	Silver, Gold

Contents of delivery

• Tablet
• Network adapter
• USB cable

Introduction

Not so long ago, the X2 and M2 tablets began to be sold in Russia. As the name implies, they continue the X and M lines. In theory, the X-series are premium compact gadgets in metal, and the M-series is relatively budgetary. However, it so happened that X2 and M2 ended up in approximately the same price category: both in metal, both equipped with a flagship chipset of their own production, both have the same screen resolution.

It seemed to me that a potential buyer will choose between a small tablet with good sound from Harman / Kardon, an American company specializing in the production of consumer HI-END electronics, and a 7-inch phablet (it is not entirely clear how to accurately indicate the names of devices with screens greater than 6 inches and a speech speaker) with two sim cards. So I decided to combine the reviews and make a small comparison.

Tablet Huawei MediaPad M2 costs from 22,000 rubles, and X2 - from 23,000 rubles.

Design, dimensions, controls

Both devices have a common design style of the case: rectangular shape, visual absence of screen frames, a lot of metal, gold color. In general, the gadgets look nice, it is felt that this time no one began to copy the "overused" Apple design.

The dimensions of the X2 (183x104x7.18 mm) make it relatively comfortable to use even with one hand. The phablet fits well in the hand (or hands) due to the fact that the back side is flat and the corners are sloping. Fits easily in the pockets of a warm jacket or in the back pockets of jeans. The phablet weighs 250 grams.

M2 is executed in a similar way. It has 7 grooves along the lateral edges. Such a number of lines covering the perimeter of the gadget, and this design is not accidental. The M2 is positioned as a musical gadget: 7 grooves indicate the number of horizontal lines of the staff, in addition, as mentioned in the introduction, Harman / Kardon had a hand in the development of two stereo speakers.

This device just won't fit in the back pockets of jeans, and there will be little space in the M2 jacket.

Frames run along the perimeter of the front sides, slightly protruding above the body. In both cases, it is metal. The X2 has two plastic inserts at the top and bottom on the back (they even differ in color from the case), while the M2 has almost all metal backs. The manufacturer tells us that the M2 case is 99.5% aluminum. Apparently, the thin strip on the back and the slot cover on the right side of the case are still plastic. The tablet weighs 330 grams.

The front panel is protected by glass. It is not said which one, but not Corning. In any case, after a month of use, not a single scratch appeared on the glass. There is an oleophobic coating, but fingerprints are still noticeable, but they are erased quickly and easily (usually at this point in the reviews you just want to sing “Mister Proper is more fun - the house is clean twice as fast” :-)). The finger glides over the surface easily.

The assembly of the phablet and the tablet does not raise any questions, there is a full feeling of all-metal "shells".

The M2 Tablet and X2 Phablet are available in two colors - Silver and Gold. However, for X2, only gold color is available on the official website.

On top of the front of the MediaPad X2 there are a speech speaker, a light and proximity sensor, an indicator of missed events, a “selfie” camera. Below is a microUSB and a microphone, on top is a second microphone and an audio output, there are no elements on the left, and on the right is a volume rocker and a power button, as well as metal trays for microSIM and combined nanoSIM + microSD. The back of the device houses a camera, flash and a speaker at the bottom.

The front panel of the MediaPad M2 has a small missed event indicator and a camera. Bottom and top there are two stereo speakers (the bottom one is symmetrical in the center, and the top one is slightly shifted to the left - perfectionists won't like it). The microphone is at the bottom, microUSB and 3.5 mm at the top. On the top right is the volume rocker and the power button, which rises slightly above the side edge. Below there is a flap, which hides the microSD slot and the microSIM slot. At the back are a camera module and a flash, which is not quite typical for tablets.

Displays

The M2 tablet uses a screen with a diagonal of 8 inches (in the X2 - 7 inches), and the resolution of the IPS OGS matrix is ​​1920x1200 pixels (the same in the X2), 283 ppi (in the X2 - 323 ppi). By eye, the graininess of the picture is about the same. The touch layers work up to 10 simultaneous touches, the sensitivity is excellent.

There is an effective anti-reflective coating, I liked it better on the X2.

M2 screen frames top and bottom - 21 mm each, right and left - 8 mm. Frames X2 top and bottom - 16 mm each, right and left - about 4 mm.

Huawei X2 screen matrix test

• Maximum brightness of white color - 413 cd / m2 (official data - 450)
• Contrast - 960: 1

The brightness graph is uniform. The gamma is around 2.2 (excellent) and the RGB level graph indicates that there will be slightly less red than green and blue. Temperature - about 7000 K. Judging by the CIE diagram, the data obtained corresponds to the sRGB triangle.

Huawei M2 screen matrix test

• Maximum brightness of white color - 374 cd / m2 (official data - 400)
• Contrast - 1067: 1

The brightness graph is uniform. The gamma is around 2.3 (excellent) and the RGB level graph indicates that there will be slightly less red than green and blue. Temperature - about 7200 K. Judging by the CIE diagram, the obtained data does not quite correspond to the sRGB triangle: it is shifted to the left, red, pink and blue colors will be a little faded.

The viewing angles are equally wide, the quality of the matrix is ​​slightly higher on the X2, since the colors are practically not distorted at a tilt, while at the M2 screen, at an tilt, the colors disappear into a purple tint.

Viewing angles (X2 - left)

In the settings of the MediaPad M2 there is an option for eye protection (it is turned on only during reading - the amount of blue color decreases, that is, the picture becomes warmer). Both X2 and M2 have color temperature control.

Batteries

The Huawei MediaPad M2 uses a 4800 mAh battery, while the MediaPad X2 uses a 5000 mAh battery.

In my case, the M2 worked from about 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. X2 operated from 9:00 to 20:00. When playing FullHD video at maximum brightness, the battery ran out after 7 hours (M2), the same video drained the X2 battery in about 10 hours. With games, the following story: M2 - about 3 hours, and X2 - about 4.5 hours.

MediaPad M2

MediaPad X2

Communication capabilities

The devices work not only in 2G / 3G networks, but also in 4G CAT 6 (LTE-FDD Band 1/3/7/8/20; LTE-TDD Band 38/40).

The M2 has one SIM card, the X2 has two (microSIM and nanoSIM).

There is no NFC chip, the rest is standard for any Android smartphone: GPS, Wi-Fi b / g / n dual band (for X2) and ac support for M2, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 with OTG.

Memory and memory card

Both gadgets can be equipped with two (Standart edition) or three gigabytes (Premium edition) of RAM. The built-in Flash memory can be either 16 GB or 32 GB. The maximum memory card size is 128 GB.

Cameras

Traditionally, there are two camera modules:

MediaPad M2

• Main 8 MP
• Front 2 MP

MediaPad X2

• Main 13 MP
• Front 5 MP

Interestingly, the X2 camera shoots, it seemed to me, even slightly worse than the M2 camera. Once again it is confirmed that it is not a matter of resolution. Pictures with M2 have more accurate white balance, better detail, less "soap" was at the edges of the frames, a cleaner picture (a little noise). Both cameras focus on subjects accurately and quickly.

Compare photos (X2 - left)

Front cameras differ not only in camera modules, but also in optics. The X2 uses a wide-angle lens, the M2 uses a regular lens. Despite the simplest 2 MP in the M2, the device does a decent selfie.

Video gadgets shoot in FullHD resolution 30 frames per second, regardless of the lighting level. The X2 tries to increase the ISO at night, so the image is bright but noisy. In M2, the image is dark, but there is much less noise. During the day, videos come out of about the same quality.

Videos from the front cameras are captured in HD resolution at 30 frames per second.

The settings are the same, the only difference is the presence of the "Light" effects in X2.

Sample photos on Huawei M2

Sample photos on Huawei X2

Performance and system

Both the MediaPad M2 and the MediaPad X2 phablet are powered by the powerful HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset announced in Q1 2015. This chip is found in Huawei P8, Mate 8 and Honor 7 Plus. Brief information: Kirin 930 is made using 28 nm technology (some sources talk about 16 nm), there is a big.LITTLE architecture, 4 Cortex-A53 cores operate at 2 GHz, the other 4 Cortex-A53 cores - at 1.5 GHz. In addition, there is a coprocessor called i3, which is responsible for the operation of the sensors.

Clusters operate at different frequencies depending on the load. For example, in idle time, the first cluster sets the frequency to 400 MHz, the second to 1000 MHz. When watching a video, the load increases: the first cluster is 400-500 MHz, the second can reach 2000 MHz. In toys, both clusters show maximum frequencies - 1.5 GHz / 2 GHz.

If we are talking about the speed of the interface, then Huawei has never had any problems with this, even on "dead" chipsets, since the shell is perfectly optimized. With games, things are a little worse: first, the game cannot be installed from Google play(Dead Trigger 2, NFS No Limit), second - the game has been installed and runs with slight brakes (Unkilled), third - the game runs without problems (Real Racing 3).

Huawei M2

Huawei x2

Eight-core and dual-SIM successor to the successful X1 model

A year ago, we studied the Huawei Mediapad X1 tablet in detail. It showed itself from the best side - except for the average performance of the single-chip system, there was nothing to complain about. Since then, the question of the border between smartphones and tablets has lost its relevance, and even the last group of supporters of small diagonals changed their orientation as a result of the announcements of their beloved company. The Chinese giant, in turn, carefully preserved the recipe for the success of the X-series and prepared the new Huawei Mediapad X2 according to it.

Specifications Huawei Mediapad X2:

• Model Number: GEM-701L
• HiSilicon Kirin 930 single-chip 64-bit system
• CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A53e @ 2GHz + 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz
• GPU: Mali-T628 MP4 @ 680 MHz
• I3 coprocessor for working with sensors
• Display: IPS, 7 ″, 1920 × 1200, 323 ppi
• RAM: 2GB LPDDR3 (optional 3GB)
• Internal memory: 16 GB (optional 32 GB)
• Support for microSD memory cards (up to 128 GB)
• Communication GSM (2/3/5/8), UTMS (1/2/5/8), LTE-TDD (38/40), LTE FDD (1/3/7/20) Cat6
• Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n (2.4 + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0
• GPS / A-GPS, Glonass
• Cameras: 5 MP front, 13 MP rear (with flash and autofocus)
• Micro-USB (with charging function), 3.5 mm headset jack, Micro-SIM, microSD / Nano-SIM
• Battery capacity: 5000mAh
• Operating System: Google Android 5.0 with Emotion UI 3.0
• Dimensions: 183.5 x 103.9 x 7.18mm
• Weight: 254 g

Recently, in the tablet segment, we increasingly come across eight-inch devices with an aspect ratio of 16: 9. Seven-inch counterparts with a 16:10 screen are much less common; among those released relatively recently, we can only recall the Asus Memo Pad ME572.

	Huawei Mediapad X2	Huawei Mediapad X1	Asus Memo Pad ME572CL	Google Nexus 7 (2013)	Apple iPad mini 3
Screen	IPS, 7 ″, 1920 × 1200, 323 ppi	IPS, 7 ″, 1920 × 1200, 323 ppi	IPS, 7 ″, 1920 × 1200, 323 ppi	IPS, 7 ″, 1920 × 1200 (323 ppi)	IPS, 7.9 ″, 2048 × 1536 (326 ppi)
SoC (processor)	HiSilicon Kirin 930 (4 cores Cortex-A53e @ 2 GHz, 4 cores Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 GHz)	HiSilicon V9R1 @ 1.6GHz (4x Cortex-A9)	Intel Atom Z3560 @ 1.83 GHz (4 cores x86-64)	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro @ 1.5GHz (4 Krait Cores)	Apple A7 @ 1.3 GHz (2 Cyclone cores, 64 bit)
GPU	Mali-T628 MP4	Mali-450	PowerVR G6430	Adreno 320	PowerVR G6430
RAM	2/3 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	1 GB
Flash memory	16/32 GB	16/32 GB	16/32 GB	16/32 GB	from 16 to 128 GB
Memory card support	microSD (up to 128GB)	microSD (up to 32GB)	microSD (up to 64 GB)	No	No
Connectors	Micro-USB, 3.5mm jack, Micro-SIM, Nano-SIM / microSD		Micro-USB, 3.5mm jack, Micro-SIM	Micro-USB, 3.5mm jack	Lightning, 3.5mm jack
Cameras		frontal (5 Mp); rear (13 Mp)	front (2 Mp), rear (5 Mp)	front (1.2 Mp) and rear (5 Mp, 1080p video shooting)	front (1.2 Mp) and rear (5 Mp)
Internet	Wi-Fi, 2G / 3G, LTE	Wi-Fi, 2G / 3G, optional LTE	Wi-Fi, 3G / 2G, LTE	Wi-Fi (optional - 3G and LTE)	Wi-Fi, 3G / LTE (optional)
Wireless Modules	Bluetooth, GPS / Glonass	Bluetooth, GPS / Glonass	Bluetooth, GPS / Glonass	Bluetooth, GPS	Bluetooth, GPS
Operating system*	Google Android 5.0	Google Android 4.2.2	Google Android 4.4	Google Android 4.3	Apple iOS 7
Battery capacity (mAh)	5000	5000	3950	3950	6471
Dimensions ** (mm)	184 × 104 × 7.2	184 × 104 × 7.2	200 × 114 × 8.3	200 × 114 × 8.7	200 × 134 × 7.5
Weight ** (g)	254	246	279	294	339
Average price *** (J.Market)	N / A	T-10854510	T-11147282	T-10460527	T-11153507

* at the time of publication of the corresponding article
** according to the manufacturer's data
*** for the version with a minimum of flash memory and communication capabilities

Compared to the Mediapad X1, even the dimensions remain the same (if rounded up), and the weight differs by only a few grams. A modification with 3 GB of memory has appeared (unfortunately, we were sent a more modest one, with 2 GB). And, of course, one cannot but rejoice at the opportunity to insert a second SIM-card, which is typical, mainly, only for tablet phones of little-known manufacturers.

Design

Although the Huawei Mediapad X2 is very similar to its predecessor, it is easy to tell the difference at a glance. The new tablet has a black border around the screen, which creates the illusion of no margins.

In fact, the size of the fields in Mediapad remained the same, as you can clearly see in the photo below:

There are no more differences from the Mediapad X1 in the design of the front panel. Above the screen there is an earpiece, a little to the side - a camera lens. The charging indicator is also located here. It can also be used to receive notifications if you enable this option in the display settings.

The back panel, as before, is formed by a rectangular metal panel and plastic inserts framing it on both sides. But in Mediapad X2, all these parts are the same color. On the net, we also found references to the golden modification of the tablet. The photo at the beginning of the article shows that it is fully maintained in this color, only the display contrasts.

The Honor logo is printed on the back. In some countries, the device is actually released under this brand. But in Russia, the manufacturer will continue to promote it as Huawei Mediapad, and in official deliveries, as before, we will see a small “Huawei” inscription with branded “petals” on the back panel.

The silver ring around the camera is aligned in height with the surface, and the lens itself is a fraction of a millimeter lower, as is the nearby flash.

The multimedia speaker is brought out through small slots in the corner. The sound quality is very good by tablet standards, as is the headroom. Unlike the Mediapad X1, here the sound is for some reason very muffled if the tablet is placed on the table. Nevertheless, even in this case, the device turns out to be louder than many competitors.

The mechanical buttons of Huawei have changed places, so now, when lifting the tablet from the table, you will not accidentally turn off / turn on the display, but change the volume. The rest of the buttons are convenient to use, fit exactly under the thumb of the right hand.

Above, in the old place, there is a 3.5 mm jack for connecting a headset, and next to it is a second microphone.

The Micro-USB connector and main microphone have been rearranged. This did not entail any consequences for use, probably, this step was dictated by changes in the internal architecture.

The card trays are on the same side as the mechanical buttons. From the outside, the sliding parts are indistinguishable, and only a part of the package - a protective film - makes it clear that the lower slot is for Micro-SIM, and in the upper one you can insert either a memory card or a Nano-SIM. There is a hint in the OS itself.

Through the settings, the user can choose which of the two SIM slots will work in 2G / 3G / 4G mode. For the other, only second generation networks will be available. On the opposite side, on the left edge, there are no interactive elements.

Compared to the first generation, more changes have been made to the Huawei Mediapad X2 than it might seem at first glance. However, the bottom line is only noticeable by changing the color of the fields. With a completely black core, the device looks spectacular, especially its gold modification. Huawei should have decorated the prompts on the connectors in some way so that they can be discerned without removing them.

The Chinese manufacturer maintains a very high build quality in the Mediapad X line. No matter how hard we tried to bend the tablet, it stoically endured everything without making a single squeak.

Screen

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface, resistant to scratches. Judging by the brightness of the reflected objects, anti-glare properties of the screen are not worse than that of Google Nexus 7 (2013) (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which the screens of both tablets are turned off, a white surface is reflected (Huawei Mediapad X2 is on the right, and in all the following comparison photos, the tested tablet is located above the Nexus 7):

The screen of the Huawei Mediapad X2 is as dark as that of the Nexus 7 (photo brightness is 105 for both). The tripling of reflected objects in the Huawei Mediapad X2 screen is very weak, which indicates that there is no air gap between the outer glass (aka touch sensor) and the matrix surface ( screen type OGS - One Glass Solution). Due to the smaller number of boundaries with strongly differing refractive indices (glass-to-air type), such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in case of cracked outer glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be changed. On the outside of the screen there is a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (even slightly better in efficiency than Nexus 7), therefore, fingerprints are removed much more easily and appear at a slower rate than in the case of ordinary glass.

With manual brightness control and when displaying a white field in full screen, its maximum value was about 500 cd / m², and the minimum is 9 cd / m²... The maximum brightness is very high, and given the excellent anti-glare properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be good. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable value. Implemented automatic brightness control based on the light sensor (it is located to the right of the front speaker slot). This function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 130 cd / m2 (too much), in an office illuminated with artificial light (about 400 lux) it sets to 370 cd / m2 (it could have been less), in a very bright environment (corresponds to illumination on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more), the brightness rises to 500 cd / m² (to the maximum - this is what you need); if the adjustment is about 50%, then the values ​​are as follows: 9, 170 and 500 cd / m² (ideal combination), the regulator at 0% - 9, 38 and 260 cd / m² (the last two values ​​are slightly underestimated, which is logical). It turns out that the automatic brightness control function works absolutely adequately and allows the user to customize his work for individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is practically no backlight modulation, so there is no screen flickering either.

This tablet uses matrix type IPS... The micrographs show the typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of photomicrographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without tint inversion and no significant color shift even with large deviations from the perpendicular to the screen. For comparison, here are the photos in which the screens of the Nexus 7 and the tested tablet are displayed the same images, while the brightness of both screens is set about at 200 cd / m², and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 K. Perpendicular to the screens, test picture:

The color balance differs slightly, the colors are bright and rich in both tablets (some differences may be due to slightly different backlight brightness). And white box:

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone. Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors and brightness balance have not changed much for both tablets, the contrast remains at a good level. Then a white box:

The brightness at an angle for both tablets has noticeably decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in exposure), but the decrease is the same (taking into account the slight difference in the initial setting of the backlight brightness). The black field, when deviated along the diagonal, is lightened weakly and acquires a violet or red-violet tint. The photo from the Nexus 7 for comparison shows this (the brightness of the white areas in the perpendicular direction for both tablets is about the same!):

And from a different angle:

With a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is not ideal - there are overexposed areas along the edge:

However, as we already know from the example of the Nexus 7, the backlight on the black field can vary significantly from one copy to another. Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) high - approx. 990:1 ... The response time for the transition black-white-black is 23 ms (12 ms on + 11 ms off). The transition between gray tones of 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes 35 ms in total. The gamma curve, plotted using 32 points at equal intervals in terms of the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal a blockage in either the highlights or the shadows. Indicator approximating power function is 2.18, which is slightly below the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve deviates little from the power dependence:

The color gamut is almost equal to sRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix filters mix the components together to a moderate extent:

As a result, colors have a natural saturation. The grayscale balance is good, as the color temperature is slightly above the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (ΔE) is less than 10, which is considered a good indicator for a consumer device. At the same time, the variation in color temperature and ΔE is small, which has a positive effect on the visual perception of color balance. (The dark areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

This device has the ability to correct the color balance by adjusting the hue warmer-colder.

In the graphs above, the curves Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Warmer- data obtained after shifting the correction slider to the "warm" side (as in the screenshot above). It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature is even closer to the standard value, but, unfortunately, ΔE has increased markedly. It makes no sense to perform the correction.

Let's summarize. The screen has very high maximum brightness and excellent anti-reflective properties therefore readability will be good even in very bright ambient light conditions. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable value. Automatic brightness adjustment mode works adequately... The advantages of the screen include the absence of an air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, effective oleophobic coating, high contrast and stability of black to deviation of the gaze from the perpendicular to the plane of the screen, good color balance, equal to the sRGB color gamut. Significant disadvantages - noticeable uneven black field... Overall, however, the screen quality is very high. Note that judging by the properties of the screen and the structure of pixels in particular, this tablet uses exactly the same screen as in Google Nexus 7 (2013), except that there is no backlight modulation.

Operating system

Huawei Mediapad X2 comes with the fifth Google version Android and proprietary shell EmotionUI 3.0.5 (version GEM-701LV100R001C001B008T01-log). We recently tested another Huawei tablet, the Mediapad T1 7.0, with almost the same shell version but older. Android version, 4.4.2. After comparing the appearance of the OS on two tablets, it becomes clear that the version of the Android OS itself in the devices of large manufacturers is much less important than the version of the proprietary interface. Of the 16 GB of internal memory, only 10.35 GB is available to the user.

By sliding from the bottom of the lock screen, the user gets to the menu, where you can quickly launch some applications and control the media player. In addition, by default, Mediapad puts new skins on the lock screen every time, among which there are many really beautiful ones. They can be sent immediately as images, directly from the pull-down menu. There are collections of covers on various topics, which are updated online.

The most useful tool of EmotionUI is the functional phone manager, with which it is easy to clear memory, track energy consumption, filter out unwanted calls, messages and notifications.

Through the tablet settings, we learned about such an entertaining Huawei accessory as a smart film (purchased separately). It allows you to move the three mandatory Android keys outside the display and thereby increase its active area. In addition, it creates two active zones in the upper corners above the screen. By double-tapping each of them, you can assign one of five actions, including such a useful one as RAM optimization.

The list of supported gestures is small and not particularly useful. We never found the option to turn on the screen by double-tapping (although the Mediapad X1 had such an option). But the alternative OS interface, simple and tiled, remained in place. There are several pre-installed small applications - voice recorder, FM radio, mirror, etc. - from which we will highlight the magnifying glass. It helps the visually impaired by enlarging small text and successfully focusing on it.

In addition to the lack of regular wake-up by double-tap, we were also upset by the lack of a button that allows you to hide the standard Android bottom panel. Usually at Huawei tablets this function is available. If you need to turn off or restart the device, for some reason you need to make an extra long touch to confirm the action. Perhaps, in this way, Huawei reinsures itself against accidental shutdowns when carrying the device without a case in a bag / pocket. It takes approximately 32 seconds for the tablet to turn on.

Platform and performance

Huawei Mediapad X2 has a single-chip HiSilicon Kirin 930 system. It is made according to the big.LITTLE scheme and consists of two clusters, each of which contains four cores.

The manufacturer positions the Kirin 930 as a direct competitor to the popular Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, which, as we know, consists of two quad-core clusters, Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57. Huawei believes that the flagship SoC Snapdragon owes its notoriety associated with severe overheating to the second, more powerful four cores, which have much lower energy efficiency compared to the first. So instead of Cortex-A57, the Kirin 930 processor uses the same Cortex-A53 in its "shock" cluster. To ensure competitive performance, Huawei overclocked them to 2.2 GHz, naming the resulting components Cortex-A53e. In the second cluster of the processor, the most common Cortex-A53 are already running, at the more economical one and a half gigahertz.

Judging by the characteristics of the tablet, in Mediapad X2, the manufacturer decided not to squeeze the maximum out of the system, but to limit the maximum frequency of the Cortex-A53e to two gigahertz. To work with graphics, a quad-core Mali-T628 operating at 680 MHz is used. Different versions of Mediapad X2 have 2/16 or 3/32 GB of RAM and permanent memory. Knowing the tendencies of Chinese developers, it can be assumed that the extra gigabytes were reserved exclusively for the golden Mediapad.

Such powerful platforms are not particularly popular in the Mediapad X2 form factor devices. If you are interested in comparing performance with the notorious Snapdragon 810, just open one of the many reviews of devices with this SoC on our website in the next tab. The work of the Kirin 930 itself is also interesting because, according to some sources, the new smartphone Google nexus production of Huawei can be based on this single-chip system.

We launched Mozilla browser in Google Chrome three times "from scratch" and included in the table the best result, which still turned out to be lower than that of the first Mediapad. Then we ran the test in the native browser of the tablet - and got 12141.4 ms. At the same time, Google Octane shows good results even in Chrome. There is only one conclusion: JavaScript tests can be very sensitive to browsers.

All primary concerns about performance are dispelled by Antutu. The new Kirin is approaching 50 thousand, thereby showing itself no worse than the Snapdragon 810 (and there is nothing to say about the filling of competitors from our table). In 64-bit Antutu mode, the new Mediapad scores 50560 points at all.

In terms of the performance of one core, Mediapad X2 is ahead of all Android competitors, and in total - and the last iPad mini.

Let's evaluate the performance in gaming benchmarks:

	Huawei Mediapad X2(HiSilicon Kirin 930)	Huawei Mediapad X1(HiSilicon V9R1)	Asus Fonepad 7 (2013)(Intel Clover Trail +)	Google Nexus 7 (2013)(Snapdragon S4 Pro)	Apple iPad Mini 3(Apple A7)
Epic Citadel High Quality	58.8 fps	52.5 fps	58.8 fps	57.7 fps	—
Bonsai benchmark	3818 (54.5 fps)	1561 (22.3 fps)	—	—	—
3DMark Ice Storm (bigger is better)	Maxed out!	6080	6584	11471	—
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme (Bigger is Better)	9052	4216	3637	7100	—
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited (more is better)	11844	6025	6027	—	14544
GFXBenchmark T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Onscreen)	16 fps	9.0 fps	12 fps	15 fps	22.7 fps
GFXBenchmark T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Offscreen)	17 fps	9.2 fps	7.1 fps	15 fps	28.5 fps

The performance of the Mediapad X2 also allows it to swing into more demanding benchmark modes. In the GFXBenchmark Manhattan HD scene on OpenGL ES 3.0, our hero scored 8.4 and 9 fps in onscreen and offscreen modes. And the Epic Citadel Ultra High Quality scene ran at 46.9 fps. For some benchmarks, the option "accelerate the GPU" was available in the settings, but the results did not improve, but quite the opposite: the same Epic Citadel Ultra High Quality, for example, showed 44.8 fps.

Based on the results of benchmarks, we can state a two-fold progress in the performance of Huawei Mediapad X2 compared to the first generation. But the comparison with Snapdragon 810 is much more interesting. If in the complex Antutu the tablet was on a par with devices with similar characteristics (LG G Flex 2), then in gaming scenes we see a serious lag behind Qualcomm. The Kirin 930 is clearly not the performance champion; let's see how things are with game compatibility.

Previously, we have already encountered the fact that Call of Duty takes a long time to load, but this time our patience was not enough. After 20 minutes of scrolling the splash screen after selecting a mission, we closed the application. Overall, the Mediapad X2's gaming compatibility isn't quite as good as the original Mediapad. Although the power of the device, judging by the GTA settings: San andreas, would be enough for the entire test suite.

Below is a thermal image of the rear surface (top in the photo - right), obtained after 10 minutes of running the battery test in the GFXBenchmark program:

It can be seen that the heating is not very localized, but still clearly on the right side of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC microcircuit. According to the heat chamber, the maximum heating was only 38 degrees, which is quite a bit.

Video playback

Let's evaluate the playback of common video formats:

Format	Container, video, sound	VLC for Android	Native video player
DVDRip	AVI, XviD, 720x400, 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduced normally, no subtitles	reproduced normally, no subtitles
Web-DL SD	AVI, XviD, 720 × 400, 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduced normally, no subtitles	reproduced normally, no subtitles
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264, 1280 × 720, 3000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally	played without sound
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264, 1280 × 720, 4000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally	played without sound
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264, 1920 × 1080, 8000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally	played without sound

AC3 tracks are not reproduced by standard means. Subtitles are not detected by either the built-in or third-party player.

We did not find the MHL interface, like Mobility DisplayPort, in this tablet, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see "Testing techniques for video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices)"). Screenshots with an exposure of 1 s helped to determine the nature of the frame output of video files with various parameters: the resolution varied (1280 by 720 (720p), 1920 by 1080 (1080p) and 3840 by 2160 (4K) pixels) and the frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). In our tests, we used the MX Player video player in the "Hardware" mode. The test results are summarized in the table:

File	Uniformity	Skips
1080 / 60p	Great	No
1080 / 50p	Great	No
1080 / 30p	Great	No
estimates, this means that, most likely, when watching films, artifacts caused by uneven alternation and skipping of frames will either not be seen at all, or their number and visibility will not affect the viewing comfort. Red marks indicate possible problems with the playback of the respective files. According to the criterion for outputting frames, the quality of video files playback on the screen of the tablet itself is very good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) to be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without frame drops. When you play video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 (1080p) on the tablet screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the wide border of the screen, one to one pixel by pixel, that is, in the original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - in the shadows and in the highlights, all gradations of shades are displayed - which is required for correct playback of typical video files. Wireless support and OTG mode Huawei Mediapad X2 received support for two SIM-cards. One Micro-SIM card is inserted into the lower tray, the other, of the Nano-SIM format, into the upper, combined one. For any of the cards, you can assign the 2G / 3G / 4G mode, while the other will work only in second generation networks. There is support for LTE Cat6, which theoretically allows you to get download speeds up to 300 Mbps. Internet access is also possible via dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n. Provided standard applications for calls and SMS. Numeric keypad Smart Dial does not support, it searches only by dialed digits. The letter keyboard has Swype support. You cannot record a conversation using regular means. The quality of the connection does not deserve comments. As for other wireless standards, the Mediapad X2 has Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS / Glonass. Positioning takes place a little over a minute after turning on the navigation. Satellites of the Chinese navigation Beidou systems our tablet was not found, although other devices at the same place have seen them.
	Another example of good sharpness that a camera can sometimes do.
	The test worked well only in the center, but is generally distinguishable.
	The camera copes with macro photography.

Unlike smartphones, Huawei does not spoil its tablets with cameras at all. Somewhere they did not work, they saved money, somewhere they did not pay due attention, which in this case was reflected in the low quality of the images, namely, problematic focus and poor optics. We have never asked much of a tablet camera, but since Samsung raised the bar, we have to compare. It's a shame that a relatively good sensor does not produce a decent result due to poor-quality optics. Lenses scatter light quite strongly over almost the entire field of the frame, which is reflected in a noticeable soapiness. Probably for the same reason, focus often misses. When focusing is good (about one frame out of three), the shots come out pretty decent, but not sharp everywhere.

Perhaps, for documentary shooting, a camera is suitable, but in order to shoot for sure, you will have to do several takes.

The camera can shoot video in Full HD format. An example video is shown below.

Lens problems also appear when shooting movies. In addition to the soapiness, the video demonstrates a slightly walking trick and a rolling shutter.

Autonomous work

The Huawei Mediapad X2 has a battery of exactly the same capacity as the Mediapad X1. According to the indications of the operating system, it is consumed evenly, and only at the last percent does the graph fall down.

As usual, EmotionUI offers two power saving modes and we use Smart for reading and video. Power saving is disabled in the game scenario.

	Huawei Mediapad X2(HiSilicon Kirin 930)	Huawei Mediapad X1(HiSilicon V9R1)	Asus Fonepad 7 (2013) (Intel Clover Trail +)	Google Nexus 7 (2013) (Snapdragon S4 Pro)	Apple iPad mini 3 (Apple A7)
Battery capacity (mAh)	5000	5000	3950	3950	6471
Game stage (Epic Citadel Guided Tour, 100 cd / m²)	4 h 47 min	4 h 57 min	5 h 35 min	3 h 25 min	5 h 30 min
Video playback (100 cd / m²)	15h 21min (direct link, MX Player, 720p)	16 h 20 min (direct link, MX Player, 720p)	7h 2min (direct link, MX Player, 720p)	9 h 30 min (Youtube)	10 h 30 min (Youtube)
Reading mode (100 cd / m²)	21 h (Moon + Reader, Auto Scroll, Wi-Fi On)	21 h 21 min (Moon + Reader, Auto Scroll, Wi-Fi On)	11 h 10 min (Moon + Reader, auto scrolling, Wi-Fi on)	25 h (Moon + Reader, Wi-Fi on)	13 h 40 min

In terms of battery life, the second generation Mediapad X is inferior to the first, but the difference is insignificant, and we can still state excellent results. The tablet arrived to us without a regular network adapter, and we tried to replenish the charge with the help of a third-party, with standard characteristics- 5 V, 2 A. It took five and a half hours to return to 100%, which is quite a lot. Huawei Mediapad X2 retained from its predecessor convenient function charging third-party devices (for example, via a bundle of USB OTG and Micro-USB cables).

conclusions

At first glance, the Huawei Mediapad X2 is simply the Huawei Mediapad X1 with the option of installing a second SIM card. But a closer look reveals the nuances. The much more powerful single-chip system of the novelty, unfortunately, has not the best compatibility with games. At the same time, it does not overheat, so the main drawback of the competitive Snapdragon 810 can be considered eliminated, as promised in Huawei. In general, the biggest disappointment was the unimportant camera, because, as far as we remember, in the Mediapad X1 it was pretty much even nothing.

The price of Huawei Mediapad X2 will slightly exceed 20 thousand rubles, that is, it will remain comparable to the first generation. So user preferences will determine the need for a second SIM-card - the rest of the differences do not seem to be decisive.

Huawei MediaPad X2 is a multifunctional tablet that can turn into a smartphone or multimedia center at any time. The device was announced on March 1, 2015. Positioned as a powerful and compact entertainment tablet.

Appearance and ergonomics

Huawei MediaPad X2's high-quality all-metal body is made of special aluminum used in the aviation sector. The device is very light and thin, and the smooth edges provide excellent ergonomics. The screen occupies about 80% of the area of ​​the entire front panel, and the bezels on both sides are minimal. Thanks to this, the gadget looks flawless and stylish. Additional elegance is provided by a protective glass covering the entire front of the device. Under back cover there is a non-removable battery with a capacity of 5000 mAh. Dimensions MediaPad X2: height - 183.5 mm, thickness - 7.18 mm, width - 103.9 mm, weight - 249 g. Case color - gold.

Display

Bright and juicy IPS screen LTPS has got a 7-inch diagonal, thanks to which the tablet easily fits even in a woman's purse. A high resolution(Full HD) made the picture very detailed and clear. There is a mode by which the display recognizes pressing with gloves. You will be able to look at the image even from a 178-degree angle, and without serious loss of quality. And the progressive CABC technology adjusts the brightness level not only taking into account the ambient light, but also certain content. However, the CE function does not affect the color rendition, improving contrast and saturation.

Iron and performance

The eight-core Kirin 930 chip with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz is designed to provide excellent performance of the MediaPad X2 tablet. An additional i3 processor helps him in his work, and the Mali-T628 MP4 accelerator is closely involved in graphics. The device is on sale in two versions at once - with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of free storage, or with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory. But there is no need to worry and be sad because of the lack of space, since there is a slot for microSDXC cards up to 128 GB. There is also a slot for two SIM cards: micro-SIM and nano-SIM. It should be noted that Android 5.0 acts as an operating system, and the EMUI 3.0 shell significantly redesigns the interface.

With a fairly high-quality filling, the Huawei MediaPad X2 performs well in tests. In AnTuTu (version 5.7), the gadget gains 50,000 points, in 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited - 12,000 points. Decent results for a tablet. But the work of the device is felt much more spectacularly in reality. The device allows you to run absolutely any games, many of which are at their maximum. For example, in the beautiful game Asphalt 8 with high graphics settings, there are no problems, the picture is smooth, and there are no brakes.

Communication and sound

Huawei MediaPad X2 has a special Smart PA audio chip that improves sound. Together with the DTS system, a really pleasant and spacious sound is created, which is clearly heard in good headphones. External speakers sound really loud, even with a certain headroom. And thanks to the presence of a slot for two SIM cards, you can safely communicate with friends and relatives as much as necessary. Immediately on both telephone lines you can put calls on hold, which is really convenient. A very good earpiece has been installed. And you can use the Internet in LTE networks at speeds up to 300 Mbps.

Camera

A surprisingly advanced 13MP anti-fingerprint camera with 5-lens system allows you to take great shots. The aperture of 2.0 makes it possible to shoot even in low light conditions, and the flash - even in complete darkness. Therefore, the MediaPad X2 easily replaces an advanced digital camera or smartphone, as the photos are detailed and vivid. The user can adjust the exposure and focus of the image. There are tons of effects as well as the popular HDR mode. Not without a 5-megapixel front camera for fashionable self-portraits.

conclusions

Stylish and fast tablet MediaPad X2 for 20,000-24,000 rubles seems wonderful portable device for all kinds of entertainment. Moreover, all its capabilities are worked out in detail, and the overall quality is not satisfactory. And the gadget is supplied to the domestic market immediately with a charger, headphones and a protective bumper.

Pros:

• A real multimedia harvester.
• Knows how to call.
• Powerful filling.
• Great camera.
• Great display.

Minuses:

• The processor gets very hot.

Specifications Huawei MediaPad X2

General characteristics
Model	MediaPad X2, Honor X2, GEM-701L, GEM-702L, GEM-703L, GEM-703LT
Date of announcement / start of sales	March 2015 / May 2015
Dimensions (edit)	183.5 x 103.9 x 7.2 mm.
The weight	239 BC
Body colors	Gold, Silver
Operating system	Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) + EMUI 3.0
Connection
Number and type of SIM-cards	Dual SIM
Communication standard in 2G networks	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
Communication standard in 3G networks	HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100
Communication standard in 4G networks	LTE band 1 (2100), 3 (1800), 7 (2600), 38 (2600), 39 (1900), 40 (2300), 41 (2500) - GEM-703L LTE band 1 (2100), 3 (1800), 7 (2600), 8 (900), 28 (700), 38 (2600), 39 (1900), 40 (2300), 41 (2500) - GEM-702L
Display
Screen type	LTPS IPS LCD capacitive, 16 million colors
Screen size	7.0 inch
Screen resolution	1200 x 1920, 323 ppi
Multitouch	yes, up to 10 simultaneous touches
Screen protection	Safety glass
Sound
3.5mm jack	there is
FM radio	No
Additionally	DTS sound, active noise canceling system
Data transfer
USB	MicroUSB v2.0
Satellite navigation	GPS (A-GPS), GLONASS
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth	v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Internet connection	LTE Cat6, HSPA +, EDGE, GPRS
NFC	No
Hardware
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 930 Octa-core (4 × 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4 × 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	Mali-T628 MP6
RAM	2GB RAM / 3GB RAM
Inner memory	16 GB / 32 GB
Supported memory cards	MicroSD up to 256GB
Camera
Camera	13 MP, f / 2.4, autofocus, LED flash
Camera functions	Geo-tagging
Video recording	[email protected]
Front-camera	5 MP
Battery
Battery type and capacity	Li-Po 5000 mAh
Additionally
Sensors	Illumination, approximation, gyroscope, compass, accelerometer
Browser	HTML5
Email	IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Other	-Google Search, Maps, Gmail -MP3 / WAV / WMA / FLAC player -MP4 / H.264 / WMV player -Organizer -Document viewer -Voice dialing
Equipment
Standard complete set	MediaPad X2: 1 USB cable: 1 User manual: 1 Warranty card: 1 Charger 5V / 2A: 1