The tablet has experienced explosive growth in the past few years. However, due to the relatively weak productivity, its application scope is largely limited, so that most tablets are used for home entertainment, such as watching movies and playing games. The demand for performance is not very strong, so people's replacement cycle has become longer, and the tablet market is becoming increasingly cold, In particular, the situation of Android tablet is even worse. However, some companies always go against the current, and Huawei is one of them. Recently, Huawei has launched the M5 series of tablets. Let's explore the 8.4 inch version to see how it performs.
Appearance and details
Huawei's tablet M5 series is divided into three products in two sizes: 10.8 inch and 8.4 inch. Our 8.4 inch version is moderate in size and portable.
The front camera is 8 million pixels. Huawei tablet M5 8.4 inch version provides two colors, champagne gold and deep space gray. The deep space gray version is a black panel, which is more low-key than the champagne gold color matching.
The 16:10 8.4 inch screen is made of IPS material, with a resolution of 2560 * 1600 and a pixel density of 359PPI, which is commonly known as the 2K screen. The front glass adopts 2.5D curved glass, and the edge feels mellow. The phone retains the front fingerprint identification Home button, which cannot be pressed. The operation logic is similar to that of Huawei mobile phones. Click Back, long press Home, and slide left and right to trigger multi task switching.
The back of the machine body is made of sandblasted metal material, which is slightly harsh, so it is relatively stable when holding. However, users who have dry hands would be more comfortable to use it with a protective case. For this reason, Huawei's flat M5 8.4-inch version also comes with a protective case. The logo of Harman Carton is printed on the bottom of the fuselage, which also means that this product is in cooperation with Harman Carton, a famous audio manufacturer, and is tuned by Harman Carton with rich experience.
The upper left corner of the back is a 13 million pixel rear camera, slightly protruding. Above the camera is a U-shaped antenna.
There are two kinds of speaker openings across the body at the top and bottom of the body. In the actual experience, the sound is still relatively loud, and it can also provide a good stereo experience. It is suitable for users who like to use the tablet to cook dramas and watch videos.
Huawei provides four storage configurations this time, including the WiFi version 4G+32G, 4G+64G, and 4G+128G. The All Netcom version only provides the 4G+64G configuration (Nano SIM), but all configurations support TF card expansion, with a maximum of 256G TF card.
Screen and system experience
In terms of the screen, the machine uses an 8.4 inch IPS screen with a ratio of 16:10, a resolution of 2560 * 1600, and a pixel density of 359PPI. The overall appearance is good, and the brightness is enough.
In terms of objective quality test, the color temperature is 9100k in the default display mode, which is slightly cold; The highest brightness is about 340 nits, with a contrast of 1500:1; The sRGB color gamut in standard display mode is 97.7%; The average DeltaE of 104 color standard test is 3.2, and the maximum DeltaE is 7.6, which is within the normal range of LCD screen.
In terms of the system, the phone is equipped with EMUI8.0, which is customized based on the latest Android 8.0. The experience of the phone is similar to that of Huawei series phones, with little localization and humanization. However, some users may not like the icon design of EMUI very much. Users who care about this can consider changing the theme or using a third-party initiator.
Performance and Running Score
Although the Kirin 960 is not Huawei's latest processor, it is relatively outstanding in terms of processor performance, with 1900 scores for a single core and 6400 scores for a multi-core. Among the existing Android tablets, the Kirin 960 used by the M5 is already the SoC with the strongest processor performance.
In terms of graphics performance, the GPU is composed of high-frequency Mali G71-MP8. However, due to the high-frequency scheme with fewer cores, the energy consumption ratio and graphics performance are lower than expected. However, in normal use, it is obviously no pressure to look at high-definition video. Huawei officials also said that they would adapt the GPU Turbo for the M5 in the middle and late July. From the test results released officially earlier, the GPU Turbo can undoubtedly strengthen the graphics part, which is good news for game users.
In terms of built-in storage performance, both continuous and random reads and writes performed well.
Charging and endurance
In terms of battery, 5100mAh lithium ion battery is built in, and the weight is maintained at about 316g. It is relatively light and supports 5V/2A and 9V/2A fast charging. In terms of endurance, since Huawei's tablet M5 supports the 4G function, we still use the 2-hour high intensity test, that is, half an hour of games, half an hour of video playback, half an hour of WiFi Internet access, and half an hour of 4G Internet access.
After two hours of testing, Huawei's tablet consumes 23% in total, and its performance is relatively normal. However, if the battery capacity is larger, I believe it will perform better.
summary
At the initial stage of development, smart tablets experienced explosive rapid development. At that time, tablets of various platforms were surging, Android tablets of various brands Windows tablets swarmed in, but as the market became saturated, coupled with the relatively narrow application scenarios of tablets, the pace of consumer upgrading slowed down, and the market gradually calmed down. Many smart tablets, including the iPad, suffered sales declines to varying degrees. In particular, due to the difference in the use experience of Android tablets caused by the application ecology, the situation in recent years is also much worse. However, some manufacturers are still unwilling to give up this market, Huawei is one of them.
Huawei's tablet M5 is the successor of M3, which is divided into two sizes: 10.8 inch and 8.4 inch. Among them, 8.4 inch has better portability and can be easily stuffed into various bags. On the whole, this model does a good job. It has a 2K LCD screen, a high-performance processor, a 5100mAh battery, and supports fast charging. For users who are not accustomed to the iOS platform and do not want to sacrifice performance, the Huawei tablet M5 is a good choice. After all, models like the Samsung Tab S3 still use the Snapdragon 820 processor.
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