I, the foreword: Honor launched a new flagship tablet brings 4320Hz high-frequency dimming OLED screen

Some time ago, "download and watch movies has become a niche behavior of young people", "Steam installed on behalf of" the relevant search terms rushed to the hot search, for most people may be a laugh, the phenomenon behind the user's use of the device actually reacted to changes in the device! The phenomenon is actually a reaction to the changes in the user's device.
Authoritative data show that in 2022, minors use the equipment, cell phones with more than 91.3% of the proportion of Internet access to take the lead, and tablet PCs with 45.5% of the share followed by desktop computers and laptops, the use of 33.2% and 31.7%, respectively, compared with the year 2021, showing a clear downward trend.
The fundamental reason for this change is that tablets, with their portability, lightweight design and diverse usage patterns, are gradually becoming the preferred device for learning and entertainment for the new generation, and even as productivity.
There are a lot of tablets on the market today, but the one with a more mature productivity experience has to look at Honor.
The product we are going to test now is the flagship new product from its family - Honor Tablet MagicPad2.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

For OLED screens, low-frequency dimming hurts the eyes, which is the industry consensus, Honor has always been at the forefront of the industry in terms of eye protection technology, known as the industry benchmark.
In the friendly business is still in the cell phone on the main 1920Hz, 2160Hz high PWM dimming screen, Honor90 series debut 3840Hz ultra-high-frequency PWM dimming zero-risk screen. With competitors following suit, the HonorMagic6 series brought another record-breaking 4320Hz UHF PWM dimming screen.
Now Honor brings this 4320Hz Honor Vision Soothing Oasis eye protection screen to the Honor Tablet MagicPad2, along with the natural light-like eye protection and sleep-aiding display, hardware-grade low-blue light these features add up to, but also do the most complete eye protection certification in OLED tablets, making it the brightest presence in the tablet category.
Honor Tablet MagicPad2 in the office scenario is also highly valued, through the MagicOS and key pen peripherals hardware and software combination, to bring users comparable to the PC-level office experience.

Next, let's take a look at this Honor Tablet MagicPad2 in the office scene, what is unique.

II, the appearance: thin to 5.8mm, light to 555g with the key pen to bring a PC-class experience

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

Honor Tablet MagicPad2 is equipped with a 12.3-inch OLED Honor Vision Soothing Oasis eye protection screen with a quad-narrow edge design, resulting in a 92% screen-to-body ratio.

In terms of display specifications, the resolution is 3000 x 1920, pixel density of 290 PPI, 144Hz refresh rate, support for 1 million:1 contrast ratio, peak brightness of up to 1600nits, combined with the Ultra Dynamic Zenith Color Display Technology tuning, even in sunlight, to ensure clear and detailed, colorful and vibrant viewing effect.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

This 12.3-inch OLED Honor Vision Soothing Oasis eye protection screen realizes 4320Hz ultra-high-frequency dimming, achieving the highest performance in the industry.

In terms of eye protection, it can realize AI out-of-focus eye protection technology, natural light-like eye protection and sleep-aid display, which greatly reduces the damage to the eyes from prolonged use.

It has also passed the Rheinland Zero Risk No Strobe Certification, Rheinland Hardware Level Low Blue Light Certification, the National Eye Engineering Center Eye Protection Certification, and the VicoA+ Visual Comfort Test, and it is also the presence of the most complete eye protection certification among OLED tablets.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

In terms of size, Honor Tablet MagicPad2 has a body as thin as 5.8mm and as light as 555g, and is equipped with an 8-speaker system, with high and low crossover technology that combines four woofers and four tweeters, combining leading speaker hardware and self-developed audio technology, with a soundstage width of 100°, for even more immersive audiovisual enjoyment.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

We got the Starry Black color, the back shape is relatively simple, only HONOR English characters in the middle, with a rear camera in the upper right corner.

It is worth mentioning that Honor Tablet MagicPad2 has a bending strength of up to 85N/mm, taking the industry's first SGS five-star bending resistance certification.

That is to say, daily use will not break and sit bent because of the thin and light body of this kind of situation occurs.

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The accessories we received are the Smart Bluetooth Keyboard, and the HonorMagic Pencil 3 for a PC-grade operating experience.

These two accessories only need to be connected to the Honor Tablet MagicPad2 to complete the adaptation steps, which is still very convenient.

The Smart Bluetooth Keyboard for Honor Tablet MagicPad2 is made of skin-friendly PU leather, which shows off the texture and can also be used as a tablet stand.

Otherwise, it supports features such as 1.6mm extra-large key travel and wireless charging.

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HonorMagic Pencil 3 as a whole uses an integrated pressure-sensitive module that supports 4096 levels of pressure sensing, line thickness can be changed with the intensity, and the time delay is as low as 2ms, which ensures that you can follow your hand smoothly when writing.

Usually do not need to put the pen on the tablet can be charged, in the absence of electricity only need to charge a 30 seconds can be used in an emergency for 10 minutes.

III, the tablet experience: AI-enhanced can be for the meeting to text, summary computer mode to bring PC-level operation feeling

--Honor Super Document

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In the office tools, the self-contained Honor documents are very rich in features, APP is also very simple, the lower right corner of the new can create a manuscript, forms, demo tablets, but also to achieve document scanning, form extraction function.

One of the PDF tool is also worth mentioning, the market charges for pictures / manuscripts / forms / presentations to PDF, as well as merging PDF, split PDF, in Honor documents above are free to try.

And, here you can also QQ / WeChat received files for quick management, without the need to rummage through the many folders, very convenient.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

Honor Documents maintains the same interface as office software on PCs, with a toolbar at the top for quick editing of documents, forms and more.

Honor documents also support AI summary, touch-ups, expansion, style rewriting, etc., in the face of long PDF, documents, you can rely on it directly to the focus of the summary out, saving users a lot of time.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

For students who often handwrite to record classroom highlights, HonorMagic Pencil 3 can realize handwritten words and formulas into text content, and when hand-drawing geometric shapes, just hover over it to automatically beautify it, and you can turn it into a regular geometric shape.

Handwritten formulas can also support AI handwriting beautification, which makes the user's notes more efficient and beautiful by selecting a template.

--AI meeting related

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In the meeting experience, HonorMagicPad2 has also been optimized for this type of scene, and after turning on AI voiceprint noise reduction, it can intelligently identify the owner's voiceprint information without additional recording.

Embodied in the meeting, it can effectively suppress background noise, almost eliminating with the meeting with irrelevant human voice, highlighting the user's voice, so that the user can hear a clearer voice in the conference call.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

Honor notes can also record the meeting, in addition to voice to text this function, but also to achieve AI meeting summary, the sound to text content to refine the summary, the end of the meeting seconds out of the summary, the focus to do at a glance.

--Computer Mode

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After turning on the computer mode, the layout of Honor Tablet MagicPad2 has changed, placing the taskbar layout at the bottom, the start menu in the lower left corner, and the notification and control center in the lower right corner, all of which are customarily consistent with those on the PC.

With a smart Bluetooth keyboard peripheral, thus realizing the same operating experience as a traditional notebook.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

When opening multiple windows, you can also drag and drop program titles to the left and right edges of the screen to split the screen directly to them, allowing users to multitask more easily, and find information while coding, or chatting while watching a show.

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It is worth mentioning that the window layout is not fixed dead, you can continue to open a new APP, and then freely adjust the window size through the APP edge. Users familiar with computers, experience Honor Tablet MagicPad2, the difficulty of getting started is almost zero.

IV, the game experience: the third generation of Snapdragon 8s chip chip can play "Original God" and other mainstream games

In the core specifications, Honor Tablet MagicPad is equipped with a third-generation Snapdragon 8s chip, which belongs to the positioning of the sub-flagship, and can meet the user's entertainment needs in daily games.

In the following game test, in order to maximize the release of Honor Tablet MagicPad2 performance, we will change the power management to performance mode, at the same time in the open game mode.

1. Arena of Valor

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In Arena of Valor, the frame rate is changed to very high, the resolution is changed to super high, and the total quality of the screen is extreme.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

The Honor Tablet MagicPad2 frame rate was very stable and gave a final score of 119.14 FPS.

The average power consumption was 6.59W and the energy efficiency ratio was 18.1 FPS/W.

In terms of temperature, the temperature in the area where the chip is located came to 38.6°C and 32.2°C at the bottom.

2, Genshin Impack

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In Genshin Impack we will choose the preset quality to be extremely high, based on which the game frame rate will be changed to 60 fps.

During the test period, a random 10-minute run was made in the main city of Fontainebleau, using fast-moving characters like Night Orchid and Early Yuzu.

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Although there were some fluctuations in the second half, there were no frame locking issues, giving a final average frame rate of 58.59 FPS.

The power consumption came to 9W with an energy efficiency ratio of 6.51 FPS/W.

In terms of temperature, the chip heating area on the back tops out at 45.7°C and the bottom temperature is at 34.4°C.

Thanks to the large size of the tablet, the heat generation is confined to the top, and after staggering the grip area, the heat is barely felt when gripping and playing games.

V, charging and battery life: 10050mAh full-blooded with 92 minutes of uninterrupted playback of 10 hours of 1080 online video

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

In the battery life test, we use the B station line to play 1080P video, the test screen brightness is 75%, the volume is 30%.

Starting the test at 9:30 pm and sticking to it until 7:00 am when it was turned off, it can stick to playing online videos for about 10 hours without interruption.

In charging speed, support 66W super fast charging technology, as long as 92 minutes for its to full blood.

VI, summary: blurring the boundaries of tablet and PC devices Honor Tablet MagicPad2 become a new generation of office tools

This productivity-focused Honor MagicPad2, in actual use, shows Honor's understanding and vision of productivity.

In terms of productivity experience, Honor MagicPad2 with the combination of intelligent Bluetooth keyboard, Honor Magic Pencil 3 peripherals, brings versatile forms while further enriching the use of this tablet scene.

Honor's Super Document, through which the creation and management of documents/forms/presentations can be accomplished in one step, the office and text editing has reached the level of PC. It can also manage documents received by WeChat, making the experience hassle-free enough.

AI-related note touch-ups, record summaries, AI voice noise reduction, etc., can make the user in the office, Internet class icing on the cake.

With this this computer mode, so as to realize multi-open programs, window size free drag and drop, edge split screen and other computer side of the habitual operation, blurring the boundaries between the PC and the tablet, providing users with a more flexible office solutions.

In the face of entertainment needs, Honor MagicPad2 is equipped with a 12.3-inch 4320Hz Honor Vision Soothing Oasis eye-protecting screen, which maintains an excellent display effect while taking into account eye protection, and is equipped with an eight-speaker system, thus bringing excellent audio-visual effects.

Equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 8s, Honor  MagicPad2 can easily cope with the mainstream games of Arena of Valor and Genshin Impack to meet the users' entertainment needs in addition to office work.

Honor MagicPad 2 Review

As the flagship of Honor's tablet series, MagicPad2 meets the productivity needs of users in a variety of scenarios by virtue of its excellent screen performance, flexible and versatile usage patterns, as well as the in-depth integration of hardware and software, making it a new generation of office tools.