The Huawei MatePad T8 is a tablet computer that is manufactured by Huawei.

The tablet was introduced in Europe on May 6, 2020, along with other company devices: the Huawei B535 Wi-Fi router and the Huawei MatePad Pro tablet.

Specifications

Design & hardware The tablet features a body made of metal. The back surface of the tablet has a matte finish.

The device has slim bezels (4.9 mm) around the screen, which occupies 76.7% of the front panel. Combined with its low cost, this made it one of the best budget tablets of 2021.

The Huawei MatePad T8 is powered by an octa-core MediaTek MT8768 processor, featuring four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz. The graphics processor is a PowerVR GE8320.

Internal storage is available in 16 GB or 32 GB options, with 2 GB of RAM. Storage can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 512 GB).

The Huawei MatePad T8 features a 5 MP main camera (f/2.2 aperture) with autofocus and 1920 × 1080 pixel video recording. The front-facing camera is 2 MP with a fixed focal length.

It includes a non-removable 5100 mAh Li-Po battery, which provides up to 588 hours of stand-by and 12 hours of screen usage. It also comes with a 5-watt standard charging.

Software & connectivity The Huawei MatePad T8 runs on the Android 10 operating system with the EMUI 10 User Interface without support of Google Mobile Services.

The tablet supports the following network bands - 2G GSM, 3G WCDMA, and 4G LTE. Wireless interfaces include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual-band), Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, and LE.

It supports several navigation systems - GPS, A-GPS, and GLONASS. Charging and data transfer are handled via a microUSB 2.0 port with USB On-The-Go support. The tablet does not feature a built-in FM radio or NFC.

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