Reversing the accepted dynamic, the Huawei MatePad Air (2026) was announced for the planetary marketplace backmost in July and volition lone motorboat successful China adjacent week connected September 7 (Monday). This volition hap astatine the event for the tri-folding Huawei Mate XT 2.
The Huawei MatePad Air (2026) is launching successful China adjacent week
The MatePad Air (2026) is simply a 12” tablet with a 144Hz OLED show – a 3:2 2,800 x 1,840px panel. Huawei’s PaperMatte exertion is an optional upgrade – this cuts down connected reflections and reduces interference from ambient airy (and it costs extra).
The tablet is powered by the Kirin T93C chipset with 8/12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It has a 10,100mAh artillery with 66W accelerated charging via the USB-C 3.1 port. There is besides a magnetic accessory connector for the optional keyboard cover.
Huawei MatePad Air (2026)
Other absorbing specs see the 6-speaker audio setup, a 50MP rear camera (4K @ 30fps video) and a 12MP front-facing camera. A stylus is supported arsenic good and successful immoderate markets it gets bundled with prime versions of the tablet. Check retired our hands-on with the planetary mentation for a person look.
The tablet measures 5.3mm heavy and weighs 509g, which earns it the “Air” moniker. It has an aluminum frame, but it lacks an IP standing (so there’s nary authoritative particulate oregon h2o resistance).
Global Huawei MatePad Air (2026) colour options: Airy Blue • White • Sakura Pink
Like we said successful the beginning, the Huawei MatePad Air (2026) is already disposable successful respective markets and its terms is successful the $800-$900 range. We expect that the terms successful China volition beryllium little than that. The Air volition beryllium disposable successful 4 colors: Pink, Dawn Gold, Blue and White (one much than the planetary version).
There is speech of upgrades for the Chinese merchandise similar expanding the screen’s maximum brightness from 1,200 nits to 2,000 nits. The bundle volition surely beryllium antithetic – the Chinese exemplary volition motorboat with HarmonyOS 7, portion the planetary 1 runs v4.3.
PS. Huawei volition unveil the MatePad Pro (2026), the Huawei Watch D3 and the FreeBuds Neo for the planetary marketplace aboriginal today. As for the Mate XT 2, pre-orders are live successful China.
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