Huawei announces 10.3" eInk MatePad Paper

[salamanderjuice]

Huawei has unveiled a new 10.3" eInk device called the MatePad Paper which has a pen with 26ms of latency for note taking running their HarmonyOS (It can maybe run Android apps?) . Seems like it's going to be €500 and unlikely to be released in the US. Same 227 ppi as the other 10.3" devices. 4GB RAM, 64GB storage. Interesting to see the eink note taking market take off.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/2...-pencil-stylus

[Boreras]

https://consumer.huawei.com/en/table...d-paper/specs/

it doesn't say so in the specs, but it does have a screen light with 32 levels.

A built-in adjustable reading lamp with 32 convenient settings gives you so much comfort when it's dark.

In terms of processing power it's a pretty big jump from the snapdragon 662 found in Onyx products, performance cores are Cortex-A76 vs A73 and low power A55 vs A53. It's similar in performance to a snapdragon 860, or apple A12/13.

Despite the CPU being almost twice as powerful, it should draw less power

https://www.giznext.com/chipset-comp...snapdragon-662

[viceant]

Sadly, it seems to have glass substrate in its screen.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by viceant

Sadly, it seems to have glass substrate in its screen.

Might be longer lived than plastic and if the chassis is well designed it can be more robust than an LCD as it has no rear metal plate but a backlight.

[bookaho!ic]

worth keeping an eye on this one want a big one to read music pdfs on

[nodoka]

Want to purchase one

[viceant]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Might be longer lived than plastic and if the chassis is well designed it can be more robust than an LCD as it has no rear metal plate but a backlight.

I guess its build is strong and not fragile if it's bent, but may be able to break because vibrations of a drop

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Might be longer lived than plastic and if the chassis is well designed it can be more robust than an LCD as it has no rear metal plate but a backlight.

EInk and backlight? You are joking!

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

EInk and backlight? You are joking!

I'm obviously referring to the LCD having a backlight, so the LCD glass is less supported than the eInk panel, which often is mounted directly on an aluminium chassis as it's front lit, if lit.

The "it" refers to LCD not eInk. Maybe a fail on Translation parsing?

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Quoth

I'm obviously referring to the LCD having a backlight, so the LCD glass is less supported than the eInk panel, which often is mounted directly on an aluminium chassis as it's front lit, if lit.

The "it" refers to LCD not eInk. Maybe a fail on Translation parsing?

https://goodereader.com/blog/tablet-...core-processor
It has the same EInk module as Boox Note Air.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Might be longer lived than plastic and if the chassis is well designed it can be more robust than an LCD as it has no rear metal plate but a backlight.

Originally Posted by Quoth

The "it" refers to LCD not eInk. Maybe a fail on Translation parsing?

Whose translation? For me, I had the same issue. I did make the assumption that you were referring to LCD being more fragile but the original sentence did not make that clear. The obvious choice that both its in the same sentence referred to the same item did not make sense but it was the obvious choice. Perhaps:

it can be more robust than a LCD which has no rear metal plate but a backlight.

would have made your intended meaning much clearer.

The Grammar Police have spoken!

[ottischwenk]

I don't understand how @Quoth came up with LCD in this post, since EInk provides a 10.3 inch module in Mobius technology as well

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Whose translation? For me, I had the same issue. I did make the assumption that you were referring to LCD being more fragile but the original sentence did not make that clear. The obvious choice that both its in the same sentence referred to the same item did not make sense but it was the obvious choice. Perhaps:



would have made your intended meaning much clearer.

The Grammar Police have spoken!

Yes, obviously I need to leave the text for a day, proof, edit and then post. Sorry for the confusion.

[ChrisHistorian76]

Android Authority got their hands on this device at Mobile World Congress. They posted their impressions earlier this morning. The device was named a MWC Award winner.

https://www.androidauthority.com/hua...ds-on-3125687/

[kandwo]

Hopefully, there'll be an international release. If it's as good as Onyx or better, I would consider buying this instead. I believe Huawei can create better products.

Ultimately, it will depend on the possibility to install apks. And whether or not Huawei's bloatware can be disabled.