Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD announced, quad-core beast

Huawei just went official with their latest 10-inch MediaPad, after last night's foreplay.

We saw the beast on display yesterday at Huawei's press event but only now we got to learn the full specs. The MediaPad 10 FHD runs on Huawei's proprietary quad-core K3V2 processor, clocked at 1.5 GHz. The amount of RAM is the impressive 2 GB but there are only 8 gigs of on-board storage. Fret not though, as it has a microSD card slot to expand that.

The IPS display is a real treat - a FullHD-worthy 1920 x 1200 resolution resulting into a pixel density of around 226 pixels per inch, which is more than what any ultrabook, tablet or netbook out there can match.

Connectivity options are duly covered with HSPA+ speeds plus LTE (we're guessing in separate versions). An 8 MP camera on the back is in charge of imaging.

The MediaPad 10 FHD offers an aluminum unibody construction, it weighs 598 g and is just 8.8 mm thick.

The MediaPad 10 FHD will become available worldwide in Q2 of 2012.

For live pictures of the MediaPad 10 FHD you can check out our hands-on.

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Huawei MediaPad review: On the rise

Huawei have been flexing their mobile manufacturing muscle lately and one of their latest creations, the 7" MediaPad Android tablet, is getting its high-res screen and aluminum unibody ready to take on the big boys.

Huawei MediaPad official pictures

The Huawei MediaPad skimps on almost no ingredient in a bid to challenge the best 7" tablets out there. Sure, it would have been great to have Android ICS out of the box, but the screen has WXGA resolution and 216ppi pixel density - almost as high as the 10.1" Asus Transformer Prime TF700T and its 224ppi 1920x1200 screen.

Not impressed yet? How about an aluminum unibody that's thinner and lighter than the plasticy Kindle Fire? What about some of these specs:

10.5mm slim aluminum unibody7.0" 256K-color IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels)Weighs 390 gQualcomm MSM8260 chipset: Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor; 1GB of RAM; Adreno 220 GPUAndroid 3.2 Honeycomb, updateable to 4.0 Ice Cream SandwichQuad-band GPRS/EDGE and dual/tri-band 3G with HSPA connectivity (HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps)Voice calls, texts and MMS5 MP autofocus camera, 2592x1944 pixels, geotagging720p HD video recording @ 30 fps1.3 MP front-facing camera, 720p video recordingWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspotStereo Bluetooth v2.1microHDMI TV-out, USB host (adapter required)Standard 3.5 mm audio jack; Stereo speakers; SRS sound enhancement8 GB of built-in memory, 5.8 GB user accessiblemicroSD card slotAdobe Flash 11 supportGPS with A-GPS support; digital compass1080p DivX/XviD/MKV video supportAccelerometer and proximity sensor; three-axis Gyroscope sensorOffice document editor preinstalled4100 mAh Li-Po rechargeable batteryPoor cameraNon-replaceable batteryNo scratch-resistant screen surfaceNo LED flash

The Media Pad is certainly dressed to impress, but the name Huawei just doesn't have a premium ring to it. However, with the super-thin Huawei Ascend P1 S and now the MediaPad, Huawei is sending a clear message that they can successfully compete in the high end too.

Huawei MediaPad live pictures

The MediaPad shows no lack of ambition in Huawei. But how good were they at taking it from the blueprints to a finished product? Jump to the next page where we begin to find out.

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