By Chris Chang, posted Jul 17, 2012 at 1:36 PM, 1,256 views,

Huawei’s ‘iPad Killer’ MediaPad 10 FHD Tablet May Launch in Late August For Less Than $500

It’s no secret that Android tablet sales have lagged far behind Apple’s iPad. The reason? Price and user experience. Some 10-inch Android tablets cost as much as an iPad, and some of them are painfully slow when it comes to gaming and multitasking. Apparently, Huawei’s upcoming quad-core tablet MediaPad 10 FHD would be something different. It will be powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor along with 2GB of RAM, and it will be available for sale in late August for less than $500.

Just in case you forgot about Huawei’s quad-core tablet MediaPad 10 FHD, it first showed up at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The MediaPad 10 FHD boasts of a supersharp resolution of 1920×1,200 pixels IPS display, and it promises an out of the box experience that includes Android 4.0 ICS, HSPA+ 84, Huawei’s K3V2 1.5GHz quad-core processor that outguns Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, micro SD slot, and a 6,400 mAh battery.

It’s been almost 6 months since it was revealed to the world, and today, Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, said in a Sina Weibo post that the MediaPad 10 FHD is expected to be launched in late August in China. Here’s what he said,

“A standard battery test with looped 720p video yielded over 8-9 hours, and with a 1080p video looping, the device lasted between 6-7 hours. Standby time for the Wi-Fi model can last up to 2,000 hours, and 800 hours for the 4G model. It will be expected to launch in late August for less than 3,000 Chinese yuan (about $476),”

Well, are you excited? We actually hope there’s a new 7-inch tablet from Huawei someday.

Source: Weibo

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  • AaronD12

    That kind of resolution on a 10″ screen is just dumb. But… Apple does it! Because iOS can intelligently scale itself to the high resolution screen. ICS can’t do that. I haven’t even seen any reports that Jellybean can do it either. Your on-screen elements are going to be too small to tap, requiring that you use a stylus.

    I hope this thing doesn’t weigh 10kg…

  • Qbancelli

    Oh shut up! iFool

  • Thunderclap

    @AaronD12:disqus :
    Did you notice ANY too-small UI-Element on the photo of the tablet?
    No? Uh… Black Magic!

  • ih8u

    huawei and ipad killer in the same sentence is tarded.

  • http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-2-Android-Tablet-PC-Superpad-7-Flytouch-7-Android-4-0-1GB-DDR-3-Cortex-A10-/261041457852?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item3cc7488abc#ht_3537wt_1166 android tablet 10

    Well, there are many tablets which have been launched in the market as ‘An iPad Killer’. But not all tablets are so smart such as an iPad. Let see what miracle this Huavei tab could do. Though, it looks like a decent product indeed.

  • http://www.cintamani.co.uk/ Tablet PC

    Well, let’s see if this tablet can compete to Ipad tablet. But it looks so nice so for sure it can. A 10 inch tablet for less than $500 is very cheap, why not to consider it? It seems cool.

    • http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-2-Android-Tablet-PC-Superpad-7-Flytouch-7-Android-4-0-1GB-DDR-3-Cortex-A10-/-951547198 flytouch 7

      I don’t think so that this tablet can ever rival the Ipad. They definitely need to bring something change if they want to compete with them.