5 reasons why you should buy the Honor Pad 8

Honor Pad 8
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Tablets are a great secondary device that can go along with your smartphone. These devices have evolved over the years to include important features that would spare you the effort of carrying a laptop. Smart collaboration features such as multi-screen collaboration and the ability to transfer files between devices have made the tablets fit into your daily usage easily and seamlessly.

Honor aims to make its users’ lives easier with the release of their latest Honor Pad 8, which brings exceptional entertainment features, as well as smart features that make your life easier such as multi-screen collaboration. So here are the top features that should make you consider buying the new Honor Pad 8.

Great 12-inch display with 2K display

Needless to say that one of the main uses for tablets is for consuming media and for entertainment purposes. Honor has taken that into consideration with the main spec for watching movies and other entertainment which is the display. The Honor Pad 8 boasts a 12-inch display with a 2K resolution, the display looks stunning on the Honor Pad 8 with an 87% screen-to-body ratio.

The Honor Pad 8 doesn’t just deliver an exceptional viewing experience with this display, but it also will give you a great acoustic experience with its speakers that we will look at it in the next point.

Honor Pad 8

(Image credit: Honor)

Eight loudspeakers equipped with DTS: X Ultra

To give the best experience in consuming media and entertainment purposes, Honor has also equipped the Honor Pad 8 with 8 Loudspeakers that are enhanced using DTS: X Ultra that offers an unrivalled audio experience, the loudspeakers are placed symmetrically on the Honor Pad 8 to give the best acoustic experience.

Supporting the hardware, Honor has also put software support to enhance the overall experience and to provide the users with different audio profiles that are suitable to use with audio calls and online meetings in addition to usual media consumption.

Smart collaboration features

In this day and age, it’s very common to see anyone with lots of smart devices that are getting used on a daily basis. And using these devices simultaneously can prove to be a difficult task if there’s no integration between them. The ability to work on something and continue that work on your other devices is such a vital feature to have.

That’s why Honor has focused on enabling the multi-screen collaboration feature that allows users to share files between Honor’s different devices of smartphones and tablets with a simple drag and drop. You can also use one of the devices to control the other without the need for cables or anything else. 

Powerful specs and a great battery life

Honor has made sure to equip this tablet with powerful features such as the octa-core Snapdragon 680 chipset that’s more than capable of handling demanding tasks and handling multitasking with zippy performance. The Honor Pad 8 also comes with Magic UI 6.1 that’s based on the Android 12 with customized features to make your experience much better.

The tablet is powered up by an extended 7250 mAh battery that supports up to 10 hours of online video playback, a number that increases up to 14 hours of video playback when used to play offline videos, the impressive battery life is very useful to the students to last through a day full of learning.

Honor Pad 8

(Image credit: Honor)

Availability and pricing

Honor has priced this tablet at a really affordable price, which makes it a really good option to go along with your smartphone. The Honor Pad 8 is available now for preorder through Honor’s online store for AED 1199 with a free Honor Pad 8 Flipcover and Honor Choice Earbuds X that are worth AED 248 and will be available for purchase from the 24th of September. 

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