Although it has not lacked competition this year, the MediaPad M3 remains one of the best Android tablets that we can buy, and thanks to the drop in prices it has experienced in recent times, an even more tempting option. It seems, however, that the time to take over could be approaching at last, with the MediaPad M4 already on the horizon.
The MediaPad M4 gives the first signs of life
The news that Huawei is already working on a MediaPad M3 comes to us thanks to Mobielkopen has located records of a device with the code SHT-AL09 with display 2560 x 1600. It is not specified that the screen is 8 inches, but the Chinese manufacturer has never used such a high resolution in one of its 10-inch models and it seems logical that it is the tablet in its catalog that is going to see a renewal before.
However, it cannot be ruled out that Huawei sean launch a new MediaPad M4 10, that goes a step further than what the MediaPad M3 10 Lite, with a more mid-range profile. You'd have to expect a notable price hike too, of course, but it would be a breath of fresh air for a category (high-end 10-inch Android tablets) where there has been little activity lately.
The first tablet launched with Android Oreo?
A fact that the records do reveal and that turns out to be quite exciting, is that the device would be in tests with Android Oreo, so that it could become the first tablet launched with this version (it is expected to reach a fews Samsung Android Oreo tablets and the Pixel C, but as an update in all cases). At the moment it is the first of which we have had news.
It would certainly be somewhat interesting if the Chinese manufacturer could sign up if so, and a small push to further consolidate its position in the field of Android tablets, since at the moment the panorama of tablets with Android Oreo it is rather bleak. We already saw yesterday that its expansion is generally slow, but in this format its presence is even less.
Kirin 960 or Kirin 970?
One of the unknowns that we most want to solve is the one regarding the processor, because there are few Android tablets that come with high-end processors and the MediaPad M3 it was one of them at the time. We hope that for the MediaPad M4 Huawei he decides to bet hard again and to use the chip of his latest flagship, or perhaps the previous one, instead of leaving us a basic or mid-range Snapdragon.
We will discover more of it, if anything, as its launch gets closer, although we have no clue as to when it might take place. Looking back, I see that among the Huawei tablets The mid-range ones have normally been launched without big announcements, but for the high-end ones, world events have been expected, and the ones we have on the horizon are CES in January and MWC in February.