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:
Key features
10.5mm slim aluminum unibody
7.0" 256K-color IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels)
Weighs 390 g
Qualcomm MSM8260 chipset: Dual-core 1.2GHz Scorpion processor; 1GB of RAM; Adreno 220 GPU
Android 3.2 Honeycomb, updateable to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Quad-band GPRS/EDGE and dual/tri-band 3G with HSPA connectivity (HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps)
Voice calls, texts and MMS
5 MP autofocus camera, 2592x1944 pixels, geotagging
720p HD video recording @ 30 fps
1.3 MP front-facing camera, 720p video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Stereo Bluetooth v2.1
microHDMI TV-out, USB host (adapter required)
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack; Stereo speakers; SRS sound enhancement
8 GB of built-in memory, 5.8 GB user accessible
microSD card slot
Adobe Flash 11 support
GPS with A-GPS support; digital compass
1080p DivX/XviD/MKV video support
Accelerometer and proximity sensor; three-axis Gyroscope sensor
Office document editor preinstalled
4100 mAh Li-Po rechargeable battery