Huawei MediaPad M2 Tablet With 8-Inch Display, Octa-Core SoC Launched

The newly launched Huawei MediaPad M2 features nearly identical specifications to the MediaPad X2, launched in March. It is powered by a 64-bit 2GHz Kirin 930 octa-core processor coupled with a Mali-T628 GPU. It comes with 2GB of RAM and includes 16GB of built-in storage further expandable via microSD card (maximum capacity unspecified).

There are few differences as well as, with the MediaPad M2 sporting an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front camera, while the Huawei MediaPad X2 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The MediaPad M2 is backed by a 4800mAh battery while the MediaPad X2 comes with a 5000mAh battery.

The Android 5.0 Lollipop-based MediaPad M2 runs the company's proprietary Emotion UI 3.0. It supports 4G LTE.

Unfortunately, there is no word on availability of the MediaPad M2 outside France as of now. The launch was first reported by Lesnumeriques (via GSMArena).

Last week, Huawei India launched two new smartphones under its Honor brand in India, the Honor 4C and Honor Bee priced at Rs. 8,999 and Rs. 4,999 respectively.

The Honor 4C features a 5-inch HD TFT IPS display; a 64-bit 1.2GHz octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 620 processor; 2GB of RAM; dual-SIM dual standby; Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Emotion UI 3.0; 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash; 5-megapixel front camera; 8GB of inbuilt storage; expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB), and a 2550mAh battery.

The Honor Bee is also a dual-SIM dual standby handset (Micro-SIM), and features a 4.5-inch (480x854 pixel) display; Android 4.4 KitKat with Huawei EMUI 3.0 Lite; 1.2GHz quad-core SC7731 Cortex-A7 processor; 1GB of RAM; 8GB of built-in storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera; 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 1730mAh battery.