Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)

The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025) measures 271.3 x 182.5 mm with a slim 5.5 mm thickness and weighs 508 g, giving it a total volume of 272.317375 cm³. The tablet ships without a stylus, detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard, and it offers no water resistance. Tilt sensitivity is also absent, reflecting a design that keeps the hardware focused on its core slate form factor.

The display on this tablet measures 12.2″ and uses OLED/AMOLED technology with a resolution of 2800 x 1840 px at a pixel density of 275 ppi, paired with a 144Hz refresh rate for smooth on-screen motion. Brightness reaches 2000 nits typical, and the contrast ratio stands at 2,000,000:1, while an anti-reflection coating helps reduce glare. The screen supports touch input and also functions as an e-paper display, though it does not include branded damage-resistant glass, sapphire glass, or support for HDR10 or HDR10+.

The tablet is powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 9000S chipset, built on a 5 nm process with an octa-core CPU configuration — one core at 2.62 GHz, three at 2.15 GHz, and four at 1.53 GHz — reaching a turbo clock speed of 3.3 GHz across 8 threads, with a TDP of 6W. It pairs with 12 GB of RAM running at 2750 MHz and 512 GB of internal storage, though no external memory slot is available. The SoC uses big.LITTLE technology, supports 64-bit processing, and integrates both LTE and a Mali-G57 GPU with DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2 support. Cache is distributed across 64 KB L1, 0.512 MB L2 (0.256 MB/core), and 4 MB L3 (2 MB/core), with a maximum memory bandwidth of 44 GB/s. TrustZone is supported for hardware-level security, while ECC memory is not available.

The rear camera system consists of two lenses — a 50 MP primary sensor and an 8 MP secondary — both using CMOS technology, while the front camera offers 8 MP with a wide aperture of f/2. Main camera video recording tops out at 2160p at 30 fps, supported by a video light and continuous autofocus during recording, though optical image stabilization, HDR10 recording, and Dolby Vision recording are not available. Manual controls cover ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, with touch autofocus and built-in HDR mode also on hand, but manual shutter speed and burst mode are absent. The flash setup includes a single LED unit, with no dual-tone, RGB, or front-facing flash present. Optical zoom is not available, and features such as in-camera panorama, 360° panorama, and 3D photo or video recording are not supported.

The tablet includes stereo speakers but lacks a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a radio tuner. On the wireless audio side, none of the advanced Bluetooth codec options are supported — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.

The tablet houses a 10,100 mAh rechargeable battery with a built-in battery level indicator, though it is not removable. Neither fast charging nor wireless charging is supported.

Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 4 through Wi-Fi 7 (802.11n/ac/ax/be) and Bluetooth 5.2, while a USB Type-C port running at USB 3.2 handles wired connections; HDMI output, Ethernet, and NFC are not available. The tablet has no cellular module and therefore no 5G support, but GPS and Galileo are present for location tracking, complemented by a gyroscope, compass, and accelerometer. Security options include a fingerprint scanner and camera/microphone privacy controls, though 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are absent. On the software side, the tablet supports split screen, dark mode, widgets, multi-user profiles, child lock, customizable notifications, sharing intents, voice commands, and battery health check, but it does not receive direct OS updates from the vendor. A barometer, infrared sensor, and built-in projector are not included.