Honor MagicPad 2 review

Design, build quality

The Honor MagicPad 2's design is sleek, clean, and relatively slim. The tablet's thickness is 5.8mm, which makes it feel very lightweight in hand, but in reality, it's ever so slightly lighter than the competition, sitting at 555 grams. Most tablets at this size weigh between 550 and 600 grams.

When it comes to build quality, we are not impressed, but we aren't dissatisfied either. Honor says the MagicPad 2 features a metal frame with a fiber composite on top. So, in reality, the frame and the back panel aren't metal.

The side frame feels downright plastic, but the back features a nicer finish. The Moonlight White color we got has a marble-like look under the right lighting conditions while being smooth and somewhat soft to the touch.

The bezels around the screen are adequately thick to provide a more comfortable grip, and the power button and the volume rocker are in their usual place. We don't like how short the volume rocker is, though. It makes you wonder whether you are pressing the volume up or the volume down key.

Sure, the MagicPad 2 doesn't have the most premium feel and build, but it's still somewhat slick, lightweight and thin.

Keyboard and stylus

The keyboard cover features a slightly rubberized or maybe faux leather-like material. Attaching it to the tablet is very easy. The magnets are powerful and secure the upright position of the tablet.

Unfortunately, there's only one position. You can't recline the tablet further or keep it more upright.

As far as the keyboard goes, it's extra nice. The keys provide nice, clicky, tactile feedback and plenty of travel. They don't feel mushy at all, which is often the case with these keyboards. The spacing between the keys is adequate, but as with every keyboard, it will take time to get used to.

The Honor Magic-Pencil 3 (£85.99/99,90€) only comes in Moonlight White. The design is simple and elegant, and it provides a rather natural writing and drawing experience.

It doesn't have any buttons, but there are a couple of invisible touch-sensitive areas. Tapping the front end of the stylus switches between pen and eraser. Sliding along the front side of the stylus will change your presentation slides if you are presenting.

It has a low latency of 2ms and supports 4096 pressure sensitivity levels. It charges wirelessly in less than an hour, and its battery is good for 10h of continuous writing.