Honor Pad 9 has an anti-glare display, Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and pen support

Honor announced the Pad 9 alongside the 90 GT. The new mid-range slate is aimed squarely at multimedia consumption and content creation.

The tablet has a thin and light all-metal body - it's 6.96mm thin and weighs 555g (559g in the Soft Light version,). You can have the Honor Pad 9 in White, Blue, or Gray, and with either 8GB with 128GB or 256GB of storage, or 12GB with 256GB or 512GB of storage.

The chip in charge is the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 - an efficient 4nm SoC with an eight-core processor (4x Cortex-A78, 4x Cortex-A55).

Up front is a 12.1-inch IPS LCD with a 2560x1600px resolution and 500 nits of brightness. The panel uses anti-glare glass etching to eliminate up to 98% of reflections. It's certified with the Winning Bidding Institute for visual comfort and has TÜV Rheinland clearance for non-reflection, low blue light, and being flicker-free.

You can purchase the Honor Pad 9 with a special paper-like screen protector Honor calls the Soft Light. It makes writing and drawing on the display more enjoyable with a stylus. Honor's Notes app supports voice-to-text and has templates for drawing.

The audio credentials on this tablet are impressive - you get 2 microphones and 8 (yes, eight) speakers for true surround sound. Honor has gone further with software with a self-developed voice enhancement algorithm that can suppress noise and accentuate voices even from a recording.

Finally, the Honor Pad 9 has an 8,300mAh battery with 35W charging, and runs Honor's MagicOS 7.2, based on Android 13.

The Pad 9 is on sale today starting at CNY 1,599 (INR 18,600) and there's a CNY 100 discount. The 8/256GB model is CNY 1,699 (INR 19,800), the 12/256GB is CNY 1,999 (INR 23,800), and the 12/512GB is CNY 2,199 (INR 26,200). Honor warns that quantities are limited.