Honor Pad X7b Unveiled: A Budget Tablet With a Metal Body and Up to 21 Hours of Battery Life

Honor has unveiled the new budget-friendly Pad X7b tablet for the global market. The device has an all-metal body that is 8.48 mm thick and weighs 447 g. The tablet features a 9.7-inch display with a resolution of 2,052 × 1,152 pixels, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and peak brightness of 500 nits. The panel covers 100% of the sRGB color space. The screen occupies around 81% of the front panel. To protect users’ eyesight, it offers a software-based blue-light filter, Dynamic Dimming technology, and a dedicated eBook Mode. There is also a kids’ mode with a separate entertainment space and four-level parental controls.

The tablet is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 685 processor. It has 4 GB of RAM, which can be virtually expanded by another 4 GB using the built-in storage, available in capacities of up to 128 GB. Storage can also be expanded with microSD cards of up to 2 TB.

According to Honor, the 8,000 mAh battery provides up to 16 hours of video playback or up to 21 hours of e-book reading. The device can run for up to 82 days in standby mode.

The Honor Pad X7b has already appeared on the manufacturer’s global website, but it is currently officially available only in Saudi Arabia. The base version costs $135, while the version with LTE and 128 GB of flash storage costs $185.