Lab – Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2: the right choice of the Oled and PaperMatte Tandem
Huawei is expanding its tablet catalog with two products: a MatePad 12 X and a MatePad Pro 12.2. Two models that stand out for their adoption of PaperMatte technology, which is designed to eliminate reflections. We have also come across it within the MatePad 11.5 S and highlighted its low reflectance. The MatePad Pro 12.2 adds a feature borrowed from an illustrious tablet: Apple's iPad Pro 13 (2024). It also adopts a Tandem Oled panel.
Before getting into the heart of the matter, let's point out that the MatePad Pro 12.2 has a 12.2-inch screen with a definition of 2800 x 1840 pixels, or a resolution of 274 ppi, compatible with a stylus and surrounded by very thin borders. The display thus occupies 89.37% of the surface of the device. In short, this screen is obvious to the eyes from the outset.
High brightness and very very contained reflections
It is through its brightness that Huawei intends to seduce. The MatePad Pro 12.2 has an Oled panel actually composed of two superimposed panels: this is the principle of Tandem Oled, already seen on Apple's iPad Pro 13 (2024), which then inaugurated it in the world of slates. All this allows Huawei to announce a maximum brightness of 2000 cd/m² and controlled colorimetry.
We subjected the device to our probes, which allowed us to confirm the excellent behavior of the tablet. Because its screen manages to display 999 cd/m2 in SDR (i.e. without HDR). It is thus neck and neck with the screen of the iPad Pro 13, which reaches 1008 cd/m² in the same configuration. The performance is worth highlighting, since besides these two models, the best tablets in our comparison in the field of brightness struggle to reach 800 cd/m2. Added to this is a very low reflectance, the MatePad conceding a little less than 8% of reflections, compared to our reference mirror. Suffice to say that with its high brightness and the very low reflections given to it by its PaperMatte filter, its screen remains readable whatever the circumstances.
A controlled calibration
These elements are not enough to make a beautiful screen, which must also display colors faithful to reality. Like the iPad Pro 13 (which does not allow you to adjust the settings), the MatePad Pro 12.2 has the merit of immediately offering the best possible calibration; we would not recommend opting for the “vivid colors” mode which simply increases the saturation of the colors. In natural mode, defined by default, we noted a temperature of 6804 K. slightly cold if we compare it to the reference standard (6500 K), and in the same vein as the iPad Pro 13 (6789 K). The delta E of this screen is established at 1, which reflects colorimetric drifts imperceptible to the naked eye, and frankly tenuous; the iPad Pro 13, on the other hand, obtains a delta E of 1.1. The two slates are therefore engaged in fierce competition in the field of display.
As you will have understood, the MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) offers a high-quality display. But these elements are not enough on their own, its power, its endurance or even its software component (based on Harmony OS, without Google services…) complete the experience. So many points that we will evaluate during a complete test to be published on The Digitals !
