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Honor Pad 9
A 12.1-inch 120Hz 2.5K panel, an eight-speaker array and an 8300mAh battery for around $249 is a lot of tablet. Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 keeps things merely adequate under load and MagicOS takes some cleaning up, but for video and browsing the value is very real.
Pros
- Big 12.1-inch 2.5K 120Hz display
- Eight speakers make it a superb video tablet
- 8300mAh battery with 35W SuperCharge
- Slim 6.96mm metal body for the money
- Stylus and keyboard accessories available
Cons
- Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 is a budget chip
- No cellular option — Wi-Fi only everywhere
- 500-nit LCD is dim outdoors
- Pen and keyboard both cost extra
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Honor Pad 9
Display
- Screen size
- 12.1 ″
- Panel type
- IPS LCD (2.5K)
- Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Pixel density
- 249 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 500 nits
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
- AnTuTu 10
- 520,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 940
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,750
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage options
- 128GB / 256GB
Battery
- Capacity
- 8,300 mAh
- Charging
- 35 W
- Endurance
- 11 h
Design
- Weight
- 555 g
- Thickness
- 7 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Camera
- Rear camera
- 5 MP
- Front camera
- 5 MP
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
- Cellular
- Wi-Fi only
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
Features
- Stylus
- Active stylus (sold separately)
- Keyboard support
- Yes
- Speakers
- 8 speakers
- Operating system
- Android 13 (MagicOS 7.2)
Quick answers
Is the Honor Pad 9 good in 2026?
The Honor Pad 9 earns an Inno Score of 47.1/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A 12.1-inch 120Hz 2.5K panel, an eight-speaker array and an 8300mAh battery for around $249 is a lot of tablet. Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 keeps things merely adequate under load and MagicOS takes some cleaning up, but for video and browsing the value is very real.
What are the key specs of the Honor Pad 9?
Screen size: 12.1 ″ · Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 · Capacity: 8,300 mAh · RAM: 8 GB
What are the closest alternatives to the Honor Pad 9?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are iPad 10th Gen (A14), iPad mini (A17 Pro), iPad 11th Gen (A16) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
