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my recent review of a tablet with a fruit logo brought a couple of you asking about a good Android alternative in the comments and yes there are actually some really good ones out there that cost nearly half as much as an iPad pro cost with some added benefits I'm hiding that I'm with pocket now and let's revisit the huawei media pad m5 pro which is actually one of my favorite Android tablets of this year I've said it repeatedly I rely heavily on tablets for things I can't use a laptop for in my workflow you guys know I travel a lot so battery life for me is key as I script my videos entirely on tablets and then use these as my guide for my shot list I also love the form factor of a tablet because they feel like a note pad at least most of them so for me tablets have to achieve three key essentials number one they have to be thin and light for me that feel of the note pad has to be there number two they have to be durable I haul them around a lot so glass on glass is not necessarily my favorite approach and number three they have to have stylus support so for me one of my favorite alternatives was actually this media pad m5 pro which we saw at MWC and which my colleague Anton reviewed post MWC so let me begin this video by telling you what I like about this tablet for starters the hardware I never thought I'd say that I preferred gold in a tablet but the aluminium finish on this one does a really good job in deterring fingerprints I also never thought that I'd like a tablet with a 16 by 10 aspect ratio but because this one weighs only a little more than a pound the weight distribution is really on point a wide aspect ratio means a better experience for watching typical video standards we've got a ten point eight inch IPS LCD of 2560 by 1600 that's very bright and vibrant and then the cherry topper for content consumption are these four speakers tuned Harman Kardon is at how the pixel uses the added space on either side of the knotch these are seriously some of the best speakers in the industry hands down and then there's this em penned by Huawei which honestly surprised me I never thought that it would be this good latency is seriously not an issue and the feel of the tip reminds me of a surface pen and best of all it charges through USB C so no need for spare batteries or gimmicks for me really the stylus is all about highlighting my scripts and OneNote for Android is my tool of choice in this combination but I feel that probably the most important reason why I recommend this tablet is because as I've mentioned you've got great hardware you've got a great display you've got the stylus support and this tablet cost a little more than $400 if you go to stores like B&H which for me is just surprising I mean if you compare this to the only other tablet that I would say that competes with this one in the Android space which would be the Samsung Galaxy Tab and for that one is $250 more expensive not the problem you have here and let me not even compare this to an iPad when it comes to the price tag now there is a very interesting trend happening lately when it comes to Android tablets I think to keep the price down and it's the fact that they launched with last year's specification so that's something that I'm a little mixed with and I do believe that some of you might be concerned tucked inside we've got a keren 960 processor with 4 gigs of RAM options for 64 or 128 gigs of storage a 7500 milliamp hour battery and certain models do include LTE connectivity the thing is even if emui is not my favorite coat of paint I really wouldn't be concerned about the specs I mean this tablet does perform great it glides through many as well it launches applications quick and I love that the Google feed is accessible from the launcher which is really hard to find lately also there's this cool trick as the tablet does support desktop mode those of you looking to work in multiple windows on Android can do so by just switching it on best evolve the USB C port on this tablet can actually be used for things we regular consumers use it for if you God flash storage and you want to connect it and you want to use the file manager this tablet actually does have that option another advantage with emui honestly is just like in the case of every Huawei phone that I've reviewed battery life on this tablet is actually quite epic I've ended these just fine with it but probably the coolest part is because I've been reviewing so many tablets lately I literally left this tablet alone for about two weeks and I had no idea that it was on and by the time that I switched it on again I believe it still have like 67% battery so definitely standby time on this tablet is great seriously I'm not saying that emui is great I just wow it does a really good job at just zipping on power while you're not using it now I can't really say that there are things that I don't like about this tablet but of course there's no such thing as a perfect product so there are things that could improve like for example the fact that this tablet is still on emu I ate on top of Android Oreo and I don't know what huawei's track record is when it comes to updating tablets I do know that they do a good job on phone so I'm hoping that that's gonna get fixed soon and then the second thing is honestly the design of the small factor I mean this tablet was designed to be used in landscape mode which is fine I mean you've got the logo at the bottom you've got the camera at the top but the biggest problem is the fact that you've got the home button which is the fingerprint scanner and also dubbed as a way to navigate on the side and then you've got the buttons on the side these things are fine so long as you're using them horizontal but the problem is when you flip it into vertical these buttons are at the bottom and the home button makes sense to be at the bottom that's fine but then you've got the power and the volume buttons at the bottom which is kind of awkward I guess I find myself like when I use it in portrait mode and like where the buttons they should be here on the side and they're not so that's honestly a design choice that I don't really understand but I think that's just me nitpicking I don't think that it's necessarily an issue because you could still turn on a tablet with the home button which is an advantage to conclude well you guys asked me for a good Android tablet and I believe this is it not just a great content consumption device but good for productivity good in battery life and seriously a very good deal we consider all the features you're getting for the price it's definitely not perfect but I feel that the things that I could complain about could be fixed with a software update and seriously for a little more than four hundred dollars it's really hard for me to recommend any other tablet in that price range I feel that this is definitely the better buy let us know what you think about the huawei media pad m5 pro in the comments down below and while you're at it make sure you follow us on social media and subscribe to both of our channels English and Spanish for more videos like this one you can follow me on Twitter hangout address quarterly that on instagram at hi meri Mehta please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw I'm hey Megan I think so much for watching we'll see you on the next one