Android tablets have come a long way in the last two years, and there are plenty of decent choices if you want a budget option that excels at the basics. I used Xiaomi's Pad 6 for the better part of a year, and its large 11-inch screen served as the ideal dashboard for monitoring smart home devices in my house.
So when Honor said it was launching a budget tablet with an even larger 12.1-inch screen, I was interested. The Pad 9 doesn't look like a budget tablet at a first glance; it has a metallic chassis and a thin profile that belies its price tag, and the IPS panel gets plenty bright.
