The Honor Pad 9 enters a chaotic, fast-developing market of tablets that want to be an alternative to the dominant iPad models on the market. But while Apple's offering is still one of the best tablets for creatives of all types, it's not exactly cheap, and it also locks you into a closed-shop, expensive ecosystem.
So to see how one of its budget rivals would do, I got the Honor Pad 9 in for testing over a number of weeks, trying out creative, art and entertainment apps, as well as watching videos and trying out some gaming on it too. One note is that for Prime Day it's quite heavily discounted, as you can see here:
