The Huawei MatePad 11.5"S PaperMatte Edition is the latest midrange tablet from the well-known Chinese hardware giant. Yes, there is controversy attached to the brand in the West (including bans on it accessing things like official Google apps, US-made semiconductors and more), but the fact remains that the company's hardware is some of the best you'll find out there. We've seen that ourselves with both recent MatePads and MateBook laptops too (as well as its junior brand Honor, which frequently outperforms its price point when it comes to tablets and phones).
So when I received a test unit of the new midrange (and midsize) MatePad, I was keen to see how it stacked up, not just against similar models in the market like the Lenovo Tab P12 or budget tablets like the Honor Pad 9, but against flagship models like the MatePad Pro, and of course the ever-dominant iPads too.
