The budget tablet pairs a 9.7-inch 2K display and 8,000mAh battery with Wi-Fi and LTE options, plus expandable storage and parental controls.
Honor has brought the Pad X7b to Malaysia as a budget tablet aimed at streaming, study and casual use, with a 9.7-inch 2K display, a 90Hz refresh rate and an 8,000mAh battery at the centre of its pitch. According to HONOR Malaysia’s product page and local launch coverage, the tablet is being positioned as a family-friendly device rather than a premium media slate, with emphasis on eye comfort, long battery life and expandable storage.
The Malaysian line-up is straightforward: a Wi-Fi model priced at RM699 and an LTE version at RM799, both offered with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage in Space Grey. SoyaCincau reported that HONOR is also bundling a flip cover worth RM159, while the tablet is being sold through the company’s own Malaysian store, Shopee and Lazada.
On paper, the display is the device’s strongest selling point for the money. HONOR’s specifications list a 2,052 x 1,152 IPS LCD panel with up to 500 nits of brightness, while independent launch reports describe the aluminium unibody, the 90Hz refresh rate and the compact 447g weight. That combination should make the Pad X7b easy to hold for long reading sessions and better suited to smooth scrolling than a standard 60Hz budget tablet.
Performance is led by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 685, a mid-range chip built on a 6nm process, paired with HONOR’s RAM Turbo feature, which can add virtual memory on top of the physical 4GB. Both HONOR and third-party launch reports say the tablet supports microSD expansion of up to 2TB, which should make it easier to store downloaded films, school material and a modest library of apps and games without filling the base storage too quickly.
HONOR has also leaned into child safety and parental controls. The tablet includes Kids Space tools such as Kids Camera, Kids Canvas and Kids Recorder, along with a four-layer control system for screen-time management, app restrictions and content filtering. The company also says the software can issue posture and usage warnings if a child holds the device too close, uses it while lying flat, sits in poor lighting or watches while in a moving vehicle.
Battery life is another major part of the appeal. HONOR says the 8,000mAh cell can deliver up to 16 hours of video playback, although actual endurance will depend on brightness, connectivity and workload. The Pad X7b runs MagicOS 10 based on Android 16, and the blend of a large battery, modest hardware demands and a relatively low asking price makes it one of the more practical budget tablets to enter the Malaysian market this year.
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