Huawei MatePad Air Z: 12-inch 144Hz tablet from CNY 2,999
Huawei's MatePad Air Z pairs a 12-inch 2800×1840 LCD running at up to 144Hz with a 10,100mAh battery and Kirin T93SD silicon, with the Enjoy Edition starting at CNY 2,999 and the standard model at CNY 3,699.
The details
- Huawei's official product page lists the MatePad Air Z with a 12-inch IPS display at 2800 x 1840 pixels and 280 ppi, with an adaptive refresh rate that reaches 144Hz.
- Huawei's specifications page states the screen has 900 nits peak brightness and covers the P3 wide colour gamut.
- Huawei lists a 10,100mAh battery (typical value) and 66W wired charging at 11V/6A.
- GSMArena reports that charging differs by edition, with 66W on the standard edition and 40W on the Enjoy Edition.
- Huawei's specifications page lists a 50MP f/1.8 rear camera and an 8MP f/2.2 front camera.
- Huawei gives the dimensions as 270.50 x 183.55 x 5.9 mm and the weight as approximately 555g including the battery.
- Huawei lists six speakers, HarmonyOS 7.0 and Bluetooth 6.0.
- GSMArena reports the standard and Enjoy editions use the Kirin T93SD chipset while the PaperMatte version uses the Kirin T93S.
- HuaweiCentral lists the Enjoy Edition starting at CNY 2,999 for 8GB/256GB, and GSMArena reports the standard edition starts at CNY 3,699 with the PaperMatte option adding CNY 600.
- Huawei offers the tablet in Coral Orange, Island Blue, Space Grey, Nebula Pink and Pearl Silver, with 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage, and sales in China opened on 29 September 2026.
Why it matters
A 12-inch 2.8K 144Hz panel, six speakers and a 10,100mAh cell at CNY 2,999 pushes large-screen, high-refresh tablet hardware well below the price point where it usually sits. It also shows Huawei shipping a full tablet line on its own Kirin T-series silicon and HarmonyOS 7, entirely outside the Android ecosystem, though for now only in China.