Honor Pad 9 will compete with upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and the Honor tab is already looking better

Honor recently made a comeback in India with the successful launch of the Honor X9b (review) smartphone, followed by the launch of the Honor Pad 9 in India. While the tablet is yet to be made available, pre-bookings for the Pad 9 opened last week, and the Android tablet will be available for purchase starting March 28. Meanwhile, the launch event for Honor Pad 9's direct competitor –– Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024 –– is taking shape. And going by the leaks, the Honor Pad 9 already seems to be looking better than the Samsung tab.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite was recently listed on the official Samsung Romania and Ireland website, revealing what we could expect from the upcoming tablet. As per the listing, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite will feature a 10.4-inch LCD display, whereas the Honor Pad 9 comes with 12.1-inch 2.5K IPS LCD display with 120 Hz refresh rate and up to 500 nits of peak brightness.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is also expected to run on an Exynos chipset with 4GB RAM and 64 GB of internal storage, the Honor Pad 9, on the other hand, is powered by Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset and comes with 8 GB RAM and up to 256 GB storage.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, as per the listing, will feature an 8-megapixel rear sensor and a 5-megapixel front sensor. The Honor Pad 9 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite will apparently also come with a smaller 7,040mAh battery, while the Honor Pad 9 uses a 8,300 mAh battery with support for 35W fast charging.

The Honor Pad 9 also comes with a free Bluetooth keyboard, but no stylus. However, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite comes with an S-Pen but no keyboard. Both the tablets support features like Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 5.3, USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

As for pricing, the 2022 variant of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite was priced around Rs 25,000 in India, whereas the Honor Pad 9 is priced starting Rs 22,499.

Currently, we are testing the Honor Pad 9, and we will share our detailed review of the Android tablet very soon. But for now, on paper, the Honor Pad 9 definitely seems to look like a better deal than the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.