Watch: HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch 2025 vs iPad Pro 13 - Is it time to switch? (Taglish)

We compared the newly announced HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch 2025 to the Apple iPad Pro 13 M4.

Team HUAWEI or team Apple?

To recap, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch 2025 (PHP 64,990 price tag) is the company's flagship-level tablet with PC-level performance available in Premium Gold or Black at a 5.5mm ultra-thin body.

It also boasts a Flexible OLED PaperMatte Display offering a 13.2-inch screen with vivid graphics, reduced glare, and a writing experience similar to that of paper. It also has a wide color P3 gamut, 94 percent screen to body ratio, 2.8K 2880 x 1920 resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, peak brightness of 1,000 nits along with 1.07 billion colors.

Inside, the handset is powered by the 2.5GHz Kirin T92 octa-core chip with Maleoon 920 graphics paired with 12GB RAM and a large 512GB storage.

At the back, you can find the 50MP main shooter with AF coupled with 8MP ultra-wide + LED flash. For selfies and video calls, it uses a 16MP sensor in front.

Other features noted are the 6x speakers and 4x microphones with HUAWEI Sound support and a side-mounted fingerprint reader.

Connectivity-features are WiFi 6 (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, and HarmonyOS 4.3 out of the box.

Meanwhile, the iPad Pro 13 uses an Ultra Retina XDR panel, 3nm M4 chip with a 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 38 trillion operations per second NPU, up to 16GB RAM, up to 2TB memory, 20W charging, 12MP back/front cameras, 4x speakers, and iPad OS. iPad Pro 13 starts at PHP 94,990 on Apple's website.

Which is the one for you? Watch this video.

Watch: HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch 2025 vs iPad Pro 13 - Is it time to switch? (Taglish)

Our thoughts

Both are amazing "pro-grade" tablets

All in all, these two PC-like "pro" tablets have several similarities. You can expect portability, flawless performance, excellent displays, and ultimately, working conveniently anywhere, even for creatives.

But in this comparison, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch 2025 has several hard-to-ignore advantages. 

Besides having more reachable pricing compared to the iPad Pro 13, we find HUAWEI’s screen more to our liking with a larger dimension, narrow bezels, and the PaperMatte display that repels glaring and at the same time provides that smooth paper feel when scrolling through.

The MatePad Pro is more ideal for those looking for a more PC-like pro tablet. It is lighter than the iPad Pro 13 and laptops.

Like the iPad Pro 13 for Mac users, Windows users can use the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch 2025 as a secondary screen to their MateBook or even Windows laptops from other brands.

While the iPad Pro ranks among the best we tried, and it is equipped with one of the most powerful chips on a tablet, however, if we’re talking about which one is more bang for your buck, then we think it's the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2 2025 for this one. 

Note: The HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch is priced at PHP 64,999, will be available for first sales starting from March 7 2025, with first sales freebies worth PHP 41,895, including a Smart Magnetic Keyboard, HUAWEI M-Pencil, HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3, PC-Level WPS Office, Bluetooth Mouse, and Trade-in Tokens worth PHP 8,000.

It is available at HUAWEI Store, Shopee, and Lazada online as well as physical HUAWEI Experience Stores.

Meanwhile, you can get the iPad Pro 13 for PHP 94,990 online and offline with Apple Authorized Resellers.

How about you guys? Who are you picking?