The Magic Arrives: Honor MagicPad 4 Unboxing and First Look
Garry ClarkWell then just moments after the my article about the specs of the Honor MagicPad4 went live I received a package at my door.
Within that package was the Honor MagicPad4 along with the keyboard accessory and the Honor Magic Pencil 3. I am actually writing this article within Google Docs on the device right now with the device in the most testing position for any tablet with a keyboard add on, on my lap, but more on that in a bit.
For now I just want to focus on the unboxing experience. So here are some of the shots that you can expect if you are going to be getting a Honor MagicPad4 for yourself.
First up we will look at the keyboard as this didn't come in a box (this is a review unit after all so to be expected). Now I am not sure eif this is going to be the only choice of keyboard as I have seen another version alongside this one. The style I have is were the tablet sits on a back panel that can move within the "folio" and will then rest in two magnetised positions. This is shown below.
Next we come to the biggest and arguably the best box the tablet itself. Upon lifting the lid we are presented with the tablet front and centre but we will move that off to the side for the moment.
Underneath the tablet we find two further boxes the first of which contains the Plug which in this case is the international variant.
In the other box we would normally find warranty leaflets and user guides etc but as this is a demo unit we find only the USB Type a to Type C charging cable. 
So far the unboxing experience has been nothing special but at least we have got a charger and cable which is more than can be said for others!
Next we have the tablet itself which is shrouded in a plastic slip which we will now swiftly remove and here she is in all her glory!
Lets take a quick tour of the device starting on the right hand edge we find the the charger port which is capable of 66W Huawei Supercharge when used with the plug in the box. It will also allow you to run a secondary display if you wish to do so.
On either side of the USB Port we have got the speaker grills for four of the eight speakers. I presume these are arranged as one tweeter and one woofer in each grill but short of tearing the tablet down I cannot say for certain at this point in time.
On the bottom of the tablet we have nothing of significant interest so I will carry on to the right hand side where we find another pair of the speaker grills twins. This time they are accompanied by the power button which will also lock and unlock the tablet.
Continuing around to the top edge on the left hand side we are the volume rocker
Moving along the top edge is were the Magic Pencil 3 get secured to the tablet via a magnetic are and here we also have the wireless contact point for the Magic Pencil 3. The magnets are pretty damn strong and the pencil attatch's with a reassuring "think".
Continuing to the back at the base of the back panel we have the all important pogo pins to connect the the keyboard meaning that there is a physical connection between the keyboard and the tablet reducing the potential for input lag when typing which is nice to see and have.
In the top right hand corner we have got the Camera module which contains 13MP main camera and what looks to be a second sensor of unknown size ( I am awaiting clarification on its specs), It may be a TOF sensor to aid with auto focus. I have not tried them yet but I expect they will be good for taking photos of document s etc but we will see in the full review!
Moving around to the front and the display wea re greated by a large 12.3" OLED Panel which has some seriously skinny bezels at 4mm and they are also uniform in thickness around the entire display which is nice too see. Hidden in the top bezel is the 9MP fixed focus selfie camera but I honestly struggled to see it at first it is so small and well hidden!
In terms of the screen itself I have covered the spec sin my previous article in more detail but here are the headlines. This is a beautiful looking panel which is going to give clear and crisp images with great colour depth and accuracy. In terms of specs we have got a 12.3” OLED panel with a resolution of 3000x1920 with a PPI of 290. The panel will have an industry leading 165hz refresh rate and 2400 nits of brightness at peak. During the time it has taken for me to set up the tablet and write this article I have been really impressed with the quality of the screen and its colours etc but I will know more after I have used it for more than an hour!
Now that we have looked at all the bits separately I want to share the setup when you have them all combined for productivity mode as I will be calling it. 
i also wanted to test the magnets on the base of the keyboard deck and how secure they were so I did this!
Yes I held the whole thing upside down and it was perfectly solid which I was very pleased about!
Overall I have been very pleased with the look and feel of the hardware of the Honor MagicPad4 and it ancillary options of Smart keyboard and Magic Pencil 3. I am very much looking forward to getting to know the device over the next few days, I have high hopes for the "productivity" mode and I am considering using tis as my main device during MWC but I need to live with it for day or two before I make this decision.
If you wish to review the full specs of the Honor MagicPad4 then you can do so by checking out my previous article here.