Huawei MatePad 11.5 S PaperMatte review - Are paper-like displays the future of tablets?

[Redaktion]

With its PaperMatte display, the MatePad 11.5S offers a special coating which, in combination with pen support, should ensure a first-class writing experience. However, the matte screen of the Huawei tablet also reveals certain weaknesses.      

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[The Werewolf]

To me, this obsession with "paper-like" screams "lazy artist". A good artist learns their medium and how to take best advantage of it. A lazy artist wants everything to be precisely the same so they aren't surprised or have to work at anything.

And preferring "comfort", "familiarity" and "preference" over experiencing new and different is also the hallmark of a mediocre artist.

As I keep pointing out, a great artist can create great art with a beach of sand and a stick.

[___hans___]

This like paper matte screen is a future, making mobile devices REAL mobile devices for outdoor use. Finally, after all those years with lame glossy screen reflecting each light in caffe or in park.

[asdd]

This like paper matte screen is a future, making mobile devices REAL mobile devices for outdoor use.

Matte is even worse outside than glossy.

[RobertJasiek]

Matte is even worse outside than glossy.

Please explain your opinion! What aspects of visibility of the display do you consider worse?

[Worgarthe]

Matte is even worse outside than glossy.

Please explain your opinion! What aspects of visibility of the display do you consider worse?

Clarity is better so you see more useless crap including a lot of fast food content such as 80%+ of social media, random clickbait "news" articles and so on. Most of that is hidden behind reflections of the glossy display thus the glossy one is better for one's sanity and mental health, while matte is clearly worse in that aspect.

[asdd]

Please explain your opinion!

No one has to explain you anything but I will be kind this single time.
Get both and compare. Reflections on glossy vs. full screen glare and loss of contrast on matte. Better visibility on glossy. Only people who never actually tried both back to back are crying about matte.

[RobertJasiek]

I have always used and will always use matte on my desktop monitors. I have used glare iPads with ca. 2% reflection indoors and outdoors. Indoors I can compare and extremely prefer matte because glare has reflections. Outdoors I cannot compare for now but know the much worse reflections on the glare display so I expect matte to be extremely better with only little reflection outdoor and, for matte displays with ca. 500 nits, test photos confirm my expectation. I am aware of the impact of matte to produce diffusion and matte colours but I like both: it is similar to matte paper, which I have always liked.

I thought you had any opinion on other impacts but yours is only about aforementioned standard impacts. So nothing to possibly alter mine.

[asdd]

so I expect matte to be extremely better

If so grab your money and bet them against my opinion by buying this tablet. You will be 2343453645th who just can't learn on others' mistakes, make sure you have a return policy when you'll get one.

it is similar to matte paper

Aha.

[DWLK]

To me, this obsession with "paper-like" screams "lazy artist". A good artist learns their medium and how to take best advantage of it. A lazy artist wants everything to be precisely the same so they aren't surprised or have to work at anything.

And preferring "comfort", "familiarity" and "preference" over experiencing new and different is also the hallmark of a mediocre artist.

As I keep pointing out, a great artist can create great art with a beach of sand and a stick.

And a great artist can create an even more than great art with the right tools