[Huawei MediaPad X2] james9999:
I too have recently (within the last 4 months) discovered these 7" phablets by Huawei, and they are exactly what I'm looking for!!! I love the idea of having a device that works as a phone/tablet and is always with me. Seeing all the other 7" tablets on the market its pretty remarkable they managed to make this one so sleek! Also I recommend looking up the dimensions and cutting it out of a piece of cardboard, to see how it feels. I cut out cardboard pieces the sizes of the Mediapad X2, iPhone 6 Plus, as well as the Mediapad M2 8.0, and it helped me realize just how perfect the size of the X2 really is!

The Huawei Mediapad X2 was rumored to be followed up by the Mediapad X3, and if you search "Huawei Mediapad X3" you'll find a lot of news articles from late 2015-early 2016 referencing the Mediapad X3 (aka Honor X3) as finally going through TENAA (China’s equivalent to the FCC) which allowed its specifications to go public. It looked as a somewhat underwhelming successor to the X2 because the processor speed/screen/body/ram/storage all seemed about the same, but they made a few changes which seem noteworthy:

-change in processor from Huawei's in-house Kirin processor to a Qualcomm Snapdragon

-changes in color allowing better color choices for the larger 32gb storage model

-addition of a fingerprint sensor on the right side of phone

-slight reduction in battery size from 5000mAh to 4360mAh

You may find several variations in the naming e.g. "Huawei Mediapad M2 7.0" "Huawei Mediapad T2 7.0 Pro" "Huawei Mediapad M2 Lite 7.0" "Huawei Mediapad M2 7.0 Youth Version" etc

These all reference the same model of phone.

They talk about it more in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/general/huawei-mediapad-m2-7-0-mediapad-x2-t3372362

Also, you'll probably run across listings for a Huawei Mediapad X3 featuring upgraded specs, and an "out of stock" status, with the vendor implying that it is soon to be released. Here are two examples:

http://www.ainol-novo.com/huawei-mediapad-x3-phablet.html

http://www.gizok.com/huawei-honor-x3.html

If you scroll down on those pages you'll notice the long list of questions from people asking if the phone is even real, when will it be released, can they see a real picture of it etc, and the vendor replies with generic answers about notifying everyone when it is available for purchase. I don't think they know anything we don't about upcoming releases, they're just trying to capitalize on the interest in these devices.

I've contacted Huawei at least 10x through many different means (calling multiple different customer service lines, messaging back and forth with Huawei twitter and facebook accounts etc) in order to try and find out if they really are releasing a Huawei Mediapad X3, or if the Mediapad M2 7.0 should just be considered the successor. None of them gave very convincing answers, even when i got further up the chain and talked to managers who knew a little more about upcoming releases. One person seemed to imply that the Mediapad X3 was indeed scheduled as an upcoming release, but personally, i wouldn't hold your breath for that. I don't think it's happening.

For me, I'm sick and tired of waiting so I just recently went ahead and ordered the Huawei Mediapad M2 7.0. The big things for me in choosing it over the X2 is that the X2 is only available in two choices: silver 16gb internal memory, or gold 32gb internal memory. I need the 32gb and i HATE the look of the gold. The M2 7.0 models are all available in white so I'm getting the 32gb white version, which looks really good, in addition to having a fingerprint sensor on the side. I just figure if they do eventually end up releasing a Mediapad X3 I'll just buy it, transfer my stuff over, and sell mine. I'm fine with taking a loss, I just don't want to wait around forever on the hopes that they will release it, I'm sick of using my iPhone 6!!!

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You can find threads that talk about changing the DPI so that the screen is scaled and can make better use of the 7" screen, allowing it to display more content at once. I believe it doesn't require rooting, yet carries some small risks. It seems that if you change the DPI low enough it will even make the device appear as a tablet, so much so that the Google Play store will even see it as such, allowing you to only download tablet versions of apps while in that DPI. The problem is that changing the DPI this low tends to break certain features of the OS. It seems like most of it can be remedied by using a third-party launcher, but users have reported other issues elsewhere in the OS with menus and keyboards not scaling or functioning as they should be.

I believe they are including this scaling the DPI feature in Android 7.0 N, which seems like the ideal setup because then you don't have to worry about it messing up menus and things. The problem is that our devices will probably never get 7.0 lol

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/general/fly-screen-dpi-switching-t3214812

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/general/mini-guide-adb-installation-usage-t3183906

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/help/custom-dpi-sticking-restart-t3389586

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/help/navigation-bar-disappearing-landscape-t3194134