Huawei says their new tablet is a "better portable game machine" than Switch

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So today Huawei announced its new 7.2 inch Mate 20 X tablet (with phone capabilities). However, instead of comparing it to other tablets or smartphones, the focus of the presentation was "it's better than Switch"

Some specs:

• SoC: HiSilicon Kirin 980Octa-core (4x Cortex-A77 @ 2,8 GHz & 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1,8 GHz)GPU ARM Mali-G76
• 1080p or 1440p screen
• 5000 mAh battery
• 4 or 6 GB
• 128 GB internal storage
• 7.2 inch AMOLED display

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Sure Huawei. Can't wait to play Candy Crush in glorious 1080p.

The phone / tablet starts at $900.


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[MANUELF]

It only cost 3 times more and has no physical controls

 

[HardTimesFamilyPride]

It has a D pad

RIP Switch

 

[Niosai]

The price alone diminishes the value for me.

 

[Sagadego17]

hahahahaha. NO! half button controls 900$ price point. hell no.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Switch had a good run.

 

[DaveLong]

Nine-hundred US Dollars...

Did they show a Giant Enemy Crab too?

 

[kennyamr]

It comes with a special hidden spy chip inside too!

Spoiler

I kid.

 

[Xando]

Nintendo is fucked. They better start to look for a way out.

 

[RockmanBN]

$900 for an actual dpad.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

sure jan

 

[BY2K]

It's missing half the controller and for more than twice the price?

No.

 

[Spine Crawler]

to be fair it will probably have better third party support

 

[Liam Allen-Miller]

Lukewarm take but considering the library of the Switch I honestly think no tablet is even close.

 

[Ninjadom]

Showing off Arena of Valor on it.

 

[Vampirolol]

That's a very good signal for traditional portable gaming honestly.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

wheres the right fake-joy-con of this thing

 

[Yerffej]

lol no thanks

 

[doublechocochip]

But can it run Crysis?

 

[Deleted member 28461]

Yeah, but for that price I could buy 3 Switches and duct tape them together to make a Super Switch.

 

[Haze]

Damn is this the beginning of the end for Nintendo?

 

[chanunnaki]

If better means worse, it's definitely better.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Nintendo is fucked. They better start to look for a way out.

Click to shrink...

nintendo is doomed

 

[Doskoi Panda]

At that price, it had better be!

If I had the disposable income I would totally consider that thing, though. I'd hack it out into the last portable emulator device I'd ever need. Provided, of course, that there's a right-side clip for buttons that they just haven't shown yet...

 

[Kouriozan]

Welp, Nintendo you're done for, China is after you!

 

[PCPace]

That $900 price point isn't really what most anyone would ever pay for it. You'd buy it on contract with data plan from a carrier for a lot less.

 

[Deleted member 3208]

Nintendoomed

 

[Deleted member 17388]

Friendship ended with Switch,
Now HUAWEI is our best friend.

 

[Maximo]

Where is the other half of it haha.

 

[Phellps]

For three times the retail price of the Switch, I would hope so. Ironically, it's not.

 

[Xando]

nintendo is doomed

Click to shrink...

Yeah they should ask Sony to buy them.

 

[Deleted member 864]

At that price though? That's more than enough for me to lose interest.

 

[808s & Villainy]

 

[Doskoi Panda]

I refreshed the page and it was up 20 posts in one minute

This is gonna be a good thrad

 

[Gero]

does it play zelda tho?

 

[DeuceGamer]

What type of chipset is this running and what are it's specs? For $900 it should be a significant advantage in that area at least.

Android OS?

 

[Nauro]

Nah Mate

 

[Deleted member 21709]

Has a d-pad, seems legit.

 

[iksenpets]

I'm sure technically it is, and we'll all have a blast paying $900 to play all the hottest Android hits at the silkiest framerates.

 

[ckareset]

Due to the fact that people only use them for talk, snap, and text I've never really thought it. How powerful are mobile devices in general compared to the switch? They cost so much more. Obviously not dedicated to gaming to still

 

[Deleted member 4093]

Might be if it got pokemon go

 

[lemonade]

I laugh.

 

[Eslayer]

They're doing themselves a disservice by comparing it to the switch

 

[Smash-It Stan]

Better dpad, idk I think their onto something here.

 

[Trojita]

I can't imagine that would be comfortable to hold at all.

 

[headspawn]

Does it play Nintendo games?

Because if not, nobody will care.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Yeah they should ask Sony to buy them.

Click to shrink...

microsoft has dat #warchest though

 

[C.Mongler]

For $900 I'd sure as hell hope it's better than the Switch. 3x better even!

 

[Puffy]

It's got a dpad so I believe them

 

[fluffydelusions]

I don't see that selling well at all. Best of luck though.