HONOR Middle East smartphone growth: Only Smartphone Brand Growing in the Middle East in H1 2026
HONOR Middle East smartphone growth: 35% in the Middle East in H1 2026, per Omdia, becoming the region's No. 2 smartphone brand.
Featuring a 12-inch 2K HONOR FullView display and eight loudspeakers, HONOR Pad 8 brings users an immersive visual and audio experience.

HONOR today announced the upcoming launch of the HONOR Pad 8. As the latest member of HONOR’s tablet portfolio, the HONOR Pad 8 delivers an exceptional entertainment experience with all-round smart features and a sleek and premium design. The HONOR Pad 8 showcases HONOR’s continuous innovation and technology breakthroughs in the tablet segment.
Boasting a 12-inch 2K HONOR FullView display, the HONOR Pad 8 brings users an industry-leading screen-to-body ratio of 87% for a truly immersive viewing experience.
Supporting a resolution of 2000×1200 pixels and 1 billion colors, the HONOR Pad 8 takes entertainment to a whole new level, delivering stunning clarity and true-to-life hues, perfect for watching movies and streaming videos.
Offering an unrivaled audio experience, the all-new HONOR Pad 8 features eight loudspeakers placed symmetrically on both sides, bringing users more powerful and balanced sound effects.
Supporting DTS:X Ultra, the HONOR Pad 8 delivers vibrant and dynamic 360° sounds for an immersive audio experience. Rendering crisp highs, refined midrange sounds and punchy bass, this pioneering solution enables users to enjoy immersive full-range sound effects.
As users own more than one smart device, they often find themselves switching between two different and fragmented ecosystems: Tablets for work, and smartphones for entertainment. With no single device fully supporting all of a user’s daily scenarios, the ability for devices to leverage each other’s strengths and create a single unified experience has become more important than ever.
This is especially important with the rising demand for maintaining productivity and efficiently while consumers are on the go. With upgraded multi-screen collaboration capabilities, the HONOR Pad 8 empowers users to multi-task conveniently between the HONOR Pad 8 and their HONOR smartphone.
You no longer need to flip between two devices; instead, just focus on one display. You can even pick up exactly from where you left off, without having to jump between the devices. You can also get your HONOR phone notifications onto the HONOR Pad 8 which makes working between your smartphone and tablet easier than ever.
The HONOR Pad 8 comes with the latest HONOR Magic UI 6.1 based on Android 12, offering a range of enhanced, customized features to provide a smart experience to users. HONOR Pad 8 will be available for pre-order starting from 20th of September with an amazing offers and free gifts.
HONOR Middle East smartphone growth: 35% in the Middle East in H1 2026, per Omdia, becoming the region's No. 2 smartphone brand.
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