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Honor enjoyed a great 2025! It's been hard to find any losers in the maker's lineup, thanks to thoughtful upgrades and great deals throughout the year.
Let's look at how it did.
Winner: Honor Pad X9a and MagicPad 3
Honor made a few solid tablets in 2025, but the affordable Pad X9a and flagship MagicPad 3 were able to stamp their authority on markets such as Malaysia, where Honor was the number one tablet maker!
Honor made both tablets competitive starting from the specs page, and then bo
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