I have the brand-new Huawei Mediapad X1 7.0 here and I have to say I love it. It's a so called phablet, bigger than even the largest smartphones but smaller than an iPad mini for example. Great, when you only want one device that does it all, especially if you prefer looking at a big screen rather than fiddling around on a 4-incher. I recommended it to a friend for good reason and it doesn't disappoint in real life. Craftsmanship is great, mostly made of aluminium with two plastic parts at top and bottom, no play or sqeaking.

It has a beautiful 7" Full HD display with a special 16:10 ratio, giving you a little extra width compared to other cellphones or tablets. It's driven by a powerful, yet efficient processor and a large battery, good enough for a heavy working day and fast enough to make everything operate smoothly.

It's runs on Android 4.2.2, which is a bit odd as it's quite old, but it doesn't bother me, there may be a future upgrade available. With its own Huawei themes it looks fresh enough for me and does everything that I need.

It has a pretty good camera and a flash, too. You can put extra SD cards in to extend storage and Android gives you all the customizability you might miss on an iOS device.

Because it's really quite big it makes sense to use the provided headphones or quality third party ones for phonecalls. It's probably better anyway radiation-wise.

And the best, with a street price below 400 € from the start it's quite affordable, too.

It's a really cool phone/tablet combination, I like it, it's different and very pretty, highly recommended!

Happy surphoning!

KIKI