Xiaomi’s first tablet in India was the Mi Pad back in 2015, at a starting price of Rs 12,999. Tablet market has evolved a lot since then, and thanks to the pandemic, there’s been renewed interest in this segment. Here’s my first impression of the device after using it for a few days.
It has a 10.95-inch 2.5K+ resolution display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. There’s no LTE variant in India, and this is a Wi-Fi-only tablet.
Xiaomi’s Pad 5 tablet has a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera, and comes with quad-speakers with Dolby Atmos supported.
The company is also introducing a Smart Pen, which connects magnetically to the side of the tablet and charges. There’s a Xiaomi Pad Keyboard as well, which acts as a cover and keyboard stand.
Xiaomi’s tablet runs what the company called MIUI for Pad, a version of MIUI 13 modified to work smoothly on tablets. So far in my experience, it is less cluttered than what MIUI typically is, say on a smartphone. I have not seen any ads either and the number of pre-loaded apps is less.
