Following the introduction of the Mix 4 smartphone, Xiaomi officially unveiled the Pad 5 series – its first tablets in three years.
The lineup consists of a Wi-Fi-only vanilla Pad 5 and a Pad 5 Pro that has both Wi-Fi and a 5G-enabled version. The Pro runs on the Snapdragon 870, while the Pad 5 settles for the Snapdragon 860, which means they are among the most powerful Android tablets out there.
Both tablets come with an 11 ”display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels and an update speed of 120 Hz. The 10-bit panels come with Dolby Vision and HDR10 support and promise up to 500 nits of brightness as well as TrueTone technology to match the colors and brightness to ambient light.
The pill-shaped camera island on the Pad 5 houses a single 13MP shooter, while the Wi-Fi-only Pro has a 13MP main and 5MP ultra-wide combo. The Pro 5G, on the other hand, upgrades the main camera to a 50MP sensor, while preserving the 5MP ultrawide device.
The entire Pad 5 series supports a magnetic keyboard cover and stylus, as do the latest iPad Pro 11 and Galaxy Tab S7.
The Xiaomi stylus weighs 12.2 grams, has two buttons on the side and offers a 240 Hz touch sampling rate. It has its own battery that can live 8 hours on a single charge. The magnetic keyboard looks like pretty much any other accessory in its class, and the company will offer it in three colors to match Pad 5 paint jobs.
The battery for the Pad 5 Pro has 8,600mAh capacity and comes with 67W fast charging – fastest ever in a tablet. Slate is also extremely light – just over 510 grams – and thin – 6.86 mm. The Non-Pro Pad 5 comes with a slightly larger 8,720 mAh cell, but is downgraded to 33W fast charging — still pretty fast for a tablet.
The interface remains MIUI, but is now adapted for tablets and brings support for multiple monitors to over 300 apps, provided they open on a Xiaomi smartphone. The Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro also comes with four Dolby Atmos tuned speakers – two at the top and two at the bottom.
Xiaomi Pad 5 • Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro
The base 6 / 128GB Xiaomi Pad 5 will cost 1,999 CNY ($ 310), with a doubling of the stock pushing the price to CNY2,299 ($ 355). The Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 6GB / 128GB version is CNY2,499 ($ 385), followed by the 6/256GB device at CNY2,799 ($ 430), while the top 8/256GB variant with 5G features are CNY3,499 ($ 540).
They are already available for pre-order in China, but Xiaomi’s international wing keeps pace with any availability abroad.
