In 2014, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi announced its first tablet, the Mi Pad with a plastic-back cover. The Mi Pad also came with very powerful hardware but with an affordable price tag. A year later, Xiaomi released its second-gen tablet, Mi Pad 2, that tweaked the formula with the introduction of a metal body and an Intel chipset, capable of running both Android and Windows 10. The Mi Pad 2 was limited just to the Chinese market, while the Mi Pad was later made available in India.
Today, after many rumours and leaks, Xiaomi has finally announced its third iteration of Android tablet, Mi Pad 3, in China. The latest Mi Pad 3 is launched, along with few other gadgets like Xiaomi 360-degree camera and others. The new tablet has been listed on the company’s Chinese website. The Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 is priced at 1499 Yuan in China which is approximately Rs 14,139. The Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 will be made available for sale from tomorrow (April 6) in Champagne Gold colour through the company’s official website, Jingdong Mall (JD.com), Lynx and Suning in China. The company did not release any information whether or not the Mi Pad 3 tablet will hit the Indian market.
Talking about the design, the Mi Pad 3 comes with a metal body, same as the previous version of the tablet. You might find no difference in the design of the new Mi Pad 3 and last year’s Mi Pad 2, but Mi Pad 3 features some hardware improvements. You still get an overall design resembling Apple’s iPads, a metallic unibody and a textured rear panel that is said to offer a strong grip when in hand. The measurements are similar to its predecessor, the Mi Pad 3 weighs slight heavier at 328 grams.
Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 specifications, features: –
In terms of specifications, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 sports a 7.9-inch retina display with 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution and thus offering a pixel density of up to 326ppi. The high resolution and pixel density will produce extremely crisp images with smooth lines and the eye protection mode making it suitable for consuming contents like eBooks, articles, images, videos and games. It is powered by a MediaTek MT8176 processor, a high-performance hexa-core chipset clocked at 2.1GHz. The tablet comes with 4GB LPDDR3 RAM, 64GB internal storage and uses Imagination PowerVR GX6250 GPU. However, the storage cannot be further expanded due to the absence of a micro-SD card slot. MI Pad 3 runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system with Xiaomi’s own MIUI8 skin on top.
On the camera front, the newly launched Mi Pad 3 features upgraded optics with a 13-megapixel rear camera, which also includes options like f/2.2 aperture, LED flash and 1080p HD video support. While on the front, the device sports a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.
On the connectivity front, the tablet supports 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual antenna band, Wi-Fi display, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and a USB Type-C charging port. The Xiaomi Mi Pad is backed by a bigger 6600mAh non-removable battery and supports fast charging with 10W power output. The company claims that the battery has the ability to offer 12 hours of browsing time, while may offer 867 hours of standby time. The Xiaomi’s newly launched tablet’s measurements also stay the same at 200.4 x 132.6 x 6.95mm, but weighs slightly more than the Mi Pad 2 at 322 grams, probably due to the large sized battery.
