OnePlus Pad: News, specs, rumored price, and release window
OnePlus entered the smartphone market with its “flagship killer,” the OnePlus One, in 2014. Over time, the company expanded its product portfolio to include mid-range and low-end Nord phones, earbuds, smartwatches, and even TVs in select regions. Now, the BBK-owned firm has generated another new market: tablets.Good Android tabletsmade a comeback thanks to the pandemic, and OnePlus is looking to take advantage of that with the launch of its long-rumored tablet, the OnePlus Pad, which packs impressive specs with a distinct design. Below is everything you need to know about the OnePlus Pad.
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The first tablet from OnePlus packs a sizeable 11.61-inch display that’s sure to catch your eye, especially with its unusual 7:5 ratio and zippy 144 Hz refresh rate, making scrolling as smooth as silk. Under the hood, it’s powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset, a heavyweight contender in the processor world, ensuring top-notch performance.
OnePlus Pad: Design and display
OnePlus has made its first tablet stand out from a hoard of other tablets in the market with a distinct and premium-looking design. The front of the device is dominated by an 11.6-inch LCD panel with 2800x2000 resolution, 7:5 aspect ratio, 500 nits of brightness, and 10-bit support. While there are quite a few tablets with 120Hz displays, the OnePlus Pad one-ups them all with its 144Hz refresh rate. Interestingly, OnePlus uses 2.5D curved glass to protect the display, another rarity on Android tablets. The slight curve on the edges will be useful when using navigation gestures.
OnePlus uses CNC-machined aluminum alloy chassis and a “Star Orbit” engraving. The small 6.54 mm bezels at the front further help reinforce that premium look. Unlike most Android tablets, the OnePlus Pad’s 8MP selfie camera is housed in the right-hand side’s bezel, making it ideal for video calls when holding the device in landscape orientation.
The tablet’s rear design also stands out with its odd camera placement. OnePlus has placed the 13MP camera near the device’s top edge when held horizontally. This placement ensures you won’t be taking off-angle pictures when taking pictures with the OnePlus Pad in landscape orientation.
To make the OnePlus Pad stand out from the crowd, the company is only launching it in Halo Green color. While everyone may not like this shade, it will help the 552g heavy tablet to differentiate itself from a hoard of other devices.
OnePlus will offer the Pad with a Stylo and a magnetic keyboard accessory. The former features a claimed 2ms latency, making it ideal for note-taking and sketching purposes. Combined, the accessories can make the OnePlus Pad a productive workhorse for many. For now though, the company has not shared any details about these products.
OnePlus Pad: Specs
Despite being the company’s first tablet, the OnePlus Pad packs quite a punch. As noted above, it features a 144Hz 11.6-inch LCD panel, a rarity among Android tablets.
Internally, the OnePlus Pad usesMediaTek’s Dimensity 9000SoC fabricated on TSMC’s 4nm node. The chip features 1x Cortex X2 + 3x A710 + 4x A510 CPU cores, 8MP L3 cache, and a Mali G710 MP10 GPU. It is the company’s flagship chipset from 2021, so you can rest assured knowing the OnePlus Pad can handle all apps and games you throw its way.
This is paired with 8/12GB RAM and up to 256GB UFS 3.1 storage. OnePlus notes the software has been optimized to ensure the tablet can run up to 24 apps simultaneously in the background. Coupled with the high refresh rate display, the OnePlus Pad is an ideal gaming device to playour favorite Android games. The Dolby Atmos-certified quad speaker setup can automatically switch between left and right channels depending on the device’s orientation.
Other specs of the tablet are equally impressive. It is powered by a 9,510mAh battery with 67W wired fast charging support. With the bundled charger, a 0-100 percent top-up takes around 80 minutes. The company claims the tablet can provide up to 30 days of standby battery and 14.5 hours of video playback.
OnePlus Pad: Software
The OnePlus Pad runs on a customized version ofAndroid 13with some OnePlus features thrown in. This includes the tablet’s ability to automatically enable mobile hotspot on your OnePlus phone and connect to it for internet access. This feature has long been present on Apple devices. There’s also Cross-screen transmission in which the tablet automatically pulls the most recent photos from your OnePlus phone.
It remains to be seen if the OnePlus Pad will be eligible for the company’snew software policy, which promises four major OS updates and five years of security updates.
OnePlus Pad: Price, availability, and release date
The OnePlus Pad was announced alongside theOnePlus 11, Buds Pro 2, and other devices at the company’sCloud 11 event in India on February 7.
Despite its official announcement, OnePlus has not revealed the Pad’s pricing and release date. At the event, the company noted these details would be announced in the coming weeks. In India, pre-orders for the OnePlus Pad will start in April and the company will bundle 100GB free Google One storage for six months.
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