Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro sports a bigger screen than the 2021 version
The Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro sports a large 12.4-inch screen with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 and a refresh rate of 120Hz. Some aspects that most consumers are not crazy about have been down specced such as a 120Hz sampling rate instead of 240Hz and 8-bit color depth instead of 10-bit.
Xiaomi has upped the battery capacity from 8,600mAh to 10,000mAh and claims it should last more than two days. The slate supports 67W charging, allowing the cell to replenish from empty to full in 68 minutes.
High-definition screen projection is supported
The slate runs Android 12-based MIUI 13 and also supports a full-sized keyboard and stylus.
The base model comes with 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage and is priced at CNY 3000 (~$445). The 8GB+256GB variant will set you back CNY 3,500 and the maxed-out 12GB+256GB version will cost CNY 4,200. Xiaomi will only be selling Wi-Fi variants.
Overall, while this may not be the most specced-out tablet on the market, it is one of the best options in this price range, especially if you are on the lookout for a large-screened slate with multi-day battery life and a sufficiently fast chip that doesn’t cost upwards of $1,000 (I am looking at you Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy S8 Ultra!).
As is the case with many Chinese products that we actually want, this might never come to international markets.
