Introduction
It is natural that the first Poco tablet will be based on something that is popular, powerful and yet affordable. Yes, we are talking about the most recent Redmi Pad Pro, which was chosen as the base for this Poco Pad!
The Poco Pad is similar to the Redmi Pad Pro, which we recently reviewed.
The Poco Pad comes with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. It also comes with a charger, unlike the Redmi.
The Poco Pad is available in the signature Dark Grey and Dark Blue colours, both of which feature aluminium unibodies with Poco branding on the back. There are also Poco versions of the cover, keyboard and pencil, which are offered for the Redmi Pad Pro!
The Poco Pad features a large 12.1″ LCD screen with 2560 x 1600 pixels, 12-bit colour depth, 120Hz refresh rate, and Dolby Vision support. It also has four Dolby Atmos speakers.
The tablet runs on the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset and is powered by a 10,000mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging.
Finally, the Poco Pad has an 8MP camera on the back and another 8MP imager on the front. It boots Xiaomi’s Hyper OS.
Xiaomi Poco Pad specifications at a glance:
- Body: 280.0×181.9×7.5mm, 571 grams; Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), aluminium frame, aluminium back; Stylus support (magnetic).
- Display: 12.10″ IPS LCD, 68B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, 600 nits (HBM), 1600x2560px resolution, 14.4:9 aspect ratio, 249ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM7435-AB Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (4 nm): Octa-core (4×2.40 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55); Adreno 710.
- Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 2.2; microSDXC (dedicated slot).
- OS/Software: Android 14, HyperOS.
- rear camera: 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm.
- front camera: 8 MP, f/2.3, (wide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm.
- Record video: rear camera: 1080p@30fps; front camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 10000mAh; 33W Wired, PD3.0, QC3+.
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.2, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive; 3.5mm jack.
- various: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity (accessory only), compass; stereo speakers (4 speakers).
This tablet doesn’t have a fingerprint reader, and that’s the only shortcoming we can see on its specifications sheet.
unboxing of poco pad
The Poco Pad comes in a black box with yellow Poco branding on it. It has a USB-A-to-C cable and a 33W power adapter, which is great since the Redmi Pad Pro’s retail bundle doesn’t include a charger.
