The Xiaomi Pad 6 was recently launched in India as the successor to the Xiaomi Pad 5, which made its debut in 2022. Like last year’s model, Xiaomi has tried to equip its latest tablet with a host of features and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. The device is priced at less than Rs. 30,000. The Xiaomi Pad 6 has an 11-inch LCD display, runs Android 13 out-of-the-box and Xiaomi claims it can deliver up to two days of battery backup. It is equipped with 13 megapixel primary camera and 8 megapixel selfie camera.
This week on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast, resident device expert Pranav Hegde, who has spent some time with Xiaomi’s latest tablet, spoke to guest host Sheldon Pinto about the device. Pinto reviewed the Xiaomi Pad 5 last year, and the two discussed some of the changes and upgrades to this year’s model and how it fares against the competition.
The Xiaomi Pad 6 isn’t a brand new device – it was launched in China earlier this year and just arrived in India last week. It runs on Android 13-based MIUI 14 for the Pad. The tablet features an 11-inch LCD display with Dolby Vision with a 144Hz refresh rate and supports up to 550 nits of peak brightness.
Equipped with a slightly older Snapdragon 870 chip, paired with 8GB of RAM, the Xiaomi Pad 6 should be able to handle daily tasks and some games – you can read more details about the tablet’s performance in our review. The processor is a slight upgrade from last year’s Snapdragon 860 chip, which was an upgrade over Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855+ SoC.
You can also grab some accessories that are compatible with the tablet and the company announced it when it launched the Xiaomi Pad 6 in India last week. It includes the Xiaomi Pad 6 keyboard, cover, and Xiaomi Smart Pen (2nd generation). Hopefully, Xiaomi will be able to ensure that these accessories remain available while the product can be purchased in the country.
Xiaomi’s latest tablet has a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel selfie camera, and like most tablet devices, one can take images of documents and similar materials, while relying on their smartphone’s camera for regular photography. Can use camera to click. You can see samples of the camera and details of its performance in different scenarios in our review.
The recently launched Xiaomi Pad 6 packs a massive 8,840mAh battery with 33W wired charging support. With that charging rate, Xiaomi says it will take about 100 minutes for a full charge from an empty battery. According to Xiaomi, the tablet is also claimed to last for two days on a single charge.
