Xiaomi Pad 6: Is it the best Android tablet under Rs 30,000?
The Xiaomi Pad 6 was recently launched in India as a successor to the Xiaomi Pad 5 that made its debut in 2022. Much like last year’s model, Xiaomi has tried to pack its latest tablet with a host of features and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, while keeping the price of the device under Rs. 30,000. The Xiaomi Pad 6 features an 11-inch LCD display, runs Android 13 out-of-the-box and Xiaomi claims that it can offer up to two days of battery life. It features a 13-megapixel primary camera and an 8-megapixel selfie camera.
This week on Orbital’s Gadgets 360 podcast, resident device expert Pranav Hegde, who’s spent some time with Xiaomi’s latest tablet, sits down with guest host Sheldon Pinto to talk about the device. Pinto reviewed the Xiaomi Pad 5 last year , and the duo discuss some of the changes and upgrades that have made their way into this year’s model, and how it compares to the competition.
The Xiaomi Pad 6 isn’t exactly a new device – it was launched earlier this year in China and only arrived in India last week. It runs on Android 13-based MIUI 14 for Pad. The tablet sports an 11-inch LCD display with Dolby Vision, up to a 144Hz refresh rate, and supports up to 550 nits peak brightness.
Equipped with a slightly older Snapdragon 870 chip that’s paired with 8GB of RAM, the Xiaomi Pad 6 should be more than capable of handling day-to-day tasks and a few games too – you can read more details about the tablet’s performance in our review. The processor is a slight upgrade over last year’s Snapdragon 860 chip, which was an upgrade over Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855+ SoC.
You can also pick up a few accessories that are compatible with the tablet and that were announced by the company when it launched the Xiaomi Pad 6 in India last week. This includes the Xiaomi Pad 6 Keyboard, Case, and the Xiaomi Smart Pen (2nd Gen). Hopefully, Xiaomi can ensure that these accessories remain available while the product is up for purchase in the country.
Xiaomi’s latest tablet sports a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel selfie camera, and like most tablet devices, you’ll find yourself using the camera to take pictures of documents and similar materials, while relying on your smartphone’s camera for regular photography. You can check out camera samples and details on how it performs in different scenarios in our review.
The recently launched Xiaomi Pad 6 packs a large 8,840mAh battery with support for 33W wired charging. At that charging speed, Xiaomi says it will take around 100 minutes to go from empty to full. Xiaomi also claims the tablet can last up to two days on a single charge.
