The new tablet is a larger version of the original Pad 5 Pro (which has an 11” display). The display panel of the new Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 12.4" has the same resolution, 2,560 x 1,600px, so the pixel density is lower (244ppi vs. 274ppi), but you get 27% more viewing area in return. The 120Hz refresh rate has been preserved, but there have been some other downgrades, e.g. touch sampling is now 120Hz (stylus tracking works at 240Hz) and this is an 8-bit panel (the 11” one was 10-bit). Dolby Vision and HDR10 are still supported and the brightness is the same at 500 nits.
The larger slate comes with a larger
10,000mAh battery (up from 8,600mAh), enough for over 2 days. The 67W fast
charging system gets to 60% in 36 minutes and to 100% in 68 minutes. The
company even managed to slim down the tablet, which now measures 6.66mm
(without the camera bump) compared to 6.9mm for the 11” model.
The rest is pretty familiar. The Xiaomi
Pad 5 Pro 12.4” is powered by the same Snapdragon 870 chipset with 6/128GB base
coniguration and two new options: 8/256GB and 12/512GB (LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1 in
all three cases). The chip may be the same, but this time its 5G skills are
going unused as there is only a Wi-Fi version. It supports dual-band Wi-Fi 6
(ax) and Bluetooth 5.2 (with LDAC and LHDC 2.0/3.0 support).
The one important camera on the tablet –
the front-facing one – is based on a 20MP IMX596 sensor, which bins pixels to
1.6µm for better low light performance. The rear camera has a 50MP sensor
(1/2.76”, 1.28µm pixels post binning, f/1.8 aperture) and a 2MP depth sensor.
Only the 5G version of the 11” Pad 5 Pro had a 50MP camera (though with a
different sensor).
The USB-C port supports 3.2 Gen1 speeds,
which allows it to drive an external monitor over DisplayPort. The tablet is
loaded with MIUI 13 (based on Android 12). Or you cold attach the optional
full-size keyboard (64 keys, 1.3mm key travel) to turn the tablet into a petite
laptop. The keyboard’s kickstand can adjust the angle of the tablet between
110° and 122°. As mentioned before, there is an optional stylus as well, which
has 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity and 240Hz tracking. It uses magnets to
attach to the tablet for safe keeping and for charging (it lasts 8 hours of a
full charge, 1 minute is enough for 20 minutes of usage).
The Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 12.4” starts at CNY
3,000 (US$ 445/€ 430/₹ 35,500) for the 6/128GB model, reservations are open today.
The 8/256GB version is CNY 3,500 and the top-specced 12/512GB model is CNY
4,200. The keyboard is an extra CNY 470, the stylus can be yours for CNY 350.
