The Xiaomi Pad 6 Max is one of the largest modern tablets on the market right now. It towers over the 11” Pad 6 Pro, but it also shares many features with it too. The Max has a 14” display, giving you 62% more surface area to work with than the 11” Pro. This is a high-quality 10-bit display with 2,880 x 1,800px resolution, HDR10 and Dolby Vision support and 600 nits brightness. Gorilla Glass 5 is used for protection.
It has a 120Hz refresh rate and the
display – just like the tablet itself – has been designed for both work and
play. There are eight speakers on board with Dolby Atmos support for gaming and
streaming videos. The display is great for playing games too, but it also fits
more of the document when using office apps. And it has been calibrated for
color accuracy, so you can edit photos as well. Whether you are working or
relaxing, the MIUI for Pad interface can fit up to 4 apps at a time.
All of this is powered by a Snapdragon 8+
Gen 1 chipset (just like the Pro). The base configuration is 8/256GB, but you
can have a slate with as much as 16GB of RAM and 1TB storage, more on the
various configurations in a bit. The tablet runs on a 10,000mAh battery, which
should last for two days of regular use. Recharging is quick with the 67W charger
– 30 minutes to 50% and 68 minutes to 100%. You can use the Pad 6 Max as a
power bank for your smaller electronics too with 33W reverse charging. And if
you use the slate sporadically, its hibernation mode will keep charge in its
battery for over 40 days.
The tablet has a 20MP front-facing camera
that’s placed in the middle of the long side. There is an LED to warn you that
the camera is in use. Also, a 4-microphone array can focus on a single person
(60° cone) or in group chat scenarios they can pick up voices from the full
360°. The rear is equipped with a 50MP camera. This is best used with a case
with a kickstand, like the official keyboard case, for example. Xiaomi says
that the keys are full size and there is a large track pad too. Note that the
keyboard is detachable, so you can leave the slate on its kickstand and type
from a longer distance.
There is also an optional stylus. It has a
durable tip and just 5ms latency when drawing or writing. For presentations,
this can work as a virtual laser pointer too. The Max has a metal unibody that
measures only 6.53mm thick and weighs 750g. It is available in Black and
Silver. The Xiaomi Pad 6 Max is available in China starting today (there’s no
word on a global release). The base price for the 8/256GB model is CNY 3,800,
though for the first few days it will be CNY 3,600. This CNY 200 discount
carries over to the other configurations too.
Once that’s over, the 12/256GB model will
be CNY 4,000, the 12/512GB one will be CNY 4,400 and the fully-loaded 16GB/1TB
model will cost you CNY 4,800. For comparison, the Pad 6 Pro started at CNY
2,700. The keyboard case and the stylus are sold separately, they cost CNY 800
and CNY 500, respectively.
