Xiaomi capped off its 14 series announcement event with the Pad 6S Pro 12.4, a new take on Xiaomi's pro tablets. The name suggests that there may be another Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro with a smaller display, perhaps an 11-inch. The all-metal slate comes in three colors - black, blue, and green - weighs 590g, and has six speakers and Dolby Atmos support. There are four microphones on the tablet.
It's bigger than the ongoing Pad 6 Pro and
has a 12.4-inch IPS LCD. The panel has a boxier 3:2 aspect ratio, a higher
3048x2032px resolution, but the same 144Hz refresh rate. Xiaomi claims 900 nits
of brightness. Xiaomi boasts that the Pad 6S Pro 12.4's display is
professionally color-calibrated to the CIE2015 color curve, matching Xiaomi's
flagship line of TV, laptop, and phone displays.
The display is covered by Gorilla Glass 5
and supports pen input. Xiaomi's specs distinguish between the touch sampling
rate of a finger and a pen - 360Hz and 240Hz, respectively. The Xiaomi Pad 6S
Pro 12.4 runs Xiaomi's take on Android 14 - HyperOS. Some apps are optimized
for better multitasking on the tablet's bigger screen - WPS Office and
CajViewer support a triple-screen split, something Xiaomi has dubbed the
'Workbench' interface. You can have two apps running side-by-side, or several
apps as floating windows over the UI.
You can also pair the tablet with an
external monitor or use it as a second display for your Windows laptop. The
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 has pogo pins on the back that can magnetically attach
to the Xiaomi SU7 EV and make the tablet part of the infotainment with control
to the car's interface.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 has a
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset with 8GB, 12GB, or 16GB of RAM. There's 256GB,
512GB, or 1TB of storage. The battery is a 10,000mAh unit with 120W charging.
The time to 100% is a claimed, outrageous 35 minutes, while 10 minutes on the
charger promises 45% back. Xiaomi has implemented two custom chips to safeguard
the battery - a P2 chip monitors fast charging, while the G1 chip manages the
battery health.
The Xiaomi pad 6S Pro 12.4 is on sale now
in black, green, and blue. The 8/256GB model is CNY 3,299 (€ 420, £ 360, INR
38,600), the 12/256GB model is CNY 3,599 (€ 470, £400, INR 41,400), the 12/512GB
is CNY 3,999 (€ 520, £ 440, INR 46,800), and the range-topping 16GB/1TB model is
CNY 4,499 (€ 590, £ 500, INR 52,700). There are two accessories for the Xiaomi
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 - the Smart Touch Keyboard (CNY 649 - € 85, £ 71, INR 7,500) and
the Focus Stylus (CNY 499 - € 65, £ 55, INR 5,750). The keyboard has full-sized
and backlit keys and a mechanical trackpad, while the stylus supports 8,192
levels of pressure and has 3ms of latency.
