Xiaomi Pad 6: Is This the Best Mid-Range Android Tablet Under Rs. 30,000?

On this week's episode of Orbital, we discuss the Xiaomi Pad 6 and how much value it brings to the table as the company's latest mid-range tablet.

Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 23 June 2023 16:10 IST

Xiaomi Pad 6: Is This the Best Mid-Range Android Tablet Under Rs. 30,000?

Photo Credit: Xiaomi Pad 6 offers support for a keyboard, cover, and stylus accessories

Xiaomi Pad 6 comes with support for accessories including a keyboard, cover, and smart pen

Xiaomi Pad 6 was recently launched in India as the successor to the Xiaomi Pad 5 that made its debut in 2022. Just like last year's model, Xiaomi has attempted to equip its latest tablet with a range of features and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, while keeping the price of the device under Rs. 30,000. The Xiaomi Pad 6 sports a 11-inch LCD display, runs on Android 13 out-of-the-box, and Xiaomi claims it can offer up to two days of battery backup. It is equipped with a 13-megapixel primary camera and an 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, talks to guest host Sheldon Pinto 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 to this year's model and how it fares against the competition.

The Xiaomi Pad 6 isn't exactly a new device — it was launched in China earlier this year and only made its way to India last week. It runs on an Android 13-based MIUI 14 for Pad. The tablet sports a 11-inch LCD display with Dolby Vision up to 144Hz refresh rate, and supports up to 550 nits of peak brightness.

Xiaomi Pad 6 Review: Doubling Down on Value

Equipped with a slightly older Snapdragon 870 chip that is paired with 8GB of RAM, the Xiaomi Pad 6 should be more than capable of handling daily tasks and a few games — 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 were announced by the company when it launched the Xiaomi Pad 6 in India last week. This includes the Xiaomi Pad 6 keyboard, cover, and the Xiaomi Smart Pen (2nd Gen). 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 might find themselves using the camera to click images of documents and similar materials, while relying on one's smartphone camera for regular photography. You can view the camera samples and details of 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. With that charging rate, Xiaomi says that going from an empty battery to a full charge will take about 100 minutes. The tablet is also claimed to last up to two days on a single charge, according to Xiaomi.

Xiaomi Pad 6

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Good build quality
Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos support
Quad-speaker setup sounds good
Smooth performance
Clean software with productivity-focused features
All-day battery life
Useful optional accessories

Bad
No fingerprint scanner
No cellular option
Battery life could have been better
Average cameras

Read detailed Xiaomi Pad 6 review

Display 11.00-inch

Processor Snapdragon 870 SoC

Front Camera 20-megapixel + No

Resolution 2880x1880 pixels

RAM 8GB

OS Android 13

Storage 128GB

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 2-megapixel

Battery Capacity 8600mAh

More Xiaomi Tablets

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: Xiaomi Pad 6, Xiaomi Pad 6 specifications, Xiaomi Pad 6 camera, Xiaomi Pad 6 performance, Xiaomi Tablets, Xiaomi, Orbital, Podcast

David Delima

Email David Delima

As a writer on technology with Gadgets 360, David Delima is interested in open-source technology, cybersecurity, consumer privacy, and loves to read and write about how the Internet works. David can be contacted via email at DavidD@ndtv.com, on Twitter at @DxDavey, and Mastodon at mstdn.social/@delima. More