Padding the pockets

A typical Xiaomi product that brings useable tech to the masses without charging them an arm and a leg

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■ The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 is pretty solid for this tablet. It’s nowhere close to the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 on the OnePlus Pad and for almost ₹10K less, it’s not the comparison that concerns the Xiaomi Pad 6. We could multitask on this thing with ease. Opening multiple windows, gaming and even editing a photo in Lightroom is easy peasy for the Xiaomi Pad 6.

■ We spent an hour playing The Division Resurgence and the game was running at locked 30FPS with all the graphical settings pushed to the max. The game doesn’t support more than 30FPS right now because it’s in Beta but regardless, there was negligible thermal throttling on the Xiaomi Pad 6.

■ The first episode of Our Planet on Netflix comes out with commendable sharpness with tight highlights and deep blacks. This 11in display has a 2.8K resolution so everything looks crispy on this display. Motion smoothness is also well-judged for a 7-stage refresh rate display

■ So far the best reason to pick up the Xiaomi Pad 6 is for its all-round performance. It’s good for work, play and entertainment. However, the 16:10 aspect ratio is perfectly suited for entertainment and so, you get Dolby Atmos too.

Tech specs

Display 11in, 2880x1800, 309 ppi, 144Hz, DCI-P3 Battery 8840mAh RAM 6GB, 8GB Storage 128GB, 256GB