Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 Review: Great Display, Excellent Performance

By Abhinav Pathak on Apr 06, 2015 04:02 AM

Xiaomi Mi Pad offers great specs at a great price. It has a brilliant 2K display, unheard-off in this price point alongwith the very powerful NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset. But that power comes at a price, the Mi Pad does heat-up while gaming but not in general use. There's a microSD Card slot to expand storage but this is just a WiFi tablet. Its a good tablet for anyone looking to get some work done, watch movies or play games. But the 4:3 aspect ratio causes letter-boxing in videos, moreover a few apps are not compatible with this aspect ratio and you see a bit of non-uniform stretching. The build in general is good, but you do see a bit of creaking towards the sides. Generally I stay away from taking images with a tablet, its plain awkward holding such a huge device, but the Mi Pad has some competent cameras even though the camera interface is too rudimentary. Overall, the pricing, display, battery-life and performance make the Xiaomi Mi Pad a good choice for a non-voice calling tablet. You can have a look at the detailed review above with gaming, camera samples and performance as well as issues. Pros/cons as well as review scores follow.

7.7

If you are looking for a tablet in the sub Rs. 15,000 price bracket, the Xiaomi Mi Pad is a good contender with a good display, excellent performance but no mobile-data support.

PROS

Sharp, Vibrant Display
Good Performance, Gaming
Good Battery-life
USB OTG Support, Expandable Storage
Decent Cameras
Loud, Clear Speakers

CONS

Build Quality is just Average
No Cellular Connectivity
Gets Hot While Gaming
MIUI for Tablet Needs Work

Score Breakdown

Build and Design

7.1
Display

8.4
Network Reception & Call Quality

7.0
Camera(s)

7.5
Music & Video Playback

8.5
Gaming

8.8
Performance

9.0
Battery-life

9.2
Software

8
Total Score

7.7 10.0