Xiaomi’s Redmi Pad is again! Practically three years later, Xiaomi has lastly launched a successor, aptly named the Redmi Pad 2. The Redmi Pad from 2022 was well-received in our evaluate. We praised it for its compact and premium-looking design, its responsive excessive refresh fee show and good battery life. Its succesful processor additionally performed an element in delivering good total efficiency. For its Redmi Pad 2, Xiaomi has launched some upgrades in numerous areas, however not all of those will instantly seize your consideration. Since we have now the pill with us, let’s break it down and discover out what’s new.
The Redmi Pad 2‘s design has undergone some upgrades, primarily as a result of inclusion of mobile connectivity. The unibody metallic design now encompasses a plastic strip on the prime, occupying half of the redesigned digicam module on the again. That is in place to supply 4G mobile connectivity because the pill now presents a twin hybrid SIM slot accepting two nano SIM playing cards or one nano SIM + one microSD card for storage growth (as much as 2TB). The larger show and battery, together with the addition of mobile connectivity, have made the Redmi Pad 2 heavier at 510 grams for the Wi-Fi mannequin and 519 grams for the mobile mannequin. And so, the pill feels unexpectedly heavy, given its compact dimension.
The Redmi Pad 2 is appropriate with two optionally available equipment that should be bought individually
Xiaomi’s new funds pill additionally will get some new equipment. There is no keyboard case but, however Xiaomi did ship the optionally available Redmi Pad 2 Cowl together with the pill for evaluate. It is fairly primary by way of look, however I like that the show wakes up routinely upon opening the quilt.
One other optionally available accent is the Redmi Good Pen. It connects by way of Bluetooth, options two buttons for extra capabilities, and has a Sort-C USB port at one finish for charging, together with a tiny LED gentle that signifies its charging and pairing standing. We are going to check out these optionally available equipment in our detailed evaluate.
One of many greater upgrades over the unique pill is mobile connectivity. The Redmi Pad 2 is priced from Rs. 13,999 for the 4GB RAM + 128GB storage variant, which is just accessible with Wi-Fi and lacks mobile connectivity. For mobile connectivity, you’ll have to shell out a bit extra and go for the 6GB RAM variant that provides 128GB of storage and is priced at Rs. 15,999. The highest-end variant presents 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and is priced at Rs. 17,999.
The Redmi Pad 2’s 2.5K show is probably its second largest {hardware} improve after the addition of mobile connectivity
One other massive improve is to do with its show. It stays completely flat, however it has grown in dimension from 10.61 inches to 11 inches. The vital bit right here is the display’s decision, which has gone up from 2K (1,200 x 2,000 pixels) to 2.5K, supplying you with 1,600 x 2,560 pixels with a sharper 274 ppi. The IPS LCD panel nonetheless has the identical 90Hz display refresh fee as earlier than. It is of the adaptive selection and principally switches between 30, 60 and 90Hz. Being a pill, the show’s borders on the previous Redmi Pad had been skinny sufficient, and their thickness stays almost the identical on the brand new mannequin. Given my restricted utilization, I observed that it does get sufficiently vivid indoors, however you’ll have to anticipate my evaluate to know if it performs effectively outside.
The Redmi Pad 2 lastly will get 4G twin SIM connectivity
Accompanying the brand new show is the quad-speaker setup that retains Dolby Atmos and Hello-res audio assist. The brand new addition this time is the three.5mm headphone jack, which was lacking on the earlier mannequin. Now you can get pleasure from some good previous FM radio by plugging in wired earphones.
The brand new processor could sound like an improve, however it is not. The MediaTek Helio G99 has been changed with a MediaTek Helio G100 Extremely processor. It could sound like rather a lot, however it’s principally the identical chip with a brand new title. It presents a most clock pace of two.2GHz, an octa-core structure and is constructed utilizing the identical 6nm fabrication course of. It additionally has the identical Mali-G57 MC2 as earlier than. So, we are able to anticipate the identical efficiency figures as we did a couple of years in the past after we examined the Redmi Pad. With the added display decision and the brand new HyperOS 2 (based mostly on Android 15) with a sprinkle of AI instruments, we hope that the processor will sustain in our testing.
Whereas the design of the digicam module has modified, the underlying {hardware} stays the identical as on the Redmi Pad
One piece of {hardware} which may assist the 6nm processor sustain with the instances is the upper capability 9,000mAh battery. It’s a bump up from the 8,000mAh battery within the Redmi Pad. Charging stays the identical as earlier than, at 18W, and we’re glad that the pill ships with a charger and charging cable within the field. Nonetheless, the charger included within the field is proscribed to 15W.
Cameras stay the identical as earlier than. There’s an 8-megapixel rear-facing digicam with autofocus and a 5-megapixel front-facing digicam for selfies. The cellphone lacks a safe type of biometric authentication (2D face unlock solely), and so you’ll have to depend on the nice previous passcode or sample lock for unlocking the pill.
Xiaomi certainly appears to have supplied some fascinating upgrades over the earlier Redmi Pad mannequin. However provided that its processor stays the identical, we’re a bit skeptical about its efficiency, which we are going to check for our detailed evaluate. Xiaomi has undoubtedly managed to seize everybody’s consideration with the Redmi Pad 2, and that is primarily as a result of its value. With the pill retailing from Rs. 13,999 for the bottom 4GB RAM variant, it certain makes for a sexy possibility as a primary and funds media consumption machine. However how does it carry out with day-to-day utilization? And are there higher funds pill choices accessible at this value level? Discover out extra in our detailed evaluate, which can be out quickly.