Xiaomi Pad 8 and 8 Pro announced
It's a busy start for Mobile World Congress. Xiaomi has a lot of announcements in the weekend before the official start of the annual fair. Today, the manufacturer kicked off with the Xiaomi 17 series. But there's more. So are two new tablets. Xiaomi is focusing on productivity tablets with AI and a thin design with the Pad 8 and Pad 8 Pro.
Both models feature an 11.2-inch 3.2K display with a brightness of up to 800 nits and a refresh rate of 144Hz. With a thickness of 5.75 mm and a weight of 485 grams, you can easily carry the tablet with you. The battery has a capacity of 9200 mAh, despite the thinner design compared to the previous generation. The tablets run on HyperOS 3, with HyperAI for artificial intelligence. You get a revamped interface with customised lock screens, widgets and animations. For multitasking, it supports a 5:5 vertical split and a new 1:9 horizontal split. In Workstation mode, you can pin more apps to the Dock and take advantage of a PC-like browser experience with mouse-hover previews and right-click functionality. WPS Office is also integrated, so you can edit documents, presentations, spreadsheets and PDFs directly on your tablet.
If you opt for the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro, you will get the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The tablet supports 67W fast charging, has a 50-megapixel rear camera and a 32-megapixel front-facing camera. There is storage of up to 512GB. There is also a Matte Glass version with nano-texture and improved anti-reflection coating. The Xiaomi Pad 8 has the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, charging at 45W, a 13 megapixel camera and 8 megapixel front-facing camera.
Xiaomi also showed off the Focus Pen Pro. This stylus features pressure-sensitive controls and support for pinch and tap gestures.
The two models will be available in a green 'Pine Green' colour, in grey and in blue. The price of the Pad 8 starts at 449 euros, that of the Pro at 599 euros.
