Xiaomi has finally announced MiPad, the company’s first tablet as expected. It has a 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display at 326 ppi, manufactured by Sharp / AUO and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler GPU and runs on Android-based MiUI ROM optimized for tablets. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with 5-element lens, Sony BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with OmniVision sensor and f/2.0 aperture.
Xiaomi want to compete with iPad Mini with this latest tablet that has a similar Retina display with 4:3 aspect ratio.
Xiaomi MiPad specifications
- 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display at 326 ppi with 4:3 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 2.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler GPU
- Android-based MiUI ROM
- 8MP rear camera with Sony BSI stacked sensor, 1080p video recording, f/2.0 aperture
- 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- 8.5mm thick and weighs 360 grams
- WiFi 802.11/b/g/n/ac Dual Band (2X2 MIMO), Bluetooth
- 2GB of RAM, 16GB / 64GB of internal storage, up to 128GB expandable memory with microSD
- 6700 mAh battery
The Xiaomi MiPad comes in white, blue, green, yellow and pink colors and is priced at 1499 Chinese Yuan (Rs. 14330 approx. / US$240 approx.) for the 16GB variant. The 64GB variant costs 1699 Chinese Yuan (Rs. 16240 approx. / US$272 approx.) Xiaomi would begin beta testing the tablet in June. No word on the market launch yet.