The Xiaomi Pad 6 went official in India earlier today. The latest tablet from the company comes with several upgrades over its predecessor Xiaomi Pad 5 for the same price.

It costs under ₹30,000 and still offers flagship-level hardware. In fact, there’s no other product on the market with a similar set of features in this price segment.

The Xiaomi Pad 6 sort of competes with the OnePlus Pad despite being much more affordable. Even the accessories are cheaper making them more accessible.

Excellent pricing makes the Xiaomi Pad 6 a better deal than the costlier OnePlus Pad in India. Here’s why we think this way.

Xiaomi Pad 6

Disclosure: Our team has tested OnePlus Pad, Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro, and Xiaomi Pad 6. We even have reviews of the first two products on our website. The opinions stated below are based on our experience with the devices.

Better for Media Consumption

The OnePlus Pad has a slightly larger 11.61-inch display with more pixels (2800 x 2000) than the 11-inch screen with 2880 x 1800 pixels on the Xiaomi Pad 6. However, you will find the latter better to consume content.

Because though panels on both tablets support HDR10 and Dolby Vision, you can stream content in these HDR standards only on Xiaomi Pad 6. For some reason, OnePlus has not certified its device to play DRM-protected content in HDR.

Secondly, Xiaomi Pad 6 gives you an option to force HDR for standard content too. Also, the display is brighter at 550 nits compared to 500 nits.

Well-optimized for Gaming

The MediaTek Dimesnity 9000 SoC present inside the OnePlus Pad is more powerful than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset found inside the Xiaomi Pad 6. However, the latter chip is well-optimized for games.

Developers are known to optimize their games more for Qualcomm Snapdragon chips. That’s because most high-end smartphones feature Qualcomm chips.

As a result, despite being less powerful, the gaming experience on the Xiaomi Pad 6 is comparatively better than the OnePlus Pad. Almost all games can be played in the highest ever quality possible with little to no frame drops and lower thermals.

Comparatively Finer Software

The Xiaomi Pad 5 boots MIUI 14 for Pad compared to OxygenOS 13.1 on OnePlus Pad. Xiaomi’s software has well thought tablet-focussed features heavily inspired by iPadOS.

These features enable you to be more productive. For instance, you can multitask better in split-view along with floating windows. 

Anyway, it is worth noting that the Android app library for tablets still pales against what you get on iPadOS.

The Pricing

The Xiaomi Pad 6 not only offers an overall better experience but is also ₹11,000 cheaper than the OnePlus Pad in India. The Xiaomi tablet starts at ₹26,999 (6GB + 128GB) as opposed to ₹37,999 (8GB + 128GB) for OnePlus’ offering.

For the price of the base OnePlus Pad, you can get the base Xiaomi Pad 6,  Xiaomi Smart Pen 2nd Generation (₹5,999), and Xiaomi Pad 6 Keyboard (₹4,999).

Even if you opt for the higher 8GB + 256GB variant of the Xiaomi Pad 6 (₹28,999) along with the aforementioned accessories, it will only cost you the same as the 12GB + 256GB version of the OnePlus Pad (₹39,999).

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