Oppo’s newest flagship tablet, the Pad 4 Pro, has arrived, and on paper, it looks like the company’s most ambitious slate yet. Unveiled alongside its Find X8s series in China, the Pad 4 Pro packs serious hardware, bleeding-edge display tech, and a refined software experience. But how much of an upgrade is it, really, when compared to its predecessors — the Oppo Pad 3 Pro and Oppo Pad 2?
Let’s unpack what’s truly new, what’s just polished, and where Oppo is finally starting to make real strides.
Bigger, Bolder, Sharper
The most immediate change? Size. The Oppo Pad 4 Pro leaps to a massive 13.2-inch screen, the largest in Oppo’s tablet portfolio, up from the 12.1-inch Pad 3 Pro and 11.6-inch Pad 2. The resolution also gets a bump, with the new display pushing 3392 x 2400 pixels (3.4K), versus the 3K panel on the Pad 3 Pro and 2.8K on the Pad 2. Combine that with a 144Hz adaptive refresh rate and 900 nits of brightness, and you get one of the sharpest and most responsive LCD displays on a tablet today.
But the real kicker is the 540Hz touch sampling rate. Oppo says this panel is tuned for demanding games like Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd, promising both 2.1K ultra-high image quality and 120fps gameplay. That’s a bold claim for any tablet, let alone one running on Android.
Performance
Powering the Pad 4 Pro is Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, built on TSMC’s 3nm process. This puts it ahead of the Pad 3 Pro’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Version (a 4nm chip), and leagues ahead of the Dimensity 9000 inside the Pad 2. It’s not just about clock speed either. The Elite’s Adreno 830 GPU, paired with LPDDR5X RAM and blazing-fast UFS 4.0 storage, gives the Pad 4 Pro a significant performance headroom, ideal for heavy multitasking, gaming, and creative workflows.
That said, the Pad 3 Pro’s Gen 3 chip is still no slouch. But the lack of UFS 4.0 and limited RAM/storage variant (12GB + 256GB) in global markets means it doesn’t scale up as flexibly as the Pad 4 Pro, which goes all the way to 16GB RAM and 512GB storage.
Design and Audio Refinement
Design-wise, the Pad 4 Pro sticks to Oppo’s now-familiar formula: a sleek metal unibody, ultra-thin profile (just 5.97mm), and symmetrical bezels. It weighs 675g, noticeably heavier than the Pad 3 Pro (586g) and Pad 2 (552g), but that’s the trade-off for the larger display and beefier battery.
Speaking of sound, the audio setup gets a serious boost. The Pad 4 Pro sports eight speakers in a 4 mid-bass + 4 tweeter layout, with Dolby Atmos and Hi-Res Audio certification. That’s up from six speakers on the Pad 3 Pro and four on the Pad 2. Whether you’re watching Netflix or gaming with spatial audio, this thing should sound great on paper at least.
Battery, Charging, and Connectivity
Oppo’s tablets have long featured generous batteries, but the Pad 4 Pro takes it a step further with a 12,140mAh cell, up from the 9510mAh units used in both previous models. Charging remains at 67W SuperVOOC across the board, but it’s good to see Oppo maintaining that fast-charging standard even as battery sizes increase.
Connectivity also gets a generational bump. The Pad 4 Pro supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, USB 3.2 Gen 1, and 5G sharing. That’s a more future-proof I/O setup than the Pad 2’s older Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6.
Software
The Pad 4 Pro ships with ColorOS 15 based on Android 15, making it one of the first Android tablets to launch with the latest OS. In contrast, the Pad 3 Pro and Pad 2 were released with Android 14 and Android 13, respectively. Anyways, all of them currently boot the latest ColorOS 15 (Android 15). They offer better multi-device sync, improved window management, and native support for AI-powered features as well.
Accessories and Ecosystem
Accessories also carry over, but with refinement. The Pad 4 Pro supports the new Smart Touch Keyboard and Oppo Pencil 2 Pro, offering improved magnetic connection, pressure sensitivity, and pairing via NFC. The Pencil 2 Pro was already bundled with the Pad 3 Pro in some regions, but here it’s an optional upgrade.
Final Thoughts
Oppo has steadily evolved its tablet line from the Pad 2 to the Pad 3 Pro, but with the Pad 4 Pro, it finally feels like a flagship worthy of the price. Bigger display, more powerful chipset, better sound, and refined software all come together to make it more than just a spec bump. It’s still an Android tablet, yes, but one that actually tries to make the most of the hardware it ships with.
If you skipped the Pad 3 Pro or are still on the Pad 2, this is probably the one worth upgrading to. Oppo is expected to launch this tablet under the OnePlus umbrella, which will likely debut as the OnePlus Pad 3 Pro in global markets.
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