Chinese telco operator China Unicom has launched a new tablet called the Cloud AI Pad. It’s a 5G tablet that runs both Android and Windows environments, but with a catch.
At first glance, the Cloud AI Pad has fairly standard hardware. It features a 12.2-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 2160 × 1440. The front also has an 8-megapixel camera, while the back houses a 13-megapixel shooter.
Under the hood, the tablet runs on the Unisoc T9100. The T9100 is built on TSMC’s 6nm process and uses an eight-core CPU with a 1+3+4 tri-cluster layout. That includes one 2.7GHz Cortex-A76 core, three 2.3GHz A76 cores, and four 2.1GHz Cortex-A55 efficiency cores. Graphics are handled by a Mali-G57 MC4 GPU running at 850MHz.
The chip supports LPDDR4X memory, UFS 3.1 storage, and an integrated 5G full-mode baseband, which pairs with the tablet’s 5G eSIM that can be activated online. There’s also a built-in NPU rated at 8 TOPS for AI features.
China Unicom ships the Cloud AI Pad with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, an 8000mAh battery, and 18W wired charging. The company claims up to 10 hours of continuous video playback.
The dual OS system
Among all, what makes the tablet unique is its software. The tablet boots on Android by default. However, you can switch to a Windows environment in the cloud by pressing the F9 button on the keyboard accessory. And yes, that’s where it gets its name, Cloud AI Pad.
It’s effectively two systems on one device, stitched together by cloud computing. The keyboard also has a dedicated AI key to wake up an AI assistant powered by Unicom’s Yuanjing large model.
The Cloud AI Pad is listed on JD.com for 1,799 yuan.
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