Every year, Coolpad releases a new instalment of its flagship Daguan series. Last year’s Daguan phone received a good response from the market and it looks like Coolpad plans to repeat their success with this year’s instalment which will probably be named the Daguan 5. We recently received news that the latest Daguan phone will use the NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor and that it will be made of Kevlar. The new phone will be released later this year.

The Coolpad Daguan series are mainly aimed at the high-end market. Not only do they have powerful hardware but have many safety features. The NVIDIA Tegra K1 uses a 4+1 Cortex-A15 structure and will be integrated with the Keplar GPU. This chipset scored over 43000 in its Antutu benchmark test. In addition, the use of Kevlar will give it tougher wear resistance. No information has been released regarding its specifications or release date so stayed tuned.

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In our impression, Android tablets were living a life neither too good nor too bad under Apple iPad’s shadow. iPad has been the pronoun of tablet computer for most of us. Xiaomi unveil the Mipad a few hours ago, it looks very like iPad mini. Here is our review about the new Android tablet: An iPad mini knock-off.

Although Xiaomi has achieved some success in Android’s phones, however, limited by the Android system, Xiaomi has not pushed any tablet products. But the new born Xiaomi Mipad gave new expectation to Android tablet market. Whether it can shake Apple’s governing position with its price and configuration? Well, may be.

Xiaomi Mipad use same 7.9inch retina screen as iPad mini 2, which is 2048×1536 pixels, the ppi is 326. The size is proved by Apple as the best screen size, which has been continued by Xiaomi.

With it in hand, you will not feel any strenuous , benefited by its 360g weight, it is portable. The rate of screen in front is similar to iPad mini, but if you don’t notice the Android’s classic 3 control buttons, you may think it is a iPad mini.

Surely there is a mi trademark on the top of its screen, besides the logo is the inconspicuous breathing light and 5MP OV camera.

Xiaomi Mipad is only 8.5 mm thick, which will give you good handle feeling.

Xiaomi Mipad’s back shell is anti-fingerprint and painted design, looks similar as Apple’s iPhone 5c. Colorful back shell is Xiaomi’s consistent tactics, there are blue, green, yellow, pink and white available, which makes it full of personality.

The back 8MP camera is 2.0 aperture design, you won’t be confused to tablet’s bad IQ anymore after experienced Xiaomi Mipad.

Right side is all control buttons , it is the volume control and power button from up to down.

There is a speaker on the lower part on its back.

Check the setting menu, about local, we can see Xiaomi tablet’s detailed configuration. Xiaomi Mipad use Nvidia Tegra K1 processor , CPU is 2.2GHz 4 and ARM A15 structure, GPU use 192 cores Kepler, same as PC, The most advantage GPU in mobile devices nowadays, supporting newest PC game class tech, Open GL 4.4 Tesselline and can get more details and real scene to the screen. Tested by GFXbench 3.0, the GPU is 2 times as fast as Apple’s A7.

Surely, the score is amazing 41000, which is top of Android devices, but there was not Antutu installed in the show so we can not verify it.

Top hardware configuration is not enough to make Xiaomi rival iPad, the basic of Xiaomi is the growing MIUI system. We can experience that including calendar, player and photo album is designed to fit the big screen, Xiaomi can improve fast if there are enough 3rd party’s APPs.

Totally, the $240 price tag made Xiaomi Mipad is able to be succeed in the beginning, Xiaomi did a lot both in hardware and software, we may see if it can shake iPad’s position.

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Xiaomi formally released its Android tablet, Mipad: 202.1mm length, 8.5mm at thinnest point, 360g weight and with 6 available colors. 16GB for 1499 Yuan and 64GB for 1699Yuan, will be public tested in June.

Xiaomi Mi Pad use 802.11ac 2×2 antenna, which can provide full speed internet experience. 6700mAh LG/ATL battery, the standby time is as long as 1200 hours, listening music for 80 hours  and 16hours for movie playing. It support 9v1a and 5v2a fast charging, and high db big size speaker.

Xiaomi Mipad use highlighted painted back shell, anti-fingerprint technology, carrying Sharp/Youda OGS retina screen, 2048×1536 resolution, display accuration is 326 PPI, high brightness, high colour saturation and Corning gorilla  3rd generation touching screen.

Xiaomi Mipad is claimed as the first NVIDIA Tegra K1 tablet in the world, it is powered by NVIDIA Tegra K1 quad core processor （2.2GHz A15 + A15 power saving cores）. The graphic processor performance is 2.3 times than Apple A7. The official sais Xiaomi tablet have fully overwhelmed Apple’s iPad mini2 after tested by Antutu, Geekbench 3、BaseMark OS2、3DMark Unlimited、GFXBench 3.0 texts.

It has high speed 2GB internal memory, 16GB/64GB flash memory and supporting external memory storage up to 128GB tf card.
Xiaomi Mipad use Sony 8MP stack camera and 5MP front OV camera. Front 5MP camera can get better resolution with a hi resolution screen. 80 degree super wide angle is fit for group photos and self snapshot. Both the front and back camera are equipped with 5P/F2.0 large aperture, which can receive more light.

Come to software, Xiaomi use the deeply custom MIUI system, with Xiaomi application store and Xiaomi Game center and Xiaomi developing platform, it hs 100 application and 400 games, and by the end of the year, it will have 1000 apps and 1000 games. There are 16000 books and more than 10000 hot movies played, which can be viewed offline after cached. It has WPS office assistant software, supporting edit normal document and  slides’ wireless play and share.

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