Xiaomi launch MiPad for 12999 in India, available from 24th of March

Xiaomi MiPad is definitely one of the best Android running tablets out there in the market. Powered by Tegra K1 chip with Kepler GPU, MiPad has a 7.9″ 2048×1536 pixel resolution display that has amazing 326ppi display density. There is 2GB of RAM onboard, 16GB of storage space and best part is that unlike other Xiaomi devices, this one has microSD card slot (expandable up to 128GB). Starting March 24th, those in India will be able to purchase the MiPad for just 12,999 rupees. In India, it will be only available in White though we would have prefered other much colorful variants. Given the specs, MIUI, Mi Cloud features and the design, this is going to create a major headache for competition.

MiPad has 11 hours of video streaming battery life, 17 hours for reading, 86 hours of music playback and 1300 hours of stanby time. MiPad is just 360grams heavy and has a thickness of 8.5mm. This is thanks to a magnesium alloy that is typically used in aviation and competitive cycling industries, used to create the frame for MiPad. Being super light, the alloy also has excellent heat distribution and can absorb shocks twice as much as aluminum alloy.

MiPad benchmarks :

• Antutu 41801
• 3DMark Unlimited 29852

• BaseMark OS2 1645
• GFXBench 3.0 30fps

• geekbench 3 (Multi-Core) 3470

Specification

• Display : 7.9″ IPS panel with 2048×1536, 326 PPI touch panel
• Processor : ARM Cortex-A15 Quad-core 2.2-GHz ( NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU, NVIDIA Kepler GPU, 192 CUDA cores)
• 2GB of RAM, 16GB of flash memory, microSD card expansion
• Connectivity : 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi Direct
• Camera : 8MP rear camera with back-illuminated (BSI) sensor, 5mp front facing camera.
• Battery : 6700mAh Lithium-ion Polymer Battery
• Sensors
  • GyroscopeYes
  • Light sensorYes
  • Gravity sensorYes
  • Digital compassYes
• Multimedia support
  • Audio formatmp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr, wb-amr, midi, ogg and more
  • Video format1080p (1920×1080, 30 frames/sec)
  •  MPEG4, h.263, h.264
  • Picture formatJPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and more