Xiaomi just announced its largest tablet yet – it has a 14” 3:2 display and it is also the company’s first Ultra tablet. Another first is that it uses the Xring O1, a chipset that is designed in-house by Xiaomi and is shared with the Xiaomi 15S Pro.
Meet the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra. It’s quite different from its siblings, the Xiaomi Pad 7 and Pad 7 Pro, which have 11.2” IPS LCDs. The Ultra has a 14” OLED panel that is twice as bright (1,600 nits, DC + PWM dimming). It renders 12-bit colors with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support. It has a resolution of 3,200 x 2,136px and a refresh rate of 120Hz (vs. 144Hz on the two other models).
Above the OLED layer is Gorilla Glass 5. Optionally, this can have a nano-texture that reduces reflectivity. One not-so-great change is that the Ultra display has a notch. There’s a single 32MP camera on there (1/3.6” OV32D sensor). The rear camera has a 50MP sensor (1/2.76” JN1).
The tablet is powered by the Xring O1, which is fabbed on a second-generation 3nm node. It has a 10-core CPU with prime cores reaching 3.7GHz (compared to 3.9GHz for the 15S Pro phone). There’s also an ARM Immortalis-G925 (16-core) GPU and a 6-core NPU that can deliver 44 TOPS of AI compute.
There are three configurations available: 12GB/256G, 12GB/512GB and 16GB/1TB. These use LPDDR5T RAM and UFS 4.1 storage.
The Pad 7 Ultra is made of aluminum alloy with reinforcement ribs to keep it stiff. It’s slimmer than its siblings at 5.1mm (vs. 6.2mm), but weighs more at 609g (vs. 500g).
Inside is a 12,000mAh battery with 120W fast charging. The USB-C port offers USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds (10Gbps). Other connectivity features include Wi-Fi 7 (be, 2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.4, NFC and even an IR blaster, so that you can control things around the house. There’s a fingerprint reader built into the power button on the side. The top side is a magnetic attachment and charging point for the optional stylus.
Additionally, there is a magnesium alloy keyboard available if you want a more laptop-like experience. It has oversized key caps, 13 function keys (no numpad, though) and a pressure-sensitive touchpad (a first for Xiaomi).
Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra with the optional stylus and keyboard
The tablet runs Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2, which integrates well with the Apple ecosystem (e.g. it supports the Apple office document formats). And Xiaomi says that it is ready for PC-level of use as it is pre-loaded with an office suite of apps, a CAD app and more.
The tablet has four groups of speakers – bass + tweeter pairs for a total of 8 speakers – with large 16.5cc chambers and Dolby Atmos support.
The Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra is available for pre-order from the company’s online store in China. The base 12GB/256GB model is CNY 5,700, which converts to $790/€700/₹68,000. Note that the two larger capacities (12GB/512GB and 16GB/1TB) are available in a “soft light” version, which has that anti-reflective nano-texture that we mentioned above.
| Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra | regular glass | nano-texture glass |
|---|---|---|
| 12GB/256GB | CNY 5,700 | – |
| 12GB/512GB | CNY 6,000 | CNY 6,600 |
| 16GB/1TB | CNY 6,800 | CNY 7,400 |
Source (in Chinese)
