Xiaomi Pad 7 in for review

09 January 2025
The Pad 7 is finally getting a wider release, starting with India.

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  • 14 Jan 2025

lafenice1976, 10 Jan 2025HyperOS is really that bad? I never upgraded my Xiaomi 12 P... moreyou can usually disable the ads - its a good trade off imo, id rather get ads in the software and better specs with worse software support than worse hardware

    Anonymous, 12 Jan 2025Dude, your logic doesn't make sense. You would rather ... moreThis is true, but in this context updates does matter, because xiaomi development is mediocre at best, so they are in constant fire fighting mode so to speak

      Anonymous, 12 Jan 2025Dude, your logic doesn't make sense. You would rather ... moreStory time, an even better scenario.
      You buy a premium device with a premium price tag, it gets 4 years of software support. After 4 years someone buys it and realize there's no software support anymore.

      There are so many devices in circulation, for example - oneplus pad 1 costs the same as oneplus pad 2 here (hungary) so there's that

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        • Anonymous
        • ucv
        • 12 Jan 2025

        fren, 09 Jan 2025not worth buying xiaomi tablet coz of the software support ... moreDude, your logic doesn't make sense. You would rather pay double for a device and use it for four years than to buy a new device every two years?
        Honestly, what's up with all these non-techies talking about updates. It's not like any of the updates actually changed much from one to the next - my experience using android over the last ~15 years.

          HyperOS is really that bad? I never upgraded my Xiaomi 12 Pro to the latest Android not to have HyperOS. Is it really impossible to avoid ads (ads! on my own device that I have paid!) or it is only a bit tricky to find the right permissions?

            I've been using various Xiaomi / Redmi / Poco devices ever since they started back in China and were sold by invite-only or whatever their flash sales scheme was called. I've been recommending Xiaomi to all my friends. I stopped doing that right after HyperOS was released.
            With MIUI I could at least configure it in such a way that it would show me no ads and work just like I would want it to. With HyperOS it's just impossible. Xiaomi have no right calling their junk "development" or "innovation."

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              • Anonymous
              • n@u
              • 09 Jan 2025

              Owner of 5 12.4 pro and 6s pro 12.4. The new software is significantly worse compared to miui 14 which I never upgraded from on the old 5. The OS has too many rules and if you don't follow the rules it just doesn't work as intended.

              For Arists, the new pens are unimpressive, 0g activation force combined with a detection system that doesn't require you to touch the screen means your hands will be undetected as long as the pens is somewhat close to the screen. And no, that does not result in good palm rejection;that also hasn't been fixed..

              Performance and screen & sound quality are very much there but I'd rather have a custom OS installed at this point, which I can't do because it would disable the pencil.

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                • Anonymous
                • yVI
                • 09 Jan 2025

                Anonymous, 09 Jan 202512 Hours of SOT, writing notes 75% brightness, multi-taskin... moreSorry but he is right, paper spec devices with zero support and only update for the sake of it . Bugs never fixed and laggy

                  I'm still not sure about the new 3:2 screen. It's great for one-handed use and note-taking in Portrait mode, but not for video binging.

                    Would love a plus edition. More storage and 13 inch display. Same CPU.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 35Z
                      • 09 Jan 2025

                      shongohan, 09 Jan 2025Why only HONOR answer to Samsung with a cheap OLED tablet? ... moreHonor only has 2 OS upgrades and security. so till only Android 16. While Xiaomi pad 7 offers till Android 18 possibly or android 17, but 4 years of security updates.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 35Z
                        • 09 Jan 2025

                        [deleted post]12 Hours of SOT, writing notes 75% brightness, multi-tasking with ez. Smooth af, updates install in less than 2 minutes, even 500+ MB one I had. Best value, fastest storage(Faster than Apple) Focus Pen works better than Pencil Pro from Apple. Everything I throw at it, everything just works. And the best part. A real GaN charger in the box. 60 euros right there.

                        You're just trolling, guy. My friend has a a regular iPad and it's a lot slower than mine, + that thing becomes toasty and it ain't even charging.

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                          • fren
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                          • 09 Jan 2025

                          not worth buying xiaomi tablet coz of the software support example is the pad 6 which is not getting android 15 even though it was only release in 2023 instead it will only get hyper os based on android 14. samsung & ipad may cost more but there is a reason - long software support. imagine those buying the pad 6 yet not getting updated to android 15 just getting one update. although some may argue the tablet is cheap but do take note - it's not oled screen lack of 5G support though some countries get the 5G version but not all.

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                            • g3X
                            • 09 Jan 2025

                            Xiaomi's tablets should include a bundle option (tablet + stylus) for customer. In Cambodia, it is impossible to get the latest version of stylus, so Samsung still remains the top priority because of stylus included as bundle.

                            In terms of value for money, Xiaomi and OnePlus is by far the better choice, but cannot accept old stylus version.

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                              • 09 Jan 2025

                              No cellular connectivity and gps. Can it get any worse?

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                                • shongohan
                                • maQ
                                • 09 Jan 2025

                                Why only HONOR answer to Samsung with a cheap OLED tablet?
                                when Xiaomi will offer a 12" oled tablet that cost 400 dollar?
                                is that so dificult?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • raQ
                                  • 09 Jan 2025

                                  prasad-gsma, 09 Jan 2025It was a typo. It should have said UFS 4.0 in the article. Do give warning in your review how Hyper OS 1.0 ruined performance of Xiaomi Pad 6 and Xiaomi didn't fix it for the whole year. Now we might get gimped HyperOS 2.0 with Android 14 only. So buyers beware with the horrible software support.

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                                    • 09 Jan 2025

                                    Is the old pen can be use on this device?

                                      jerem06, 09 Jan 2025On your datasheet it says UFS 3.1 with 128 GB of storage an... moreIt was a typo. It should have said UFS 4.0 in the article.

                                        On your datasheet it says UFS 3.1 with 128 GB of storage and UFS 4.0 in 256 GB

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