After years of making impressive Android phones, OnePlus has finally branched out into tablets with the OnePlus Pad – and we were able to get hands-on with the new device at MWC 2023.
For our first impressions, head over to our hands-on OnePlus Pad review, but we’ve opted to keep this product hub live, too, in case you want to read about the OnePlus Pad in a more general sense.
Below, then, you’ll find everything we know so far about the OnePlus Pad, including information about its design, performance specs and cameras.
Cut to the chase
- What is it? The first tablet from OnePlus
- When is it out? Announced on February 7
- How much will it cost? Still unconfirmed
OnePlus Pad release date and price
The OnePlus Pad was unveiled on February 7, alongside the global launch of the OnePlus 11 (you can read our thoughts on the phone’s retro design in our full OnePlus 11 review), where we also saw the OnePlus Buds Pro 2.
The device was then unveiled properly to journalists (including us) at MWC 2023, but OnePlus still didn’t share release dates and price information during this event.
We do know, however, that pre-orders for the OnePlus Pad begin in April for customers in the US, UK and Australia. The latter is quite surprising, given that OnePlus doesn’t have much of a presence in Australia currently.
OnePlus Pad design and display
We didn’t have to wait for a full unveiling of the OnePlus Pad to see it, as the company revealed the first images of the tablet in a TechRadar exclusive.
The OnePlus Pad comes in a Halo Green shade and has an aluminum alloy body and a cambered frame. You can also see that there’s a single-lens camera on the back, and another on the front, housed in a bezel above the display.
It weighs 550g, is 6.5mm thick, and OnePlus claims the tablet is designed to feel light and easy to hold for extended periods (which is something we found in our hands-on time spent with the device).
The slate has slim 6.54mm bezels and an 88% screen-to-body ratio, and that display is an 11.61-inch screen with a 7:5 aspect ratio and a super-high 144Hz refresh rate. It has a 2800 x 2000 pixel resolution, which is impressively sharp, and it offers 296 pixels per inch and 500 nits of brightness.
OnePlus notes that the size and shape makes it ideal for ebooks, while the refresh rate could benefit gaming.
OnePlus Pad camera and battery
The OnePlus Pad packs two cameras: a 13MP main sensor on the rear, and an 8MP selfie camera on the front. Interestingly, tablet’s rear sensor is positioned slap-bang in the middle of the frame, which OnePlus says should help make photos appear more natural.
The OnePlus Pad has a 9,510mAh battery with 67W charging, which can fully juice it up in 80 minutes.
OnePlus says you’ll get over 12.4 hours of video-watching and one-month standby life from the device, which is longer than you’ll get from some of the best tablets, like the iPad Pro 12.9 (2022).
OnePlus Pad specs and features
The OnePlus Pad is powered by a high-end MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset clocked at up to 3.05GHz. That’s not quite a match for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 found in the OnePlus 11 but it shouldn’t be too far off.
It’s joined by up to 12GB of RAM, and OnePlus boasts that the slate is capable of keeping up to 24 apps open at once.
Other OnePlus Pad features include quad speakers with Dolby Atmos audio, and the slate is compatible with both a OnePlus Stylo and OnePlus Magnetic Keyboard, so it should be good for creativity and productivity.
