Xiaomi Pad 5 Short Review in pictures: Almost like an iPad but is it better?

The Xiaomi Pad 5 tablet brings an incredibly powerful chipset to the affordable range of tablets in India. Here is how it fares. Take a look.

Xiaomi Pad 5 features a metal frame with a plastic rear panel and a glass front. The tablet comes in only a single colour variant in India. It also gets a set of quad speakers. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

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1/5 Xiaomi Pad 5 features a metal frame with a plastic rear panel and a glass front. The tablet comes in only a single colour variant in India. It also gets a set of quad speakers. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

Xiaomi Pad 5 features an 8720mAh battery that delivers an all-day battery life with moderate to heavy use. You get a 22.5W charger in the box but it supports 33W fast wired charging.  (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

2/5 Xiaomi Pad 5 features an 8720mAh battery that delivers an all-day battery life with moderate to heavy use. You get a 22.5W charger in the box but it supports 33W fast wired charging.  (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

Xiaomi Pad 5 features a Snapdragon 860 chip that is paired 6GB RAM as standard, and up to 256GB storage. The tablet does not get LTE and GPS connectivity in India. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

3/5 Xiaomi Pad 5 features a Snapdragon 860 chip that is paired 6GB RAM as standard, and up to 256GB storage. The tablet does not get LTE and GPS connectivity in India. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

The Xiaomi Pad 5 has a segment best 10.9-inch WQHD+ IPS LCD display with a refresh rate of 120Hz and support for DCI-P3 colours as well as Dolby Vision. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

4/5 The Xiaomi Pad 5 has a segment best 10.9-inch WQHD+ IPS LCD display with a refresh rate of 120Hz and support for DCI-P3 colours as well as Dolby Vision. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

Xiaomi Pad 5 runs on MIUI for Pad interface based on Android 11. The interface is free from adware and bloat, and is cleanest OS from Xiaomi we have ever seen. It looks and feels a lot like iPadOS with its dock, Control Center, and the overall layout.  (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

5/5 Xiaomi Pad 5 runs on MIUI for Pad interface based on Android 11. The interface is free from adware and bloat, and is cleanest OS from Xiaomi we have ever seen. It looks and feels a lot like iPadOS with its dock, Control Center, and the overall layout.  (Amritanshu / HT Tech)