Xiaomi at its Thursday event has launched its first tablet in India, the MiPad, priced at Rs. 12,999. The company on Thursday also
Xiaomi Redmi 2 priced at Rs. 6,999.
Unlike other Xiaomi devices, the unveiled in May last year in China, the MiPad tablet is powered by a '4+1'-core Nvidia Tegra K1 SoC ARM Cortex-A15 processor clocked at 2.2GHz with the 192-core Kepler GPU, alongside 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM, which can be considered a highlight of the device. The company claims that the tablet packs Kepler GPU architecture and s OpenGL 4.4 and OpenGL ES 3.1.
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The Xiaomi MiPad comes with a 7.9-inch QXGA (2048x1536 pixel) IPS Retina display resolution with a pixel density of 324ppi, all of which is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 screen. Notably, this seems to be the same Sharp-made display Apple uses on the iPad mini with Retina. The new Xiaomi MiPad runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with MiUI out-of-the-box.
Other specifications include an 8-megapixel rear camera with a Sony BSI sensor that can shoot full-HD resolution videos. It also features a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that includes an OmniVision sensor. Both cameras come with an f2.0 aperture. Connectivity options of the tablet include dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 4.0. The MiPad tablet is backed by a 6700mAh Li-ion battery and is available in Black, White, Red, Blue, Green and Yellow colour variants. The tablet measures 135.4x202.1x8.5mm and weighs 360 grams.