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After months of taunts and gossip, the Realme Pad is finally here. This is a test case for Realme to see how far it goes from smartphones to tablets, and it's going to be some interesting research to see if the brand can jump into new device categories. The Realme Pad has been launched in India, but we are still waiting to see if it will launch globally or not. We hope so, because the world needs more Android tablets. It seems like the Realme Pad is designed to sit below the entry-level iPad XNUMX in terms of cost, trying to sway students or light users who don't need cutting-edge specs or speedy performance, but want something affordable and cheerful.
Come to the point
- What is it? An Android tablet at a low price
- At what point did it come out? September XNUMX in India, unknown elsewhere
- How much will it cost? India cost transforms to just € one hundred and ninety / € one hundred forty / AU € 260
Realme Pad release date and cost
The Realme Pad was launched in India; We hope that the information on the global launch will be released soon, as it would be strange to launch a product only for one zone, but we still do not know. In India, the device will go on sale on September XNUMX.
(Image credit: Realme) It looks like a rock-bottom tablet, if Indian prices change in other regions: it starts at just 4, which becomes €4 / €4 / AU €64 sixty. That's for three GB of RAM and thirty-two GB of storage, which isn't really much space, and there are other alternatives. There's a version with the same specs but also XNUMXG connectivity, and it's worth XNUMX (around $XNUMX, $XNUMX, AU$XNUMX), while for the tablet with XNUMXG and also XNUMXGB of RAM and XNUMXGB of storage. pay seventeen nine hundred and ninety-nine (around €XNUMX, €XNUMX, AU €XNUMX). Although these costs are surprisingly low, limited memory and storage can discourage business or professional users.
Design and display
The Realme Pad has a XNUMX-inch screen. It's an LCD screen, so don't expect as vivid colors or attractive contrast as some other slates with OLED or AMOLED screens, but that's probably one of the reasons the price is so low. The resolution is XNUMX x XNUMX or FHD+, which from a resolution perspective should be enough to handle any game or streaming service with aplomb.
(Image credit: Realme) The Pad's design is an essential aspect, at least if Realme's marketing is any indication, and the thing measures just 2mm in diameter. This makes it one of the slimmest tablets on the market and therefore it should be easily transportable. There are two color versions of slate, gray or gold, with the latter being much better to our knowledge.
Cameras and battery
The Realme Pad packs a 18mAh battery, which seems pretty average for its screen size, but that's impressive when you consider it a slim tablet. Charging isn't too fast though, because while the XNUMXW on offer here is average for a tablet, Realme is known to use much faster power in its smartphones. A new addition here though is reverse wireless charging, so you can use the board as a wireless charger to charge other devices. The tablet's front and rear cameras are XNUMX MP, which should be fine for video calls or taking reference photos, but you probably won't get great photos.
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As previously mentioned, you can get the Realme Pad with 80GB of RAM and 4GB of storage, or 32GB of RAM and XNUMXGB of storage. However, both versions have a microSD card slot, so you can increase that storage. The chipset is the Helio GXNUMX, which we've seen in quite a few budget phones like the XNUMXG model of the Samsung Galaxy AXNUMX, and it's fine for around that price, but it's not very powerful. The Slate comes with Android XNUMX, Google's latest version of its popular operating system, though it has something the company calls "Realme UI for Pad" on top of it. It is boasted that this is a tablet-specific variation of the Realme UI that it employs for smartphones.