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I recently got my hands on the OnePlus Pad, a tablet that's been making waves in the market with its promise to disrupt the norm. However, upon closer inspection, I have to say that it feels like a watered-down version of what could be. The multitasking features, while improved over previous iterations, still feel clunky and linear, much like iPads from five years ago.
Luckily, some notable improvements were made from OnePlus's phones, such as split screen and the sidebar, which help to alleviate some of the clunkiness. However, it feels like these features are being used without the nuance and finesse required for a proper tablet in 2023. As someone who's always been told not to settle, it's clear that OnePlus missed the memo.
My own personal disappointment also carries over to the pad's optional accessories, which look pretty damn cool compared to what Apple offers for their tablets. However, the execution isn't quite there. The $99 pan attachment magnetically attaches to the pad for easy transport and wireless charging, but it regularly misses my inputs while navigating Android - literally the bar you have to clear to justify buying your pen.
Then there's the $149 magnetic keyboard case, which is actually kind of all right. While the typing layout suffers due to the tablet's awkward aspect ratio, the keys themselves feel nice to type on and have decent throw. The trackpad is also surprisingly responsive. However, when you take a step back and do the math outside of taxes, shipping, and promotions, the whole OnePlus pad with its additional accessories adds up to $727 in the US - that's insane for something that's supposed to disrupt the market.
The only thing it's disrupting is its own success. The other day, Google announced the Pixel tablet, which I think is a really strong competitor to the OnePlus Pad. While there are similarities in performance level and price, I think where the Pixel ultimately wins out is probably in multitasking - that's where I think a lot of the value lies. There's even a dock with apps that I'll have to get one in the office to try out for myself.
If anyone from OnePlus is listening, I think you guys can do better. Google already made a ton of headway with Android 12L and Android 13 to optimize the tablet experience and better compete with the iPad - features like a taskbar that on its own sold me on the Android tablet life. But here's the thing: oxygen OS is built on Android 13, so why isn't OnePlus taking advantage of these features?
It also says a lot that Samsung rolls with what Google has to offer and has a way better experience by it. Yeah, buy that one - not this one. Look, man, if you haven't clicked off the video already, you might like it. OnePlus takes a lot of pride in their own engineering and design, but stop putting them on blast - this is a great example of how that ego can get in the way of making a competitive, well-rounded product.
It's certainly a harsh assessment, especially considering that it's OnePlus's first foray into this product category. However, I genuinely don't know why anyone would get the OnePlus Pad over its competitors. It's just another fighter in the ring, but that's simply not enough to make a good product - especially when we know that Oppo and OnePlus have the resources to make it happen.
So, what do you think about the OnePlus pad? Was I too harsh? Let me know in the comments below, and otherwise, thanks for watching this video on Denki Channel.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the OnePlus pad which is attempting to make a breakthrough in the tablet space there's a handful of good there's a bit of bad so let's Jump Right In if there is anything OnePlus does right it's in presentation the feel in hand fit and finish this tablet checks a lot of those boxes the OnePlus pad has an aluminum body with rounded edges making it very comfortable to hold while also feeling Premium Plus in this green finish not only does it look pretty sharp but it also matches a few of their products that they've released this year take a look at the front and the screen deviates from other offerings on the market at 11.6 inches with a 2800 by 2000 resolution it's fairly big and has a seven to five aspect ratio on the Spectrum this puts it roughly between three by two and four by three which OnePlus believes is optimized to give you more lines of text while reading or drafting up documents compared to other tablets on the market personally though I can't really tell much of a difference compared to especially something like an iPad though I do think it offers a good balance for a variety of use cases I've been using it to Read Manga watch videos on Netflix and even to type up video scripts on Google Docs I've had no issue with it whatsoever in fact I think the screen is probably one of my favorite things about this tablet it's an IPS panel sadly not an OLED however the contrast is surprisingly good especially when playing back HDR content and the color while attached over saturated looks awesome if you don't particularly care about accuracy I do wish it could get a tad bit brighter averaging around 500 nits but with a 144 Hertz refresh rate navigating menus feels like butter Plus for those that care the Dolby Atmos certified speakers on this thing actually sound good in any orientation they're a bit on the Airy side but have good detail and get pretty loud with minimal Distortion that's good for casual listening breath okay so the one plus pad looks the part but how does it perform this thing is powered by the mediatek dimensity 9000 which we don't see too often here with devices in the US but it's a powerful little chip built on tsmc's four nanometer process it's efficient and even beats out Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip with sustained load According to some synthetic benchmarks that alongside the fact that it's paired with eight gigs of RAM means that this tablet flies simpler tasks and navigating around the UI feel incredibly smooth though a lot of that can also be the perceived speed that comes with that 144 Hertz refresh rate but where performance really matters is with more intensive workloads such as gaming in this regard the OnePlus pad doesn't hold a candle to the 10th generation iPad which is able to push higher resolutions in gameplay and more consistent frame rates in titles like Call of Duty Duty mobile and gentian impact however it still does a decent job playing these titles nearly maxed out at 60 FPS on paper at 479 bucks this tablet is very competitive putting it in spitting distance to that 10th generation iPad which costs 450 as well as the 529 dollar Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Fe man that name is super long this does trail behind in performance compared to our OnePlus but is a more direct competitor to it than the iPad because it does run Android 13. but before you run out to get a OnePlus pad of your own there are some pretty serious drawbacks we need to discuss the first pain point I want to bring up is with the battery life the OnePlus pad has a 9 500 milliamp hour rating which OnePlus says is good for over 12 hours of video playback or over a month of standby however in the three weeks that I've spent with the pad I found it to generally perform under those estimates in moderate load AKA browsing the web occasionally gaming and watching YouTube way too often I found myself needing my charger in the middle of the day this issue might be isolated to my review unit in particular because I've seen reports from other Tech YouTubers saying that the battery life is actually very good in its defense there is 67 watt charging with the included power brick filling up the battery from zero to a hundred percent in 80 minutes but ideally you wouldn't have to rely on it especially if power is out of reach but probably my biggest gripe with the OnePlus pad is the software the OnePlus pad runs the Brand's oxygen OS interface atop Android 13. on a phone like the OnePlus 11 I like the aesthetic and simplicity that it offers but on a tablet oxygen OS misses one key feature that holds it back from being useful and productive and that is a proper app switching taskbar to easily manage programs you are using kind of like how you would on a desktop it doesn't have a taskbar I mean it has like the bar on the bottom like any Android phone would however I would like to switch apps there's no intuitive way to do that this makes the multitasking very clunky kind of akin to iPads from five years ago with how linear it is now luckily some multitasking features made it over from oneplus's phones like split screen and the sidebar to help it out but it feels like OnePlus through oxygen OS on a big screen without any of the nuance and fit and finish required for a proper tablet in 2023 never settle might be the company's Mantra but someone clearly missed the memo settling since the OnePlus 3. my own personal disappointment also carries over to the pad's optional accessories which look pretty damn Ed to what apple offers for their tablets however the execution isn't quite there the 99 pan does attach magnetically to the pad for Easy Transport and wireless charging but it regularly misses my inputs while navigating Android which I think is literally the bar you have to clear to justify me buying your pen so that's a pass for me at least doesn't plug into the bottom of the tablet okay well these nuts then there's the 149 dollar magnetic keyboard case which is actually kind of all right while the typing layout suffers due to the tablet's awkward aspect ratio the keys themselves feel nice to type on and have decent throw the trackpad is also surprisingly responsive however when you take a step back and do the math outside of taxes shipping and promotions that OnePlus might have on their website the whole OnePlus pad with its additional accessories adds up to 727 here in the US and that's a tough pill to swallow it is insane for something that's supposed to disrupt the market the only thing it's disrupting is its success got him these nuts also the other day Google announced the pixel tablet which I think is a really strong competitor to the OnePlus pad the two products certainly differ in philosophy but there are similarities in performance level certainly in price but I think where the pixel ultimately wins out is probably in multitasking which is where I think a lot of the value is I mean look there's a dock with apps I'll have to get one in the office to try out for myself but it's looking to be a really solid Choice compared to the OnePlus pad especially if you are planning on using it for any bit of productivity if anyone from OnePlus is listening I think I think you guys can do better Google already made a ton of Headway with Android 12l and Android 13 to optimize the tablet experience and better compete with the iPad and that includes the addition of a taskbar which on its own sold me on the Android tablet life not even kidding on my z-fold 4 it is a lifesaver I bring this up because if I didn't make it abundantly clear already oxygen OS is built on Android 13. so why is OnePlus Paving over important features that Google themselves already developed because they never settle foreign guys take what you can get especially when you consider that Apple and Samsung dominated the tablet segment last year with over 80 percent of sales combined It also says a lot that Samsung rolls with what Google has to offer and has a way better experience by it yeah buy that one not this one got him Deez Nuts look man if you haven't clicked off the video already you like it OnePlus takes a lot of pride in their own engineering and design that Oppo definitely has nothing to do with stop putting them on blast but this is a great example of how that ego can get in the way of making a competitive well-rounded product it's certainly a harsh assessment especially considering that it's one Plus's first foray in this product category however I genuinely don't know why anyone would get the OnePlus pad over its competitors sure it's another fighter in the ring but that's simply not enough to make a good product especially when we know that Oppo and OnePlus have the resources to make it happen but let me know what do you think about the OnePlus pad and was I too harsh let me know in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this video on denki Channel never saddle these nutsthis is the OnePlus pad which is attempting to make a breakthrough in the tablet space there's a handful of good there's a bit of bad so let's Jump Right In if there is anything OnePlus does right it's in presentation the feel in hand fit and finish this tablet checks a lot of those boxes the OnePlus pad has an aluminum body with rounded edges making it very comfortable to hold while also feeling Premium Plus in this green finish not only does it look pretty sharp but it also matches a few of their products that they've released this year take a look at the front and the screen deviates from other offerings on the market at 11.6 inches with a 2800 by 2000 resolution it's fairly big and has a seven to five aspect ratio on the Spectrum this puts it roughly between three by two and four by three which OnePlus believes is optimized to give you more lines of text while reading or drafting up documents compared to other tablets on the market personally though I can't really tell much of a difference compared to especially something like an iPad though I do think it offers a good balance for a variety of use cases I've been using it to Read Manga watch videos on Netflix and even to type up video scripts on Google Docs I've had no issue with it whatsoever in fact I think the screen is probably one of my favorite things about this tablet it's an IPS panel sadly not an OLED however the contrast is surprisingly good especially when playing back HDR content and the color while attached over saturated looks awesome if you don't particularly care about accuracy I do wish it could get a tad bit brighter averaging around 500 nits but with a 144 Hertz refresh rate navigating menus feels like butter Plus for those that care the Dolby Atmos certified speakers on this thing actually sound good in any orientation they're a bit on the Airy side but have good detail and get pretty loud with minimal Distortion that's good for casual listening breath okay so the one plus pad looks the part but how does it perform this thing is powered by the mediatek dimensity 9000 which we don't see too often here with devices in the US but it's a powerful little chip built on tsmc's four nanometer process it's efficient and even beats out Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip with sustained load According to some synthetic benchmarks that alongside the fact that it's paired with eight gigs of RAM means that this tablet flies simpler tasks and navigating around the UI feel incredibly smooth though a lot of that can also be the perceived speed that comes with that 144 Hertz refresh rate but where performance really matters is with more intensive workloads such as gaming in this regard the OnePlus pad doesn't hold a candle to the 10th generation iPad which is able to push higher resolutions in gameplay and more consistent frame rates in titles like Call of Duty Duty mobile and gentian impact however it still does a decent job playing these titles nearly maxed out at 60 FPS on paper at 479 bucks this tablet is very competitive putting it in spitting distance to that 10th generation iPad which costs 450 as well as the 529 dollar Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Fe man that name is super long this does trail behind in performance compared to our OnePlus but is a more direct competitor to it than the iPad because it does run Android 13. but before you run out to get a OnePlus pad of your own there are some pretty serious drawbacks we need to discuss the first pain point I want to bring up is with the battery life the OnePlus pad has a 9 500 milliamp hour rating which OnePlus says is good for over 12 hours of video playback or over a month of standby however in the three weeks that I've spent with the pad I found it to generally perform under those estimates in moderate load AKA browsing the web occasionally gaming and watching YouTube way too often I found myself needing my charger in the middle of the day this issue might be isolated to my review unit in particular because I've seen reports from other Tech YouTubers saying that the battery life is actually very good in its defense there is 67 watt charging with the included power brick filling up the battery from zero to a hundred percent in 80 minutes but ideally you wouldn't have to rely on it especially if power is out of reach but probably my biggest gripe with the OnePlus pad is the software the OnePlus pad runs the Brand's oxygen OS interface atop Android 13. on a phone like the OnePlus 11 I like the aesthetic and simplicity that it offers but on a tablet oxygen OS misses one key feature that holds it back from being useful and productive and that is a proper app switching taskbar to easily manage programs you are using kind of like how you would on a desktop it doesn't have a taskbar I mean it has like the bar on the bottom like any Android phone would however I would like to switch apps there's no intuitive way to do that this makes the multitasking very clunky kind of akin to iPads from five years ago with how linear it is now luckily some multitasking features made it over from oneplus's phones like split screen and the sidebar to help it out but it feels like OnePlus through oxygen OS on a big screen without any of the nuance and fit and finish required for a proper tablet in 2023 never settle might be the company's Mantra but someone clearly missed the memo settling since the OnePlus 3. my own personal disappointment also carries over to the pad's optional accessories which look pretty damn Ed to what apple offers for their tablets however the execution isn't quite there the 99 pan does attach magnetically to the pad for Easy Transport and wireless charging but it regularly misses my inputs while navigating Android which I think is literally the bar you have to clear to justify me buying your pen so that's a pass for me at least doesn't plug into the bottom of the tablet okay well these nuts then there's the 149 dollar magnetic keyboard case which is actually kind of all right while the typing layout suffers due to the tablet's awkward aspect ratio the keys themselves feel nice to type on and have decent throw the trackpad is also surprisingly responsive however when you take a step back and do the math outside of taxes shipping and promotions that OnePlus might have on their website the whole OnePlus pad with its additional accessories adds up to 727 here in the US and that's a tough pill to swallow it is insane for something that's supposed to disrupt the market the only thing it's disrupting is its success got him these nuts also the other day Google announced the pixel tablet which I think is a really strong competitor to the OnePlus pad the two products certainly differ in philosophy but there are similarities in performance level certainly in price but I think where the pixel ultimately wins out is probably in multitasking which is where I think a lot of the value is I mean look there's a dock with apps I'll have to get one in the office to try out for myself but it's looking to be a really solid Choice compared to the OnePlus pad especially if you are planning on using it for any bit of productivity if anyone from OnePlus is listening I think I think you guys can do better Google already made a ton of Headway with Android 12l and Android 13 to optimize the tablet experience and better compete with the iPad and that includes the addition of a taskbar which on its own sold me on the Android tablet life not even kidding on my z-fold 4 it is a lifesaver I bring this up because if I didn't make it abundantly clear already oxygen OS is built on Android 13. so why is OnePlus Paving over important features that Google themselves already developed because they never settle foreign guys take what you can get especially when you consider that Apple and Samsung dominated the tablet segment last year with over 80 percent of sales combined It also says a lot that Samsung rolls with what Google has to offer and has a way better experience by it yeah buy that one not this one got him Deez Nuts look man if you haven't clicked off the video already you like it OnePlus takes a lot of pride in their own engineering and design that Oppo definitely has nothing to do with stop putting them on blast but this is a great example of how that ego can get in the way of making a competitive well-rounded product it's certainly a harsh assessment especially considering that it's one Plus's first foray in this product category however I genuinely don't know why anyone would get the OnePlus pad over its competitors sure it's another fighter in the ring but that's simply not enough to make a good product especially when we know that Oppo and OnePlus have the resources to make it happen but let me know what do you think about the OnePlus pad and was I too harsh let me know in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this video on denki Channel never saddle these nuts