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**The OnePlus Pad: A Review**

The OnePlus Pad is attempting to make a breakthrough in the tablet space. While there are a few good aspects, there are also some notable drawbacks. Let’s dive right into this review.

If there’s one thing OnePlus does exceptionally well, it’s presentation—both in terms of feel and finish. The OnePlus Pad checks many of these boxes with its aluminum body and rounded edges, making it very comfortable to hold while still feeling premium. Its green finish not only looks sharp but also matches some of the other products OnePlus has released this year.

Looking at the front, the screen stands out from other offerings on the market. At 11.6 inches with a resolution of 2800 by 2000, it’s fairly large and has a 7:5 aspect ratio, which sits between 3:2 and 4:3 ratios. OnePlus claims this is optimized for reading or drafting documents, offering more lines of text compared to other tablets. However, in personal use, I couldn’t really tell much of a difference compared to something like an iPad. Despite that, it offers a good balance for various use cases such as reading manga, watching videos on Netflix, and even typing up video scripts on Google Docs.

One of the standout features of the OnePlus Pad is its screen. It’s an IPS panel, which, while not OLED, has surprisingly good contrast, especially when playing back HDR content. The colors are vibrant and over-saturated, making them look awesome if accuracy isn’t a priority for you. That said, I do wish it could be a bit brighter, averaging around 500 nits. However, with its 144Hz refresh rate, navigating menus feels buttery smooth.

The tablet is also equipped with Dolby Atmos certified speakers, which sound good in any orientation. While they’re a bit on the airy side, they have good detail and get pretty loud with minimal distortion, making them ideal for casual listening.

Now, let’s talk about performance. The OnePlus Pad is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000, a powerful chip built on TSMC’s 4nm process. It’s efficient and even beats out Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips under sustained load according to synthetic benchmarks. Paired with 8GB of RAM, this tablet flies through simpler tasks and navigating around the UI feels incredibly smooth—though some of that perceived speed can also be attributed to the high refresh rate.

When it comes to more intensive workloads like gaming, the OnePlus Pad doesn’t hold up as well as the 10th generation iPad. While it does a decent job playing titles nearly maxed out at 60 FPS on paper, the iPad is able to push higher resolutions and maintain more consistent frame rates in games like Call of Duty Mobile and Genshin Impact.

Priced at $479, the OnePlus Pad is very competitive, putting it close to the 10th generation iPad, which costs $450, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE, which retails for $529. However, its performance lags behind these competitors.

Before you rush out to get a OnePlus Pad, there are some serious drawbacks worth mentioning. The first issue is battery life. While OnePlus claims it’s good for over 12 hours of video playback or a month on standby, in my three weeks of testing, I found it underperformed these estimates during moderate use—such as browsing the web, gaming, and watching YouTube. I often found myself needing to charge it mid-day. That said, it does have a impressive 67W charging brick that can fill up the battery from zero to 100% in just 80 minutes.

But here’s where things get tricky: while fast charging is great, ideally, you wouldn’t need to rely on it constantly, especially if you’re out and about without easy access to power. This brings me to my biggest gripe with the OnePlus Pad: the software. Running OnePlus’ Oxygen OS interface atop Android 13, this tablet struggles in terms of multitasking features.

On a phone like the OnePlus 11, I appreciate the aesthetic simplicity of Oxygen OS. But on a tablet, it misses one key feature that’s essential for productivity—a proper app-switching taskbar to manage programs you’re using. Instead, it has a bottom bar similar to any Android phone, which makes switching between apps feel clunky and linear—almost like using an iPad from five years ago.

While some multitasking features have made their way over from OnePlus’ phones, such as split-screen mode and a sidebar, it still feels disjointed. It’s clear that Oxygen OS was not optimized for a big screen in 2023, which is a major oversight considering the tablet’s size and potential use cases.

Moving on to optional accessories, the $99 stylus attaches magnetically to the pad for easy transport and wireless charging. However, it regularly misses my inputs while navigating Android, which feels like a dealbreaker for me. Additionally, the $149 magnetic keyboard case is decent but not perfect—despite having nice keys and a responsive trackpad, its awkward aspect ratio makes typing feel unnatural.

When you factor in taxes, shipping, and potential promotions, the total cost of the OnePlus Pad with its additional accessories adds up to $727 here in the US. That’s a tough pill to swallow for something meant to disrupt the market—unless “disrupting” is the goal of OnePlus’ product cycle.

Speaking of competition, Google recently announced the Pixel Tablet, which I believe could be a strong contender against the OnePlus Pad. While both products have their differences in philosophy and performance levels, they’re similarly priced. However, where the Pixel seems to excel is in multitasking features like the dock with apps, which I find essential for productivity.

To be fair, Oxygen OS is built on Android 13, which includes some multitasking improvements. But OnePlus has essentially paved over important features that Google already developed, such as the taskbar—features that are crucial for a smooth tablet experience. This feels like a step back considering how far Android has come with its tablet optimization in recent years.

Looking at the broader market, Apple and Samsung dominated last year’s tablet segment with over 80% of sales combined. It’s telling that Samsung chose to partner with Google rather than OnePlus, given the potential for a better experience. I’d recommend looking into the Pixel Tablet instead if productivity is your goal.

In conclusion, while OnePlus takes pride in its engineering and design (despite Oppo’s involvement), this review highlights how ego can sometimes hinder the creation of a well-rounded product. While the OnePlus Pad is another fighter in the ring, it simply doesn’t stack up against its competitors in terms of what matters most for users.

If you’re considering purchasing the OnePlus Pad, I’d recommend carefully evaluating your needs. For casual use cases like reading or watching videos, it’s more than capable—especially at its price point. However, if productivity is on your mind, there are better options available, such as the Google Pixel Tablet.

So, what do you think about the OnePlus Pad? Was this review too harsh? Let me know in the comments below and stay tuned for more reviews and updates! Thanks for watching this video on [denki Channel].

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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