Announcement. Vivo Pad Air is an inexpensive gaming tablet

A few days ago, Vivoannounced in China a tablet called Vivo Pad Air. There is no mobile Internet, scored on cameras. But the rest of the device is quite curious. For your money, of course.

The chipset is not the latest. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 was announced back in early 2021. But the power is decent, in AnTuTu you can expect around 800 thousand points.

Memory. From rather modest 8+128 GB to quite solid 12+512 GB. Support for memory cards, apparently, no.

The screen is large. IPS-matrix with a diagonal of 11.5″ (392 cm²). The resolution is good - 1840 × 2800 (291 ppi). Well, the refresh rate is up to 144 Hz. Because the tablet and gaming.

The battery is moderately large, 8500 mAh. Charging is fast, but not record-breaking - 44 watts.

The cameras were set clean to be. 5 MP front, 8 MP rear.

In the Internet - through the sixth Wi-Fi. GPS support is not mentioned. Most likely it doesn't exist. But there are four speakers.

Suddenly there is an NFC module. True, there is a mark “NFC Tags” (NFC tags) nearby. However, hardly anyone plans to use a huge tablet as a payment device, huh? Especially in China.

And about money.At launch, the Vivo Pad Air can be purchased for ¥1799 (₽22900, $246), ¥1999 (₽25500, $273), ¥2299 (₽29300, $314) and ¥2599 (₽33100, $355) for versions 8+128, 8+256, 12+256 and 12+512 GB respectively.

Key Features of Vivo Pad Air:

ScreenS-IPS, 11.5″, 392 cm², 1840×2800, 291 ppi, 144 Hz, 540 Hz sensor polling rate, 1B (10 bit) colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 870
3.2 GHz, 1 x Kryo 585 (Cortex-A77), 3 x Kryo 585 (Cortex-A77), 4 x Kryo 585 (Cortex-A55), Adreno 650
Memory RAM 8-12 GB, ROM 128-512 GB, no memory card, LPDDR5, UFS3.1
Battery Li-Pol, 8500 mAh, fast charge 44 W, reverse charge 5.00 W
Dimensions259.73 x 176 x 6.67 mm
Weight530 g
Rear camera: 8 MP, flash, autofocus
front camera: 5 MP, no flash, no autofocus
Navigation?
OSAndroid 13, OriginOS 3
SensorsAccelerometer, Gyroscope, Light, Hall, NFC
USBType-C v3.0, USB-OTG

George Kiselyov