The Oppo Pad Air and Realme Pad X are both BBK Electronics-made tablets that were released a few days apart, but key hardware differences distinguish them.
Furthermore, while the Pad X is only available in India, Oppo’s device is also available in Europe. This is a low-cost tablet.
At first glance, it appears to be a multimedia-focused tablet rather than the extended capabilities provided by a magnetic keyboard and stylus in the Realme. Pad Air only accepts stylus input.
The Pad Air, which is powered by the Snapdragon 680, runs on a relatively large 10.36-inch IPS LCD panel, which goes one step further than the Realme Pad X by offering 10-bit colour depth (1 billion colors).
The Pad Air includes four stereo speakers tuned by Dolby Atmos for a complete multimedia experience.
It should be noted, however, that the 10-bit colour depth is not true 10-bit. It’s an 8-bit hardware implementation with a 2-bit software implementation.
The Oppo Pad Air specs, in a nutshell
- Body: 245.1×154.8×6.9mm, 440g; Stylus support.
- Display: 10.36″ IPS LCD, 1B colors, 360 nits (typ), 1200x2000px resolution, 15:9 aspect ratio, 225ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM6225 Snapdragon 680 4G (6 nm): Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo 265 Silver); Adreno 610.
- Memory: 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM; UFS 2.2; microSDXC.
- OS/Software: Android 12, ColorOS 12.
- Rear camera: 8 MP, f/2.0.
- Front camera: 5 MP, f/2.2.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 1080p@30fps; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 7100mAh; Fast charging 18W, USB Power Delivery, Reverse charging.
- Misc: Accelerometer, gyro, compass; stereo speakers (4 speakers).
But, especially with tablets, it’s not all about specs and hardware; there’s a lot more to discover beneath the surface.
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