At Xiaomi's “Full Ecology for People, Cars and Homes” conference on the evening of February 22, in addition to the Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra mobile phone, new products unveiled also included the Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro 12.4, which is a brand new member of the Xiaomi Pad 6 series. The official said that this is a “hardware specification and software function have been greatly improved, and the ability to interconnect and interoperate has reached an unprecedented new height.” The “S” in Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 also represents performance, functionality, and experience. a comprehensive jump.
1. Design
The overall size of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 is a whole circle larger than the previous generation. On the front is a 12.4″ flagship LCD screen, with a display area 31.8% larger than the 11-inch Xiaomi tablet. More importantly, it uses a new 3 :2 screen ratio, which is more suitable for mobile office scenarios such as processing documents and replying to messages. As such, the new product looks a whole circle larger than the 11-inch 16:10 traditional ratio Xiaomi Mi Pad 6 Pro.
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Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 is equipped with a 32-megapixel, centered front-facing camera on the front. It supports Always On smart sensing, which lights up the screen when someone comes and locks the screen when someone leaves. There is also an indicator light hidden on one side of the camera to remind you of sensitive rights. For example, when the App calls the camera, the indicator light will show green as a reminder.
In terms of details, the front screen has also removed the bracket, and has a small chamfer cut inward near the metal frame of the screen. With this set of designs, the front looks more refined and the sides look thinner. .
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Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro continues the all-metal integrated appearance with hidden antennas, giving the whole machine a very strong sense of integration.
The power button with integrated fingerprint recognition is located on the upper left side of the front of the fuselage, and the volume buttons are located on the left side of the upper middle frame.
The charging port is located in the center of the right side. It supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 and DP output, and can be easily connected to monitors, projectors and other devices.
The lens module part still continues the style of Xiaomi Mi 13 and 14 mobile phones, with a square module shape, and there is a circle of Deco decoration on both sides of the lens module below the lens module. The entire lens is divided into four parts, including a 5,000-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel depth-of-field lens. The other part is printed with the 50MP logo and a fill light.
From the overall design, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro looks very capable, with a flat body, tough lines, and a restrained design that is “just right”, showing a strong business style.
In addition, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is also equipped with a 6-speaker design, including 4 mid-bass units + 2 tweeters, and supports Dolby Atmos and multi-speaker immersive sound. There are two sets of openings on the left and right sides of the middle frame, with symmetrical positions.
Due to the increase in size, the weight of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has reached 590g and the thickness is only 6.26mm, so when holding the device with both hands, it does not feel too heavy. Of course, for a tablet of this size, the most suitable application scenario is to use it with a keyboard in the form of a “notebook” for light office use.
We have to talk about the keyboard of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro.
The Xiaomi Smart Touch Keyboard is both a keyboard, a screen protective case, and a tablet stand. Adopting a magnetic + contact design, it can be used immediately after adsorption. There is a stand on the back that supports a large opening and closing angle of 110°-165°, making the use of the tablet more flexible.
This smart touch keyboard supports adaptive backlighting and automatically adjusts brightness following the Pad. And there are all function keys and independent shortcut keys, such as one-click to quickly control the screen brightness, turn on and off the microphone, call Xiao Ai classmates, etc.
A tablet keyboard without a trackpad would be like the West losing Jerusalem.
In previous tablet products, the keyboard they were paired with often abandoned the touchpad due to size and space constraints. Users needed to frequently switch between the keyboard and the screen. This fragmented experience was very bad. So only with a touchpad can we really talk about productivity.
The Xiaomi Smart Touch Keyboard touchpad experience is quite outstanding – this global mechanical press touchpad will give you the same feedback when you tap on any area of the touchpad, with a crisp feel, and it also supports full-screen gestures , such as swiping up with three fingers to return to the desktop, swiping left and right to quickly switch applications, etc., there is almost no learning cost to get started.
As for the shortcomings, there are–it's too heavy.
The weight of the keyboard itself reaches 550g+, which is almost the same as the weight of the tablet itself, so when the tablet is paired with this keyboard, the weight of the entire machine directly exceeds 1kg. If you treat it as a thin and light notebook, this weight is normal.
As the author mentioned above, the unique advantage of tablet computers such as Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is that it can be used as a lightweight office “notebook”. When powerful “productivity” is not needed, take off the keyboard and Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro will directly turn into a large entertainment screen.
This flexible and changeable attribute is also the experience advantage of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro.
Of course, it is not limited to the two scenarios of light office and entertainment. The “flexibility” of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is also reflected in more scenarios. Let's not talk about it here, let's talk about it in the system part.
2. Screen
The screen of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has not only been upgraded in size, but also in specifications – resolution 3048*2032, reaching 3K level; supports 30/48/50/60/90/120/144Hz, a total of 7 levels of adaptive refresh rate; full screen brightness Up to 900nit; has 12bit color depth and supports P3 wide color gamut. It supports a new low color cast eye protection mode and has passed TUV Rheinland hardware-level low blue light certification, flicker-free certification and rhythm-friendly certification.
The default color mode of the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro screen is “Professional Primary Color”.
Within the system, there are also professional primary color and true color display options available, as well as an advanced mode that allows users to customize color temperature tendencies.
In addition, according to officials, each screen of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has been color calibrated before leaving the factory.
Gamingdeputy simply tested the color accuracy and color gamut data of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro through a color calibrator, as shown in the figure below:
In the default “Professional Primary Color”, the measured Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro screen has 94.7% sRGB color gamut. At the same time, in this mode, the average color offset value ΔE is only 0.25, and the maximum ΔE is only 0.84, which is a professional-level color performance.
Next, select the P3 color gamut (Color Style-Advanced Mode-P3 Color Gamut) for testing:
As shown in the figure above, in this mode, the sRGB color gamut coverage increases to 99.7%, and the Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 color gamut coverage also increases to 79.9% and 93.1%. Friends who pursue rich colors can turn on this P3 color gamut mode.
Finally, there is the actual measurement of brightness. The manual brightness is the highest, and the actual measurement is 725nit. In the system, Xiaomi also provides a “sunlight mode”, which can automatically adjust the brightness under strong light. The full-screen brightness can reach a maximum level of 900nit, making outdoor use basically stress-free.
In terms of experience, the display effect of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is indeed outstanding, especially after upgrading to 3K resolution, the picture is more delicate, the PPI exceeds the retina level, and it is difficult to feel the “graininess” even if you stare at the screen carefully. In addition, the viewing angle of this screen is also good, and there will be no obvious color cast when viewed from the side.
3. Performance
In terms of core configuration, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is equipped with the second-generation Snapdragon 8 mobile processing platform, equipped with LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0, with an optional storage combination of up to 16GB + 1TB, and supports Xiaomi's patented technology “Ultra Space storage expansion” and “FBO refresh storage” .
What’s especially popular is that this time Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is equipped with 120W super fast charging. The built-in 10000mAh large battery can charge to 100% in 35 minutes and 45% in 10 minutes. Compared to mobile phones, in the author's opinion, super fast charging is much more important for tablet devices. After all, tablet batteries have big batteries! With 120W fast charging, the tablet can also recharge quickly. On this point, I urgently hope that friends will follow up quickly. 22.5W and 27W are neither sufficient nor good-looking in front of Xiaomi's 120W fast charging.
AnTuTu (v10.2.1):
In the test in a normal temperature environment (room temperature is around 19°C), Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro scored 1,598,917 points, of which the CPU scored 38+ million points and the GPU scored 57+ million points.
AnTuTu storage test:
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has a sequential read speed of 3275.7MB/s, a sequential write speed of 3441.0MB/s, and a score of 140,000+.
GeekBench scores:
In GeekBench 5, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has a single-core score of 1501 and a multi-core score of 5169.
In GeekBench 6, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro scored 1932 points in single-core and 5527 points in multi-core.
Judging from the running scores, the results of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro are also in line with the “flagship three-piece set” positioning.
Before Snapdragon 8 Gne3 came out, Snapdragon 8 Gne2 wasAndroidThe top flagship of the camp, Snapdragon 8 Gne2 is still ranked at the top in the benchmark benchmark chart. Therefore, if this chip is placed in the current Android camp, it is also the absolute performance king.
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gne2, so there is no need to worry about performance.
Next, Gamingdeputy conducts actual game testing to see the actual performance of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro.
At the highest image quality + 60 frames of the “Genshin Impact” game, swipe sideways to bring up the game shortcut bar and select performance mode.
The test mainly focused on running maps near Liyue Port and fighting monsters when encountering them.
As shown below:
In the game, the average frame rate of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is 60fps. In the early running of the game, there was an obvious frame rate fluctuation due to scene loading. The rest of the time, it basically runs at full frame, and the performance is still very satisfactory.
In terms of power consumption, it came directly to about 8.66W. After all, it has a larger battery capacity, and this data is normal.
Next, I briefly tested the mobile game “Ni Shui Han”. The image quality and frame rate were also maximized, and the game frame rate basically fluctuated around 40-60fps. The main frame rate fluctuation still occurs when the game player character is loading. Of course, the overall smoothness is still very satisfactory.
As for power consumption, it also comes directly to 11W. However, it should be noted that because the body is too large, the heat dissipation advantage is more obvious. When playing games in horizontal screen, the palm of the hand cannot touch the heating area at all.
But then again, such a large-sized tablet is really not suitable for holding it with both hands like a mobile phone for gaming. The excessive weight and size mean that the Kirin Arm cannot last long. During the experience, the author also placed the tablet horizontally on the table and rubbed the glass like a DJ.
Therefore, a large screen does not mean that it is “definitely fun to play games”. The eyes are happy, but the wrist is really uncomfortable. If you want to use Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro to play games, it is strongly recommended to use peripheral accessories such as controllers, as the experience will be much better.
4. System
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro is equipped with the new HyperOS (Paper OS) system.
The official said that it has built-in many underlying reconstruction technologies, which are optimized for the unique operating habits of the Pad, giving full play to its performance advantages while reducing the power consumption of the entire machine. Next, focusing on the three aspects of UI interaction, PC-level productivity, and interconnection, I will share with you the Xiaomi tablet experience after being blessed by ThePaper system.
First, there is UI interaction.
The new lock screen is the most significant upgrade point in the UI of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro. Press and hold the lock screen to enter the lock screen editing page. The system provides two types of options: classic lock screen and diamond time.
Click Customize to set different text styles for the clock, or set different wallpaper effects. The matching methods are very rich.
More importantly, this new lock screen wallpaper aesthetic is online.
This is quite rare. The lock screen wallpaper is quite the facade of a digital product. Its beauty can often add a finishing touch to the entire product design. This new set of wallpapers from Xiaomi can add to the overall texture of the product. A lot of points.
In addition, ThePaper OS has added a new device fusion center, which allows devices to quickly discover smart devices around them. When there are other Xiaomi smart devices around, the corresponding products will appear when you pull down the notification bar, and you can quickly connect and interoperate with them by clicking on them.
In terms of interaction, ThePaper OS has upgraded the “new window controller”. Open the App and click the three-dot button above to freely choose full screen, half screen, small window, or close. The interaction is more intuitive and simple.
By swiping down the control bar and clicking the “Workbench” icon, you can quickly switch to the “Workbench” mode. At this time, the desktop will become clean, and all applications will be stored in the Dock bar below, like a “Little Mac”.
When an application is opened in workbench mode, the application is in small window mode by default. All windows can be resized. Applications that are not used temporarily can be dragged to the border and suspended. Multiple tracks can run in parallel without interfering with each other. Multiple tasks can be presented simultaneously on one desktop. Just like multi-window on PC.
Next is application productivity.
Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro has built-in PC-level WPS Office. In terms of operation and UI interface, the WPS experience of the PC version is basically restored, including professional text typesetting functions, professional review, text annotation and other desktop-specific functions, all of which are supported by Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro. For professionals who often need to process forms and make PPT, PC-level WPS Office software is particularly critical.
In addition, Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro also supports PC-level CAJ readers, supporting PC-level layer peeling, underline annotation, online translation and other functions.
Xiaomi Creation App has added the “AI Wonderful Painting” function this time. Users can create graffiti in the “Xiaomi Creation” App, then click on the AI coin icon, circle the graffiti material, and click “AI Wonderful Painting”.
“AI Miaohua” will perform AI creation based on your creative content and text description, and provides four art styles. For example, in the GIF demonstration above, the author simply draws a house, and then AI circles it, and AI Miaohua can quickly generate a work that meets the author's needs based on these few strokes.
It is worth mentioning that the materials created by AI can also be created by AI twice, three times or even multiple times, giving a huge space for imagination.
After talking about productivity, let’s finally talk about the interconnection capabilities of the Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro – for example, when paired with a Xiaomi mobile phone, it can automatically share the mobile phone’s 5G network, make and receive mobile phone calls, and operate the mobile phone directly on the Pad.
In addition, when the phone and tablet are on the same network, the icon of the phone will appear in the Dock bar at the bottom of the tablet. Click the icon to cast the phone screen to the tablet. The operation is quite simple.
As mentioned above, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has a “flexible and changeable” advantage. This advantage is not only reflected in its diversity of forms, but also in its wide adaptability to application scenarios.
For example, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro can be used as a home central control panel after returning home, hanging on the wall or placed on the desktop to intuitively control smart home devices. Or, Xiaomi Tablet 6S Pro 12.4 can be used with Xiaomi SU7 to realize car-machine interconnection, and can be connected through an exclusive kit to become a rear expansion screen for Xiaomi cars. It can be said that Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro has formed an important part of the “full ecology of people, cars and homes”.
This diverse application scenario and flexible usage make Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro more practical and versatile in experience.
write to the end
Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 is a tablet product with many highlights, obvious upgrades in experience, and a certain pursuit of mobile light office and “productivity”. In terms of hardware, the 12.4-inch 3K resolution ultra-clear screen, the powerful performance of the second-generation Snapdragon 8, the first 120W fast charging and Wi-Fi 7 ensure the most basic and excellent experience; the system part is supported by Xiaomi ThePaper OS, UI design, and interaction The system is fully optimized, and the interconnection and interoperability upgrade centered on the “full ecology of people, cars, and homes”, as well as productivity applications such as PC-level WPS and AI Miaohua, can greatly satisfy users' diversified needs in audio-visual entertainment, mobile office, home, vehicle, etc. demands in the scenario.
Therefore, the choice is very clear: if you need a high-quality large-screen tablet, a tablet whose performance will not be eliminated in a few years, or have light office needs and are a Xiaomi product user, then Xiaomi Mi Pad 6S Pro will do. Be your choice.