Here, there’s no fingerprint scanner, just a face scanner (so you won’t be using banking apps on the Pad), and there’s no cellular connection, only Wi-Fi. One of the eternal truths of electronics is that if you’re paying a low price, there will be stuff missing. There's one specification, with one color, green (which 'signifies life and new change', OnePlus informs me). It's got a distinctly 'tall' screen (it's the first-ever tablet with a 7:5 aspect ratio), which isn't an earth-shattering innovation, but makes it easier to read or work on documents on screen.īuying tablets is often a fairly confusing experience due to the profusion of 'Pro', 'Max' and ‘Ultra’ models of Apple and Samsung tablets - with the OnePlus Pad, what you see is what you get. The battery life is also pretty sensational, almost to the point where you don’t have to think about it - and if you get caught short, it comes with a beefy 67w charger that can restore it to 80 percent within an hour. The 144Hz LCD screen is sharp, and at 500 nits, is bright enough to be used outdoors (just). No bones about it, the machine is great value on the hardware front. The standby mode is far better than the competition - iPad Pro only lasts a couple of days - and the fast charge outpaces any tablet I've previously tested.

The battery lasts for an entire month on standby, OnePlus says - I have no reason to doubt this, as it barely went down when I left the tablet untouched. And it charges to 80 percent in an hour. The tablet also packs a large, great screen and solid battery life - which is precisely the recipe OnePlus used to get its claws into the smartphone market. The new OnePlus Pad offers very good value indeed at $479 with a keyboard case thrown inįor that money, you get a processor up there with the very best, more than capable of handling most apps.

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