Oppo Pad Air review

Introduction and specifications

The Oppo Pad Air and Realme Pad X are both tablets manufactured by BBK Electronics released a couple of days apart, but key hardware differences set them apart. Also, while the Pad X is an India-only device, Oppo’s device is also available in Europe. It’s a cheap tablet, this one. At first glance, it appears to be a multimedia-centric tablet as opposed to Realme’s extended capabilities provided by a magnetic keyboard and stylus. Pad Air only supports stylus input.

Powered by the Snapdragon 680, the Pad Air 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 color depth (1 billion colors). For a complete multimedia experience, Pad Air offers a set of four stereo speakers tuned by Dolby Atmos. It’s worth noting, however, that 10-bit color depth isn’t a true 10-bit. It is 8-bit hardware + 2-bit software implementation.

Introduction and specifications

The specifications of Oppo Pad Air at a glance:

• Body: 245.1×154.8×6.9mm, 440g; ; Stylus holder.
• Screen: 10.36 “IPS LCD, 1B colors, 360 nit (typical), 1200x2000px resolution, 15: 9 aspect ratio, 225ppi.
• Chipset: Qualcomm SM6225 Snapdragon 680 4G (6 nm): Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold and 4×1.9 GHz Kryo 265 Silver); Adreno 610.
• Memory: 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM; UFS 2.2; microSDXC.
• Operating system / 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: 7100 mAh; 18W Fast Charging, USB Power Delivery, Reverse Charging.
• Various: Accelerometer, gyroscope, compass; stereo speakers (4 speakers).

Everything is powered by a more than reasonable 7,100mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging over the standard Power Delivery. And if you run out of power on one of your devices, the Pad Air will gladly share some using a cable.

Oppo’s latest ColorOS 12, based on Android 12, brings the whole room together by offering advanced multi-tasking capabilities, which should work great on the 5: 3 display.

But it’s not all the specs and the hardware, especially when tablets are involved, so there’s a lot more to explore below the surface. Be sure to check out the rest of the pages, as our in-depth tests will likely answer your question as to whether the Pad Air is the right choice for you.

Unpack the Oppo Pad Air

The Oppo Pad Air comes in a relatively large retail box containing the usual user manuals and a large 18W charger along with a USB-A to USB-C cable used for charging and data transfer.

The tablet can also be paired with a stylus, but must be purchased separately.