After many teasers, Xiaomi finally took the wraps off its Xiaomi 15 series today. The new smartphones come with the excellent Snapdragon 8 Elite and many innovative features to impress for the 2025 season of flagships. Of course, we had a big event today and Xiaomi had more to offer besides the new flagship smartphones. As expected, the company also took the wraps off its Xiaomi Pad 7 and Pad 7 Pro. These sit on the flagship level, but to keep price control, we have the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 instead of the latest Snapdragon CPU.
Xiaomi Pad 7 and 7 Pro Specifications
Both the Xiaomi Pad 7 and the 7 Pro feature the same 11.2-inch LCD screen with a 3,200 x 2,136 resolution. Both have the same 3:2 aspect ratio, 144 Hz refresh rate, and 800-nit peak brightness. As confirmed by the most recent leaks Xiaomi kept the LCD screen on both tablets. Some old rumors were pointing to the use of OLED in the Pro model, but that didn’t happen. Xiaomi is keeping LCD for both models for another year. Perhaps, we may see OLED in the next generation.
Both tablets also have the same 8,850 mAh battery, which is not the largest around but is still decent for a device of this category. Interestingly, the vanilla model charges at 45W, whereas the Pro variant charges at 67W. Considering the size of the battery, fast charging is welcome. They also come with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication.
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In terms of optics, the Xiaomi Pad 7 comes with a 13 MP rear camera and an 8 MP front-facing camera. It’s a modest setup but that’s enough for most users keeping in mind that this is a tablet. The Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro, on the other hand, has a more impressive 50 MP rear camera and a 32 MP front-facing shooter.
Both tablets run on Xiaomi’s latest HyperOS 2.0, which presumably runs on top of Android 15, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Pricing and Availability
Both Xiaomi Pad 7 series tablets will sell in 8GB RAM with either 128 GB or 256 GB of Storage and 12 GB RAM with 256 GB Storage. However, those opting for the Pro variant will be able to get a 12 GB RAM with a 512 GB internal storage variant. The measurements are identical for both tablets 251.22 x 173.42 x 6.18 mm. They also share the same 500g weight and will sell in the same Black, Blue, and Green color options.
You can see the pricing for each variant below:
- Pad 7 8GB + 128GB – 1999 yuan (USD 280 / 23,540 approx.)
- Pad 7 8GB + 256GB – 2299 yuan (USD 322 / 27,070 approx.)
- Pad 7 12GB + 256GB – 2599 yuan (USD 364 / 30,605 approx.)
- Pad 7 Pro 8GB + 128GB – 2499 yuan (USD 350 / 29,430 approx.)
- Pad 7 Pro 8GB + 256GB – 2799 yuan (USD 392 / 32,965 approx.)
- Pad 7 Pro 12GB + 256GB – 3099 yuan (USD 434 / 36,500 approx.)
- Pad 7 Pro 12GB + 512GB – 3499 yuan (USD 490 / 41,210 approx.)
