In November of last year, Xiaomi put on the market his Mi Pad 2 in Windows 10 and Android versions, again achieving a balance between quality and price hardly achievable by other manufacturers. After passing a complete course and with the lowest prices ever, many may be wondering if buying a tablet of these qualities is still worth it or it is out of date. We will try to resolve those doubts.
Since the Android tablet market is pretty stagnant and there aren't too many new compact-form PCs running Windows 10 either, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2One year after its release, it can be an absolutely timely purchase for many users. If the device went on sale at just over 200 euros, today we find offers a little above the $130 for the 16GB variant and close to $190 for the 64GB. It is simply a bargain if we take into account the benefits and the overall quality of the product.
Xiaomi Mi Pad 2, doubts regarding MIUI and Android
If we are talking about the Windows 10 version, there should be no major issues regarding updates as they are heavily dependent on Microsoft. However, in regards to Android / MIUI, the support for this tablet has not been the most worked by Xiaomi. It is true that the Mi Pad 2 has just received MIUI 8.1 in the ROM Global (also the EU multi-language), but it is only an update in the graphics layer, while the base of the system is still Android 5.1 Lollipop.
On the other hand, it seems confirmed that the device will receive MIUI 9 but it is logical to have doubts as to whether the same will happen: Will it be a simple update of the interface or does it incorporate Android nougat? Given what we have seen, we would opt for the first option, although you never know. scenes Nor has he focused too many developments on this team, so we will depend a lot on the manufacturer. There is not even a ROM AOSP minimally stable that we can put into the Mi Pad 2.
Still powerful hardware with the road ahead
El Intel X5 Z8500 It is a quality processor, better than many tablets of the same price that reach the market at the moment. It has 4 cores and a clock frequency of 2,2 GHz, the pity is that there is not a version with 3GB of RAM to support its performance a little more and we only have a 2-gigabyte option. This tablet marks about 80.000 points in AnTuTu, that is, it is above even the Snapdragon 810, and if we take into account that its initial price is 130 euros, the power is outstanding.
Our conclusion: it's worth it as long as we don't need to have the latest version of android working, and as long as if we do not like MIUI we settle for a launcher like Nova. Otherwise, it is still a team Excellent.