During this week we have known a series of documents that pointed to the arrival of a Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 with Intel Core m3 7Y30 processor, without any mention of its corresponding version in MIUI; which triggered the alarms of some media. Although the images were of dubious legitimacy, the debate about the future of the segment insists on dyeing, more and more, the future of the tablets Android.
It is almost a law of life: we fear that during the next few months a good part of the specialized portals will proclaim the death of Android tablets every time they have the opportunity. However, and despite the fact that Windows 10 is gaining strength as an alternative (and the iPad is the iPad), in TabletZona We prefer to be a little pragmatic and take the data with some caution. That the platform Google goes through bad times in the tablet format is undoubted, but still the favorite of many.
Still, the fact that a company like Xiaomi which in recent months has released an amount almost crazy of terminals and other various technological objects does not present a tablet with Android is still worrying, since its origins go back to that platform and it is where you can play the exclusive trick of MIUI with the Chinese public.
Should Xiaomi launch a Mi Pad 3 with Android?
We believe so, although it is still our opinion. The Chinese company may view the possibility with some suspicion, and not without reason. For example, one of the manufacturers with the greatest impact on the market in recent times, Nvidia, canceled your Shield Tablet With the X1 processor about which there was a lot of hype, and at least among the geeky public it could have achieved a good number of sales. Secondly, Samsung is taking a long time with the Galaxy Tab S3Strange thing in the Korean company that tends to cycle like clockwork.
However, everything said in the previous paragraph is only one side of the coin. The firms with which we really should compare Xiaomi They are more like Cube, Pipo, Onda, Teclast, etc. and all of them maintained a fairly high rate of releases during 2016. In fact, there was also speculation at the beginning of the week with a model that combined Android and Windows 10 in a dual boot, common pattern in the list of manufacturers mentioned. If the device is well worked, we would not hesitate to think that it is a great option, better (by international name) than its competitors.
How a Xiaomi Android tablet would have to be to succeed
Another factor to consider when evaluating the Android situation is that the range of entry and Midrange they are still selling very well. It is in the profile premium where the platform falters. The interesting thing about Xiaomi in this sense is that they are able to carry out authentic flagship at moderate prices. You only need to see the Mi5, a luxury smartphone that can now be purchased for less than 250 euros or, if we go a little further down, the Notes redmi 3 Pro, for about 130 euros.
My personal opinion on this is that a tablet with 9,7 inches, resolution 2048 x 1536, Snapdragon 653 (650 or 652, not a bad matter either), 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, constantly receiving MIUI updates and with a price close to the $200 It would be for a winning product and it would come units «like churros». That Mi Pad 3 together with a Windows 10 version with the Intel Core m3 (somewhat more expensive, logically), would form a winning couple and help fix Xiaomi a strong position within the segment.
How would you see a Xiaomi Android tablet with these characteristics? Would it be a good purchase option for you?
Xiaomi would do very well with a 9.7 tablet, dual boot, with a better processor than the CherryTrail that the rest of the Chinese bring, and above all, pampering the integration of both systems, a neat interface, and regular support and updates. , as it should be. That is where Teclast, Pipo, Onda, etc. fail, they do not take much care of the Android that they put, nor the change between systems, they do not give any support, and the updates are conspicuous by their absence.
I did not buy the MI Pad 2 because of its small size. If Xiaomi launches a MI Pad 3 with Android around 9 or 10 ″ I will get one, which will make a good complement to my current MI5s.