Xiaomi has introduced its first pill in just a few years, the Xiaomi Pad 5. (The final one was 2018’s 8-inch Mi Pad 4; Xiaomi just lately phased out its Mi product branding.) It’s launching within the firm’s European markets.

The Xiaomi Pad 5 is an 11-inch pill with a WQHD+ 120Hz show, quad audio system, 6GB of RAM, and a Snapdragon 860 processor — that’s the brand new speed-bumped model of the 855, Qualcomm’s flagship chip from 2019. Round the again there’s a 13-megapixel digicam, and there’s a 8-megapixel sensor on the entrance.

The Pad 5 fairly inescapably appears like an iPad Pro, from the slim bezels and flat edges to the tablet-specific MIUI customizations just like the apps dock. The construct isn’t as strong, and the display screen doesn’t fairly sit as flush with the chassis, however the inspiration is obvious. The display screen and speaker high quality are each excellent, although, and efficiency has been easy — I’ve discovered it to be a greater than competent machine for tablety issues like watching video and so forth.

I’m much less clear on how effectively it’ll work for productiveness. Xiaomi product advertising and marketing head Abi Go tells The Verge that the corporate thinks of the Pad 5 as a “portable workstation” in addition to an leisure machine, and there’ll be stylus and keyboard equipment in some markets. I haven’t been in a position to take a look at these, although, and the observe file of Android tablets on this enviornment just isn’t nice.

Still, it’s uncommon sufficient to see an excellent Android pill in any respect nowadays, even for those who’re simply on the lookout for a consumption machine, and the Xiaomi Pad 5 compares fairly favorably to Apple’s iPad lineup on worth. It’ll value €349 (~$413) for a 128GB model, or €399 ($472) for 256GB. The iPad Air is its most related rival, and that begins at €679 ($803) for 64GB in Europe — although in fact, it has the not inconsiderable benefit of being an iPad.

Xiaomi hasn’t given a particular launch date for the Pad 5, solely saying that it’ll differ by area.