When OPPO launched the Reno11 series, they also launched this budget-friendly tablet called the OPPO Pad Neo. It’s priced at RM1399 and I think it’s a decent tablet but we’ll talk about the value that this tablet offers near the end of this video. This is a rather simple tablet so this video won’t be that long.
Design
The OPPO Pad Neo comes with a design that’s similar to the higher-end OPPO Pad 2. The only difference is the line that separates the top half from the bottom half.
The frame of the tablet is extremely rounded and it does feel nice to hold.
We also have a speaker test for this tablet, so watch our video at the top of this review to hear how it sounds.
Performance
Now, this tablet has some pretty decent specs for its price. It comes with the MediaTek Helio G99 with 6GB of RAM for our particular model, and 128GB of storage. Honestly speaking, it’s good enough for day-to-day use like YouTube and whatnot.
Some simpler games are still okay – but if we want to try Genshin Impact though, things look… rough. I mean, we can play it but it stutters a lot and the graphics look absolutely horrendous. I’m also don’t know what resolution it is upscaled from.
Screen
Speaking of that, the screen. This is a pretty nice big 11.4-inch with 2408×1720 pixels in resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. It is indeed an IPS LCD screen, by the way.
All things considered, this is a pretty decent screen as it can 96.45% of sRGB and 90.75% of DCI-P3 color gamuts. Nice balance, I’d say. But don’t expect to use this screen outdoors as it is very glossy and only has 400 nits brightness maximum.
Oh – before I forget, this tablet does not have a screen protector installed from the factory. We’ll have to get that ourselves.
Software
The software is pretty straightforward too. It’s running on ColorOS 13.2 and surprisingly, there is no bloatware like the Reno11 series of phones. It even has the taskbar functionality and the overall user experience is decent.
I’m just not particularly happy with the taskbar since there’s no way to customize it. We’re locked with only 6 pinned apps, 3 recent apps, and the “recent files” button that I don’t use at all.
Camera
And the camera. I mean, tablet photography is a crime but I know some of you are using tablets in the classroom to take pictures of whatever the teacher has written on the whiteboard. And I’d say… the camera quality is somewhat serviceable for that use case.
Battery life
How about the battery life then? Well, the tablet comes with an 8,000mAh battery and it can last for about 12 hours using our standardized battery life test. It’s not bad, honestly.
Charging speed
As for the charging speed, it has a 33W charger in the box and it takes nearly 100 minutes to charge completely. This is actually pretty fast for such a big battery and it has one of the most linear charging curved I’ve seen.
Few more things to mention
Okay, so a few more things to mention here. This tablet has a USB 2.0 port at the bottom, that means no display output over USB-C – but it does have a microSD card slot. And that blacked out part… yeah our particular unit doesn’t support SIM cards.
More like I don’t think OPPO Malaysia brought in the variant of OPPO Pad Neo with SIM support into the market.
And one big dealbreaker is that this tablet doesn’t have an audio jack.
Should you buy the OPPO Pad Neo?
For the price of RM1,399 – it’s one of the better entry-level tablets that money can buy now. But that is only if we look at this tablet in isolation.
If we consider all the tablets that we have in the market right now, then the Xiaomi Pad 6 at the same price of RM1,399 with much, much better specs and screen. I know MIUI is bad in comparison, but for the same price – I still think the Xiaomi Pad 6 is a better deal.
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