Xiaomi left the tablet market for about three years. The company's latest tablet is the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, released in June 2018. According to Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, the company will return to the tablet market.
This is not entirely unexpected, as the demand for devices with a large display has increased with the onset of the pandemic. However, Xiaomi will not just ship with the tablet, the tabs will have a deeply customized system – MIUI for the Pad.
According to Lei Jun, the absence of tablets for many years does not mean that the company has lost its presence. He claims that Xiaomi has failed several times but always bounces back from failure. For him, this time it will not be difficult for the company to succeed in the tablet market. Given the current demand for tablets and laptops, if Xiaomi releases a tablet now, it could do well. However, the standard for tablets is now much higher than Xiaomi set it three years ago.
Three years ago, companies left the weakest technologies for tablets. Its only advantage before was a large screen and a large battery. However, all that has changed as tablets now use flagship processors, cameras and designs. Xiaomi will have to keep up with the trend if it hopes to turn things around.
This year, Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 will ship with MIUI for Pad. Technically, it will be the MIUI system with some optimizations for tablets. It should support multi-device connectivity and will probably use the MIUI + MIUI 12.5 feature. On the hardware front, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 will also come with a stylus. This will be Xiaomi's first device with a stylus.
