New OnePlus Pad 2 Review: The Ultimate Tablet Experience Unveiled

Looking for the best tablet experience possible? The new OnePlus Pad 2 review might be just what you’re looking for. This tablet is sleek and powerful, and it has a lot of great features that make it stand out in the market. The new OnePlus Pad 2 review is made to meet all of your tech needs, from its beautiful screen to its great speed.

This tablet claims to give you a great experience whether you’re a student, a worker, or just someone who likes to use technology for fun. You need to get the OnePlus Pad 2. In this review, we’ll look at its best features and see how it compares to other tablets on the market. Get ready to be amazed!

Design: Light and Sleek

The new OnePlus Pad 2 review looks great. Its metal and glass build makes it feel high-end and stylish in your hand. The table is 10.58 inches high, 7.68 inches wide, and 0.26 inches deep. It weighs 1.29 pounds, which is a little more than the last model, which was 10.16 inches high, 7.46 inches wide, and 0.26 pounds heavy. Even though it weighs 1.38 pounds and measures 11.24 by 7.30 by 0.26 inches, it’s not as small or light as the $599 Apple iPad Air, which is 9.74 by 7.02 by 0.24 inches and weighs 1.02 pounds.

It’s easy to hold and doesn’t show fingerprints too badly because the back of the tablet is made of metal and has a soft matte finish. A raised, round camera sensor sits in the middle of the back panel when the phone is held in landscape mode. The module has a metal ring around it that fits the aluminum on the back very well. The horizontally-aligned OnePlus logo is right below the camera and shows that the tablet is meant to be used mainly in this position.

You can use the 8MP selfie camera in the thin bezel above the screen to open the phone with your face. The new OnePlus Pad 2 review only has this one biometric security choice, and it works perfectly.

The power button and four speaker grilles are on the left side of the device. The volume rocker and a magnetic spot to store the $99.99 Stylo 2 are on top. The right side has a USB-C charging port and four more speaker grilles. The bottom has a three-pin pogo connector that works with the Smart Keyboard. When you press the power button or the volume rocker, you can hear and feel pleasing clicks. There isn’t a 3.5mm headphone jack or a microSD slot for extra storage on the new OnePlus Pad 2 review.

The 12.1-inch LCD screen on the Pad 2 supports Dolby Vision and has a resolution of 3,000 by 2,120 pixels. Its refresh rate can be changed from 60Hz to 144Hz. This is more than the iPad Air (2,360 by 1,640 pixels, 60Hz) and the Tab S9 FE+ (2,560 by 1,600 pixels, 90Hz). With a maximum brightness of 900 nits, the screen looks vivid and bright. Even in full sunlight, I could see the screen clearly. However, using the tablet in the sun made a lot of glare. The screen is great for watching movies and surfing the web inside.

The new OnePlus Pad 2 review doesn’t have an IP protection to protect it from dust and water, just like the iPad Air. The Galaxy Tab S9 FE+, on the other hand, has an IP68 grade, which means it can handle being submerged in 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes without getting damaged.

This is the only color for the OnePlus Pad 2. In the box, there is the tablet, a USB-C charging cable, and OnePlus’s 80W SuperVOOC charge brick.

Performance: A Big Step Up

The new OnePlus Pad 2 review has either 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage or 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It runs on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processor. In the US, you can’t buy the 8GB/128GB versions. I got the latter to test.

When using the tablet’s user interface, it feels fast and powerful, and switching between apps is easy and doesn’t feel slow. It’s easy to switch between apps on the screen at the same time. Benchmarks helped me prove how well the new OnePlus Pad 2 review worked.

I used Geekbench 6 to test the Pad 2’s CPU speed. It got a score of 1,240 on the single-core test and 4,645 on the multi-core test. It got only 810 and 2,123 on the same test as the original OnePlus Pad, which has a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chip. This means that the Pad 2 is much faster than the Pad. The Tab S9 FE+ and its Samsung Exynos 1380 processor got scores of 1,011 and 2,897, but the Pad 2 got scores of 1,011. The new iPad Air and its M2 chip (2,581 and 9,887) was better, though.

I used the GFXBench Aztec Ruins High Tier test to see how well the tablet’s graphics worked. It got 67 frames per second (fps). That’s a little faster than the iPad Air’s 60fps on the same test, and it’s more than twice as fast as the original OnePlus Pad’s 27fps.

The ability in games is great. Genshin Impact was easy for me to get through, even when there was intense fighting going on. There was no lag or stuttering in the game, and after 30 minutes of play, the tablet only got a little warm. Games like Alto’s Odyssey, which aren’t as stressful, worked perfectly.

Testing shows that the battery life has also gotten a lot better. PCMag’s standard test streams an HD movie from YouTube over Wi-Fi while the screen is at full brightness. The Pad 2’s 9,510 mAh battery lasted 11 hours and 43 minutes. That is a lot longer than the original Pad’s 7 hours and 55 minutes. More so, it lasts longer than the Tab S9 FE+’s 10,090mAh battery, which only worked for 7 hours and 23 minutes. On the other hand, the iPad Air shut down after just 6 hours and 47 minutes.

SuperVOOC is the name of OnePlus’s 80W fast wired charge tech that comes with the new OnePlus Pad 2 review. It took an hour and twenty minutes to charge the tablet from empty to full. It took 1 hour and 40 minutes for the 45W charger on the FE+ to do the same thing.

Connectivity: Underwhelming Wi-Fi

The new OnePlus Pad 2 review supports the newest Wi-Fi standard, Wi-Fi 7. However, I usually test devices over Wi-Fi 6. The Pad 2 had no trouble getting to my home Wi-Fi network. It also had no trouble downloading apps or playing content with a lot of videos.

But in tests, the Pad 2 could only get 105Mbps down and 21.0Mbps up. In the same place, an iPhone 14 Pro got 239Mbps down and 18.5Mbps up. When I watched YouTube videos or scrolled through websites, I didn’t notice a change between the two devices.

Audio: Strong Stereo Sound

You’ll need to connect wireless headphones if you want to listen to the tablet alone since it doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack. But the Pad 2’s speakers are great for watching movies with friends.

The tablet has six speakers and Holo music, which is OnePlus’s take on spatial music. The tablet also instantly changes the audio channels from left to right or top to bottom based on its orientation. The end result is stereo music that is incredibly loud. The Knife’s “Silent Shout,” our test track, sounds really big and bassy.

Cameras: Use Your Phone Instead

The back camera on the new OnePlus Pad 2 review is 13MP, and the front camera is 8MP. They’re not something you should use unless you have to. Even in bright daylight, the back camera has trouble catching details.

If you want to take video, the back camera can do up to 4K30, but the front camera can only do 1080p30. Electronic picture stabilization can be used with both. The movie is just as grainy as the photos, which is a shame, especially when there isn’t much light.

OxygenOS: Bridging the OnePlus Gap

The way iPads and iPhones work together is similar to how Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy phones work together. OxygenOS combines the features of OnePlus laptops and smartphones. OxygenOS is built on Android 14 and is mostly clean, though there is a Microsoft Word copycat and some social media apps that are specific to OnePlus. The good news is that most of the OnePlus apps are hidden in a folder.

OnePlus Pads and phones that are signed in to the same account can tell when they are close to each other. When the new OnePlus Pad 2 review is out of Wi-Fi range, the phone will automatically share its 5G link with it. (This is also done by many Android smartphones.) The phone will instantly share its login information with the Pad 2 if it connects to a new Wi-Fi network.

This way, the Pad 2 can also connect. If you pair your phone and tablet, you can use the tablet’s screen to see and change pictures you took with your phone. You can also sync your content and notifications between devices, pick up where you left off in apps on your phone or tablet, and view files from the Pad 2 on your phone from afar.

You can use the Pad 2 by itself and have two apps open at the same time, plus a third app that floats on top of the screen. The OS changes the apps instantly to fit the screen, whether it’s in portrait or landscape mode. During tests, this worked well, and I liked being able to move apps around however I wanted.

You can use AI on the new OnePlus Pad 2 review, and more will be added soon. For instance, the OnePlus photo app has an AI Eraser and Smart Cutout tool that can help you get rid of people or things that you don’t want in your pictures. These are not OnePlus; they are from Google. Coming in September, OnePlus’s software will get an update that will add an AI Toolbox folder. It will get AI Speak, AI Summary, and AI Writer, among other things. You can have these apps read your text to you, summarize papers, and help you write content based on pictures or text you paste in.

Until then, OxygenOS is simple, easy to use, and lets you do multiple things at once, so you can get your work done.

A company called OnePlus says that the new OnePlus Pad 2 review will get OS updates for three years and security patches for four years. For five years, Samsung will keep the Tab S9 FE+ safe by updating Android and adding new features every four years.

Accessories: Utility at a Cost

OnePlus sells a Smart Keyboard case that has a magnetic, adjustable holder that fits over part of the back of the tablet and lets you turn it in different ways. A pair of pogo pins or Bluetooth can be used to connect the keyboard straight to the new OnePlus Pad 2 review. There is NFC built into the keyboard as well, which will let the OnePlus 12 quickly send files to the tablet. We couldn’t test this function because it won’t be available until August, when a software update makes it available. They say that more phones will have this function by the end of the year.

A pen called the Stylo 2 is also available from OnePlus. It can sense up to 16,000 different amounts of pressure, has a touch control pad, and can be used as a laser pointer during presentations.

A simple Folio Case 2 ($39.99) can keep the tablet safe from drops and scratches.

Verdict: Best When Paired With a OnePlus Phone

The new OnePlus Pad 2 review has a strong and stylish design, a clear and bright screen, and a battery that lasts a long time and charges quickly. It should be especially appealing to people who already have a OnePlus phone because the software works so well with it. Still, we wish it came with a stylus for free, had better cameras, and had some kind of safety against dust and water.

If you already have a OnePlus phone, you might not notice these flaws. If you already have a phone or are just looking for the best Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ is our Editors’ Choice. It has the same features as the other tablets, but it is waterproof and comes with a S Pen stylus.

OnePlus Pad 2 Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Bright display	Poor cameras
Strong performance	No durability rating
Good battery life	Stylus comes separately

Conclusion

In conclusion, the new OnePlus Pad 2 review is a strong contender in the tablet market. It has great speed, a sleek design, and a bright screen. Because of its powerful engine and long-lasting battery, you can use it for work or play. The better camera system and easy-to-use tools make it more appealing and give you a well-rounded experience. There are other high-end tablets that compete with it, but the fact that it has a lot of great features at a reasonable price makes it a great choice. Overall, the new OnePlus Pad 2 review is a good buy for anyone who wants a tablet that works well and is stable without sacrificing quality.

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