{"id":64535,"date":"2014-05-16T12:19:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T10:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=64535"},"modified":"2014-05-16T14:45:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T12:45:11","slug":"low-cost-mi-pad-tablet-packs-big-gaming-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/64535-low-cost-mi-pad-tablet-packs-big-gaming-power","title":{"rendered":"Low-cost Mi Pad tablet packs big gaming power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say hello to\u00a0the Mi Pad, which we will go out on a limb and call China’s version of the iPad Mini – indeed the company has positioned it to take on Apple and Samsung devices in both price and performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 7.9-inch tablet is the product of a Chinese company called\u00a0Xiaomi, and it is an impressive piece of hardware, packing some serious gaming power (for a mobile device).<\/p>\n

Powering the tablet device is Nvidia’s Tegra K1 system on chip (making it the first Tegra K1 device), which includes a 2.2GHz 4+1 core CPU, a 192-core PC-class Kepler GPU, and 2GB of RAM.<\/p>\n

The standard version of the tablet gives you 16GB of storage, but there is a 64GB option available, as well as a microSD expansion slot (128GB maximum).<\/p>\n

\"Xiaomi<\/a>

Xiaomi Mi Pad<\/p><\/div>\n

The 7.9-inch screen, which is made by LG or AUO, features a 2,048 x 1,536 resolution over a 4:3 aspect ratio. The Mi Pad boasts front and rear cameras of 5- and 8-megapixels respectively.<\/p>\n

The tablet is 8.5mm thick and weighs 360 grams. It comes fitted with a\u00a06,700mAh battery, stereo speakers, and will be available in multiple colours.<\/p>\n

The Mi Pad will have the usual Wi-Fi and Bluetooth access, although no 3G or 4G versions of the tablet have been announced as yet.<\/p>\n

How much does all of this cost, you ask? Although an official launch date and price has not been announced, the recommended retail price will be $240 (\u00b1R2,500) for the 16GB version, and $270 (\u00b1R2,810) for the 64GB version.<\/p>\n

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Xiaomi Mi Pad<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/td>\n2,2GHz 4+1 core<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/td>\n192-core Kepler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n16\/64GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battery<\/td>\n6,700mAh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Screen<\/td>\n7.9-inch 2,048 x 1,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/td>\n360 grams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/td>\nR2,500 (16GB); R2810 (64GB)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
\"Xiaomi<\/a>

Xiaomi Mi Pad<\/p><\/div>\n

Source: Engadget<\/a><\/h6>\n

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Humble launches daily gaming bundles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch Dogs won\u2019t run at 1080p, 60fps<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese company Xiaomi has revealed a low-cost iPad Mini competitor packing impressive hardware<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":64537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,12441,1928,3539,12439],"class_list":["post-64535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-headline","tag-mi-pad","tag-tablet","tag-tablet-gaming","tag-xiaomi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64549,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64535\/revisions\/64549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}