Having being teased earlier this year, OnePlus’ first tablet is available to preorder starting Friday. The OnePlus Pad costs $479 and is available in the US and Canada.
Accessory options include a $149 magnetic keyboard, a $99 stylus and a $39 folio case. The Android tablet has an all-metal design and comes only in a halo green color option, with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Expect it to ship May 8.
CNET’s Andrew Lanxon, who tried out the OnePlus Pad at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, said it has a good feel to it. The tablet has an 11.6-inch display and a 7:5 aspect ratio for reading books, perusing documents and web browsing. Lanxon described the 9,510 mAh battery as “capacious,” and OnePlus says it allows for 14 hours of video playback and up to a month in standby. The tablet also boasts a full charge in 80 minutes or less.
The tablet is ideal for people who need to multitask, OnePlus said in a press release, touting that the OnePlus Pad can run up to 24 applications live in the background. It comes with 128GB of storage.
The OnePlus tablet is arriving in an already flooded market, with devices from Apple, Samsung, Amazon and more. CNET considers Samsung’s premium Galaxy Tab S8 Plus, which at $900 costs nearly double the OnePlus Pad, one of the best Android tablets on the market.
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