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Hindustan Times
33 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
OnePlus Pad 3 unveiled with Snapdragon 8 Elite, 12140 mAh battery
OnePlus has officially unveiled its latest premium tablet, the OnePlus Pad 3, as a surprise launch alongside the OnePlus 13s. Featuring top-tier specifications, including Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and a massive 12,140mAh battery, the Pad 3 is positioned as a high-end Android tablet. The company has also introduced new accessories such as the OnePlus Stylo 2 stylus and a tri-folding folio case, aimed at enhancing both productivity and versatility. The OnePlus Pad 3 boasts a 13.2-inch display with a crisp 3.4K resolution and 12-bit colour depth, offering an immersive visual experience. Its 7:5 aspect ratio is tailored for both entertainment and productivity. Encased in an all-metal unibody, the tablet retains a premium and durable aesthetic. Powering the Pad 3 is the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, ensuring flagship-level performance across gaming, multitasking, and demanding workflows. It comes in two configurations: 12GB RAM + 256GB storage 16GB RAM + 512GB storage The device runs OxygenOS 15, based on Android 15, delivering a clean, bloatware-free software experience. A key highlight of the Pad 3 is its 12,140mAh battery, which promises extended usage spanning days under normal conditions. It also supports 80W SUPERVOOC fast charging, capable of quickly recharging the large battery. For imaging, the Pad 3 includes a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera. It integrates AI features such as AI Writer and AI Summarize, aimed at improving productivity. It also offers direct access to Google's Gemini AI tools and Circle to Search. Multitasking is enhanced with Open Canvas, allowing up to three apps to run simultaneously on the screen. To complement the tablet, OnePlus introduced the Stylo 2, a precision stylus for sketching, note-taking, and navigation. The tri-folding folio case adds both protection and adjustable viewing angles, ideal for work and media consumption. While the OnePlus Pad 3's pricing and sale dates have not yet been disclosed, the company is expected to share full availability details during its official India launch in the coming weeks.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
OnePlus Looks to Undercut Apple and Samsung With New $700 Tablet
(Bloomberg) -- OnePlus USA Corp. introduced a slimmed-down version of its premium Android tablet on Thursday, looking to beat competing devices from Samsung Electronics Co and Apple Inc. with its price and specifications. ICE Moves to DNA-Test Families Targeted for Deportation with New Contract Next Stop: Rancho Cucamonga! The Global Struggle to Build Safer Cars US Housing Agency Vulnerable to Fraud After DOGE Cuts, Documents Warn NYC Residents Want Safer Streets, Cheaper Housing, Survey Says The tablet, called the OnePlus Pad 3, will be available on July 8 for $700 in the US and $1,000 in Canada. In addition to the thin frame, the company is touting faster performance, an improved display and upgraded multitasking features. The Pad 3's price falls between Apple's 11-inch ($599) and 13-inch ($799) iPad Air tablets. Android tablets have failed to make much of a dent in the US to Apple's tablet business. Samsung, Inc. and smaller players fill out the rest of the market. The Pad 3 is less than 6 millimeters thick and features a 13.2-inch display with a higher pixel density than the iPad Air, promising crisp text and other visuals. (Apple's far more expensive 13-inch iPad Pro is just 5.1 millimeters thick.) Inside, it's powered by Qualcomm Inc.'s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a processor found in other recently released high-end devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge phone. Battery life can exceed 17 hours with less demanding usage, according to the company. Alternatively, users can expect as much as six hours playing graphics-intensive video games, the company says. OnePlus also said the battery can recover 18% of capacity after a 10-minute charge. Most iPads are usually graded at 10 hours of battery life. In a hands-on test, the tablet seemed sturdy even with its thin dimensions. The LCD screen falls short of the higher-quality OLED panels used in pricier top-of-the-line tablets from Apple and Samsung, but it renders colors well and is capable of high brightness levels. Additionally, the eight speakers produced robust sound. Android continues to offer fewer tablet-optimized apps than Apple's iPadOS, but by now many popular platforms and services are available for larger-format devices like this. OnePlus' updated Open Canvas multitasking system lets users drag and drop multiple apps into different zones and adjust how much space they each take up. The tablet automatically recommends entering split-screen mode if it detects you flicking between apps. OnePlus is also releasing updated accessories for the Pad 3, including a $200 keyboard with trackpad. The company's existing $100 stylus pen is also compatible with the new hardware. The $50 folio case is a highlight, with a versatile design that lets you position the tablet in several different orientations. Like the tablet, some of OnePlus' accessories are priced lower than Apple's equivalents: The iPad Air's keyboard is $269, though the Apple Pencil starts at $79. At $700, the Pad 3 is $150 more expensive than the company's previous tablet. OnePlus attributes the higher cost to the larger display and other hardware refinements, though it acknowledged 'current market conditions' factored into the price. Electronics makers continue to grapple with uncertainty around tariffs that the Trump administration has levied against most US trading partners and critical manufacturing hubs. OnePlus was co-founded by Carl Pei, who departed the company in 2020 and now leads another consumer tech brand called Nothing. (Updates with context about OnePlus' founder in the last paragraph.A previous version corrected the formal name of OnePlus in the first paragraph.) Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert Wants to Donate His Billions—and Walk Again YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce Is Elon Musk's Political Capital Spent? Trump Considers Deporting Migrants to Rwanda After the UK Decides Not To ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
Toronto Sun
15 hours ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
OnePlus looks to undercut Apple and Samsung with new tablet
The tablet, called the OnePlus Pad 3, will be available on July 8 for $1,000 in Canada Published Jun 05, 2025 • 2 minute read OnePlus Pad 3. Photo by Halie Chavez / Bloomberg OnePlus Systems Inc. introduced a slimmed-down version of its premium Android tablet on Thursday, looking to beat competing devices from Samsung Electronics Co and Apple Inc. with its price and specifications. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The tablet, called the OnePlus Pad 3, will be available on July 8 for $700 in the U.S. and $1,000 in Canada. In addition to the thin frame, the company is touting faster performance, an improved display and upgraded multitasking features. The Pad 3's price falls between Apple's 11-inch ($599) and 13-inch ($799) iPad Air tablets. Android tablets have failed to make much of a dent in the US to Apple's tablet business. Samsung, Inc. and smaller players fill out the rest of the market. The Pad 3 is less than 6 millimeters thick and features a 13.2-inch display with a higher pixel density than the iPad Air, promising crisp text and other visuals. (Apple's far more expensive 13-inch iPad Pro is just 5.1 millimeters thick.) Inside, it's powered by Qualcomm Inc.'s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a processor found in other recently released high-end devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge phone. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Battery life can exceed 17 hours with less demanding usage, according to the company. Alternatively, users can expect as much as six hours playing graphics-intensive video games, the company says. OnePlus also said the battery can recover 18% of capacity after a 10-minute charge. Most iPads are usually graded at 10 hours of battery life. In a hands-on test, the tablet seemed sturdy even with its thin dimensions. The LCD screen falls short of the higher-quality OLED panels used in pricier top-of-the-line tablets from Apple and Samsung, but it renders colors well and is capable of high brightness levels. Additionally, the eight speakers produced robust sound. Android continues to offer fewer tablet-optimized apps than Apple's iPadOS, but by now many popular platforms and services are available for larger-format devices like this. OnePlus' updated Open Canvas multitasking system lets users drag and drop multiple apps into different zones and adjust how much space they each take up. The tablet automatically recommends entering split-screen mode if it detects you flicking between apps. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OnePlus is also releasing updated accessories for the Pad 3, including a $200 keyboard with trackpad. The company's existing $100 stylus pen is also compatible with the new hardware. The $50 folio case is a highlight, with a versatile design that lets you position the tablet in several different orientations. Like the tablet, some of OnePlus' accessories are priced lower than Apple's equivalents: The iPad Air's keyboard is $269, though the Apple Pencil starts at $79. At $700, the Pad 3 is $150 more expensive than the company's previous tablet. OnePlus attributes the higher cost to the larger display and other hardware refinements, though it acknowledged 'current market conditions' factored into the price. Electronics makers continue to grapple with uncertainty around tariffs that the Trump administration has levied against most US trading partners and critical manufacturing hubs. NHL Columnists Columnists Sunshine Girls Celebrity
India Today
16 hours ago
- India Today
OnePlus Pad 3 review: Android tablet that is big on performance
For as long as I can remember, whenever I have come across the question 'which tablet', the answer has been 'one of the iPads.' That is unless someone is looking for a tablet within a budget in which an iPad won't fit. But of late, I am also coming across queries that mention the word Android. For some reason, possibly because Android is more flexible and versatile, some people specifically want an Android tablet. Now, when it comes to Android tablets, there are two options: Either you go top-end, which is ruled by the Samsung Galaxy Tabs, or you stay around Rs 20,000, where you have other players crowding the scene. For consumers, neither the top-end nor the mainstream gives them the kind of value they might be looking for. And this is where the OnePlus Pad 3 comes in. As a package, as this review will show, this is a tablet that is more top-end and yet it is expected to be priced more a way, the OnePlus Pad 3 is the company's attempt to do what it has done in the phone market — create a flagship killer. It does come with a few compromises, but on the whole those are acceptable. In the core functionality the Pad 3 is solid, and that I believe makes it THE ANDROID TABLET to buy. With that said, let's take a closer look at the OnePlus Pad of them allI find tablets rather boring when it comes to their design. These are more of utilitarian gadgets, and not the flashy kind, such as a phone, with which you can impress people at evening drinks. But within the confines, OnePlus does a good job with the design and build of the Pad 3. This is a large tablet with a screen size of 13.2-inch. Compared to most of the Android tabs which are either 16:9 aspect ratio or 16:10, the OnePlus Pad 3 uses 7:5 aspect ratio. In simple English, it means compared to most tablets the Pad 3 is slightly wider. It is between 16:10 and 4:3. On this aspect it is also closer to the iPad Pro, which too has a wider display. advertisement For productivity and work, this is a much better aspect ratio compared to narrower screens that we get in the usual Android tablets. But it has an immediate impact on the handling of the tablet. The Pad 3 is a large tablet and feels like one. The best way to use it is by propping it up on a flat surface with a kickstand cover — sold separately — or by placing it flat on a table. It is not a tablet you will want to use hand-held for long it is also somewhat manageable, thanks to its thin profile. The Pad 3 is the slimmest device OnePlus has made yet. It is razor-thin at just 5.97mm. For a large tablet, its weight of 675 grams is fairly decent. In fact, the lightweight gives it some portability that you otherwise don't expect in a 13-inch device. You can roam around with it in the office and your hands won't mind rest of the tablet is standard affair, albeit polished and made in a way that makes it more than justify its price. The body is made of sleek aluminium, and the unibody structure gives it sturdiness as well as clean looks. On the back, there is a pill-shaped rear camera module. The bezels on the front are neither too thick nor too thin. Down below there is a USB-C port. On the top edge there is the power button, and on the right top edge we have the volume rocker. Standard affair but just done with precision and there are a couple of things which are missing. Fingerprint scanner would have been more than welcome. The tablet supports face ID but given that it is a tablet, which we may not all the time align in front of our faces the way we do with a phone, the fingerprint scanner is missed. Similarly, the tablet doesn't have any water or dust protection rating. Now, I understand that even laptops — which this tablet aims to emulate — don't come with such ratings. But tablets are still used in a way — maybe children using them, maybe you are sitting with your Pad 3 outdoors and suddenly rain hits — where IP rating could have been that this is a large tablet that OnePlus positions as a productivity tool, the Pad 3 supports a few accessories. The support for stylus — now called Stylo 2 — is there, and so is the support for a new keyboard, which OnePlus calls Smart Keyboard. For the purpose of this review, I used the OnePlus Pad 3 with this keyboard of performance, great battery lifeSo, what does the Pad 3 offer? Plenty. And solid functionality in core my use I found four areas where the Pad 3 excels: display quality, performance, battery life and software tweaks. In one area it is good but not exceptional, and that is its sound output through its 8 speakers, 4 of which are woofers and 4 are tweeters. And in one area I found it barely average and that is its rear talk about the screen first. It ticks all the right boxes. It has a resolution of 3.4K, which on a 13-inch surface means that this is an extremely sharp display. It also has a near 100 per cent DCI-P3 colour coverage and that too helps. It is a vibrant display and bright enough to be usable outdoors or in office cubicles where lights and the sun filter in through glass separations. I also love how smooth the display is because of its high refresh rate of 144Hz. The high resolution and size means you can easily open two or even three app windows on the screen and juggle between them effortlessly. advertisementHaving said that, this is not an OLED display that we get in extremely expensive tablets. It lacks that 3D like contrast or the extremely wide viewing angles that OLED offers. The Pad 3, in the end, has an LCD screen and the limitations of the technology compared to OLED are apparent. But among the LCD screens — for example the iPad Air 13 too lacks OLED — the Pad 3 display is one of the best you can get. I absolutely loved watching some documentaries on it, like the lushly shot Billy and Molly. It helps that the Pad 3 has a speaker system that is quite loud. Although I did expect somewhat more given that there are 8 speakers. It is loud but it is missing the heft in bass and vocals that some other large tablets can from the Snapdragon 8 Elite is exemplary in the Pad 3. For the purpose of this review I used the 12GB RAM variant, although the extended memory tech by OnePlus gives the system 24GB of total usable RAM. In day to day use, I found the Pad 3 extremely smooth. There was absolutely no hesitation, no jitters irrespective of whatever I threw at it. Best part of the whole performance bit is that it runs fairly cool. Even with lots of benchmarking, I did not feel it heat in any undue way. Of course, mostly I used the tablet to do stuff on it and not play games on it. The large size of the tablet means that this is not exactly going to be a gaming device for you, unless you pair a controller with to put some numbers to the performance of the Pad 3, I ran a few benchmarks. Here are the results from GeekBench 6, PCMark and Antutu: Inside the Pad 3 there is a 12140 mAh battery. Given the large display and the top-tier chipset, I expected that the Pad 3 would be middling on the battery part. Instead it is top of the class. I easily got the battery life of two days from the tablet even with fairly heavy use. In the PCMark battery test it consistently ran for around 22-23 hours with 20 per cent battery to spare. I have a feeling that most people will easily get 2 days of battery life from the Pad 3. And once it is exhausted, they will also be able to top it up quickly with the 80W charger that OnePlus bundles with the tablet. It takes a little over an hour to fully charge the there is the software, which too I liked. The Pad 3 is powered by OxygenOS 15, which has been customised for a bigger display. There are a number of nifty tweaks, plus a smattering of AI features. Depending on how you use the tablet, and for what purpose, I believe you will find some features useful and some not so-much. In particular, OnePlus has spent considerable energy on improving multitasking on its tablet and I totally love the results. It takes a while before you get used to it, but once you have become familiar with the available options and gestures, it works fairly well. There are two cameras on the Pad 3. The rear camera comes with a 13-megapixel sensor and it is barely average in good light. In low light, its performance is bad. Of course, no one expects people to shoot photos with a 13-inch tablet so do keep that in mind. I don't think the rear camera was a priority for OnePlus with this tablet. The 8-megapixel front camera, meanwhile, gets the job done well enough in video calls. But here too you, or anyone viewing you in the call, is not going to be wowed by the image are 5 image samples that will give you some idea of the Pad 3 rear Pad 3 and Smart Keyboard experienceOne big part of the Pad 3 is its keyboard experience. You see, this tablet is meant as a device that can replace a laptop for, if not all, then at least for some users. And OnePlus obviously wants people to use the Pad 3 with the keyboard, which also makes sense given the size of the tablet. As far as the keyboard is concerned, I have mixed feelings about I did not find the two-piece attachment mechanism appealing. The keyboard and the back panel, which attaches to the tablet's back, are two separate pieces. The keyboard attaches to the tablet with three pogo pins on the back of the tablet using a flap, which I believe is the weakest part of the whole keyboard and cover system. The back cover attaches separately. While the two-piece system, perfectly usable when the tablet is kept on a solid surface, does not offer the sturdiness and stability that you might require when you keep the device on softer surfaces, such as a bed, or on the lap. It is also rather cumbersome if you want to pick the tablet, fold it and then carry it with you in a hurry. You have to be careful or else the cover or keyboard will detach. Finally, the whole mechanism has to be managed carefully every time you pry open the kickstand, which is part of the back cover and is rather stiff. A lot of words, I know. But the summary is this: I don't find the two-piece mechanism particularly convenient. The Pad 3 can definitely do better with a more robust keyboard far as the keyboard itself is concerned, this is one of the better ones I have come across. It has a rather large trackpad, which I found decently accurate and responsive. It is also a brilliantly smooth trackpad, better than what you get on many Windows laptops. The keys are large and almost full-size. There is a good amount of travel, although it will take you a day or two to get used to the key size and the typing experience before you can use it like you use your laptop keyboard. I do think that the plastic of the keyboard could have been just a tad more robust but overall the typing and trackpad experience that the OnePlus keyboard offers with the Pad 3 is definitely above aspirations more modest priceSo, is the Pad 3 the right Android tablet to buy? I believe yes, but before I can say that with emphasis I would need to know the price of the Pad 3 in India. And that price has not been revealed yet by OnePlus. The tablet is going on sale globally, however, from today and it has been priced at Euros 599. If that is indeed the price, in India you can expect it to land somewhere around Rs 55,000 when it goes on sale later in a few that is indeed the price, I have no hesitation in recommending the OnePlus Pad 3 as the best Android tablet to buy in India. Sure, it is missing a few tricks. But for that it more than makes up for it by offering solid performance, a good design, usable software, a fantastic screen and great battery life. In other words, it ticks all the right boxes. Now let's hope it ticks the price box too in the right way.
Tom's Guide
18 hours ago
- Tom's Guide
I've reviewed the OnePlus Pad 3 — and it's made me ditch my iPad
I knew the day when I'd find an Android tablet I'd be happy to switch my iPad for would come eventually, but I was still a little surprised it's come right now in the form of the OnePlus Pad 3. OnePlus' previous tablet attempts have been high quality, but a few changes made to this model have not only kept it among the best tablets available today, but have propelled it to the best on the market in areas like productivity and battery longevity. The OnePlus Pad 3 is more expensive than the company's previous tablets, and still lacks proper biometric security. But it still undercuts even rival 11-inch tablets on price, while offering more power, battery life, and display space than ever before. I still have some quibbles with this slate that keep it out of five-star territory, and I can't rule out swapping back to an iPad in the future. But the OnePlus Pad 3 has proven to be the best balance of price and features you can get in Android tablets, if not all tablets, right now. And I can't wait to tell you why. OnePlus Pad 3 Starting price £529 / $699 Display 13.2-inch LCD (3392 x 2400) Refresh rate 144Hz adaptive Rear camera 13MP Front cameras 8MP Chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite RAM 12GB/16GB Storage 256GB/512GB Battery 12,140 Charging 80W Operating system Android 15 with OxygenOS 15 Size 289.61 x 209.66 x 5.97 mm / 11.4 x 8.25 x 0.27 inches Weight 675 grams / 1.49 pounds Colors Storm Blue The new OnePlus Pad 3 costs £529 in its basic form with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, or £599 / $699 for 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. That's £100 more than the OnePlus Pad 2 from last year, I must sadly report. Plus, for some weird reason, the U.S. only has access to the more expensive edition of the Pad 3, which means it's effectively a price hike of $150 in that market. Fortunately for OnePlus, even with these increases, the Pad 3 is still on the cheap side. For instance, the 13-inch iPad Air M3 starts at $799, the Galaxy Tab S10 FE Plus at $649/£649, the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus at $999, and the 13-inch iPad Pro M4 at $1,299. The OnePlus Pad 3 costs less than all of these, yet as we'll see, it's still on a level with these other tablets. After two generations of the same unique design, OnePlus has fallen in line with its competitors to give the Pad 3 a new but more typical Android tablet look. The flat edges and corner camera in a pill-shaped bump are not as distinct as a round-sided tablet with a centered circular camera block, but this doesn't matter much for the tablet's usability. What does impact the user experience is the change in size. The Pad 3 boasts a thinner profile than the Pad 2, which, while not quite as slim as the iPad Pro or the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus, is slimmer than the iPad Air or Galaxy Tab S10 FE Plus. And the display's increased in size by over an inch compared to the OnePlus Pad 2, to give you more room to work with, or play with, as you need. Disappointingly, OnePlus still hasn't added a fingerprint scanner to the OnePlus Pad 3. It offers facial recognition, but only the vanilla kind with limited security. It's a fast method to enter the tablet, and my attempts to break in with a photo of my face were unsuccessful. But visual-only facial recognition is not secure in the way that Face ID or a fingerprint scanner are, meaning you may be better off just leaving it as a slower PIN-unlocked device if you plan to save sensitive material on your tablet. OnePlus is only offering the Pad 3 in a Storm Blue colorway for Europe and North America. A Frosted Silver version exists, but that's only being sold in India. That's an unfortunate limitation to put on the more neutral color option, but the blue looks pretty classy as is. Having grown from 12.4 inches to 13.2 inches, the OnePlus Pad 3 is now among the largest tablets you can buy today. The display comes with a 3.4k resolution and in a practical 7:5 aspect ratio, making it a squarer, iPad-style tablet compared to the more rectangular Galaxy Tabs. This gels well with the Open Canvas multi-tasking interface, which we'll look at later. Performance is smooth too, with a peak refresh rate of 144Hz, slightly higher than that of the 120Hz iPad Pro and Galaxy Tab S10 series. This can change between that and six other speeds with an adaptive system, although it's not fully adaptive like the LTPO technology used by Apple and Samsung, as OnePlus has stuck with a more typical LCD screen. OnePlus Pad 3 Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus iPad Air 2025 (11-inch) Peak brightness (nits) 530 559 486 sRGB color gamut coverage (%) 111.4 139.8 117.6 DCI-P3 color gamut coverage (%) 78.9 99 83.3 Delta-e color accuracy (lower is better) 0.23 0.23 0.22 LCD puts the OnePlus Pad 3 in line with the iPad Air. As the results above show, the OnePlus wins on peak brightness while lagging behind a little on color accuracy and coverage. An OLED display would have been an enormous upgrade for OnePlus to introduce, but given the price has already increased this year, adding OLED could have driven the price up more, so sticking to LCD is probably the lesser of the two evils the Pad 3 could have ended up with. OnePlus is the first manufacturer to put the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, found in this year's best premium Android phones, into a tablet, and it performs just as well as I'd hoped. Check out the numbers below to see how the OnePlus Pad 3 decimates its competitors on graphics, and stays ahead of the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus on CPU performance too. I wasn't expecting the OnePlus to triumph over the iPad Air, as its M3 chip is the same found in full-fat Mac machines. But the fact that the iPad could have processed a video from 4K to 1080p almost three times over in the time the OnePlus takes to do it once may make you think twice if you want a tablet for work, depending on what your daily activities are. OnePlus Pad 3 Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus iPad Air 2025 (11-inch) Chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite Dimensity 9300 Plus Apple M3 Geekbench 6 score (single-core / multi-core) 2,980 / 8,993 2,137 / 7,130 3,042 / 11,804 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited (score / fps) 6,410 / 38.38 5,121 / 30 5,806 / 34.8 Adobe Premiere Rush time to transcode (mins:secs) 0:53 0:43 0:18 This zippy performance is obvious while gaming, with a long session of Ex Astris at maximum settings looking stunning with only a couple of framerate hiccups during loading. The Pad 3's graphene-lined vapor chambers kept the temperature increase inevitable from extended gaming to the top left corner of the tablet by the camera, meaning I couldn't actually feel the tablet heat up when I was holding it horizontally. The basic OnePlus Pad 3 spec comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. The higher spec, which offers 16GB RAM/512GB storage, is the only variant offered in the U.S.. That's unfortunate from a cost perspective, but on the plus side, the 16GB spec not only offers more capacity but a higher spec LPDDR5T memory type, which is faster and more power efficient than the LPDDR5x kind used in the 12GB edition and most other tablets. The OnePlus Pad 3 blows your mind with its audio without even playing anything, simply because it features an octo-speaker set-up, doubling the usual quad-speaker arrangement that many premium tablets have. This gives anything you play through the Pad 3 an amazingly wide soundstage effect, and also enables a neat feature called Holo Audio. Holo Audio lets the tablet pipe certain kinds of sound in specific directions to help you pick them out more clearly from other sounds. So while your music or video audio would come at you as if from the centre of the OnePlus Pad 3, you can have ongoing voice calls come in from the left, and notifications from the right to help you perceive these as three separate sources and deal with them accordingly. This works both through the Pad 3's speakers or through headphones, and can be left on automatic or customized in surprising depth if you want. However, I have to dock points from the OnePlus Pad 3 for being the least bassy tablet I've ever tested. Compared to the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus, the OnePlus did help separate out the instruments and vocals in the thrilling track "Carpe Diem" from the Guilty Gear: Strive soundtrack more effectively, making Naoki's snarling vocals easier to hear. But anything from the bass guitar or the lower registers of the lead guitar or synth was almost completely lost. I expected nothing less than excellent from the OnePlus Pad 3's battery, given this is an area of focus for every one of the company's devices. And sure enough, with a new 12,140 mAh battery (about 27% larger than the Pad 2's) and an upgraded chipset, the Pad 3 lasted an astonishing 16 hours and 21 minutes in adaptive refresh rate mode on the TG custom battery test. First off, this is a good improvement on the 14 hours and 8 minutes that the OnePlus Pad 2 managed. It also beats the 15 hours and 43 minutes managed by the Galaxy Tab S10 FE Plus, and utterly thrashed the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus, which lasted almost half as long at 8 hours and 22 minutes. Even the otherwise fantastic 13-inch iPad Pro M4 is shown up, with its 13 hours and 13 minutes result still hours behind the OnePlus. OnePlus gave the Pad 3 80W charging, up from 67W on the previous model, but you'll need to buy the charger separately in Europe in order to use it. Fortunately, our U.S. testing model came with the charger, so we were able to test how fast it fills the tablet. We recorded the OnePlus Pad 3 charging to 20% in 15 minutes and 34% in 30 minutes in our lab, similar to the OnePlus Pad 2. This is slower in terms of percentage than the 40% the Tab S10 Plus manages, but that seems fair given the extra capacity of the OnePlus slate. The OnePlus Pad 3's cameras have remained the same as the Pad 2's - a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera. Tablet cameras aren't meant to be a user's primary camera, but even still, I'd rather take my photos with the warmer-toned OnePlus Pad 3 than the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus — everything just looks more inviting through its lenses. Then again, Samsung's more natural coloring and greater contrast do help elements like the wood grain of these shelves, which is perhaps ideal if your video calls involve showing off more than just your pretty face. There's a mix of old and new with the first-party accessories for the OnePlus Pad 3. The headliner this year is an updated $199 / £169 keyboard case, comes in two parts, with an adjustable kickstand section and a separate lower deck if you want to leave the keyboard behind. The new keyboard case offers larger keys compared to OnePlus' previous keyboard cases, and the pogo pin connector is now much flatter, attaching to the back of the tablet for an easier time positioning and transporting the tablet and keyboard together. But there's one important detail to highlight here: OnePlus' new keyboard has both Bluetooth and physical pogo pin connection options in the U.S., but due to regulatory differences, there is no Bluetooth in Europe, including the U.K. This is likely why there's a larger price difference between the prices for this accessory in USD and GBP. And it also unfortunately means one of the most unique parts of OnePlus' keyboard is locked off for a large number of users. I didn't get to try the new $49 / £59 folio case, but it looks like a smart option for users who don't need to do large amounts of typing on their tablet, or value the option to stand the Pad 3 both vertically and horizontally at a variety of angles. This also comes with a magnetized fastener to keep the folio closed and your stylus in place, something lacking from the keyboard case. Speaking of the stylus, the $99 / £99 OnePlus Stylo 2 is carried over from the OnePlus Pad 2 last year. It's a responsive input method, and the haptic feedback helps make writing on the smooth screen feel like a blend of the solid-tipped Apple Pencil and the rubber-tipped S Pen included with Samsung tablets. But I really wish that the magnetic connection between the Stylo and the Pad 3 could be stronger, as I'd regularly knock the stylus off the tablet when putting it in or taking it out of my bag. This still happens when I have a Galaxy Tab or iPad, but not quite so frequently. OnePlus' OxygenOS 15 skin for Android 15 works excellently on phones, and makes just as much sense when blown up for a tablet screen. OnePlus adds a taskbar with a recent files and app drawer built-in to help navigation, and lets you use some apps in a two-pane view for easier navigation, two sensible additions for a large tablet screen. Open Canvas is back again to provide the best multitasking experience on any tablet right now, letting users set up up to three apps in a flexible interface that lets you keep them at your preferred size, switching your view as needed. The Pad 3 also makes suggested pairings if you keep switching between apps frequently, reminding you to take advantage of the feature. New to the Pad 3 are some improved connectivity options with other devices. You can now share files with OnePlus phones and mirror their screens too, if you want to keep your eyes on your tablet screen only. But, as we saw OnePlus' stablemate Oppo introduce on the Find N5 foldable a few months back, the OnePlus Pad 3 also allows an unexpected level of collaboration with Apple made gadgets, using its O+ Connect app to enable file sharing between the tablet and iPhones, iPads and Macs, along with the Mac Remote Control feature to use your laptop or desktop and its apps and files securely from anywhere with an internet connection. It takes a bit of setting up, but I have no doubt it could prove invaluable to Mac users in a pinch. Plus, it's something that iPads have no way of matching, outside of hoping you saved your files in iCloud. On the AI front, the OnePlus Pad 3 has standard features like summaries, text generation, translation, all in a toolbar that you can quickly access with a swipe in from the side of the tablet at any time, as well as dedicated buttons for these abilities in relevant apps. Circle to Search and Gemini are here too for Google-powered image searches and AI requests. This has all been pretty positive so far, but there is one unfortunate element of the OnePlus Pad 3's software — the support window. It's been guaranteed 3 Android upgrades and 6 years of security updates, two more years of security compared to the OnePlus Pad 2. However, this is not in line with the five or so years of OS updates that iPads normally get, or the seven and six years of full updates that Samsung guarantees for the Tab S10 and Tab S10 FE series, respectively. I genuinely think the OnePlus Pad 3 would be a strong fit for basically any user with the budget for an upper-end tablet. Even Mac or iPhone owners who might default to an iPad could still be swayed by the Pad 3 thanks to its O+ Connect integrations with Apple devices. And anyone invested in Android or Windows-powered machines will have just as good a time passing files and controlling their apps via the Pad 3. Granted, the OnePlus Pad 3's display is good, but Samsung's OLED tablets and the Tandem OLED iPad Pro are still superior. The iPad Air is more powerful, but it costs quite a bit more. And OnePlus' continued lack of biometric security baffles me. But for multitasking, battery life, and overall value, the OnePlus Pad 3 is an outstanding tablet, one of the best tablets you can buy today, and is going to stick by my side as my slate of choice long after this review is published.
