Xiaomi Pad 5
Ignore the number in the name - the Xiaomi Pad 5 is the first Android tablet from Chinese tech giant Xiaomi that you really need to pay attention to. It's the first of the company's slates to get a global release, at the tail end of a bumper year for the company. First launched in China earlier in the year as the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5, this low-cost Android slate finally saw a global unveiling at the Xiaomi 11T launch event on September 15. This date fell just the day after the iPhone 13 launch, and it feels a fortuitous affair. Unveiled at the iPhone 13 event was Apple's new iPad (2021) , the next generation of its budget line of entry-level slates, and it's very easy to read the Xiaomi Pad 5 as a rival. The slates have similar sizes, prices, software and features, and both will likely be tempting buys for students or other people who need affordable slates. We haven't fully tested the Xiaomi Pad 5 yet, but at the 11T launch event we got hands-on with it to play ab...