Vivo Pad 3 is the latest tablet with AI capabilities

Tablets offer a happy medium between smartphones and laptops to get your work done on the go. Moreover, gone are the days when your options for a tablet were restricted to an Apple iPad or a Samsung Galaxy Tab.

These days, multiple brands including Oppo, Redmi, and OnePlus are looking to tap into the space, with multiple offerings across price points. One of the more recent entrants happens to be Vivo, which has just launched the Vivo Pad 3 in China. Read on to know more about the company’s latest tablet.

Vivo Pad 3: Key features and specifications to look out for

The Vivo Pad 3 is available in 8GB LPDDR5X RAM variants with either 128GB or 256GB of storage, as well as 12GB LPDDR5X RAM variants with either 256GB or 512GB of storage. While the 128GB model gets slower UFS 3.1 storage, the 256GB and 512GB storage models get UFS 4.0 storage.

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Vivo’s latest tablet packs a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, which supports on-board AI models such as Google’s Gemini Nano and Meta’s Llama 2. However, the company has incorporated its own in-house generative AI model called BlueLM onboard the tablet.

Powering the Vivo Pad 3 is a large 10,000mAh battery with support for 44W FlashCharge fast charging. Apart from this, the Vivo Pad 3 ships with an Android-14-based OriginOS 4.

The display on the device is a 12.1-inch LCD unit with a 2.8K resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, and 600 nits of peak brightness. The display is HDR10 certified as well. At 6.57mm thin, the Vivo Pad 3 gets a matte-finish metallic body and is available in three colourways – Spring Tide Blue, Thin Purple, and Cold Star Grey. For audio, there is a six-speaker ‘panoramic acoustics’ system, with four mid-bass units and two tweeters.

Coming to optics, the tablet gets a single 8MP camera on the rear, and a 5MP camera on the front for selfies and video calls. Connectivity options on the Vivo Pad 3 on the other hand, include Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity, along with the USB 3.2 Type-C port which can be used for charging as well as data transfers.

Vivo Pad 3: Pricing and availability

The Vivo Pad 3 is currently up for pre-order in China in the aforementioned colourways. Prices start at CNY 2,499 (Approximately Rs 28,700) for the 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant, and go all the way up to CNY 3,399 (Approximately Rs 39,000) for the 12GB RAM and 512GB storage variants.

Bear in mind however, while the Vivo Pad 3 is an extremely potent offering, if and when it will be launched in other international markets, including India, remains unknown as of yet. Keep watching this space, though.