Realme Pad review: Budget tablet that feels premium and offers a competitive set of features

Realme’s first Android tablet -- Realme Pad – is aimed at people on the lookout for an affordable tablet device for entertainment and education. Realme has managed to tick all the right boxes at an asking price of Rs 13,999 for its base variant.

The tablet is thin, light and feels comfortable. The build quality is solid and is made from aluminium alloy unlike other budget tablets in this price range.

It has a 10.4-inch WUXGA+ (2,000 x 1,200 pixels) resolution panel. It has decent viewing angles, good brightness and reproduces colours vividly.


Realme Pad comes with a quad-speaker setup backed by Dolby Atmos. The sound quality is loud and clear. It is powered by a MediaTek Helio G80 Gaming chipset and handles day-to-day tasks without any issues or lag.

Its gaming performance is also good. Lightweight games like Subway Surfer run at a good frame rate. The tablet can also handle heavy titles, but at medium-to-low graphic settings.

Its 8MP ultra-wide sensor is adequate for most needs, offering quality output with ample details. The quality of video calls is also good. The battery is one of its strong points. The 7,100mAh battery lasted an entire day under medium to heavy load. It runs on the Realme UI for Pad, based on Android 11, which is feature -rich, s mo ot h a nd polished.

The Realme Pad is a budget tablet that feels premium and offers a competitive set of features at an affordable price point.