Android tablets are slowly but surely becoming great in the shadow of the market-dominant iPad. Example, the Oppo Pad 5 Matte Display Edition, also known as the Oppo Pad Air5. This may very well be all the tablet you ever need.
It has a large anti-glare display, a long-lasting battery, and solid performance. Let’s touch on that last bit – the tablet has what Oppo calls a 48-month fluency protection, meaning it’s TÜV SÜD certified to deliver smooth and responsive performance for at least 4 years. Okay.
The Oppo Pad 5 Matte Display Edition
The Oppo Pad 5 Matte Display Edition ships in a simple box with a USB cable. But you can pair the slate with Oppo’s “flagship-grade stylus”.
The Oppo Pencil 2R is an integral part of making the Oppo Pad 5 Matte Display Edition fully functional. You can draw and write with it, and take notes, all enhanced by AI, of course.
There’s AI Summary, AI will copy-and-paste snippets you’ve circled while taking notes, heck, you can even write poorly in your ugly handwriting, and AI will straighten it all up in real time!
The Pencil 2R feels just like any other stylus on the market – solid, but definitely heavier and thicker than a real pencil. However, combined with the matte surface of the display, it does approximate the feel of writing on paper.
Oppo Pencil 2R
The Oppo Pad 5 Matte Display Edition is available in Wi-Fi-only or 5G-capable variants with a SIM slot. Ours is the latter. The storage is either 128GB or 256GB.
The slate packs a 4nm Dimensity 7300-Ultra with 8GB of RAM.
Inside is a 10,050mAh power pack that can last up to 53 hours of music, 15 hours of video streaming, and 6 hours of heavy gaming. Charging is 33W strong.
The 12.1-inch display is obviously the highlight here. The 7:5 aspect IPS LCD has a 2,800×1,980px resolution, a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, up to 900 nits of peak brightness, and Dolby Vision support.
The panel is TÜV Rheinland certified for a 97% cut to reflections and a 70% reduction in harmful blue light.
In practice, it means that you needn’t worry about any reflections whatsoever. It’s truly impressive. If you’re after a matte screen you can carry around with you, the Oppo Pad 5 Matte Display beats most laptops, to our eyes.
Yes, the panel lacks the kind of contrast you can find in a top-tier OLED, but it’s still quite good when you’re not blasting it with direct light.
The anti-glare screen is a bit dull, but fights off all reflections
