This morning, the vice president of Xiaomi and general manager of Redmi, Lu Weibing, announced that: "In the press conference tomorrow evening, in addition to the long-awaited version with more memory of the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro, a new keyboard will also be released in a brand new color ". With the shared poster that reads: "The version with more memory of the Mi Pad 5 Pro is coming, 8 GB + 256 GB, see you tomorrow".
Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro from 8GB / 256GB arriving tomorrow along with a new keyboard
Recall that the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro launched in August was available in an 8 GB + 256 GB version, but only if you bought the model with 5G support. While the Wi-Fi version only had two memory options, with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage or 6GB of RAM and 256GB of internal memory. Therefore, if nothing else, the version with more memory of the Xiaomi Mi Tablet 5 Pro will certainly be the Wi-Fi variant.
Furthermore, as previously mentioned, Xiaomi will also launch a new dedicated keyboard color for the Mi Pad 5 Pro, but the color has not yet been revealed.
In any case, all other specifications of the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro will remain invariant, this means that we will find the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor to power an 11-inch LCD panel with 2.5K resolution (2560 × 1600).
In terms of battery life, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro has an 8600mAh built-in battery respectively and supports 67W ultra-fast wired charging.
As for the price of the new variant, currently the 5 GB + 6 GB version of the Xiaomi Mi Pad 128 Pro has a price of 2499 yuan (350 €), while the 6 GB + 256 GB version has a price of 2799 yuan ( € 390). We therefore expect that the price of the 8 GB + 256 GB version will be around 2999/3099 yuan (415/430 €).