Oppo Pad Mini vs Apple iPad Air M4: Price in India, display, processor, battery, camera and more compared
Follow UsOPPO Pad Mini features an 8.8-inch OLED 144Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip and an 8,000mAh battery.
Apple iPad Air M4 offers an 11-inch IPS display, M4 processor and 12GB RAM and up to 1TB storage.
OPPO Pad Mini costs Rs 94,999, while the iPad Air M4 11-inch Wi-Fi model starts at Rs 89,900 in India.
Oppo launched the Oppo Pad Mini tablet in India at its flagship Find X10 series launch event. The tablet sits in the sub-Rs 95,000 segment and is set to compete with the upcoming Apple iPad mini OLED, which is tipped to launch later this month. As of now, in terms of pricing, the OLED tablet’s closest competition is the base variant of the latest iPad Air, which starts at Rs 89,900 in India. For starters, while the Oppo offering is powered by a Qualcomm chip, the iPad Air runs on Apple’s in-house M4 processor.
SurveyTo keep the comparison relevant on the scale of pricing, we have compared the newly announced Oppo Pad Mini with the base iPad Air 11-inch Wi-Fi variant.
Oppo Pad Mini vs iPad Air M4 11-inch Wi-Fi: Specifications
Display and design: The Oppo Pad Mini sports an 8.8-inch 2.5K OLED 144Hz screen with up to 3,200nits peak brightness and a matte coating to cut reflections. In comparison, the base iPad Air offers a bigger 11-inch IPS LCD screen with 500nits of brightness and an anti-reflective coating. The Pad Mini is 5.5 mm thick and weighs 279g, against the iPad Air’s 11-inch Wi-Fi variant’s 6.1mm and 464g.
Performance and software: While the Pad Mini runs on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset and offers 8GB RAM, the iPad Air runs on Apple’s in-house M4 chip and packs 12GB RAM. While the Oppo tablet runs on Android 16-based ColorOS 16, the iPad Air boots on iPadOS 26 out of the box and can be upgraded to iPadOS 27.
Cameras: Moving to the optics, the Pad Mini packs a 13MP primary rear camera and an 8MP selfie lens. As for the Apple device, the iPad Air packs a 12MP wide rear and a 12MP Centre Stage front camera.
Battery: Oppo Pad Mini packs a massive 8,000mAh cell and 67W charging, while the iPad Air M4 houses a 7,606mAh cell (28.93Wh) and a 20W charger in the box.
Connectivity and other notable things: While both models ship with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, the Oppo Pad Mini gets a USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 port and the iPad Air packs an Apple N1 wireless networking chip. For secure authentication, the iPad Air gets Touch ID, against Oppo’s facial recognition support. While the iPad Air supports Apple Pencil (USB-C) and Pencil Pro, the Pad mini supports OPPO Pencil 3 Pro.
iPad Air M4 vs Oppo Pad Mini: Price in India
OPPO Pad Mini costs Rs 94,999 (8GB + 256GB) in India. As part of the pre-booking offers, you can get the Oppo Pencil 3 Pro (worth Rs 6,999) and Oppo Pad Mini Smart Case (worth Rs 3,999) at no extra cost. The Pad Mini is available in a single Lavender Purple shade.
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Apple iPad Air M4’s base trim (128GB) starts at Rs 89,900. The 256GB Wi-Fi variant costs Rs 1,01,900. For the unaware, the iPad Air M4 is offered in 11-inch and 13-inch screen sizes, up to 1TB of storage and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + eSIM variants. iPad Air is available in four colourways: Blue, Purple, Starlight and Space Grey.
