OPPO Pad 3 Pro: Performance King, New Pinnacle of Android Tablets

OPPO Pad 3 Pro: Performance King, New Pinnacle of Android TabletsThe OPPO Pad 2, powered by the flagship Dimensity 9000 processor, ignited a performance revolution in the Android tablet market. Now, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro pushes the boundaries further, equipped with the leading third-generation Snapdragon 8 processor, elevating Android tablet performance to new heights

OPPO Pad 3 Pro: Performance King, New Pinnacle of Android Tablets

The OPPO Pad 2, powered by the flagship Dimensity 9000 processor, ignited a performance revolution in the Android tablet market. Now, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro pushes the boundaries further, equipped with the leading third-generation Snapdragon 8 processor, elevating Android tablet performance to new heights. Not only does this tablet boast exceptional performance, but it also features comprehensive upgrades in screen, audio, battery life, and more, delivering an unparalleled user experience.

Appearance: Classic Continuity, Detail Enhancement

• Available in Dawn Gold and Nightfall Blue, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro boasts a unibody metal design. It inherits the classic rounded style of the series and incorporates fine concentric circle brushing, highlighting its quality. The 12.1-inch oversized screen, coupled with a 7:5 golden ratio, offers a wider field of vision and more comfortable viewing experience. The resolution has been upgraded to 30002120, reaching a PPI of 303. Combined with a 144Hz high refresh rate and 900nit peak brightness, the display delivers a more delicate and smooth image, with more vibrant and realistic colors.

The centered camera and flash design remains, with the addition of the OPPO brand logo in the center, offering simplicity and prominence. The side volume keys incorporate magnets for securing the stylus, while also featuring a wireless charging window. The other side houses magnetic attachment and contacts for connecting the keyboard cover. The top features the power button and a set of speakers, while the bottom houses the USB Type-C charging port and another speaker.

The OPPO Pad 3 Pro's intelligent touch keyboard has been upgraded with a notebook-level trackpad exceeding 8600 square millimeters. It supports smart gestures, facilitating user control. The keyboard features a built-in battery, allowing it to be used separately for greater flexibility and convenience. The right wrist rest includes an NFC read area, enabling effortless one-touch connection with OPPO phones.

The new stylus has also undergone a significant upgrade, now equipped with a built-in vibration motor that provides different vibrations according to the pen stroke, simulating a realistic feel. The soft tip offers comfortable damping, even the sound resembles pen-on-paper writing, ultimately restoring the paper and pen experience. It comes with a 67W fast charging kit for convenient and rapid charging.

User Experience: Transcending Tablet Boundaries

The OPPO Pad 3 Pro continues the rounded style of its predecessor, with curved edges and corners offering a comfortable grip, preventing discomfort during extended use. Combined with the newly designed intelligent touch keyboard, it can be easily used as a laptop.

The biggest pain point of Android tablets for office use is the inability to directly use numerous computer files, especially Apple's iWork suite. Through the upgrade of OPPO Docs, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro breaks down ecological barriers, eliminating format restrictions and supporting common format conversions, such as iWork to Office, Office to PDF, Office to images, etc. These are all built-in free features of the tablet, requiring no membership.

Numerous applications built into the tablet have been deeply integrated with the OPPO Andes large model. For example, Docs provides functions like document summarization, document translation, polishing, continuation, expansion, abbreviation, formalization, and colloquialization, allowing users to utilize them anytime.

Although the OPPO Pad 3 Pro's 12.1-inch screen is already quite large, it can feel a bit cramped in multi-screen scenarios. To address this, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro introduces the Super-Vision Panoramic Virtual Screen function, enabling the screen to surpass physical size constraints, allowing windows to be tiled outside the screen. When needed, they can be pulled in for direct use. Three applications can work simultaneously without making any one application too small for operation. Even games can be tri-split, such as switching to another game during combat in "PUBG Mobile", or temporarily switching games when confronted with queueing or unskippable storylines.

The OPPO Pad 3 Pro also comes with OPPO's best stylus, with a significant focus on enhancing writing feel. The built-in vibration motor provides different vibrations based on the stroke used, simulating a realistic feel. When using a pen and pencil stroke, the pen body will feedback with different subtle vibrations, while using a marker and eraser will remain incredibly smooth. Coupled with dual-click pen switching between different strokes, after familiarization, you can perceive the stroke by touch alone, even surpassing the effectiveness of a paper-like film.

Game Testing: 120FPS Genshin Impact, Ultimate Gaming Experience

Leveraging its powerful performance, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro can handle various large-scale games effortlessly. We tested three games with high load - "Genshin Impact", "Honor of Kings", and "PUBG Mobile", all played on the highest quality settings at the highest frame rate (frame rate priority), recording the frame rate performance during the game.

1. Genshin Impact

In "Genshin Impact", all quality options were set to the maximum. Additionally, in the OPPO Game Assistant, the "Ultra-Frame Ultra-Picture" option under the "Esports Mode" was activated, enabling frame interpolation for "Genshin Impact", increasing the original 60FPS limit to 120FPS. Subsequently, we entered the game, running through Sumeru City for 15 minutes, recording frame rate changes. The real-world test revealed that the frame rate of the OPPO Pad 3 Pro remained consistently at 120FPS while running "Genshin Impact" with minimal fluctuations, demonstrating stable performance.

2. Honor of Kings

In "Honor of Kings", again, all quality options were set to the maximum. We then engaged in a 5v5 battle and recorded frame rates. It was observed that except for a slight frame rate fluctuation during the final battle ending screen transitions, it maintained a straight line throughout, consistently maintaining 120FPS.

3. PUBG Mobile

In "PUBG Mobile", the HDR HD and 90FPS quality options were selected. We then entered the game and recorded frame rates. It was observed that the game consistently held around 90FPS throughout the entire game, with minimal fluctuations.

Simultaneously, during game testing, we noticed that the OPPO Pad 3 Pro generated very low heat. Holding it in hand, it only felt slightly warm. Thanks to the 35,000 square millimeter oversized heat dissipation area designed by OPPO, the heat performance of the OPPO Pad 3 Pro edition is exceptional.

Performance Testing: Enhanced Performance Across the Board, Double That of the Previous Generation

The OPPO Pad 3 Pro is equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 8 leading processor, a special overclocked version of the third-generation Snapdragon 8 processor. The super-core working frequency has been increased to 3.4GHz, resulting in incredibly powerful performance, achieving the pinnacle of Android tablet performance. Coupled with up to 16GB LPDDR5X memory and up to 1TB UFS4.0 flash storage, the hardware configuration is maximized, delivering impressive performance.

1. Antutu

The Antutu score directly exceeded 2.1 million, doubling the score of last year's performance king. The CPU score reached over 460,000, improving by 83%, while the GPU score surpassed 860,000, a 126% increase.

2. 3DMark

We first ran the SlingShot Extreme test in 3DMark, targeting high-end smartphones and tablets. The test results were surprising. The performance development of current phones and tablets has surpassed the limits of the testing software, preventing it from providing test scores. Following the software's recommendation, we ran the more demanding WildLife Extreme test. The OPPO Pad 3 Pro achieved top 10% overall performance in this test, with a stability rating of 93.2%.

3. Androbench

The implementation of UFS4.0 flagship flash storage has resulted in a significant increase in the OPPO Pad 3 Pro's continuous read and write performance, both exceeding 3500Mb/s.

Charging and Battery Life: Long-lasting Battery, Rapid Charging

We used the Battery Dog app to conduct battery life tests for the OPPO Pad 3 Pro. Battery Dog simulates high-intensity user operations, continuously switching between environments like video playback and 3D games, testing the actual battery life capabilities of the product. The test revealed that after 11 hours and 33 minutes of continuous operation, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro's battery level fell from 100% to 20%. Calculating based on this, the OPPO Pad 3 Pro's battery life exceeds 14.5 hours, considered quite durable among Android tablets.

The OPPO Pad 3 Pro uses the same 9510mAh battery as its predecessor, the OPPO Pad 2. While performance has improved, battery life has also been enhanced. When the OPPO Pad 3 Pro's battery reaches 10%, connecting it to the included 67W fast charging charger and activating fast charging results in incredibly rapid charging. The battery reaches 99% in 50 minutes, without significant heating during charging.

Conclusion: Comprehensive Enhancement, Living Up to the "Pro" Name

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