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I usually use iPhone 12 to watch videos, but OLED hurts my eyes. After watching it for a long time, my eyes feel uncomfortable, shed tears, and my eyesight deteriorates, so I came up with the idea of ??buying a tablet to watch videos. The budget is not high, only about 2k5. After looking at it, Xiaomi tablet 5pro and Huawei matepad11 meet the needs. Lenovo Xiaoxin’s blind OLED screen is directly excluded. If you buy Honor v7pro, it is better to buy its big brother matepad11. Since both feel suitable, buy them both and try them out.

The matepad11 was purchased at the seafood market. It is a 2600 Ocean 90% New Blue 6 128g version. The seller provided a factory protective cover and a tempered film. Xiaomi Mi Pad 5pro was purchased at Youpin pre-sale. The pre-sale discount is 100, which is 2399, and a 65w charger is included. Damn, it took 5 days to ship the product. I also missed the event where the first 1,000 people who reviewed it received a film and case. I will never book on this crappy platform next time. Jingdong is so delicious, you can get 1,000 Jingdou cash back the next day.

By the way, there is also an iPad Air4 featured this time. I bought it with an education discount. The price is 3,700 after selling the headphones. I bought this tablet for my mother to use as an iQiyi launcher, and it feels like it’s overkill. Why not buy MatePad 11 or Xiaomi tablet? Because the iPad system is stable and can be used for seven or eight years without any problems. The mini2 I used before has been used for about seven years and is still very smooth now. This time I will compare the appearance of the air4, but not the split screen or other aspects. It is too difficult to use.

Below, Xiaomi Mi Pad 5pro is referred to as mi5, matepad11 is referred to as m11, and iPad Air4 is referred to as air4.

Mi5 and m11 are slender, while air4 is slightly wider

The screen ratio of mi5 and m11 is 16:10, which is a great size for watching videos. air4 is 4:3, and the black bars at the top and bottom are a bit large when watching videos, which is suitable for office work.

mi5 is black, m11 is navy blue, air4 is green

air4 has a full metal body and feels the best. Mi5 has a metal frame and a plastic back cover, which takes second place in hand feel. The frame of the m11 looks like aluminum alloy and plastic, and with the large plastic back, the feel ranks last (just a personal opinion).

All three tablets have C-mount 4 speakers

It can be seen here that the design language of air4 and mi5 is the same, both have right-angled borders. m11 is a curved border. In terms of aesthetics, I think the right-angled frame looks better.

mi5 vs. m11

m1 vs. air4

mi5 vs. air4

Judging from the frame size: air4 mi5 m11. It definitely looks good because of the narrow bezels, but it makes no difference in use. Who stares at the bezels all day long? As long as it’s not ridiculously thick, it’s acceptable.

The most important thing about a tablet is the system. m11 uses Hongmeng os2.0, which is said to have been adapted to 400 applications. Mi5 is an upgraded version of Xiaomi Mi Pad 4. Everyone should know what happened to the previous generation. This time I chose a few commonly used software for comparison (the pictures below are all m11 on the upper side and mi5 on the lower side).

What is worth buying?

Zhihu, both can adjust the left and right spacing

WeChat, you cannot log in to two tablets at the same time

Taobao

Bilibili,

IT Home, you can adjust the spacing, the picture size is inconsistent

Jingdong

Coolan

Tieba, adjustable spacing

NetEase Cloud Music, adjustable spacing

QQ Music, adjustable spacing

Tencent Video (non-HD version , mi5 does not have it)

Youku, non-HD version can be displayed in full screen

iQiyi HD

Huya Live, adjustable spacing

Douyin, both have no parallel view, it is best to use it in vertical screen

Vertical screen Douyin

I prefer to use it for simple search, there is nothing fancy. There is no adaptation for mi5, but m11 supports parallel vision.

Small bug of mi5, m11 displays normally

It is as big as a tablet, it would be a waste if it is not used for dual display applications. I like to open Aunt Zhang and JD.com or Taobao at the same time. Or hang up a music player while shopping at Aunt Zhang.

Worth buying Taobao

Worth buying JD.com

Worth buying QQ Music

NetEase Cloud on mi5 does not support split-screen display

m11 supports NetEase Cloud split screen

Games: I don’t play games, but judging from the known news, mi5 is more suitable for gamers.

Stylus and keyboard: It’s not necessary if you don’t buy one, it’s just an iQiyi launcher

In my opinion, these two tablets are basically a 50-50 split. The advantage of mi5 is that it is cheap, has a large battery, fast charging, cheap accessories, and a better processor. The advantage of m11 is that it is better adapted to mainstream applications and system updates are guaranteed. But because mi5 has not been used for a long time, more differences have yet to be discovered. If you want to make a video board, you can do both, it just depends on your personal preference.

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