Design and Display: Premium, Slim, and Productivity-Friendly
The OnePlus Pad 4 sticks to a familiar design language, but that works in its favor. The metal unibody feels premium and solid, while the 5.94 mm thickness and 672 g weight are impressive considering the huge battery inside. Button placement adapts intelligently to how you hold the tablet, quickly becoming second nature in both portrait and landscape use. Up front, the 13.2‑inch LCD display is a highlight. With a sharp 3.4K resolution and 315 PPI, text and visuals look crisp for work and media. The 7:5 aspect ratio offers more vertical room, which helps when reading, editing documents, or running split‑screen apps. Brightness peaks at 1000 nits in high brightness mode, so visibility outdoors is generally good. While blacks cannot match OLED and HDR streaming support is limited, color reproduction is vivid and the adaptive refresh rate up to 144 Hz keeps everything looking fluid.
Performance: Snapdragon Power Makes Android Tablet Use Effortless
At the heart of this OnePlus Pad 4 review is performance, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset delivers in a big way. Combined with up to 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and fast UFS 4.1 storage, everyday Android tablet performance feels instantly responsive. App launches, multitasking, and heavy browsing are handled without hesitation, while the 144 Hz-capable panel showcases smooth animations and transitions in OxygenOS 16. Demanding games benefit from the powerful GPU and high touch sampling rate, making the Pad 4 suitable for serious mobile gaming sessions. Even with several apps in split-screen through Open Canvas and multiple floating windows, the tablet remains stable and fluid. Compared with the previous generation, the jump in processing headroom is noticeable, particularly when juggling productivity tasks alongside media playback and background downloads, reinforcing the Pad 4’s position as one of the smoothest Android tablets currently available.
Battery Life, Charging, and Audio: Built for Long Sessions
Battery life is a major strength. The OnePlus Pad 4 houses a massive 13,380 mAh cell, and it shows in real-world endurance. Light to moderate users can comfortably stretch usage across multiple days, while heavier workloads of streaming, note-taking, and gaming still leave plenty of charge by evening. When you finally need to top up, 80W SUPERVOOC charging helps reduce downtime significantly. This combination of capacity and speed makes the tablet ideal for travel, binge-watching, or extended study sessions. Audio completes the media experience: an eight-speaker system with quad woofers and quad tweeters produces rich, room-filling sound. Volume gets loud without harshness, and stereo separation is convincing in landscape mode. Orientation-aware tuning keeps the soundstage consistent regardless of how you hold the device. Together, battery, fast charging, and class-leading speakers make the Pad 4 particularly compelling for entertainment-focused users.
Software and Features: OxygenOS 16 Elevates the Experience
Software refinements are a core reason the OnePlus Pad 4 feels more than just a spec bump. Running OxygenOS 16 on Android 16, the tablet benefits from fluid animations, cleaner visual styling, and thoughtful UI touches like a frosted-glass dock and improved app drawer search. Live Space replaces static notifications with interactive, expandable cards that integrate tightly with the redesigned media player, adding a modern, glanceable feel. Multitasking via Open Canvas remains excellent: you can run up to three apps side by side, use multiple floating windows, and enjoy separate home screen layouts for portrait and landscape. OnePlus also leans heavily into AI, offering tools for summaries, rewriting, read-aloud, enhanced photos, and creative sketch-to-image generation. The Notes app is particularly powerful, supporting handwriting-to-text, equation solving, and structured AI summaries. Long-term support, with several years of OS and security updates promised, strengthens the tablet’s value proposition.
Verdict: A Refined, High-Performance Android Tablet with a Few Omissions
The OnePlus Pad 4 builds confidently on the original’s strengths while fixing key limitations. The upgraded Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, expansive 13.2‑inch display, and huge 13,380 mAh battery combine to deliver excellent Android tablet performance and standout tablet battery life. OxygenOS 16 adds polish and powerful new features, from Live Space and the revamped media player to robust multitasking tools and a deep suite of AI capabilities, making the software feel genuinely tablet-optimized. Accessory support, including the Stylo Pro and keyboard, further extends its usefulness for note-takers and productivity-focused users. However, the lack of a fingerprint scanner and absence of any cellular variant may be deal-breakers for some, and the LCD panel cannot match OLED for deep blacks or HDR streaming. Even so, for users who prioritize speed, endurance, and a refined software experience, the Pad 4 stands out as one of the most compelling Android tablets currently available.
