Xiaomi offers a range of consumer electronics at different price points, but one market they’ve been largely absent from is tablets. Based on the evidence from reliable tipsters, we believe that Xiaomi is working on at least three new high-end Android tablets.
Recently, we have been reported that these devices are codenamed “Enuma”, “Elish”, and “Nabu” with model numbers K81, K81A, and K82 respectively. We saw that all three of these code names are referenced in methods such as “isPad”, suggesting that certain MIUI apps will show select features on tablets.
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Furthermore, a recent alpha version of the MIUI Home app contains a new settings page for demoing system navigation on tablets, as shown below.
It seems that “enuma” and “elish” will be variants of one another while “nabu” will be a distinct product. Moreover, “enuma” appears to support voice calls while “elish” and “nabu” do not, suggesting that only “enuma” will support mobile connectivity (4G LTE/5G).
A reference to all three code-names can be found in the MIUI Settings app in a method called “isSplitTablet”. The method’s name is interesting as we don’t know what “SplitTablet” means here.
Given the partial hardware specifications we’ve seen, though, we don’t have much reason to believe these three code names refer to in-development foldable. In fact, analysis of source files by Telegram group XiaomiUI and Xiaomi tipster kacskrz reveals that all three devices could have standard 16:10 aspect ratio displays.
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According to the tipsters, the display resolution of these three products appears to be 2560×1600. Each of these devices is expected to have an IPS LCD panel that refreshes at up to 120Hz. “Nabu” in particular may have a 10.97-inch panel, with overall dimensions of 236mm x 148mm. It may also have an 8720mAh battery under the hood, according to tipster kacskrz.
Adding to this, all three of Xiaomi’s upcoming tablets will seemingly be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8-series chipsets, which are rarely found on Android tablets these days. Two of these tablets (“enuma” and “elish”) will seemingly be powered by Qualcomm’s sm8250 platform, which means they’ll sport one of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865, 865+, or 870.
The third tablet (“nabu”) will be built on Qualcomm’s sm8150 platform, which can mean it’ll have one of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855, 855+, or 860. Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 888 likely won’t be powering any of Xiaomi’s upcoming tablets, but it’s rare to see a tablet ship with a flagship-tier Snapdragon chipset anyway.
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