Oppo has unveiled a new device in the Kenyan market. This time round, it is not a smartphone or a pair of earbuds, as we have become accustomed to over the years. Rather, it is a tablet! Yes, a tablet.
While Oppo is not a stranger to tablets, the Oppo Pad Air is the brand’s first tablet in the local market.
The Oppo Pad Air packs a 10.36-inch 2K IPS display, a Snapdragon 680 4G chipset, 4GB RAM, a choice of 64 or 128GB internal storage options (expandable via microSD up to 512GB), an 8-megapixel camera at the back and a 5-megapixel front-facing shooter, a 7,100mAh battery that supports video playback for as many as 12 hours (don’t worry, the display is tuned to take away any eye fatigue) and reverse charging via USB OTG.
The device runs a version of ColorOS, Oppo’s Android overlay, that is tuned for tablets: version 12.1 based on Android 12.
The Oppo Pad Air is priced at Kshs 35,000, comes in Fog Grey and can be purchased at physical and online retail outlets countrywide. As usual, we recommend checking with some of our recommended merchants if you’re looking to purchase the device.
According to research firm IDC, the global tablet market declined by almost a fifth, year-over-year, in the first quarter of 2023 with only over 30 million units being shipped, a number that matches pre-pandemic levels. Tablet sales are expected to remain low throughout the first half of 2023.
