At $479, OnePlus’ First Android Tablet Looks To Stand Out in the Crowd – CNET [CNET]

The OnePlus Pad will be available for preorder starting on Friday.

The OnePlus Pad will be available for preorder starting on Friday.

After being teased earlier this year, OnePlus’ first tablet, the OnePlus Pad, will be available for preorder starting on Friday and cost $479, the company revealed on Tuesday. 

People can also purchase a $149 magnetic keyboard, a $99 stylus and a $39 folio case to go along with the Android tablet. The tablet has an all-metal design and comes in a single green color option, with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Expect the tablet to ship May 8. 

CNET’s Andrew Lanxon said the tablet has a good feel to it when he tried it out at this year’s Mobile World Congress trade show. The tablet has an 11.6-inch display and a 7:5 aspect ratio for reading books, perusing documents and web browsing.Lanxon described the 9,510mAh battery as “capacious,” and OnePlus says it allows for 14 hours of video playback and up to a month in standby. 

The OnePlus tablet is emerging into an already flooded market of tablets from Apple, Samsung, Amazon and more. CNET considers Samsung’s premium Galaxy Tab S8 Plus, which at $900 costs nearly double the OnePlus Pad, one of the best Android tablets on the market.