Whoa. A thirteen-inch tablet thinner than my phone, that lasts a whole D A Y? It's real, it's fast, and you basically can't buy it here. Meet the Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Max: a giant Android tablet chasing the iPad Pro. It starts at 4,799 yuan in China, about seven hundred fifteen dollars. Pro power, without the Pro bill. This is Tech After Dark, so we read six write-ups, including Notebookcheck's full review.

And zero hands touched it. Including your sticky little paws. Three new things! One: Xiaomi made its O W N chip, the Xring O3. Built on a tiny three-nanometer process. And reviewers say the graphics side is the standout for games. Two: battery. Notebookcheck got over twenty-four hours of web browsing! That's almost double the iPad Pro 13 and Galaxy Tab Season 11 Ultra. Rude. Three: plug a laptop or console into its U S B-C port, and it becomes a monitor!

Or a drawing screen, with sound. Okay, that one's genuinely clever. Specs. Screen: 13.3 inches, 3.4K, 144 hertz. It redraws 144 times a second, so scrolling feels like butter. So it's basically a giant, buttery iPad screen? It's L C D, not oled. Bright, 877 nits in Notebookcheck's test, but blacks look grey next to oled. Okay, but it's 5.67 millimeters thick. Thinner than most phones! And 645 grams.

Light for thirteen inches, but still not a pocket situation. Charging! 120 watts into a 12,000 milliamp-hour battery! Xiaomi claims about fifty minutes to full. Notebookcheck measured seventy. Still quick for a battery that size. Notebookcheck gave it 89 percent and called it one of the most powerful tablets you can buy. Notebookcheck on the monitor trick: 'a capability that every flagship tablet should have from now on.' But in Notebookcheck's long, heavy-load test, performance dropped by up to about 40 percent.

More than they expected. On sale in China now, from about 715 dollars to 1,177 dollars for one terabyte. Seven hundred bucks? I'd buy one. For science. Nova's Catch: it's China only. Imports run around a thousand dollars, with no cellular and no G P S. Please tell me the keyboard's included. Nope. About 164 dollar extra in China. Rivals. Galaxy Tab Season 11 Ultra, from 1,199 dollars. IPad Pro 13, from 1,399 dollars.

Both get oled. But both lasted about thirteen hours in Notebookcheck's test. Xiaomi? Twenty-four plus! In Notebookcheck's test, the OnePlus Pad 4 ran about two percent longer. It just charges slower, at 80 watts. My score? 7.8! Monster battery, monitor trick, thinner than my phone. I'd import it tonight! I'm a 6.4. Grey blacks, throttling, and import hassle. Wait for a global launch. After Dark Score: 7.1.

Third in laptops and tablets, just behind the iPad mini A20 Pro! Verdict: wait. Or import it, and enjoy the paperwork. See you next time.