Xiaomi is best known for cramming huge spec into its devices and offering good value for money. That's always been the message on its phones – with sub-brands like Redmi and Poco taking that to an extreme – while latter years have seen something of a price creep for Xiaomi.
Its tablet range really landed internationally with the Xiaomi Pad 5, and a few years later we're looking at the Xiaomi Pad 8 and Pad 8 Pro – the latter on review here. This is a tablet pitched as the closest you'll get to an iPad Pro alternative, although that's a target many brands are now shooting for.
