I used the OnePlus Pad 4 for three weeks — Here are 5 things I learned
I used the OnePlus Pad 4 for three weeks — Here are 5 things I learned
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Publish Date: 2026-05-21 13:07:00
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The OnePlus Pad series is still where I think the company has some of its old “Flagship killer” instincts left. Last year’s OnePlus Pad 3 brought together a premium design, solid software, powerful hardware, and very few compromises, so I was genuinely excited when OnePlus told me it was working on a successor.
On paper, though, the OnePlus Pad 4 feels like a fairly incremental upgrade. It brings the latest Qualcomm flagship chipset, an even bigger battery than last year, and keeps a very similar overall design. There are also a few odd downgrades this time around, mostly because of rising memory and component costs, which now seem to be affecting tablets as well.
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One of the only complaints we had about last year’s OnePlus Pad 3 was that OnePlus still used an IPS LCD panel on what was supposed to be its flagship tablet. Unfortunately, that’s still the case with the OnePlus Pad 4 as well.
The OnePlus Pad 4 comes with a very similar 13.2-inch IPS LCD display to last year’s model. It’s still a really good panel overall, with Dolby Vision support and up to a 144Hz refresh rate. OnePlus has also bumped the brightness from 900 nits to 1,000 nits in high brightness mode, which definitely helps a bit more outdoors.
But as we’ve been saying for the past couple of years, an LCD panel still just can’t reproduce colors and contrast the same way an OLED display can. You probably won’t notice much of an issue…
