The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) measures 189.1 mm in height and 257.8 mm in width, with a slim profile of 6.3 mm and a weight of 533 g, resulting in a total volume of approximately 307.12 cm³. The tablet does not include a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or a backlit keyboard, and it offers no water resistance. Tilt sensitivity is also absent, making the device a straightforward slate without additional accessory support bundled in the box.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) features an 11.61″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 2800 x 2000 pixels and a pixel density of 296 ppi, delivering a fairly sharp visual output for its size. Typical brightness is rated at 500 nits, and the display includes an anti-reflection coating along with Dolby Vision support, though it does not support HDR10 or HDR10+. The touch sampling rate runs at 144Hz, contributing to smooth on-screen interactions. The screen does not use branded damage-resistant glass or sapphire glass, and it is not an e-paper display.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 chipset, built on a 4 nm process with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at 1 x 3.35, 3 x 3.2, and 4 x 2.2 GHz using big.LITTLE and HMP technologies. It comes with 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM at 8533 MHz and 512 GB of internal storage, with an external memory slot available for expansion; the maximum supported memory amount reaches 24 GB across 4 channels, with a peak bandwidth of 68.2 GB/s. Graphics are handled by the integrated Mali G615 MC6 GPU clocked at 1400 MHz, supporting DirectX 12 and OpenCL 2, while Geekbench 6 scores land at 1536 single-core and 4700 multi-core. The SoC includes integrated LTE, an NX bit, TrustZone security, and a 4 MB L3 cache, and the tablet ships with Android 15 with support for 64-bit applications.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) is equipped with an 8 MP rear camera using a CMOS sensor and capable of recording video at 2160p at 30 fps, supported by a single LED flash and a video light. Manual controls include ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, while touch autofocus and continuous autofocus during video recording are also available. HDR mode is built in, but the camera lacks optical zoom, optical image stabilization, a back-illuminated sensor, and does not support slow-motion recording, timelapse, burst mode, HDR10 recording, Dolby Vision recording, or 3D capture. The front-facing 8 MP camera has no dedicated flash. Neither panorama nor 360° panorama shooting is supported, and the rear flash is a single standard LED unit without dual-tone or RGB capability.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) includes stereo speakers and supports aptX HD for higher-quality Bluetooth audio output, though it does not support aptX, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC. There is no 3.5 mm headphone jack, so wired audio requires an alternative connection, and the device does not include a built-in radio.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) houses a 9520 mAh rechargeable battery with support for fast charging, and a battery level indicator is available to keep track of remaining charge. The battery is not removable and does not support wireless charging.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) supports Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 6 alongside Bluetooth 5.4 and NFC, while connectivity via USB Type-C 3.2 is available; however, the device has no cellular module, no 5G support, no GPS, no HDMI output, and no Ethernet. On the software side, the tablet offers a broad set of features including split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, full-page screenshots, a media picker, customizable notifications, notification controls, and the ability to play games while they are downloading. Privacy options cover location settings, camera and microphone access controls, app tracking blocking, and clipboard warnings, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not present. Sensors include a gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass, and the device supports offline voice recognition, voice commands, on-device machine learning, and phone tracking; it does not include a fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, 3D facial recognition, barometer, infrared sensor, or built-in projector. Additional system features include multi-user support, app offloading, an extra dim mode, a child lock, battery health check, and sharing intents, while Quick Start, focus modes, direct OS vendor updates, and Galileo support are absent.
The OnePlus Pad 3 (China) uses DDR5 memory, representing the generation standard of the RAM used in the device.