The OnePlus Pad Go 2 has a footprint of 266 x 192.8 mm with a volume of 348.74 cm³, and at 6.8 mm thick it maintains a slim profile despite weighing 599 g. The tablet carries a water resistance rating, offering a degree of protection against moisture. It does not come with a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard support, nor does it offer pen tilt sensitivity.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 features a 12.1″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a 2800 x 1980 px resolution and a pixel density of 283 ppi, delivering a sharp and detailed image across its large panel. Brightness reaches a typical 900 nits with a contrast ratio of 1500:1, and the display includes an anti-reflection coating to reduce glare. It supports Dolby Vision and runs at a 120Hz refresh rate with a 180Hz touch sampling rate for responsive input. HDR10 and HDR10+ are not supported, and the panel uses neither branded damage-resistant glass nor sapphire glass.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 is driven by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300, a 4 nm octa-core chipset with 6,200 million transistors configured in a big.LITTLE arrangement running at 4 x 2.5 GHz and 4 x 2 GHz across 8 threads, with integrated LTE and HMP support. It is paired with 8 GB of LPDDR5 RAM at 6400 MHz — expandable up to 16 GB — and comes with 512 GB of internal storage, with an external memory slot supporting up to 1024 GB. Graphics are handled by the Mali G615 MC2 GPU clocked at 1047 MHz, supporting DirectX 12 and a single display output. The tablet scores 1026 in Geekbench 6 single-core and 2932 in multi-core, runs Android 16 with full 64-bit support, and the chipset includes integrated graphics.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 has an 8 MP rear camera and an 8 MP front camera, with the main shooter capable of recording video at 1080p at 30 fps. It includes a flash and supports HDR mode, along with a useful set of manual controls covering focus, exposure, ISO, and white balance, as well as touch autofocus and continuous autofocus during video recording. However, it lacks optical image stabilization, a front-facing flash, a video light, slow-motion video recording, timelapse, burst mode, manual shutter speed, panorama shooting, 360° panorama, and 3D photo or video capabilities.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 includes stereo speakers for audio output, but does not feature a 3.5 mm headphone jack or a built-in radio.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 is equipped with a 10050 mAh rechargeable battery that supports fast charging, and a battery level indicator is available to monitor charge at a glance. The battery is not removable, and wireless charging is not supported.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 supports Wi-Fi 4, 5, and 6 (802.11ax) alongside Bluetooth 5.4, a cellular module (without 5G support), and a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0, with download and upload speeds of up to 3270 MBits/s. It includes a gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass, plus offline voice recognition, voice commands, and device position tracking, while NFC, an infrared sensor, HDMI output, Ethernet, and a fingerprint scanner are absent. On the software side, the tablet offers a wide range of features including split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, a media picker, full-page screenshots, notification controls, customizable notifications, app offloading, an extra dim mode, a child lock, battery health check, and the ability to play games while downloading. Privacy options include location privacy controls, camera and microphone access management, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not available. The tablet also supports on-device machine learning, Live Text, sharing intents, multi-user mode, and is free and open source, but does not offer focus modes, Quick Start, direct OS vendor updates, 3D facial recognition, or an iris scanner.
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 uses DDR5 memory.