The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 has a footprint of 266.4 x 192 mm with a thickness of just 6.6 mm, and weighs 589 g, giving it a reasonably compact physical profile for a 12.1-inch tablet. It carries a water resistant rating, offering a degree of protection against moisture. The device does not include a stylus, detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard, and tilt sensitivity is not supported.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 features a 12.1-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 2800 x 1968 px at 283 ppi, delivering a fairly sharp visual output for its size. Both the refresh rate and touch sampling rate run at 144Hz, contributing to smoother on-screen motion and more responsive touch input. The display supports HDR10, though HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are not supported. It does not use branded damage-resistant glass or sapphire glass, and it is not an e-paper display.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, built on a 4 nm process with a CPU configuration of 1 x 3 GHz, 4 x 2.8 GHz, and 3 x 2 GHz cores using big.LITTLE technology, and a TDP of 12.5W. It is paired with 12 GB of RAM running at 4800 MHz, 512 GB of internal storage via eMMC 5.1, and supports an external memory slot, with the maximum supported memory amount reaching 24 GB. The Adreno 735 GPU clocks at 1100 MHz with 3 execution units, supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2, and OpenVG 1.2, and can drive one display. Cache consists of 1 MB L2 and 8 MB L3, while maximum memory bandwidth sits at 64 GB/s. The chipset includes integrated LTE, integrated graphics, TrustZone security, and 64-bit support, and the device runs Android 14. Geekbench 6 scores are recorded at 2019 single-core and 5570 multi-core.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 includes an 8 MP rear camera with a CMOS sensor and a single LED flash, capable of recording video at 1080p and 30 fps. It supports manual controls for ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, along with touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during video recording, HDR mode, and a video light. The rear camera does not feature a back-illuminated sensor, optical image stabilization, optical zoom, slow-motion recording, timelapse, panorama, 360-degree panorama, HDR10 recording, Dolby Vision recording, dual-tone flash, RGB flash, manual shutter speed, or 3D capture capabilities. A 5 MP front camera is also present, though it lacks a front-facing LED flash.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 is equipped with stereo speakers for audio output, but does not include a 3.5 mm headphone jack or a radio tuner. On the wireless audio side, none of the advanced Bluetooth codec options are supported, including aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 houses a 10000 mAh rechargeable battery with a battery level indicator and support for fast charging. The battery is non-removable and does not support wireless charging.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth 5.4, with download and upload speeds of 10000 Mbits/s and 3500 Mbits/s respectively. It uses a USB Type-C port at USB 3.2, but does not include cellular connectivity, 5G support, NFC, HDMI output, Ethernet, or an infrared sensor. On the software and features side, it supports split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, dark mode, dynamic and manual theme customization, media picker, full-page screenshots, customizable notifications, notification controls, child lock, multi-user support, battery health check, extra dim mode, on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, Live Text, sharing intents, and the ability to play games while downloading. Privacy options include location privacy, camera and microphone access controls, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not available. Sensors include a gyroscope and accelerometer, while a compass, barometer, fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, and 3D facial recognition are absent. The device also supports position tracking, but does not offer focus modes, app offloading, Quick Start, direct OS vendor updates, or a built-in projector.
The Vivo iQOO Pad 2 uses DDR5 memory and supports multithreading for handling parallel processing tasks.
