The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G has a footprint of 211.58 x 125.48 mm with a thickness of 8.8 mm and a weight of 370 g, keeping it reasonably manageable for a tablet in this category. It does not include a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard support, and offers no water resistance rating. The device also lacks pen tilt sensitivity, positioning it as a straightforward tablet without any bundled input accessories.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G features an 8.7″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 1340 x 800 px and a pixel density of 179 ppi, backed by a 90Hz refresh rate and a 180Hz touch sampling rate for reasonably responsive input. Brightness reaches a typical 500 nits, and the panel delivers a contrast ratio of 1500:1, while the front is protected by Gorilla Glass 3. The display does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision, and it is not an e-paper panel, nor does it use sapphire glass.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G is powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 chipset, built on a 12 nm process with an octa-core CPU running at 2 x 2 GHz and 6 x 1.8 GHz across 8 threads, using big.LITTLE technology and a 5W TDP. It comes with 4GB of RAM clocked at 1800 MHz across 2 memory channels, delivering up to 13.41 GB/s of memory bandwidth, alongside 128GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage that can be expanded by up to 2TB via an external memory slot. Graphics are handled by the Mali G52 MC2 GPU running at 1000 MHz with a turbo clock of 1000 MHz, supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2, with integrated LTE also present on the SoC. The chipset supports 64-bit processing and ARM TrustZone security, the maximum supported memory amount is 8GB, and the tablet ships with Android 14. Geekbench 6 results stand at 424 for single-core and 1322 for multi-core workloads.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G includes an 8 MP rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture, a CMOS sensor with 1.12 µm pixel size, and a single LED flash, capable of recording video at 1080p 30fps along with slow-motion footage. It supports touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during video recording, and a range of manual controls including ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, though manual shutter speed, optical zoom, and optical image stabilization are not available. HDR mode is supported for photos, but HDR10 and Dolby Vision recording are not, and neither panorama nor 360° panorama shooting is offered, with burst mode also absent. On the front, a 5 MP camera with an f/2.2 aperture handles video calls and selfies, though it does not have a dedicated front-facing flash. The rear flash serves as a video light, and the flash unit is a single standard LED without dual-tone or RGB configurations.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G features stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, covering the basics for both built-in and wired audio output. It does not include a radio tuner, and on the wireless audio side, none of the advanced Bluetooth codecs are supported — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G is equipped with a 6650 mAh rechargeable battery that includes a battery level indicator for monitoring charge status. The battery is non-removable and does not support fast charging or wireless charging.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 4 and Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.3, and includes a cellular module with a single SIM slot supporting download speeds of up to 300 Mbits/s and upload speeds of up to 100 Mbits/s, though 5G is not supported. It uses a USB Type-C port at USB 2.0 speeds, while HDMI output, NFC, Ethernet, and an infrared sensor are all absent. For positioning, the tablet includes GPS with Galileo support and a compass, along with an accelerometer, but lacks a gyroscope and barometer. Biometric security options are not available — there is no fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, or 3D facial recognition. On the software side, the tablet supports split screen, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, a media picker, full-page screenshots, customizable notifications, and an extra dim mode, as well as the ability to play games while they download. Privacy features include location privacy options, 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 present. Additional capabilities include on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, sharing intents, a child lock, multi-user support, mobile device position tracking, and a battery health check, while Quick Start, app offloading, focus modes, and direct OS vendor updates are not offered.
The Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 4G uses DDR4 memory.
