Xiaomi Pad 6 design leaked via live image, shows Xiaomi 12 Pro-like camera design

What this says about the Xiaomi Pad 6 lineup

According to the live image, which was first reported by China-based news publication CNMO, the Xiaomi Pad 6 lineup appears to feature the same camera module design as the Xiaomi 12 Pro. This typically helps brands create a marketing campaign by giving the tablet the same design elements as that of its flagship smartphones — and also enables it to save design and assembly cost as it enables utilisation of more similar assembly components, a factor that has a trickle-down effect on the cost of a device.

The Xiaomi Pad 6 camera appears to thus host the primary camera module at the top, and has lines that cleanly divide the rest of the components of the module. There is a second camera unit, details of which are not known yet. There is also a third unit that is likely just a design addition for symmetry, and a third segment within the module for accommodating the LED flash.

The leaked image is said to belong to the standard Xiaomi Pad 6 tablet, and not its Pro models, which would therefore make for an upgrade to the lineup — the Pad 5, launched in 2021, had a single 13MP rear camera, while the Pad 5 Pro and 5 Pro 5G had dual-rear camera modules of 13MP + 5MP and 50MP + 5MP, respectively.

More details, however, are yet to be seen. The Xiaomi Pad 6 is expected to be launched globally later this year, and feature the Snapdragon 870 SoC on the standard Pad 6, and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC on the Pad 6 Pro. Other purported features include quad speakers, 120Hz display and 120W fast charging, among others.