OnePlus Pad Go review: a tempting general-use tablet at a competitive price

The OnePlus Pad Go is an inexpensive 11-inch tablet with LTE and respectable performance

OnePlus Pad Go showing the Lightroom app on a wooden table
(Image: © James Abbott / Future)

Digital Camera World Verdict

All in all, I found the OnePlus Pad Go to be a useful and, indeed, more than adequate device for general use with no major slowdowns or stuttering during testing. Even working with 12MP Raw files in Adobe Lightroom Mobile worked well. Despite not having a 4K OLED screen, the on-screen image is sharp and vivid, and for the price it’s fair to say that the Pad Go represents good value for money, especially considering it's an 11-inch LTE tablet.

Pros

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    Sleek design

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    Decent performance

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    Competitively priced

Cons

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    No OLED screen

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    Sound is good but not great

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    Only one colour is available

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OnePlus is known for delivering high-performance phones and tablets that are, well, extremely competitively priced, but in the main offer comparable performance to more expensive rivals. The OnePlus Pad Go falls within this profile perfectly to offer an 11-inch 2.4K tablet with LTE so you can install a SIM card for connectivity on the go alongside using WiFi when available.

This is a consumer tablet so it's not superpowered for productivity, although it can handle some more demanding tasks reasonably well, which we'll discuss later. But for everyday tasks such as web browsing, on-demand video, gaming, and general app use. Quite simply, for the average user, it's more than adequate and handles most apps with ease.

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Display 2.4K / 2408x1720px / 260ppi
Processor MediaTek Helio G99 64-bit Octa-core
RAM 8GB LPDDR4X
Battery life Up to 514 hours standby
Front camera 8MP 1080p 30fps
Rear camera 8MP 1080p 30fps
Dimensions 10.04x7.40x2.72in / 255x188x69mm
Weight 18.06oz / 512g
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James Abbott

James Abbott is a landscape and portrait photographer based in Cambridge. He’s also an experienced photography journalist specializing in camera skills and Photoshop techniques. He is also a CAA-approved drone pilot and professional aerial photographer.