The Vivo Pad SE is thought to launch as an affordable alternative to its premium Pad 5 Pro counterpart in April 2025. It will also be the smaller Android tablet of the two, according to a new leak. Its charging speed and RAM options may also leave a lot to be desired.
Vivo has confirmed that the Pad SE will debut alongside the Pad 5 Pro during its upcoming bumper product event. Its new name suggests that it will be a budget-class Android tablet, while the 5 Pro becomes its line's new flagship.
The OEM has left further details on both slates to the imagination for now, although the famous leaker Digital Chat Station claims to be able to fill us in on the Pad SE and how it will differ from the Pad 5 Pro already.
The former will apparently have one of Vivo's 'soft light' displays, albeit one of 12.25 inches in diagonal length compared to just over 13 inches in the 5 Pro, with no mention of the latter's allegedly "high" (probably 144Hz) refresh rate. The Pad SE is also now slated to charge much slower at 15 watts (W) compared to 66W in the 5 Pro.
The Pad SE is slated to come in a choice of 3 colors called Blue, Titanium and Dark Gray, and to start with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. There may be 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB options too.
The new leak gives no hint as to the Pad SE's processor, although it is now depicted as a potentially decent competitor to something like the Lenovo Tab P12 (2024) (now available at $309.99 on Amazon) on its release.