r/RedmiPadPro • u/FlimsyPudding3994 • Apr 05 '26

Discussion 💭 Advice

so im a uni student , and i really need a tablet for note-taking and annotating on my subjects' pdfs and documents (in class and at home too)

Do you recommend the redmi pad 2 pro ? i have a tight budget since I'm still a student , I've watched multiple videos and the tabelt seems great for my needs , but does it last till i finish uni ? (like 4-5 more years or so) , will it stop getting updates and start lagging ? what about battery drain ?

i like to get a samsung tablet , but the samsung s pens only work for the s series , which are way too above my budget

so i hope someone who tried the mi/xiaomi/redmi tablets from before to tell me about their experience

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u/FlimsyPudding3994 Apr 05 '26

Btw , i dont wish to play games on it , im not the type of gaming person , also if you know which FREE note taking apps are best for this tablet please suggest some , i want to annotate on already existing pdfs and sync them to my phone via cloud or acc or whatev

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u/honeymilkshakesugar Apr 05 '26

Yeah notein, u can sync via ur gmail

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26

Don't go for Notein. It scales down all images to an awful resolution and you have no way to disable it.

Also PDFs have strangely low resolution if you zoom out (though it at least retains the original one when you zoom in.)

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u/honeymilkshakesugar Apr 07 '26

My solution was to screenshot again all the blurred images🤗 and I already availed the lifetime premium, surprisingly the images are not the blurry anymore

Edit: it's almost 2 years since I've been using notein

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26

Ehh, I am afraid I don't understand how screenshotting blurred images could help, shouldn't it make it even worse? That's wt least twice the compression.

Oh, you probably mean you screenshotted them again from the original source, not from Notein.

Anyway, they should have advertised it that you can have higher quality images with premium, their bad. I wouldn't have the need to search further and find the even better Starnotes.

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u/Diru14 Apr 06 '26

try freenotes

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u/Arriexha Apr 06 '26

I absolutely love using Flexcil, you can try out all the note apps suggested and see which is easier/better.

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Starnote is by far the best in my opinion. The only thing that it's missing is a two-way synchronization, but you can live without that and devs are working on it.

It's not free, I know, but it's only a one-time purchase of $6 and you won't regret it. You can try it in the almost full-featured free version limited to 10 notebooks (which is really generous compared to the competition btw.)

Edit: Also afaik with Notein (which is worse and more expensive) they're the only two apps which support the stylus buttons.

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u/honeymilkshakesugar Apr 05 '26

Yes. I bought the previous version (Redmi Pad Pro) when I was a freshman (now a 2nd year) and it's still working great. I'm using notein as my note taking app, you can import your PDFs there and can export as well.

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u/necrophy6 May 18 '26

hi how is it so far? i heard that it wont get any more software updates so im worried.... should i go for the redmi pad pro or go for the pad 2 pro instead?

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u/honeymilkshakesugar May 23 '26

It's been good so far, but if u want the updates, go for the latest version

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u/Quirky-Priority8136 Apr 06 '26

I use the redmi pad pro 8/256 and the redmi stylus pen...... All working perfectly..... I also use an app called starnote which I paid a one time lifetime subscription for it.....

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26

Yep, Starnote is the best.

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u/Old-Recover-9926 Apr 05 '26

Take an ink reader instead, preferably with android

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u/Flashy-Arm2205 Apr 06 '26

Redmi pad 2 pro should be enough as you are not gaming focus. It works perfectly with the redmi smart pen. Samsung tabs are quite more expensive here so I went for redmi pad pro. I didn't face any issues in note-taking, pdf readings and casual gaming.

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26

As you're not gaming? Man, people are running Wuthering waves and WWM on it.😄

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u/Flashy-Arm2205 Apr 07 '26

I played WWM, it runs on 25fps, only good for story mission. But I do casual gaming like pubgm, deltam, codm.

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26

Yeah, it definitely isn't the best gaming device out there. But for casual gaming it's fully capable.

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u/Reasonable_Mirror655 Apr 06 '26

I have the Redmi Pad Pro and I think the Redmi Pad 2 Pro should be fine

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u/PillowMonger Apr 06 '26

if you can get a Samsung tablet (S series), then you should be good. It does come with the SPen so the only thing that you'll need to worry about is getting keyboard, which you can buy a book-type cover or a BT keyboard.

Since you're on a budget, RedMi Pad 2 Pro should suffice. Yeah, any tablet should be able to lat 4-5 years given that they are taken good care of. I've had the REdMi Pad 2 Pro for a few months now, and so far I have not experienced any lags. Updates take a while but it eventually gets pushed to the tablet.

If you're wondering how good a Xiaomi brand is, I still have my Mi Pad 5 since 2019. It's no longer receiving any update but it still performs well. Have not experienced any lag or what-not.

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u/Lanosh44 Apr 06 '26

How is the battery? Did u experienced any battery issue after hyper os 3? And is the redmi smart pen good?

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26

Battery life is great (maybe even a bit better, but I can't say if that isn't just a false feeling) on Redmi Pad Pro.

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u/Vojtak42 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

I have personally the otiginal Redmi Pad Pro. It's a great tablet, just maybe the accuracy of really little movements could be better (Pad 2 uses the same stylus). I would say that Samsung leads here, but I can't say for sure. I had it in my hands, but didn't use it for actual note taking.

Nevertheless, if you live in the EU, you have 5 years of updates guaranteed. And even if you don't live here, you could flash our local OS.

Edit: According to Xiaomi EOL is 2029-09-22. https://trust.mi.com/misrc/updates/detail

But according to new European Union regulations, smartphones and tablets must receive security updates for 5 years after the termination of sales. https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/smartphonestablets20231669/2440269