Oppo has put the Pad Air 6 up for pre-order on its own online store in China, and the listing gives away the tablet’s entire specification sheet before the launch. The Pad Air 6 launches in China on November 16, 2026, alongside the Reno17 series and the Watch 5. Pricing has not been published yet — the store page still shows a coming-soon label — but everything else is now on the record.
Display
The tablet uses a 12.1-inch LCD with a 7:5 aspect ratio and a 2800 x 1980 resolution, running at 30, 60, 90 or 120Hz. Typical brightness is 600 nits with a 900-nit peak, pixel density is 284 PPI and the screen-to-body ratio is 88.5 percent. The panel covers 98 percent of DCI-P3 in Vivid mode and 100 percent of sRGB in Natural mode, supports one billion colours with a DeltaE figure of about 1, and touch sampling goes up to 540Hz with 240Hz as the default.
Performance and Battery
Under the hood is MediaTek’s Dimensity 7360 Super, an octa-core chip with clocks up to 2.5GHz, with LPDDR5X memory. Storage is UFS 3.1 on the 128GB model and UFS 4.1 on the 256GB model. Three configurations are listed: 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB and 12GB + 256GB. Buyers can choose a Wi-Fi model (OPD2613) or a SIM 5G model (OPD2614); expandable storage is listed only for the SIM version. The battery is 10,050mAh with up to 33W SuperVOOC charging plus UFCS and PPS, and 13.5W PD over USB Type-C.
Design, Cameras and Software
The Pad Air 6 measures 266.01 x 192.77 x 6.89mm and weighs about 603 grams. Official colours are Encounter Blue and Starlight Silver, and both also appear as Soft Light editions. Imaging covers an 8-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera, with 1080p recording at 30 frames per second on the rear. Audio comes from four speakers and two microphones. The tablet runs ColorOS 17 on Android 17, supports face unlock and skips fingerprint authentication. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6, and the cellular model adds satellite positioning systems such as BeiDou, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS.
What Changed From the Pad Air 5
Compared with last year’s Pad Air 5, the new model keeps a similar recipe: the same 12.1-inch 2.8K 120Hz LCD and the same 10,050mAh battery. The changes are the chip — the Dimensity 7360 Super — and the software, with ColorOS 17 and a refreshed Notes experience with learning and AI tools, plus office features such as multi-screen connectivity, floating windows and wireless printing. NotebookCheck expects the tablet to reach global markets as the Pad 6, in the same way the Pad 5 was sold globally; that is an expectation, not an announcement, and there is no official word yet on a global or Pakistan rollout. For reference, the Pad 5 launched globally at roughly €399 to €529 depending on the market.
Price and Availability
Retail pricing has not been published yet, so expect the yuan figures and sale timing to land with the November 16 event. Pre-orders are already open on the official Oppo Shop in China, with reservation promotions that include a low-cost lock-in for a one-year screen protection plan. The tablet launches alongside the Reno17 Pro (China) and the Watch 5 at the same event.
On paper the Pad Air 6 is a careful refresh rather than a reinvention: the same screen and battery as its predecessor, a newer chip and newer software. The test will be the price — if Oppo holds it near the Pad 5’s level, it stays one of the more sensible mid-range tablets around.
