The tablet market is getting some serious attention by brands this year, and Motorola also threw in a contender this year. The company launched its first ever mid-range tablet — the Moto Pad 60 Pro some weeks back and it packs some promising specs — a 144Hz display, MediaTek’s Dimensity 8300 chip, quad JBL speakers, and a stylus that you don’t have to buy separately. Priced at Rs 26,999, it’s aiming to compete with the likes of Xiaomi, Poco, and even Samsung’s budget Tab S offerings. So, can the Moto Pad 60 Pro stand tall against its rivals and turn out to be a solid deal? I have been using the tablet for some time and I have some thoughts about it. Read along! DesignOn the design front, there isn’t too much innovation when it comes to tablets, and most of them look similar. The Moto Pad 60 Pro also has a similar look as we’ve seen with the other tablets, but what’s good here is that the company has carried its practice of offering Pantone colours with the tablet too. My review unit is in the Pantone Bronze Green colour and it looks nice and sophisticated. At 6.9mm thickness and weighing around 620 grams, it’s not the most lightweight device for extended handheld use, you would want to place it on a surface to use it more comfortably. The integrated fingerprint scanner and power button is placed on the top edge, while the volume buttons are on the top right corner. You also get a microSD card slot. There’s also a magnetic strip on the back, where you can attach your Moto Pen Pro. Interestingly, even though the brand has not launched a keyboard yet, there’s a 3-pin pogo connector for the keyboard at the back. When asked about it, the brand said that we might get to see a keyboard too in the near future. Moto Pen ProThe Moto Pad 60 Pro comes bundled with the Moto Pen Pro, which is a great thing because you don’t have to spend extra money on buying a stylus. And honestly, I feel the tablet experience is incomplete without a stylus! The Moto Pen Pro offers pressure sensitivity, palm rejection, and a comfortable grip. So the entire pen experience is pretty good for the price that you’re paying. The latency is also kept minimal. With the pen, you can even do some tricks like system-wide screenshot markup, Google’s Circle to Search, quick translation, and zooming tools. While it’s not quite as precise or responsive as Samsung’s S Pen or Apple Pencil, for the price, I think it’s a good deal. The stylus charges magnetically when placed on the tablet and doesn’t need a separate charger, which is a major convenience. DisplayThe front of the Moto Pad 60 Pro packs a 12.7-inch 3K LTPS LCD panel (2944 x 1840 pixels), with a 144Hz refresh rate. It’s one of the best displays you can get at this price. It is smooth, crisp, and immersive. It generates vibrant visuals and the contrast is also punchy. And even the colours feel accurate. I really enjoyed binge watching movies on it. With that said, the display’s biggest limitation is its brightness. At a peak of 400 nits, it’s fine indoors but struggles under harsh sunlight. Performance & SoftwareThe Moto Pad 60 Pro is powered by the MediaTek’s Dimensity 8300 chipset which is found in upper mid-range smartphones. This is paired with 8GB or 12GB LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 storage (up to 256GB). Speaking about the benchmark scores, the Moto Pad 60 Pro scored 1262954 on the Antutu test and on the Geekbench 6 test, it scored 1443 on the single core test and 4563 on the multi core test. I also ran the CPU throttling test on it. The tablet did not throttle too much, as you can see from the graph. It throttled down to 84% of its peak performance which means that it can sustain the load pretty decently. And all of this translates in real life too, be it your daily tasks or multitasking, the tablet was able to smoothly sail through. Gaming is decent but not perfect. BGMI showed occasional frame drops. Software-wise, the tablet runs Android 14 with a near-stock Hello UI. The bummer here is that Android 15 is missing. There’s also support for Smart Connect. I used the tablet as a secondary display along with the Moto Book 60 and even though the experience wasn’t the most smooth one, it helps on the productivity front. BatteryThe Moto Pad 60 Pro packs a large 10,200mAh battery, enough to get you through a full workday or two days of moderate use. On a typical day involving web browsing, video calls, a couple of hours of Netflix, and note-taking, the tablet lasted nearly 10–11 hours comfortably. This is complemented with a 68W fast charger and it takes about 75 minutes to go from 0-100%. CameraThe Moto Pad 60 has a 13-megapixel camera on the rear and an 8-megapixel camera on the front. While I didn’t find myself using the cameras so much, both are decent and get the job done when it comes to video calls. VerdictThe Moto Pad 60 Pro gets a lot of things right, especially for the price. A smooth 144Hz display, a reliable Dimensity 8300 processor, decent battery life, and a stylus that actually comes in the box. I also like how Motorola has kept the software clean and added features like Smart Connect, even if the execution still needs a bit of polishing. That said, there are some things that could’ve been better. Outdoor brightness is average, Android 15 should’ve been here by now, and the gaming performance is just decent. A keyboard accessory would’ve made the setup more complete, especially since the pogo pins are already there. But all things considered, if you just want a dependable tablet the Moto Pad 60 Pro is a solid deal, especially if you’re already using other Moto devices.