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Vlad Savov from [[The Verge]] praised the device for its competitive pricing and for being the first device in market to use Nvidia [[Tegra K1]] SoC which Nvidia claimed was more powerful than the [[Xbox 360]] and [[PS3]].<ref name="verge_review">{{cite web |last1=Savov |first1=Vlad |title=The Xiaomi Mi Pad is a plastic iPad mini for Android lovers |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/15/5719786/xiaomi-mipad-is-a-plastic-ipad-mini-for-android-lovers |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media LLC |accessdate=May 15, 2014 |language=en |date=15 May 2014}}</ref> The same article labeled it "UNAPOLOGETICALLY DERIVATIVE" for its similarities to Apple iPad mini & Apple iPhone 5c.<ref name="verge_review"/>
<ref name="verge_review">{{cite web |last1=Savov |first1=Vlad |title=The Xiaomi Mi Pad is a plastic iPad mini for Android lovers |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/15/5719786/xiaomi-mipad-is-a-plastic-ipad-mini-for-android-lovers |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media LLC |accessdate=May 15, 2014 |language=en |date=15 May 2014}}</ref>
Conversely, the device was labeled "UNAPOLOGETICALLY DERIVATIVE" for its similarities to Apple iPad mini & Apple iPhone 5c.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Low |first1=Aloysius |title=Xiaomi's Mi Pad is a cheap plastic iPad Mini clone (hands-on) |url=https://www.cnet.com/reviews/xiaomi-mi-pad-preview/ |website=CNET |accessdate=21 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Basulto |first1=Dominic |title=Can China’s Xiaomi challenge Apple as the smartphone innovation leader? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/01/02/can-chinas-xiaomi-challenge-apple-as-the-smartphone-innovation-leader/ |website=Washington Post |accessdate=2 Jan 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=FARIVAR |first1=CYRUS |last2=AMADEO |first2=RON |title=Xiaomi’s plan to take over the world: One handset, tablet at a time |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/xiaomis-plan-to-take-over-the-world-one-handset-tablet-at-a-time/ |website=Ars Technica |accessdate=13 Feb 2015 |language=en-us |date=12 February 2015}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Savov |first1=Vlad |title='One more thing': ex-Google exec says his Chinese employer is no Apple ripoff |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/22/5925753/hugo-barra-xiaomi-china-interview |website=The Verge |accessdate=22 July 2014 |ref=hugo-barra-verge-design-similar |language=en |date=22 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=James |title=Xiaomi's Apple-inspired gadgets have made it a $46 billion company |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/29/7460813/xiaomi-valuation-46-billion-thanks-to-apple-inspiration |website=The Verge |accessdate=29 Dec 2014 |language=en |date=29 December 2014}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Rob |title=Look how similar red-hot Chinese startup Xiaomi's products are to Apple's designs |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/Look-how-similar-red-hot-Chinese-startup-Xiaomis-products-are-to-Apples-designs/articleshow/47000217.cms |website=Business Insider |accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Matt |title=Xiaomi’s One More Thing |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/30/xiaomis-one-more-thing/ |website=TechCrunch |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mlot |first1=Stephanie |title=Xiaomi Eyes Rivals With $240 Mi Pad Tablet |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/323643/xiaomi-eyes-rivals-with-240-mi-pad-tablet |website=PCMAG |accessdate=15 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
 
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Tony |title=MiPad: Xiaomi's first tablet reviewed |url=https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/xiaomi/mipad/549915/ |website=PC World |language=en-AU}}</ref>
 
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