iQOO’s upcoming Pad Ultra is shaping up as a compact gaming tablet built around a difficult combination: high-end performance hardware, active cooling and a large battery in a body that weighs just 298g. The company has now confirmed a 9,020mAh battery for the 5.74mm-thick tablet, which is scheduled to launch in China on September 29, 2026.
Its portability-focused dimensions are paired with hardware intended for sustained play rather than brief benchmark runs. The Pad Ultra has an 8.8-inch OLED panel with a 165Hz refresh rate, up to 4,500 nits of peak brightness, a claimed response time below 1ms, and 2.65mm bezels on all sides. iQOO says the screen-to-body ratio is 93.3%.
Cooling for longer gaming sessions
The unusual component is a built-in active-cooling system. Its 30 × 30 × 3.5mm fan can reach 14,500 rpm and has a claimed maximum airflow of 0.94 CFM. iQOO says the system uses three cooling levels that adjust with workload; in a company demonstration, the airflow extinguished six candles at once.
That fan could be meaningful for the tablet’s intended use, including high-refresh-rate gaming, charging while playing and game streaming, where a conventional passively cooled tablet may need to reduce performance as heat builds. The Pad Ultra uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 platform alongside iQOO’s Q4 gaming chip. iQOO says the combination supports 2K output at 165 fps and ray-tracing effects in compatible games.
- Display: 8.8-inch OLED, 165Hz refresh rate, up to 4,500 nits peak brightness
- Processor: Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
- Gaming chip: iQOO Q4
- Battery: 9,020mAh
- Cooling: active system with a 30 × 30 × 3.5mm fan
- Audio and haptics: symmetrical stereo speakers and dual X-axis linear motors
- Build: all-metal body measuring 5.74mm thick and weighing 298g
- Colors: Star Silver and Ender Black
iQOO plans to introduce the Pad Ultra alongside the iQOO 16 and new gaming earbuds in China. Pricing, memory configurations, charging details and U.S. availability have not been confirmed. On the information available, the Pad Ultra appears aimed at players who want a smaller, lighter Android tablet without giving up the thermal hardware usually associated with more specialized gaming devices.
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