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The Lenovo Idea Tab Pro is a good tablet.

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I honestly can’t believe this thing really exists at the price it is. Especially at the price I got it for.

Very recently, I shared a post trashing on the iPad as a productivity device. I stand on that statement even more after finding this Android tablet.

Some History

I have a mixed history of devices. I have zero loyalty to any company and only choose products based on how well they serve my needs. I swap brands almost every single year, and that includes going from iOS to Android.

While the iPad is probably the best multimedia device you can get for the layman, it is garbage for having to use a mouse and keyboard. It also starts making less sense when you start including the value you get for the money you spend.

The Value is There

What does make sense, though, is the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro. This thing is $399 at full price, but I got it for Black Friday at $299.

For that price, I got:

It’s honestly just insane value. This is a steal even at the $399 full price.

When I heard of the Lenovo Tabs, I considered it a joke. I remember the original tablets they used to make, and they were low-end garbage. So when I didn’t see a Snapdragon in this device, I immediately wrote it off as a crappy, slow device without any support.

This actually led me to get the Galaxy Tab A+, which was around the price I was looking for. It wasn’t a bad device; it was actually about what I’d expect for the price range. The performance was enough to boot up my webpages, load up a Google Doc, and remote into my server.

But after doing research that night, I realized I may have made a big mistake when I saw what people were saying about the crappy tablet I had overlooked. Needless to say, I ended up with the Lenovo I’m currently typing this on.

Fuck iPadOS: The Sequel

Both Lenovo and Android have come a long way when it comes to working as a laptop replacement. Unlike the ridiculous fear Apple has of putting real software on their kickass tablet hardware, Lenovo’s flavor of Android doesn’t drive their users to commit heinous acts from frustration.

They even give you a real fucking mouse cursor that functions like a desktop. If I invented a language, I still couldn’t convey how shit iPadOS’s cursor behavior is.

Okay—I won’t make this Rant Part 2. Back to the Lenovo.

The Actual Review and Thoughts

Yes. It’s actually better.

That could be the end of the review, but I will add some personal loves, and maybe a few quirks (I may not have any).

This thing flies through most tasks I throw at it. I have maybe seen one or two hitches here and there, but it’s genuinely so rare, I think I’ve only seen it three times in the weeks I’ve had it. For the way I actually use a tablet—writing, web work, and remote access—this matters more than benchmarks.

A big thing to note is that I do not game in any form on my tablet. That is reserved exclusively for my desktop. I can’t comment on its** **value for that, but I’ve read it performs really well, just not flagship phone specs-wise.

The RAM management is actually great; my apps always seem to be open when I need them.

The screen is remarkably great for being an LCD. I’m genuinely surprised by the black levels that I’m able to get out of this. If I glanced at it without knowing, I could see myself assuming it was an OLED. The color reproduction also appears good to me on the natural setting.

I also appreciate the iOS “True Tone” ripoff that you can enable and disable in the settings. I know that can be hit or miss for some people, but I personally love it.

The face unlock and fingerprint sensor unlock extremely quickly and reliably. Though I will note that the face unlock is not like FaceID and relies on the camera, so only the fingerprint unlock works at night. It still noticeably works in darker lights too, though.

Internet connectivity is great, and Bluetooth connectivity is great.

It comes with a lot of bloatware crapps, but Lenovo let** **you uninstall nearly all of them, so I’ll take the subsidy.

I guess if I had to complain about something…

The PC mode that lets** **you use the tablet like a desktop interface doesn’t let you rotate the display 180 degrees. This only bothered me when I wanted to charge from the left side instead of the right. Honestly, it’s pretty annoying, but with how much joy this thing brings, I can’t be upset by this first-world problem.

So what was the point of this post?

To tell you to go get one. It’s fucking awesome.

/squawk <~

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