The flagship tablet with a projector Yoga Tablet from Lenovo

In 2014, Lenovo introduced a tablet with a Yoga Tablet 2 projector to the public, which revived a new wave of interest to the usual device. A year later, an updated version of the Tablet 3 PRO was released, where the manufacturer eliminated a number of shortcomings of the earlier version. It would seem that everything has already been invented, and it is no surprise to the experienced user, but Lenovo has succeeded. Devices with impressive screens have attractive characteristics, but special attention causes built in Pico projector. The competent combination of two devices in one turned the mini-computer into a full-fledged multimedia device.

Gadget external data

Design and ergonomics are two important factors for a technique such as a tablet computer. The flagship model Tablet 3 PRO is made in the traditional for the family of Yoga design: everything is stylish, concise and attractive. Unusual thickening hides a powerful battery with a capacity of 10200 mA / h and picometer, it also serves as a convenient stand.

Ergonomics at the highest level: the tablet is nice in the hands and easy to use. For the combined 2-in-1 device, the advantage was that the built-in projector did not change the usual form of the gadget. Engineers so organically combined the two devices into one that did not have to implement changes to the usual design of Yoga. In addition, manufacturers have provided as much as four positions for self installation, and in the stand there is a hole for suspension.

The Tablet 2 has a wide display at 13 ”, the screen has a slightly smaller display - 10.1”, which simplified use and reduced weight. If to compare with analogs, even 10.1 ”is a decent indicator of the diagonal for the tablet.

Lenovo YOGA Tablet 2 Pro Projector

Body material, in comparison with the previous version of the "pill", it became more pleasant, it is all the same plastic, but now it has become matte with rubberized properties. Quite a rational solution for a mobile gadget weighing 660 grams.

The interface is not impressive innovation, but contains everything you need for comfortable use:

• 3.5 mm audio headset jack;
• micro-usb;
• slot for sim card micro-standard;
• 4 jbl front speakers with dolby atmos technology to create surround sound;
• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules, support 3g and lte;
• location tools: glonass, gps, a-gps;
• Installation of a flash card on 32 GB and its expansion up to 128 GB is available.

Tablet 3 display

The characteristics of the screen are of genuine interest: a diagonal of 10.1 ”, the resolution of 2560x1060 (QHD) is strong for a tablet of the average price category. The device has a good margin of brightness and a considerable viewing angle. All this is complemented by good lighting, but the color rendition was a bit disappointing. Ordinary IPS-matrix, selected by Lenovo, has not the best performance, color range tends to a green shade.

There are still a couple of minor flaws, for example, the glossy screen coating is noticeable glare in the light. On a bright sunny day, you will have to look for a shaded place to watch the video comfortably. And the second is the quality of glass, if in the previous model it was installed tempered, then here is the most ordinary glass. All this will require careful and careful handling of a cheap tablet.

Pico projector

The first thing that is of interest is the projector built into the tablet stand. It can be turned on both via the application and separately displayed button. The ability to project content on a wide screen is quite attractive, it greatly expands the multimedia potential of the device.

The device with the video projector of the Pico series is a high-quality toy. In fact, among the whole variety of picoprojectors there are not many copies that can meet the minimum needs. Characteristics of Pico in Yoga can be called worthy.

1. Power - the main thing that will determine the capabilities of the projector, here stated 50 Lm. This is enough to display an image on a 70-inch screen in a darkened room or 35-inch in daylight. The indicator is slightly higher than in the second “pill”, and one cannot say that this is not enough.
2. Resolution 854x480r, but from Pico wait no more.
3. LED-lamps are quite “tenacious”, the LED resource is 5 - 10 times higher than that of a standard lamp.

During operation, the monitor of the device is automatically turned off to save battery life. From the settings screen there is a calibration of the brightness of the image and trapezoid.

Given the modest resolution of the picture, watching full-length movies will not be very comfortable, especially for those who appreciate the exceptionally high quality. On the other hand, for various clips, photos - it is quite enough, and also in those situations when there is no better alternative. Not every picoprojector has such capabilities. The manufacturer tried and developed for users a quality product, and not a useless option and a loud advertising.

Internal opportunities

Engineers installed a powerful 4-core Intel Atom x5 processor from the Cherry Trail series. Complements the picture graphics accelerator Intel Hd Graphicswhose resources are enough for everyday use.

The volume of its own memory is 32 GB, operational - 2 GB, but, despite the decent stuffing, the device allows itself to "slow down" periodically. Especially striking is the slow response of the context menu, freezing when switching the screen. Tests showed that this was observed in the previous version, but to a much greater extent.

The increased memory capacity, according to the manufacturer, will provide up to 49 days of work in the standby mode. The time of active use is calculated for 18 hours, but as practice has shown, the device is completely discharged after 10 hours of movie playback in FullHD quality, the projector will reduce this figure to 5 - 6 hours.

Two cameras for 5 and 13 megapixel removed in HD-quality. Of course, they cannot be compared with professional equipment, but with good lighting and focusing, the user will get quite a satisfactory image.

Summary

The updated version of the third generation has surpassed the previous model in many ways: improved stuffing on the Android 5.1 platform, debugged software, increased projector and camera performance. Apparatus Yoga Tablet 3 PRO supports wireless communication via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules. Installing microSim allows access to 3G or LTE networks.

Tablet designed for active consumers of multimedia content, it is “sharpened” for games, video or audio playback, reading e-books. This is indicated by the high-quality sound system, wide screen with high resolution and the presence of a Pico-projector. Users are presented with versions that support only LTE or Wi-Fi.

The cost of "pills" can not be called low, it is rather average price segmentbut the unit is worth it.In the near future, the appearance of analogs from other manufacturers is not excluded, but at the moment Lenovo's products are unique against the background of similar devices.