Expert’s Rating
Pros
- Long-lasting battery life
- Great performance
- Big, bright display
- Useful accessories included in the box
Cons
- Display is still not OLED
- Poor cameras
Our Verdict
The Yoga Tab Plus is a genuine rival to high-end tablets such as the iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, offering an impressive range of premium features, plus an included stylus and keyboard. If your workflows allow it, it’s a tablet that can convincingly replace your laptop.
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The AI era is here, and while plenty of tablets will start making promises to check a box on the packaging, the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus might be one of the best tablets around for Android users.
It’s a very capable slate in its own right, offering a fantastic Android software experience and being fantastic for media consumption. And with plenty of performance headroom for AI tasks, too, it’ll run for years in the current climate.
The only real gripe I have is the lack of an OLED panel, but given how bright the LCD gets, it’s easier to forgive, As an added bonus, it includes the Tab Pen Pro stylus and keyboard in the box, which make it an easy choice to replace your laptop if your workload will allow it.
Here’s my full review.
Design & Build
- Modular keyboard case
- Tab Pen Pro included
- Easy to hold with one hand
I was impressed as soon as I opened the box of the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus. In it, you’ll find the tablet, but also an included Tab Pen Pro stylus and keyboard accessory. Most tablets offer these as extra optional purchases, so it’s great to see them here.
Starting with the tablet itself, that 12.7-inch display dominates, and there’s a slimline bezel around the outside. On one end, you’ll find a USB-C charging port, as well as two speaker grilles, while there are two more and a sleep/wake button on the other side.
I was impressed as soon as I opened the box of the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus
It’s curious that the Tab Pen Pro, which has a mix of matt and glossy materials, can charge on the same side as the front-facing camera. Other manufacturers tend to keep the sensor on the opposite side or the longer right side for video calls.
On the bottom, the keyboard attaches magnetically. It’s one of the best keyboard attachments I’ve used, actually. Keys have more travel than on my iPad Pro’s Magic Keyboard, though that is a generation behind now. The trackpad is large and comfortable to use, too.
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All in all, the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus feels like a premium tablet, and I particularly appreciate that the case is modular. If you don’t want the keyboard but do want the kickstand on the rear, you can easily attach one without the other.
Screen & Speakers
- 12.7-inch IPS LCD panel
- 144Hz refresh rate
- 2944 x 1840 resolution
I criticised the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro for its IPS LCD panel, but there are levels to it. Put simply, the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus is magnitudes better, despite the same underlying screen technology.
There’s a zippy refresh rate of 144Hz, and a sharp resolution of 2944 x 1840 across the 12.7-inch panel. However, you won’t get the same black levels and contrast you would with OLED. Thankfully, it’s significantly brighter than many of its rivals, including the Idea Tab Pro, making for great outdoor visibility.
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There are also not two, not four, but six speakers on offer. With two tweeters and four subwoofers, audio is nicely balanced, whether you’re playing games or watching a movie.
With two tweeters and four subwoofers, audio is nicely balanced, whether you’re playing games or watching a movie
Specs & Performance
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- 16GB of RAM
- 256- or 512GB of internal storage
AI requires plenty of performance, and the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus delivers it in spades. It’s not going to rival the M4 iPad Pro, but it comes out ahead of much of the chasing pack.
The chipset here is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 from Qualcomm, and it’s one of the best workhorses around, especially with a very generous 16GB of RAM. Combined with a sizeable display, the likes of web browsing, multitasking and social media are all smooth and responsive, especially when combined with that 144Hz refresh rate screen.
The ample performance on offer makes the Yoga Tab Plus ideally suited to both work and play
Playing games was a delight, too. That horsepower under the hood allows for high frame rates on demanding games, including playing demanding titles such as Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. The ample performance on offer makes the Yoga Tab Plus ideally suited to both work and play.
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The big focus, as it will be for years to come, is AI. If you do invest in a Yoga Tab Plus, you can rest safe in the knowledge it’s packed with the right stuff. Specifically, there’s a Qualcomm Hexagon NPU that dovetails with Lenovo AI Now to offer a streamlined AI experience.
Storage is fast, with 256- or 512GB options, but there’s no Micro-SD card for expandable storage. That’s a shame, given how common it is across Lenovo’s other tablets.
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Cameras
- 13Mp front-facing camera
- 13Mp rear camera
- Up to 4K video at 30fps from rear camera
The cameras on the Yoga Tab Plus are similar to the Idea Tab Pro that I also tested. In other words, they’re fine in a pinch, but nothing like as good as you’ll get on most smartphones.
Images from the single 13Mp main sensor lack detail, with colours looking washed out and overexposed. Unless you’re really desperate to take pictures on a tablet, you’re better off looking elsewhere.
Images from the single 13Mp main sensor lack detail, with colours looking washed out and overexposed
Much of the same applies to the front camera, which is also a 13Mp sensor. Skin tones look washed out, and while it’ll work for video calls, there are far better options out there.
You can see what I mean in the sample images below. My hair has been captured as one singular mass, as opposed to individual pieces.
Battery Life & Charging
- 10,200mAh battery
- Strong battery life
- 45W charging means long charge times
This section brings good and bad news for the Yoga Tab Plus.
The good news is that it’s equipped with a sizeable 10,200mAh battery, which ensures very strong battery life.
When I used the device for work and some media consumption, it lasted for over 14 hours on a single charge. AI tasks and gaming will deplete the battery more quickly, but it’s impressive nonetheless.
In fact, PCMark’s Work 3.0 benchmark ran it to 18 hours and 3 minutes, which is well above average among tablets.
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The bad news is that the size of the battery means it takes a long time to charge. Despite support for 45W charging, I found it took over two hours to go from empty to full.
Software & Features
- Lenovo ZUI over Android 14
- Three major OS upgrades
- Security patches for four years
At launch, the Yoga Tab Plus ships running Android 14, but you’re only guaranteed updates to Android 17.
With Android 16 already available, that’s worth mentioning right off the bat, and it’s unclear how long you’ll have to wait for the latest version of Google’s OS.
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However, you do get four years of security patches, which isn’t bad. As a result, expect new features to drop off in a couple of years, but rest safe knowing the tablet will be secure for some time after that.
Lenovo’s own ZUI skin sits on top of Android, but it only really makes relatively small tweaks to the core Android formula. In fact, you might not notice them until you hook up a keyboard and mouse, turning it into a Chromebook of sorts.
The software experience remains generally clean and easy to use
Other than that, it’s the Android you know, with the option to navigate with gestures or on-screen buttons, while there’s a new AI assistant dubbed Lenovo AI Now. It’s essentially a chatbot that can find you files, search the web, summarise documents, and the other surface-level AI tasks.
The Yoga Tab Plus suffers from the same limited selection of dedicated Android tablet apps as any of its rivals, but the software experience remains generally clean and easy to use.
Price & Availability
The Yoga Tab Plus is a premium Android tablet, and it’s priced to match.
It starts at £669/$769.99 and includes a pen and keyboard cover in the box, but there are various other accessories that can be bundled with it.
You can buy one from Lenovo or Currys in the UK and from Lenovo or Best Buy in the US.
It’s a compelling rival to some of the best tablets you can buy, including the M3 iPad Air, Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ and OnePlus Pad 3.
Should you buy the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus?
Aside from the lack an OLED panel and disappointing cameras, there’s really nothing else holding back the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus.
It’s plenty bright, packs genuinely useful accessories in the box, and has a focus on AI that means it’s likely to last for years. Add to that some genuinely impressive performance and a big battery, and you have one of the best Android tablets around.
Specs
- Lenovo ZUI, based on Android 14
- 12.7-inch, 2944 x 1840, IPS LCD, 144Hz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- 16GB RAM
- 256/512GB storage
- 13Mp rear camera
- 13Mp front-facing camera
- Six speakers
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth 5.4
- 10,200mAh battery
- 45W wired charging
- 290.9 x 188.3 x 8.5 mm
- 640g
- Colours: Seashell, Tidal Teal
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