Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro

“The wow factor is quite large when hearing the configuration of Lenovo's Yoga Tablet 2 Pro for the first time: a projector, a brand name sound system, a decent camera, and a high-resolution screen. It is a great credit to Lenovo that it manages to fulfill many of the high expectations for a relatively moderate price of 499 Euros (~$620) for the Wi-Fi version or 599 Euros (~$745) for the LTE version.The projector proves to be very useful, and is a great alternative for a movie night on the go. Viewers will like the color reproduction and decent brightness. Although the sound system cannot match gaming laptops or high-quality home speakers, it does provide an impressive sound for a tablet that makes the projector into an everyday suitable home entertainment center.The holding bar (cylinder) prevents the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro from passing as slim, but it has many practical advantages. The incorporated stand is just as great a feature as the holding bar itself that gives the user a secure grip. A second small TV becomes superfluous because the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro can even be hung up on a wall. Lenovo does not run out of good ideas and implements them consistently, which is remarkable in itself.The high-resolution screen could perhaps be slightly more color accurate, the stability is not perfect, and the GPS is definitely inaccurate. The SoC offers mid-range performance - occasional lags are daily routine but they are tolerable. The battery life is good in practice, the casing barely heats up, and the software and handling are decent.The Yoga Tablet 2 Pro just has to be loved for the fact that it tries out new things, and implements them well. But its everyday qualities have not been forgotten. Users who do not find a 13.3-inch tablet with a weight of almost one kilogram (~2.2 lb) too bulky, will get an innovative and reliable device that allows them to make an impression on others.”

“The Yoga Tablet 2 Pro stands at the verge of goodness, in terms of pairing a giant, gorgeous multi-touch display with a working stab at Android multitasking and a reliable hinge. Already in its current state, Lenovo's latest tablet could pass as some users' sole machine for both work and multimedia, so long as you pair it with a Bluetooth keyboard. This is obviously not a one-handed device for occasional web browsing and book reading, and it's not a fully functional Windows device meant to do a ton of tasks, but for $500, there's already a lot happening here. Heck, that list is pretty good without tossing in a projector for funsies!And yet, the screen is incredibly vulnerable, the device's bulk isn't matched by either performance or battery life, the custom Lenovo fork of Android needs to be coaxed and massaged to do multitasking in the exact right way, and the dim projector was tossed in without the rest of the hardware stepping up to support such use.We'd gladly pay $100 more to bolster even half of those complaints in a future revision, and should that revision come along, we'll hold the next massive Yoga Tablet Pro model up high. We didn't walk away feeling like the machine was an undercooked tablet with a mere projection gimmick thrown on top, but we're also perfectly aware of the $500-700 range of 13-inch, touch-enabled devices that can handle users' needs on the go and not crash with more than a few windows running. Lenovo is this close to contending with that competition. Until then, not bad, Lenovo. Not bad.”

“Lenovo's unorthodox multi-mode Android tablets have always boasted striking looks, but middling performance and unnecessarily heavy software customizations usually spoil the appeal. Those issues still remain here, but to a smaller degree—they're far more tolerable in this iteration, especially considering the unique features you get in the bargain. At $470, it's pushing into iPad territory, but you're getting a much larger display and the built-in projector. No, the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro won't replace your home theater, but it makes for a nice complimentary and portable device for solitary media binges.”

“The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows is a solidly-built tablet. Though the hardware design offers a lot of ergonomics, the software choice makes it clumsy. The lack of touch-centric Modern UI apps for Windows, coupled with a less than ideal experience of navigating text-driven menus in the classic desktop mode, negates the benefit of having long battery life to be more productive. With the Yoga Tablet 2, Lenovo aims to differentiate itself in the tablet market with AnyPen, but the solution feels unpolished. Unless you've got your heart set on using any metal object as a stylus replacement for input, you can find cheaper 8-inch Windows tablets elsewhere. Buyers should choose the Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows for Lenovo's excellent hardware design, ergonomics and lengthy battery life.”