**Lenovo Yoga Tablet: A Budget-Friendly Option with Unique Features**
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet is a budget-friendly option that offers a unique set of features and capabilities. The device comes in two sizes, 8in and 10in, both of which run on Android 4.2.2 out of the box. While the resolution may be lower than some other devices, considering the price points, it's not too shabby.
**Camera Capabilities**
On the front of the tablet, we have a 1.6 megapixel camera that may be tough to see in video form, but trust us, it's back there. The device also features a pair of stereo speakers on the front, which sound surprisingly good, especially considering their small size. We took a quick sample and were impressed with the audio quality.
**Design and Build**
One of the unique things about the Lenovo Yoga Tablet is the cylinder that runs the length of the device, holding the battery. The 8in tablet has a 6,000 milliamp battery, while the 10in model has a 9,000 milliamp battery. Both devices claim to have 18 hours of battery life, although I haven't tested it yet. On the Le hand side, we have the power button and micro USB charging port. The device also features a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and a microphone hole.
**Back of the Device**
On the back of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet, we find the rear facing camera, which is positioned at the top of the battery cylinder. This means that even if you're holding the tablet with one hand, you can still take photos without covering the lens. The camera resolution is 5 megapixels and while not spectacular, it's a decent feature for a budget device.
**Stand Mode**
The real star of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet is this stand, which we'll explore in more detail. The stand allows the tablet to stand on its own, making it easy to watch videos or browse the web without having to prop it up with other objects. The stand also enables three modes of operation: Stand mode, where the tablet stands upright; Hold mode, where the tablet is easier to hold; and Tilt mode, where the tablet is tilted towards you.
**Software**
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet runs Android 4.2.2, which is a clean version of the operating system. However, there's one notable exception: there are no app drawer shortcuts on the home screen. Instead, apps from the Play Store get placed directly on the home screen. If you delete one of these shortcuts, it will actually uninstall the app, which we find to be an inconvenience. But if you want to customize your device, you can install a third-party launcher.
**Performance**
Despite its modest hardware specs - 1G of RAM and a 1.2 GHz processor - the Lenovo Yoga Tablet performs surprisingly well. Navigating through the OS is snappy, and let's bring up a web browser for a demonstration. We'll use the full website to test scrolling, pinching, zooming, and touch responsiveness. The results are smooth and seamless.
**Pricing**
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 is priced at $249, while the Yoga Tablet 10 costs $299. If you want to learn more about this device and check out a full slew of benchmarks, head over to hotHardware.com. We'll have a full review posted shortly.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everybody Marco Chipeta for hot Hardware here thanks for stopping by to take a look at lenovo's brand new Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10 we've got both models right in front of you here what do you say we dive in and take a little closer look as you can see the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10 look virtually identical aesthetically there are no differences physically the only difference is screen size the larger unit is obviously the 10-in machine the smaller one is the 8-in machine and both of the devices have the same specs as well they're powered by a mediatech 8125 quad core S so running at 1.2 GHz they have 1 gig of ddr2 memory 16 gigs of internal storage though it can be expanded with a Micro SD card they have support for 802.1 11 b g and N WiFi along with Bluetooth 4.0 and they run Android 4.2 out of the box since the Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10 look so similar we're going to use the smaller of the two devices to give you a quick tour it'll just be easier to move the smaller device on camera so on the front here is a 1.6 megapixel camera it's probably really tough to see on video but trust us it's back there you've got a screen with a resolution of 1280x 800 and that's the same resolution on both the 8 in and 10in models that's a little bit low in light of some other devices but considering the price points of the tablet 8 and tablet 10 is really not that bad there's also a pair of stereo speakers on the front right behind these grills and they actually sound surprisingly good let me give you a quick sample here not bad at all especially considering how small they are if we take a look at the side of the Yoga Tablet you can see one of the unique things Lenovo has done here so there is a cylinder that runs the length of the device which holds the battery the 8in tablet has a 6,000 milliamp battery and the 10in has a 9,000 milliamp battery they're claiming 18 hours of battery life on the devices though I haven't tested it yet I haven't had them for 18 hours but here on the Le hand side you can see the power button and the micro USB charging port and let me flip it around and on the other side we have a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack a microphone hole right there not sure you can see it and the volume rocker there is nothing on the top and nothing on the bottom but there is something on the back the first thing we want to show you on the back of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet is the rear facing camera so right up here is a 5 megapixel camera and it's positioned at the top of the battery cylinder so that if you're holding on to the tablet you won't cover the lens it's also positioned in such a way that you can hold the tablet with one hand and still take photos now in terms of quality it's nothing spectacular just like every other tablet now on the back there's something else a little more important let's move to that next the real star on the yoga tablet is this stand right here so let me see if I can pull it out easy enough it's got a fairly Strong Spring and when you extend it all the way down the tablet will you guessed it stand on its own underneath the stand you can find the micro SD card slot right there along with serial number and other information but this stand enables three modes of operation according to Lenovo so this is what it calls stand mode where the tablet can stand up on its own like that when it's closed this is hold mode so the tablet is easier to hold and because of the hump on the back that this is tilt mode where the tablet is tilted towards you now the stand is actually pretty useful um it's also adjustable so you could actually fine-tune the position to your liking now whether or not you like the hump on the back of the device that's going to be subjective but it is definitely easier to hold the Yoga Tablet than some other tablets in terms of its software there's actually not too much to see on the Lenovo Yoga Tablet as we've mentioned the device runs Android 4.2.2 right out of the box but it's a really clean version of Android in fact there's not even an app TR on the device if you install apps from the Play Store the shortcuts get placed right on one of the home screens and if you go delete one of those shortcuts it will actually uninstall the app so this isn't ideal in our opinion but you can always install a third party launcher from the play store if you want to customize things now there is one piece of custom software on here that we want to show you called the smart bar if you're holding the tablet in hold mode and swipe in you have access to a bunch of shortcuts that you can use with just your thumb considering the fact that the Lenovo Yoga Tablet has only 1 G of RAM and a 1.2 gz s so performance is surprisingly good navigating through the OS is really Snappy and let me bring up a web browser for you here this is the full hot Hardware site and as you can see scrolling is really smooth there are no weird visual artifacts pinching and zooming and touch respon response is really quick so considering the hardware in The Yoga Tablet we're actually surprised by how well it performs the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 is priced at $249 The Yoga Tablet 10 at $299 if you want to learn more and check out a full slew of benchmarks come by hot hardware.com and check out the full review it'll be posted shortly once again this is Marco chapeta for hot Hardware thanks for stopping byhello everybody Marco Chipeta for hot Hardware here thanks for stopping by to take a look at lenovo's brand new Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10 we've got both models right in front of you here what do you say we dive in and take a little closer look as you can see the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10 look virtually identical aesthetically there are no differences physically the only difference is screen size the larger unit is obviously the 10-in machine the smaller one is the 8-in machine and both of the devices have the same specs as well they're powered by a mediatech 8125 quad core S so running at 1.2 GHz they have 1 gig of ddr2 memory 16 gigs of internal storage though it can be expanded with a Micro SD card they have support for 802.1 11 b g and N WiFi along with Bluetooth 4.0 and they run Android 4.2 out of the box since the Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10 look so similar we're going to use the smaller of the two devices to give you a quick tour it'll just be easier to move the smaller device on camera so on the front here is a 1.6 megapixel camera it's probably really tough to see on video but trust us it's back there you've got a screen with a resolution of 1280x 800 and that's the same resolution on both the 8 in and 10in models that's a little bit low in light of some other devices but considering the price points of the tablet 8 and tablet 10 is really not that bad there's also a pair of stereo speakers on the front right behind these grills and they actually sound surprisingly good let me give you a quick sample here not bad at all especially considering how small they are if we take a look at the side of the Yoga Tablet you can see one of the unique things Lenovo has done here so there is a cylinder that runs the length of the device which holds the battery the 8in tablet has a 6,000 milliamp battery and the 10in has a 9,000 milliamp battery they're claiming 18 hours of battery life on the devices though I haven't tested it yet I haven't had them for 18 hours but here on the Le hand side you can see the power button and the micro USB charging port and let me flip it around and on the other side we have a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack a microphone hole right there not sure you can see it and the volume rocker there is nothing on the top and nothing on the bottom but there is something on the back the first thing we want to show you on the back of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet is the rear facing camera so right up here is a 5 megapixel camera and it's positioned at the top of the battery cylinder so that if you're holding on to the tablet you won't cover the lens it's also positioned in such a way that you can hold the tablet with one hand and still take photos now in terms of quality it's nothing spectacular just like every other tablet now on the back there's something else a little more important let's move to that next the real star on the yoga tablet is this stand right here so let me see if I can pull it out easy enough it's got a fairly Strong Spring and when you extend it all the way down the tablet will you guessed it stand on its own underneath the stand you can find the micro SD card slot right there along with serial number and other information but this stand enables three modes of operation according to Lenovo so this is what it calls stand mode where the tablet can stand up on its own like that when it's closed this is hold mode so the tablet is easier to hold and because of the hump on the back that this is tilt mode where the tablet is tilted towards you now the stand is actually pretty useful um it's also adjustable so you could actually fine-tune the position to your liking now whether or not you like the hump on the back of the device that's going to be subjective but it is definitely easier to hold the Yoga Tablet than some other tablets in terms of its software there's actually not too much to see on the Lenovo Yoga Tablet as we've mentioned the device runs Android 4.2.2 right out of the box but it's a really clean version of Android in fact there's not even an app TR on the device if you install apps from the Play Store the shortcuts get placed right on one of the home screens and if you go delete one of those shortcuts it will actually uninstall the app so this isn't ideal in our opinion but you can always install a third party launcher from the play store if you want to customize things now there is one piece of custom software on here that we want to show you called the smart bar if you're holding the tablet in hold mode and swipe in you have access to a bunch of shortcuts that you can use with just your thumb considering the fact that the Lenovo Yoga Tablet has only 1 G of RAM and a 1.2 gz s so performance is surprisingly good navigating through the OS is really Snappy and let me bring up a web browser for you here this is the full hot Hardware site and as you can see scrolling is really smooth there are no weird visual artifacts pinching and zooming and touch respon response is really quick so considering the hardware in The Yoga Tablet we're actually surprised by how well it performs the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 is priced at $249 The Yoga Tablet 10 at $299 if you want to learn more and check out a full slew of benchmarks come by hot hardware.com and check out the full review it'll be posted shortly once again this is Marco chapeta for hot Hardware thanks for stopping by\n"
