A few Lenovo tablets have just gotten yet another price increase, and one is especially painful
The Lenovo Idea Tab (in two different variants), Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2, and Lenovo Yoga Tab are unfortunately more expensive than ever before.
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The Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 is no longer an irresistible early holiday bargain. | Image by Lenovo
The undisputed world champion of affordable tablet shipments seems to have unfortunately become a global "leader" in price hikes as well over the last six months or so, adopting a pretty bizarre strategy on that front that's slowly starting to make companies like Samsung and Google look good.
While Galaxy Tabs, for instance, have only had their list prices increased once this year, the same thing has happened to a few Lenovo slates twice or even three times since March. Of course, not all of these hikes were as bad as what Google's mid-range Pixel 10a handset recently received, but it's still hard to view the following devices as very smart buys anymore... at least until the inevitable Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales hit in a few weeks.
These are the tablets that are now costlier than ever before
- Lenovo Idea Tab (4GB RAM) - increased from $239.99 to $269.99;
- Lenovo Idea Tab (8GB RAM) - from $309.99 to $339.99;
- Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 - from $399.99 to $469.99;
- Lenovo Yoga Tab - from $619.99 to $659.99.
Just like a couple of weeks ago and unlike a couple of months prior to that, we're looking at a pretty eclectic group here that includes an 11-inch mid-range oldie (in two different configurations) released around this time last year, as well as a higher-end (and significantly more expensive) member of the Yoga family that also saw daylight back in the fall of 2025 and a younger 12.1-inch mid-ranger that was almost too affordable to be true at its US commercial debut this summer.
The 11.1-inch Lenovo Yoga Tab with a stylus and keyboard is a whopping $110 pricier now than last year. | Image by Lenovo
If you remember, I warned you earlier this month that the Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 couldn't possibly continue to cost just four Benjamins much longer, packing an outstanding nine-speaker system that even the best tablets out there (at the highest prices) currently fall short of in terms of sheer audio power.
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The 11.1-inch Yoga Tab, meanwhile, used to fetch $549.99 back at its own launch, which means it's now a substantial $110 costlier than that, and the 8GB RAM-packing Idea Tab is at its third price increase, initially going up from $229.99 to $289.99 in April and then from $289.99 to $309.99 in August.
Should you buy any of these tablets?
Definitely not right now, but not (necessarily) because they're bad. After all, the Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 still delivers pretty awesome value for your money even at 470 bucks between those nine super-powerful speakers, a built-in 360-degree kickstand, a large LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate capabilities, and a fittingly hefty 10,200mAh battery supporting 45W charging technology.
The versatile Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 will probably become a smart buy again soon. | Image by Lenovo
The reason why I'm strongly advising patience is instead because the holiday season is upon us, which means all of the above list prices are all but guaranteed to go down before long.
I obviously expect the Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 to become especially difficult to turn down soon, but on the not so bright side of things, the $70 price hike makes me doubt the gargantuan Android 16-running mid-ranger will drop as low as $269.99 ever again. And that, my friends and dear readers, is how one of the greatest bargains of this holiday shopping season becomes... slightly less miraculous.
Should you buy another Lenovo tablet?
If you can afford them, the Yoga Tab Gen 2 and Yoga Tab Plus Gen 2 look incredibly hard to resist right now and just as hard to beat in terms of bang for your buck anytime soon.
Released just last month at very reasonable list prices of $729.99 and $999.99 with 11.1 and 13-inch screens in tow, respectively, these bad boys have been made temporarily more affordable instead of permanently more expensive, currently costing $599.99 and $799.99, respectively.
Could those prices slip even further in the coming weeks? Anything is possible, but I somehow doubt it given the impressive overall specs of the two Android 17-powered big guys and the keyboard and stylus included at no extra cost.
Can you find a better Android tablet at a similar or even slightly higher price? I don't think so, and I don't really expect that to change at any point by the end of the year either.
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