Lenovo's newest mid-range tablet is pretty affordable for its huge screen and respectable specs
Priced at $499.99 in the US, the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Gen 2 is a great alternative for Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Apple's latest iPad Airs.
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The Idea Tab Pro Gen 2's design is not exactly groundbreaking, but it is undeniably pretty.
Lenovo has sure been keeping busy these last few months, looking to maintain its impressive growth pace in the global Apple-dominated tablet market by further expanding its already very diverse product portfolio with unique models like the Tab Plus Gen 2 and ThinkTab X11, as well as the overpriced Legion Tab Gen 5.
The company's latest iPad rival to see daylight stateside after an initial announcement nearly four months ago is not particularly innovative in any obvious way, but it's also not excessively priced by any standard, so it could definitely top some shopping lists this summer, especially if Lenovo does what it does best and offers it at a discount soon.
This is not the greatest spec sheet out there, but it's certainly not bad either
- 13-inch LCD screen with 3540 x 2190 pixel resolution and 144Hz refresh rate technology;
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor;
- 8GB LPDDR5X memory;
- 128GB UFS 3.1 storage;
- Android 16;
- Two guaranteed OS upgrades and four years of security patches;
- Four JBL speakers with Dolby Atmos;
- 13MP rear-facing camera with autofocus;
- 8MP front-facing camera;
- 10,200mAh battery with 45W charging support;
- Wi-Fi 7;
- Bluetooth 6;
- microSD card slot;
- 296.48 x 191.91 x 6.2mm dimensions;
- 598 grams weight;
- Lenovo Tab Pen Plus included;
- Cloud Grey color.
What are the Idea Tab Pro Gen 2's competitors?
At $499.99, Lenovo's newest jumbo-sized Android mid-ranger first and foremost needs to fend off the Galaxy Tab S10 FE. Technically, Samsung's Fan Edition 10.9-incher is priced at $549.99 and up, but if you know where and when to look, you can spend a lot less than that.
The massive 13-inch screen with 3.5K resolution and 144Hz refresh rate support is clearly one of the affordable tablet's top selling points. | Image by Lenovo
The same goes for the 13.1-inch Galaxy Tab S10 FE Plus, which is the more direct Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Gen 2 rival due to its size and that normally costs a significantly more exorbitant $699.99 in an entry-level 128GB storage variant (before frequent discounts).
Like the Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE+, the just-released Lenovo 13-incher includes a handy stylus in its retail price while packing a respectable 8GB RAM in combination with 128 gigs of internal storage space. The Idea Tab Pro Gen 2 is almost as insanely thin as a 10.9-inch Galaxy Tab S10 FE and incredibly lighter than the Tab S10 FE Plus, not to mention that its battery size is nearly as impressive as that of the latter Samsung device.
Is this the best mid-range tablet you can buy right now?
Of course, Samsung is not Lenovo's only competitor, especially when you consider that Apple's 11-inch iPad Air (M4) has recently been available for a little over $500 and will probably go down around that mark again soon. That's a far more powerful slate than the Idea Tab Pro Gen 2, but it's also smaller, and it doesn't come with a pen.
So should you buy the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Gen 2?
Maybe not right away. And definitely not if you only have $300 or less to spend on a new Android tablet, in which case you should probably settle for the first-gen Idea Tab Pro with a 12.7-inch screen, MediaTek Dimensity 8300 processing power, and no major OS upgrades guaranteed beyond Android 16.
The Gen 2's advantages over its predecessor are pretty obvious, so if (or rather when) its price point falls closer to the $400 mark, you should absolutely pounce on the new 13-inch mid-ranger with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 power and both Android 17 and Android 18 updates in the pipeline.
That chipset, mind you, is definitely not the fastest in the world right now, but it does handily beat the Exynos 1580 inside the Galaxy Tab S10 FE duo as far as raw speed is concerned and even in terms of energy efficiency.
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