Lenovo estimates the battery life of the slate is 12 hours - we usually turn our noses up at manufacturers’ battery life figures for tablets, as they’re often overestimations, but in the case of the Yoga Tab 13 we actually found it could far exceed that figure. We were very impressed with the battery life of the slate - we didn’t find ourselves needing to charge it daily, despite using it as a second screen for up to eight hours a day and streaming movies or audio on top of that. It’s very likely that the presence of this port is why there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack though, as the HDMI port takes up the only other space it’d fit on the body of the tablet, and that’s something worth taking note of for people who like their wired audio.

The micro HDMI port is an incredibly useful feature and it defined how we used the slate, as it quickly got lots of use as a second screen for our work laptop. This acts like the HDMI port you’d find in your PC, TV or other device, except it’s smaller, and as a result you can connect the Tab to other devices to use as a primary or secondary monitor. It’s a little heavy at 803g, but since this is the kind of tablet you’ll likely keep on a surface, that only matters when you’re transporting it.Īs well as a USB-C port, which most tablets and phones use for charging and data transfer, the Yoga Tab 13 has a micro HDMI port, which is certainly something we don’t see frequently in the tablet world. The Yoga Tab 13 has dimensions of 293 x 204mm, and its thickness ranges from 6.2mm at its thinnest end to 25mm at the base. This ‘feature’ is a kickstand, or a moveable metal bar on the back of the tablet - you can move this to different angles to support the slate, like a stand, or flip it completely out of the body as a kind of hook to hang the device from.Īs a result of this kickstand, you don’t need a stand, case or holder to use the Yoga Tab as a laptop-like device, and the fact you can move it yourself makes it more versatile than something like a stand case, as you can typically only use them to support a tablet at specific angles. While the big display is arguably the Lenovo Yoga Tab 13’s biggest selling point, its most eye-catching aspect is the design, with a specific feature Lenovo adds to some of its slates to make them more versatile devices.

The Tab’s specs present it as a rival to Apple’s iPad Pro 12.9 (2021), which has prices starting at $1,099 / £999 / AU$1,649 for the same 128GB size as the Lenovo, so compared to that slate the Tab 13 is pretty affordable.Ĭloser competition in the Android world comes from the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Plus, but costing $849.99 / £799 / AU$1,549 for 128GB of storage, it’s also a pricier tablet. The slate costs $629 / £699, which converts to about AU$1,000 - while Lenovo lists several Yoga Tab devices on its Australian website, the Tab 13 isn’t among them, suggesting the slate won’t be making its way to the country. There’s only one storage version, and it has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The Lenovo Yoga Tab 13 went on sale shortly after its debut at MWC 2021, mid-way through the year. Lenovo Yoga Tab 13 price and availability The best way of evaluating a tablet is for us to see how much we naturally used it in everyday use, and by that metric, the Lenovo Yoga Tab 13 beats even the iPad Pro - between its second-screen function and its speaker and screen combo, we probably used it between eight and ten hours per day.īecause of its extras, the Yoga Tab isn’t the cheapest tablet in the world, but it’s also more affordable than many of Apple’s top-tier devices, and presents a very tempting value proposition if you're after one of the best Android tablets. Despite our praise, this slate won’t be for everyone, as the design means a keyboard folio wouldn’t attach to the thing and you have to pay extra for a stylus, which could affect the usefulness for word- or drawing-based tasks, and the lack of a rear camera means you can’t scan documents very easily either.

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