I know that literally fair I told you about what could very well be the The best Android tablet (in terms of value) this holiday season, but before you decide if you should buy the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus at a new record $290 discount or not, you might also want to consider the non-Plus Yoga Tab.
While the name might suggest that this device is more humble than its Plus-branded cousin, the differences between the two “AI-enhanced” slates are actually quite marginal. Yes, the Lenovo Yoga Tab is smaller than the Yoga Tab Plus, with an 11.1-inch screen instead of 12.7 inches of screen real estate, but that’s not necessarily a disadvantage.
Not for all users, at least, and not when the more compact tablet is also significantly thinner and lighter, at 8.3mm and 458 grams respectively (compared to 8.5mm and 640 grams for the larger model). Regularly priced at $549.99, the non-Plus Lenovo Yoga Tab is currently marked down by a cool $100 as part of an early deal. Black Friday “blockbuster” deal.
That was less than two months ago, so it’s clearly too early for Lenovo to shave more than $100 off an already reasonable list price of $550. Believe it or not, your $450 is enough to buy you not only an alternative to the undeniably stylish and powerful 11.1-inch iPad with Android 15 software, but also a keyboard that improves productivity and a stylus that encourages creativity.
An absolute value champion, the Yoga Tab includes a keyboard and stylus at a very affordable price. | Image credit: Lenovo
Yes, what you’re looking at here is a 3-in-1 combo and while it’s no longer the fastest processor an Android device can use, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 under the hood of the Yoga Tab is the same one that packs the Yoga Tab Plus.
With 12GB of RAM also on deck and 256GB of internal storage space, this bad boy is obviously not as impressive in every way as Apple’s latest. iPad Pro or Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Duo… which is why it costs a lot less right now and should therefore appear on many more Christmas shopping lists this year.
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