Lenovo has
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Tablet (ZAE40136US) on sale for $329.99 - $33 eCoupon discount in cart =
$296.99.
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Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Tablet (ZAE40136US) on sale for
$296.99.
Shipping is free.
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Specs:
- 12.7" 2994x1840 3K 144Hz Touchscreen Display, 400nits, 273ppi
- MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz)
- 8GB LPDDR5X (Soldered)
- 128 GB UFS 3.1 Storage
- 13MP AF Back + 8MP FF Front Cameras
- Dual-Band WiFi 6E & Bluetooth 5.3
- Android 14 (upgradeable to Android 16)
- 10200mAh Battery
- Ports:
- USB-C 5Gbps
- microSD Card Slot
- Includes Lenovo Tab Pen Plus
- 1 Year Mail-in Warranty
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I'm holding out for the 256 GB version CN version if I can. Lenovo's price decrease here might be pure greed where they thought they could get product into the US before tariffs and go high. With the projected lul in the action, they may be thinking "Oops".
If I miss out, I miss out. I want the HDMI output and the GPS. I'd probably buy the pogo plug keyboard case from Aliexpress.
YMMV for Best Buy open box I will agree with. The rest just sounds like nonsense. Even Apple sources their display panels from LG and Samsung. Sourcing components to build a finished product is something that every company does. How well a product is engineered for both hardware and software, especially software support on the back end of the sale, is what makes or breaks the user experience. The more you invest in software development, updates, and support for a device, the better the experience will be. Samsung's premium devices are expensive but so are Apple's. Samsung has far more features and customization options while Apple just works and is seamlessly tied into an excellent ecosystem.
Lenovo has a horrible track record of engineering very attractive Android devices at great prices and then all but abandoning them. They offer little customer support on the back end and their own forums are plagued with people wanting answers and condemning Lenovo for their lack of product support after the sale. There are plenty of examples of them pushing updates that don't even address all of the security risks that Google gives out to any licensed Android manufacturer. Those Google security reports should be taken by these manufacturers, studied by their software engineer teams, and used to develop product security updates for their products. Lenovo likes to pick and choose what things they will work on from those security reports and push out an update that may or may not even address the issues in their products.
Ultimately, they seem to understand that if they put the right hardware specs on an android device and price it lower than much of the competition, they can make a lot of money by continuously focusing most of their efforts on making the next enticing model instead of allocating resources to support all of the devices properly. It doesn't have anything to do with things going, "haywire" because of different vendors. It has everything to do with their software support engineers probably being pushed to get out the most basic of updates and fixes to a large array of devices which makes none of them a true priority. If they can give minimum support after the sale, they are maximizing their profits and can reinvest in the engineering of the next model.
I have Lenovo devices and enjoy a lot of their products but I refuse to buy anything Android that they make until they can show their customers that they are changing up how they are willing to support them on the back end
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I'm not sure how it works but I guess orientating the polarization diagonally would be best so it won't go dark in either portrait or landscape. My Pixel 9 phone is this way. I can view it either way just fine with polarized glasses and it's fine but holding it diagonally it goes dark. My tablet is dark in portrait mode.
Lenovo has a horrible track record of engineering very attractive Android devices at great prices and then all but abandoning them. They offer little customer support on the back end and their own forums are plagued with people wanting answers and condemning Lenovo for their lack of product support after the sale. There are plenty of examples of them pushing updates that don't even address all of the security risks that Google gives out to any licensed Android manufacturer. Those Google security reports should be taken by these manufacturers, studied by their software engineer teams, and used to develop product security updates for their products. Lenovo likes to pick and choose what things they will work on from those security reports and push out an update that may or may not even address the issues in their products.
Ultimately, they seem to understand that if they put the right hardware specs on an android device and price it lower than much of the competition, they can make a lot of money by continuously focusing most of their efforts on making the next enticing model instead of allocating resources to support all of the devices properly. It doesn't have anything to do with things going, "haywire" because of different vendors. It has everything to do with their software support engineers probably being pushed to get out the most basic of updates and fixes to a large array of devices which makes none of them a true priority. If they can give minimum support after the sale, they are maximizing their profits and can reinvest in the engineering of the next model.
I have Lenovo devices and enjoy a lot of their products but I refuse to buy anything Android that they make until they can show their customers that they are changing up how they are willing to support them on the back end
Lenovo is only good for ThinkPad, nothing much else.. There is a reason apple owns the tablet market, and I don't even have a single apple device but credit where it's due, they got the tablet business covered.
When grand parents go, we need a tablet to browse and email and look at pictures, I would never recommend some random cheap Samsung or Lenovo android tablet.. Just go grab 250-300 iPad, no headaches for 5+ years.
yes there is a way to tell. If it has an LCD screen the light will be polarized and will suffer your problem. that's just how LCD screens work. An OLED won't have the issue.
The Galaxy Tab A9 Plus has a maximum screen brightness of 550 nits. This brightness is achieved with its 11-inch, 1920 x 1200 resolution TFT LCD display.
I have the Tab Plus with the same 400 nits brightness.
It is dim.
Personally, I am looking for a 8.4 or 8.8" OLED screen tablet. I believe Huawei is working on one... would love to buy it... and I will buy it once it is available. I believe Redmagic is coming out with a tablet, 9" OLED BEAST.
https://9to5google.com/2025/05/15...tery-leak/
I have a G99 CPU Tablet... MediaTek is like 225% faster but I am OK waiting for that OLED screen.
And Huawei's is coming out with a BEAST of a tablet very soon, 8.8" OLED.
https://www.huaweicentr
And yes... my OLED tablet will be a few hundred more expensive BUT I will be able to emulate switch games.
My budget will be $500 - $650
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