Reviews are coming in for Lenovo's new Yoga 2 and 3 tablets and while they are getting praise on some features the overall feedback seems to be a mixed bag.
The tablets were launched Oct. 9 and offer a range of sizes. Some even give users a choice of operating system.
The Yoga Tablet 2 comes in both 8-inch and 10-inch versions and users can choose between Android and Windows 8.1. Both sizes come with Intel Atom processors and optional 4G. One of the main selling points for the tablet seems to be its unique design.
"We liked the design of last year's Yoga tablet, and this one certainly ups the ante," said David Court in a review. "It expands on the clever battery-cum-kickstand-cum-grip design, improves the screen resolution from 1,280 x 800 to 1,920 x 1,200, and allows users to choose whether they want Android or Windows."
The Lenovo Yoga 2 tablet is rated for up to 18 hours in Android, or 15 hours running on Windows 8.1. The Windows version comes with 32 GB of storage and the Android version with 16 GB.
Overall, reviews for the Lenovo Yoga 2 were positive. The Yoga 2 is not the only tablet that Lenovo released, however. The company also released a higher-end tablet, called the Yoga 3 Pro.
The Yoga 3 Pro is aimed at offering users a thin and light tablet that could be appropriate for business environments. In fact, the device is 17 percent thinner than the previous generation Yoga Pro 2, and 14 percent lighter.
The specs of the Yoga Pro 3 are rather good, too. The device offers a display with a resolution of 3,200 x 1,800 with a pixel density of 276 ppi. While the device is certainly thin and light and the display is sharp and bright, the tablet does have its drawbacks.
"As usual in a system with integrated graphics, the 2D and 3D graphics scores are the weak links," said Charles McLellan in a review.
The keyboard was also subject to some negative words.
"The island-style keys are well spaced, but may lack the travel and tactile response that some typists require," continued McLellan.
Despite the graphics and keyboard, the tablet performed well in most benchmark tests that it was put through. Much of that performance is thanks to the new Intel Broadwell processor that it uses. Most negative features that have been highlighted in reviews are of small, rather insignificant things. The tablet seems to perform quite well under the hood, where it counts.
