Notebookcheck has published its review of the Lenovo Yoga Tab Gen 2, and the headline result is battery life: the outlet's testing measured over 24 hours in its WiFi benchmark, more than six hours longer than the tablet's predecessor managed, thanks to an 11,000 mAh cell.
The tablet starts at around $599 in the US, sold directly through Lenovo's own store, where the price includes a stylus and a keyboard cover. That undercuts the premium tier occupied by the iPad Air, the Galaxy Tab S line and the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro, the three rivals Notebookcheck used as its comparison set throughout the review.
Inside is a MediaTek Dimensity 9500s paired with UFS 4.0 storage, which Notebookcheck found reads and writes data quickly and handles everyday use without trouble. It's not as fast as the chips in the iPad Air or the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro, according to the review, though the gap only shows up during demanding tasks. The chassis stayed cool during testing, but Notebookcheck's 3DMark stress runs showed the SoC throttling hard under sustained load, with performance dropping to as low as 60 percent of its peak.
Storage comes in at 256 GB, with a microSD slot for expansion that Notebookcheck says performs reasonably fast, and a USB port rated for up to 5 Gbit/s that can't output video to an external display over a cable, though Miracast works fine wirelessly. WiFi 7 is onboard, and the review recorded individual throughput readings over 4.6 Gbit/s on the receiving end with a 2x2 MIMO setup.
What's missing is a cellular modem of any kind, and there's no satellite positioning either, regardless of configuration. There's also no fingerprint sensor. Unlocking relies on facial recognition through the front camera, which Notebookcheck found quick to set up and reliable in testing. A time-of-flight sensor on the front can also handle gesture and eye control.
The display is an IPS panel that Notebookcheck's testing found free of PWM flicker, with brightness measured around 600 cd/m² in everyday use and spikes to roughly 800 cd/m² for HDR content and small highlights. That's enough for most indoor use, the review notes, though it can struggle in direct outdoor light.
Speakers are the one clear weak point Notebookcheck flagged. They're described as decent at moderate volume but strained and short on bass at higher levels, with loudness capped at 83.3 dB in testing and a 20 percent bass shortfall against the review's comparison median.
On software, the tablet ships with Android 17 and Lenovo is promising operating system updates into early 2033, close to six years out, with seven major OS version upgrades pledged. Security patches are set to stop sooner, Notebookcheck notes, without giving an exact cutoff.
The cameras are secondary to the rest of the package: a 13-megapixel main sensor that Notebookcheck judged fine for document scanning and casual shots, and an 8-megapixel front camera for selfies that the review says lacks fine detail. Build quality earned praise too, with an 86 percent screen-to-body ratio, a metal frame that doesn't flex or creak, and IP52 dust and light-splash resistance, though it offers little real protection against water.
At 480 grams it's among the heavier tablets Notebookcheck tested in this class, but the review argues the extra weight buys enough battery capacity to make the trade worth it.
RRFiled by The Reviews Roundup Desk
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