It's an odd Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 review, assessing a device that's a cross between a tablet and a notebook.
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 review is in, and it's an unexpected twist from the original Yoga. There are signs the company is poised to release such a device as the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 2014, but the design is a pleasant surprise just the same.
The first Lenovo Yoga was decidedly an Utrabook with a screen that folds completely towards the back panel. Lenovo's current lineup of tablets runs in both Windows and Android OS, in different combinations of specs.
The new Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 specs come with an odd design; the display is comparable to that of ultraportable laptops, with a kickstand that folds out from the back. The keyboard is an optional accessory, but it doesn't attach to the display panel.
Engadget reviews the device as odd, but with reasonable specs:
"It's a weird little device: It looks like a tablet, but it's the same size as a notebook, and its screen (2,560 x 1,440) is about as sharp, too. What's even stranger is that on the inside, it actually runs more in line with a netbook, thanks to a quad-core Atom processor (though four gigs of RAM might help speed things up). All told, then, it definitely seems like a niche product: a large tablet, and an unpowered one, at that. Then again, the power-sipping chip could have at least one benefit: The battery life here is rated at up to 15 hours, far longer than most Ultrabooks we know of."
With the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 release date slated for next month, the ultrabook-tablet hybrid offers yet another alternative on the market. The price is a bit fetchy at US$699, with the keyboard bundled in.
CNET compares the Yoga Tablet 2 to Microsoft Surface Pro 3 in design, which is in need of improvement: "It also suffers from the same design issue as Microsoft's Surface Pro 3: sturdy and flexible as this hinge might be, it'll still prove awkward to use in your lap."
