Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows
The updated Lenovo Yoga 2 tablet range is now available in three versions and two of those are running Windows. The unique design offers something special for the portrait hand-holder and, some might say “at last” a built-in stand on a small Windows tablet. The two Yoga 2 tablets are running on the Baytrail-T platform (we’re not expecting any performance increases over the Miix 2 8 and Miix 2 10) and come with full HD displays.
0.94 pounds for the Lenovo Tablet 2 8 isn’t the lightest but you do get a huge 24 Wh battery that should give you at least 10 hours of video playback. An 8-megapixel rear camera, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage should be enough to keep Windows 8.1 (and a Windows 10 upgrade in 2015) running smoothly.
Starting price: $299
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 10 offers the same design characteristics in a 10-inch format. The battery size gets bumped up by 50% to 35 Wh. Weight is 1.39 pounds. There’s a micro-HDMI port on the 10-inch version and an optional keyboard that you can see in the image above.
Starting price: $399
YOGA TABLET 2 (8″ Windows) Specs
- Processor: Intel® Atom™ Z3745 Processor
- Operating System:Windows 8.1 with Bing for Small Tablets
- Memory:RAM: 2GB LPDDR3
- Storage: Up to 32GB EMMC
- Supporting Micro SD card up to 64GB
- Display:Size: 8″ Full HD (1920 x 1200) IPS display Capacitive touchscreen, 10-point multitouch
- Weight: 0.94 lbs
- Color: Ebony
- Audio: 2x Front large-chamber speakers
- Dolby® Audio
- Wolfson® Master Hi-Fi™ Codec
- Battery Type : Li-ion, 6400 mAh
- Usage Time : Up to 15 hours
- Standby Time : Up to 14 days
- Integrated Cameras: Rear: 8MP f2.2 Auto-focus. Front: 1.6MP HD
- Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, MiMo, Bluetooth® 4.0 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Dual Band
Ports: Micro USB, 3.5 mm audio jack, Micro SD card
Sensors: G-Sensor, e-Compass, Ambient Light, Hall, Vibration - Microsoft Office 365
- Price starting at $299
YOGA TABLET 2 (10″ Windows) Specs
- Processor:Intel® Atom™ Z3745 Processor
- Operating System: Windows 8.1 with Bing for Tablets
- Memory: RAM: 2GB LPDDR3
- Storage: 32GB EMMC
- Supporting Micro SD card up to 64GB
- Display Size: 10.1” Full HD (1920 x 1200) IPS display
- Type: Capacitive touchscreen, 10-point multitouch
- Weight: 1.39 lbs *not including keyboard
- Color: Ebony
- Audio: 2x Front large-chamber speakers
- Dolby® Audio: Wolfson® Master Hi-Fi™ Codec
- Battery Type : Li-ion, 9600 mAh
- Usage Time : Up to 15 hours
- Standby Time : Up to 20 days
- Integrated Cameras: Rear: 8MP f2.2 Auto-focus
- Front: 1.6MP HD
- Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, MiMo, Bluetooth® 4.0
- 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Dual Band
- Ports: Micro HDMI, Micro USB, 3.5 mm audio jack, Micro SD card
- Sensors: G-Sensor, e-Compass, Ambient Light, Hall, Vibration
- Microsoft Office 365.
- Price starting at $399
The Yoga 2 tablet design is going to be good for hand-holding in portrait mode and the stand mode, as we know from convertibles like the Lenovo Flex 10, is a great option for coffee-shop or breakfast browsing but the design could hinder portrait mode thumbing, at least on the 8-inch version. If the speakers are high quality the 10-inch version could make a great all-round holiday / weekender PC and something to consider when looking at the Acer Switch 10 with the full HD screen.
The new Yoga 2 tablet 10 with the Bluetooth keyboard cover (it’s unclear if this is part of th Update: It’s included with the 10-inch version.) could combine to make a very lightweight and low-cost full-HD mobile PC option. Keep your fingers crossed for a quality keyboard experience.
If the build quality is there and the early reviews are good these two models could stand, if you’ll excuse the pun, well ahead of the basic Windows tablet crowd as we move towards Christmas 2014. Don’t forget that they’re very likely to get a free Windows 10 upgrade in 2015 too!
We’re tracking information on the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 8 and Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 10 in our database.
A few websites reported the KB dock is part of the 399 dollar package. This is make or break because 399 for just the tab is really expensive, esp for the 32 gb model
Also, whats with Lenovo ? Miix 3 8& 10 are announced almost at the same time as Yoga Win tabs. The Miix 3 8 is likely to cost just 180 USD street price, and is quite a looker, almost aping iPad Mini to the T
Yes, it’s confirmed. I updated the post.
I see that Lenovo has it for $399:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/lenovo/yoga-tablet-series/yoga-tablet-2-win-10/?sb=:000001C9:00012C11:
This could finally become a replacement for my tiring Acer Iconia W510 (still owning for almost 2 years!).
A couple of questions:
1) Will the ‘Stand’ mode work the same way as in W510? I (and my wife!) have become used to putting our W510s on our tummy in bed and browsing the web.
2) Lenovo is claiming battery life of 15 hours–is that realistic? One best feature of W510 is its very long battery life (16+ hours) and we can’t settle for less than 15.
Thanks.