Stefan Mileschin

Moving along in our Lenovo coverage, there were a couple of smartphones as well as quite a few tablets on display. The Yoga Tablet 8 and 10 promise up to 18 hours of battery life, thanks to the larger battery in the cylindrical hinge. That hinge is the reason for the Yoga naming, as it sports a kickstand that allows for Lenovo’s current buzzword: multimodal. The kickstand can be folded in for regular tablet use, or you can flip it out and use the tablets as either an inclined ramp or as an upright display. While the stand works well enough on hard surfaces, I suspect the real draw for many users is going to be the massive increase in battery life. These are tablets targeting the budget end of the performance spectrum, evidenced by the use of MediaTek MT8125 and MT8389 SoCs. The Yoga 8 comes with a 2-cell 6000 mAh battery, 1GB LP-DDR2 RAM, and 16GB/32GB of eMMC storage (with a micro-SD slot supporting up to 64GB of additional storage); it has a 1280x800 IPS display and weighs 400g. The Yoga 10 is similar in most areas, but has a 10” 1280x800 IPS display and a 3-cell 9000 mAh battery, with a weight of 605g. Both are available now, with the Yoga 8 priced at $199/$259 (16GB/32GB) and the Yoga 10 priced at $275/$289 (16GB/32GB).

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