Jan 31, 2017 09:13 PM
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Positive points:-
Played youtube videos with the official YouTube app by Google, and it took about 7 hours to discharge the battery from 97% to 21%.
Read pdfs continuously for 5 hours with XODO reader, battery went from 78% to about 56%.
Surfed internet(Facebook+ The Hindu web+ Gmail+ Google search), it took 3 hours to discharge from 82% to 63%.
Played World Cricket Championship 2 by NextWave Multimedia, and in about 3 hours battery discharged from 89% to 41%.
Played Special Forces Group 2 by ForgeGames and it drained battery from 90% to 54% in an hour.
But what I need to mention here is I didn't installed battery draining apps like I) Facebook, II) WhatsApp, III)IMO, Even I am writing this review after installing Flipkart app minutes ago.
The tab is very easy to handle, as it's CG is towards the side of the kickstand, chances are low that you will drop it from hand providing you held it by the kickstand's side.
ppi of the screen is less than 200, but still 720p videos on youtube looks enough detailed.
Dolby Atmos makes the sound quality very classy. It feels like I am in a mini-theatre when I watch a cinema.
Once I dropped it totally bare(without screen guard or cover) from my hand by the side of the screen from about 6 inch above floor, still I only noticed very negligible scratches it made.
Once I fully charged it and just didn't use for about 12 hours. On unlocking the screen, all I noticed was the battery status which was stating that it has 99% battery left.
Now time for Negetive points:-
If multitasked for long time, battery heats up to 35?, as shown by 360 security app.
It runs a Snapdragon 210 processor which sometimes make it hang a-bit, even if it has 2 Gigs of RAM.
720p videos in YouTube some times run laggy.
When I charge this tablet keeping it on(not power off), it becomes heated up after charging for about 2 hours. But when charged keeping the power off, this issue get eliminated.
Although it is 4G enabled, this doesn't have the VoLTE( Voice over LTE) technology. So if you use a a connection like Reliance JIO which is totally 4G band based, you won't be able to call or message anyone with tablet's default keypad or messaging app. But you can do this with Jio4GVoice(previously JioJoin) in case of Reliance Jio connection, which require you to have your mobile data on while calling or messaging others.
Though the camera of this tablet is tagged 8 MP, it would disappoint you if you loves to take pictures(not me), but does well job while video calling.
Last line:- Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 - 850M with 4G and 2 GB RAM is for those, who 1) loves to read a lot, may be offline or online, (Amazon Kindle app designed for tablets works well), 2) Draw or Write digitally(don't forget about AnyPen technology, it works with every sharp end conducting material), 3)Happy with low end games, 4) Wants to enjoy a whole night watching movie online, 5)Want to have an almost stock like Interface, 6) Love to surf the web and new blogs, websites every now and then.
Some suggestions from me:-
It comes with MacAfee antivirus with 1 months free subscription. You better uninstall it and use 360 antivirus(free), because MacAfee sometimes makes it slow while protecting web.
Have a screen protector which is "Matte" otherwise light may refelect of the screen a lot during day time, making it a bit harder to carry on reading PDFs with it.
Using a cover on it may protect it physically, but it is designed in such a way the handling it with a cover makes it feel heavier. So my suggestion is instead of using a frame like cover, use a bag like case, so when you carry it, you keep it safely inside the case, and when you want to use it, take it out and use. It will make you handle it easier.
It's all I have experienced. Now decision is yours. Have a good BUY.
Edit:- Now it's been 2 months, and I need to add some points.
Lenovo made the Marshmallow 6 available for this tablet just after I wrote this review. So let me tell you how it runs Marshmallow. i) Customisations with functions home, back and tabs button is not here anymore. Only a little customisations are left. ii) Previously we were able to pull the shutter shortcut in lockscreen, which let you even turn data from lock screen. Now you can't do it anymore. iii) I believe batterylife has increased in a significant amount after Marshmallow update(Although this tablet is all about battery).
I was desperately looking for a MMORPG for mobile, so I tried 3 of them, i) Adventure Quest 3D, ii) Order & Chaos Online, iii) Order and Chaos 2: Redemption, . These are very heavyweight games. Still they ran smoothly and continously for 8 hours & battery went from 99% to 13%(It was my semester end:p)
