Lenovo Yoga 2 13.3-inch
Lenovo Yoga 2 13.3-inch Tablet Price in India
The all-purpose best example of the Windows 8 was Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga which was a back folding tab and liked by almost all for having its 13-inch screen as well as 11-inch. The new tablet Yoga is having Windows 8.1 which is the next version of IdeaPad Yoga. This new version is also having larger 13.3-inch screen. It is almost similar to the territory to Toshiba Kirabook, Chromebook Pixel and Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus. No doubt this is an incredible improvement since the previous version of Yoga had 1600x900p display screen. IdeaPad is the idea of Lenovo’s forward thinking devices which are being considered as equal to laptops.
Features and Specifications
Most of these tab specifications are similar to Yoga 2 Pro like the 13.3-inch screen which is QHD with 1.86GHz Dual-core processor while the battery is 9600mAh. The OS is Windows 8.1. This tab also has stereo chamber like speaker. Its RAM is huge i.e. 8GB which is twice than Yoga 2 Pro and the built-in memory is 128GB while in Yoga 2 Pro is having 32GB while the expansion in to this is also provided. The front facing camera is 1.6MP but there is no rear camera. It has built-in cloud support and weighs about 3.7lbs. It also has built in voice recognition capability while the connection features are Bluetooth, microUSB, microHDMI, wireless connectivity of next generation. The keyboard is island style while it has built-in office 2013 having 30days trial version.
Design and Quality
This is in fact an ultra-style laptop along with MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Samsung Book 9. This laptop can stand toe to toe with all these laptops. The look of the laptop is similar to the original version of it but this one is quite thinner as well as lighter. Though it doesn’t have that solid built but the cost is must cheaper than Core i5 which makes it least expensive. Since it is Windows hybrid and work like tablet as well as laptop. When the Yoga 2 is back folded, the keyboard gets exposed. But it gives ultimate joy when used as the company is known for putting useful resources in its keyboard R&D as well as useful testing. The design of this tab is mostly found in most of the Lenovo’s laptops.
OS and Tech
Windows 8.1 support in this tab is not bad which gives quite efficient amount of multitasking and gives the smooth performance of the device but still this is not a tablet friendly OS and it hardly known how to manage different types of information quite efficiently. The performance is free of lags with the full support of the heavy RAM and the powerful processor so there has not yet been observed any problem in the performance of this device.
Camera and Multimedia
The camera is only at front which is not very exceptional though. Lack of the back camera can be a drawback but since it can be used as laptop, so it would only host only front camera to work like laptop. The pictures generated by the camera are of average quality while the videos recorded by it are also of average quality but look nice when run on 13.3-inch large screen.
Battery and Memory
The battery life is outclass and actually surpasses the original one and this is due to the fact that it has current-gen Intel processor which gives perfect boost to the battery over its previous version. But the MacBook having 13-inch screen is still leading ahead of all in the battery life and Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus even has wonderful battery that runs for 9hrs. The battery in this tab can make the device running for 7hrs and the 19mins which is though an impressive time. The 8GB RAM is outclassed and this was not expected out of from a company like Lenovo. The internal 128GB of memory is also another inspiring feature of this tab and this will surely attract customers.
Pros and Cons
For Pros:
· Gorgeous display
· Lighter and slimmer than the original version
· Wonderfully versatile and stylish design
· Decent price
· Powerful processor
· Excellent RAM and internal storage
For Cons:
· Comparatively shorter battery life
· Keyboard is exposed in the tab mode
· Some buttons in keyboard are undersized
Verdict
The Yoga line is changing a lot and adding further interesting features having some features added to IdeaPad version for the consumers while for the business version, there are completely new features known as ThinkPad Yoga. The screen is wonderful in this case while many of the tablets and Ultrabook developers may find it a threat to their devices. The clever mechanisms for keyboard is very interesting and appealing but there are better options of tablets cum laptops are available.