Lenovo Tab P12 Pro Review: Work in ‘Pro’gress

Known for constructing some highly effective computing methods as its legacy units, Lenovo has been holding tempo with competitors in the case of tablets as properly! One of probably the most power-packed launches this 12 months was the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro, and right here’s the way it fared.

Build & Design

The Lenovo Tab P12 Pro affords a 12.6-inch AMOLED touchscreen with as much as 600 nits brightness. Aesthetically, I want there was one thing concerning the pill that basically stood out, nevertheless it’s your primary plain-grey throughout.

Loads of what I loved doing on the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro was ruined a bit by the burden. The tab is a smidge over 560 grams, and after gaming or watching media on it for greater than 30-45 minutes, my palm would begin feeling stiff. At evening, catching up on my studying, the considered the pill falling on my face, as I obtained drowsier, would make me wrap issues up earlier than I wished to. Given that the burden is typical of a pill this dimension, utilizing it with a propped up, appears to be the easiest way to go.

On the gadget, there are bodily buttons – the recessed Power button on the left bezel, and the Volume Rockers on high. Along the left bezel can also be the microSD card slot, the place you possibly can amp up the storage by one other whopping 1 TB.

Multimedia

Swiping left from the Home Screen lets me step in to ‘Google Entertainment Space’ which seems to be a veritable blackhole for no matter little free time I’ve left. I’ve a one-screen entry to look at titles from Google TV, Netflix and YouTube, play video games, learn e-books and hearken to music and podcasts. If there’s one thing a secondary media consumption gadget ought to essentially embody, it’s a devoted web page like this.

I began watching the Extraordinary Attorney Woo,a brand new Ok-drama collection about an sensible younger lawyer with autism. The viewing expertise is fairly immersive – wealthy colors and stark distinction, contemplating it’s an AMOLED show. The sound high quality on the quad JBL audio system is pretty spectacular, given there’s Dolby Atmos help. However, as a result of I used to be holding the pill whereas gaming or watching media, the sound ended up getting muffled, with my palms overlaying a little bit of the audio system grilles on all sides. There isn’t a headphone jack, however Lenovo has thoughtfully sufficient packed in a USB-C to three.5 mm headphone jack adapter in the field.

I indulged in some informal gaming, with Swamp Attack, the place I needed to defend my residence in the lavatory from deceptively cute crocodiles, pretty desirous to chomp on my limbs as they get nearer. The graphics rendered easily throughout video games, together with Stickman Archer and Asphalt 9: Legends, and there have been no stutters or heating points ever, irrespective of how lengthy I used the pill for at a stretch!

The pill ships with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Octa-Core processor with an enormous 8 GB RAM. Coupled with a 120 Hz show refresh price, the pill is right for gaming. Browsing and multitasking have been lag-free, as anticipated. On the AnTuTu benchmarking check, the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro scored 7,10,349, and ranked in the highest 5 strongest tablets. This evaluate unit shipped with 256 GB of inner storage and has been upgraded to Android 12. It’s unlucky that it doesn’t include Android 12L which is definitely the OS model optimised for tablets. If this was included, some niggles might have been simply prevented – for instance, at the moment once I swipe all the way down to broaden the notification bar, the notifications takes up a small nook of the large display screen, and the remainder lies unused, for no good cause.

Camera

The entrance 8-megapixel digital camera is first rate sufficient for logging in to work conferences, and the images taken on the rear cam – 13MP autofocus with a 5MP large angle – are annoyingly grainy even in well-lit indoor areas. While snapping images isn’t one thing I’d be doing with this tab anytime quickly, I wouldn’t thoughts utilizing it for on-line conferences.

Stylus

Using the pill is fortunately a lot simpler with the Lenovo Precision Pen 3, packed in the field. Pairing with the Lenovo Precision Pen 3 is straightforward – simply snap it to the magnetic panel on the again and it reveals the present battery stage and pairs the Pen instantly. Propped up vertically, on my desk, it’s straightforward to navigate, play video games and even watch Netflix, whereas utilizing the stylus to regulate the interface.

There’s an unique Productivity Mode, which lets me multitask throughout home windows, however the expertise is a bit awkward general. Very few apps work successfully in this mode and there’s panorama/portrait orientation points with some. The typical left swipe that takes me again a browser web page, finally ends up closing home windows in this mode! Hence, the gestures I take advantage of to navigate aren’t of a lot use right here. With a bunch of counter-intuitive features like these, the productiveness mode, wants a significant overhaul.

Battery

The Lenovo Tab P12 Pro is powered by an enormous 10,200mAh battery. With an hour or two of taking part in video games and watching a collection on this every day, the pill simply went about 3-4 days with out draining totally. It comes with a 30W charger and that takes about 2.5 hours to get to full cost from zero. It’s additionally rattling spectacular that the pill is as skinny as it’s – slightly below 6 mm – given the battery it packs in!

Verdict

The Lenovo Tab P12 Pro is constructed with some attributes that technically would make it an excellent pill – a robust processor, a fluid and vivid show and nice battery life. However, the dearth of an optimised software program expertise – that will make the person expertise extra seamless and snag-free – retains it from being considered one of extra alluring choices proper now. The price ticket doesn’t assist issues both!

Price – INR 69,999

Pros – Vivid show, lengthy battery life, stylus included

Cons – Software points, costly