Lenovo Idea Tab Pro 2 tipped to come with bigger screen and custom silicon

With its 3K/144Hz screen, support for Google's Gemini (with Circle to Search) and support for the Tab Pen Plus that comes in the box, the currently $379.99 Lenovo Idea Tab Pro is hailed as a highly cost-effective tablet, especially for students.

The next generation of such tablets might be able to add another string to its bow: the ability to launch as the market's most overt mid-range alternative to the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra. 

Lenovo is now believed to have an Apple-style, in-house processor of its own to challenge the XRing O1 SoC of the new flagship slate - except that the "SS1101" is backed to launch as a rival to the Dimensity 8400 rather than the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Accordingly, the tablet in which the custom silicon is thought to debut could be a successor to the Dimensity 8300-powered Idea Tab Pro, even if it is only made available in China.

It is projected to launch in that country as the Yoga series' next Pad Pro, a device that might have a 14.5-inch display as opposed to 12.7 inches in the Idea Tab Pro.