Lenovo Tab S8
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Average of 3 scores (from 4 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo Tab S8
Light as a feather. Lenovo's Tab S8 does not even weigh 300 grams but is quite a bargain. It offers a Full HD screen, an 8-megapixel camera, and front-facing speakers for 199 Euros (~$225). Discover whether Lenovo's tight calculation is also worthwhile for the customer in our review.
Source: Connect - Heft 04/2015
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/16/2015
Rating: Total score: 79%
Source: Mobi-Test - Heft 4/2015
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/01/2015
Source: Mobile Geeks
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/29/2014
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 90% performance: 90% display: 90% mobility: 70%
Source: Tuexperto
ES→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Fine design with slim size and lightweight; powerful quad-core processor; excellent FHD display; LED flash and auto-focus lens; very competitive price.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/03/2014
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The Lenovo Tab S8 is an Android tablet that looks unremarkable in its simple tablet design. It measures 210 x 124 x 7.9 mm and weighs only 299 g. Its small size and light weight allows users to hold it in one hand comfortably. The 8 inch IPS screen has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels (283 ppi). Colors are vibrant and rich and the brightness is impressive. The IPS LCD technology offers accurate colors and wide viewing angles.
The 8 MP main camera features a LED flash, auto focus, geo tagging and a camcorder function, while the front-facing camera is less impressive at 1.6 MP. The main camera is capable of taking sharp photos even in the dark. The Lenovo Tab S8 features a Intel's Bay Trail-T Atom quad core processor, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The storage capacity can be expanded with a microSD card. The Tab S8 runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with additional Lenovo software pre-installed.
In terms of connectivity, it has a USB 3.0 port, a microUSB connector, tethering and 4.0 Bluetooth. The battery can last for up to seven hours, which is a little shorter than expected for a tablet device.
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail):
Integrated GPU for tablet and notebook Bay Trail SoCs. Based on the Ivy Bridge GPU with four Execution Units and support for DirectX 11.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
Z3745: Soc with an integrated quad core Atom processor clocked at up to 1.86 GHz (Turbo), an Intel HD Graphics GPU and a dual channel LPDDR3-1067 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
8.00":
This display format is in the mid-range for smartphones. It offers a compromise between good visibility, details and resolution on the screen, and you can still fit it into trouser pockets.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
83.33%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
