The Lenovo Yoga Tab 11 tablet reveals good and bad sides in the test

With its practical kickstand and long battery life, the Lenovo Yoga Tab 11 is an interesting multimedia tablet. For this price class, we also like the sound from the two built-in speakers. The sound spectrum recorded in the Pink Noise test showed a relatively linear curve, and we even heard some minimal bass reproduction. 

Without a doubt, the distinctive design of the Yoga Tab series with its kickstand from Lenovo is a matter of taste. But it allowed us to hold the mid-range tablet very comfortably with one hand during our testing. Lenovo also uses the cylindrical bulge at the case bottom to house the hinges for the very practical kickstand that often came to good use in our testing.

However, we also have some complaints about areas where some of the other mid-range competitors do a significantly better job. The 11-inch, 60-Hz IPS TDDI display has a 2K resolution, but the maximum brightness we measured was less than 400 cd/m². The Huawei MatePad 11 or Galaxy Tab S7 do much better here – particularly since both of them offer a 120-Hz display. And the Yoga Tab 11 also uses PWM for brightness control despite its LCD technology.

But we see the biggest need for improvement in the system performance. The Yoga Tab 11 uses the MediaTek Helio G90T, an SoC produced in the 12-nm process. In combination with the 8 GB of RAM in our test unit, the processor produces a system performance that is solid at most. In everyday operation, you have to accept many stutters. Animations often don't appear smooth, and running apps were terminated with restarts during our test. While multitasking, opening up the keyboard often takes several seconds. The very slow WLAN in combination with the UFS 2.1 storage that is a bit aged at this point don't really ensure speed records when loading games and opening apps. 

If you really want a kickstand in an Android tablet and are looking for an affordable mid-range device, you can get a detailed impression of the Yoga Tab 11 by reading our extensive review of the Lenovo tablet.