Imagine a screen big enough to get lost in your favourite show, yet sleek enough to slip into backpack for your daily commute. The Lenovo Idea Tab Pro is exactly that. It aims to deliver the quintessential Android tablet experience, along with a stylus that makes navigation easy. Is there anything that holds it back? Let’s find out!
Design & Aesthetics
The Lenovo Idea Tab Pro stands out in its dimensions rather than its colours or design accents. It’s a fairly “wide” tablet when viewed in landscape mode. The tablet measures 7.44 inches tall, 11.49 inches wide, and is fairly slim at 0.27 inches in thickness. The tablet weighs in at 620 grams with its metal unibody build, which is about 100 grams heavier than most tablets, but those also have slightly smaller displays.
There’s a small rectangular camera bump on the rear corner, pretty close to the part of the bezel where the physical power button and the volume rockers are placed. I’ve got the Luna Grey colorway, and there’s a slightly peppier Seafoam Green version too. Despite the matte finish rear panel, smudges sometimes stay on.
Display & Multimedia
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro sports a 12.7-inch 3K display with a 144 Hz refresh rate. The display is super bright and vivid, thus making watching shows and movies on it, as well as gaming, a delight. I cued up the last couple of episodes of Kian’s Bizarre B&B, a reality TV show centered around a zany bed and breakfast built from scratch on a floating barge in the middle of the sea. It’s designed and managed by Kian84, a popular South Korean comic artist and illustrator, who has employed Kim Seokjin from the iconic boyband BTS and Ji Ye-eun, a South Korean actress and comedian, to lend a helping hand. With crazy rainbow coloured spires, a multi-hued climbing wall which serves as the only way to enter the space, surrounded by the sparkling blue of the Sea of Japan, the entire series is a visual treat. Dialogues and music both sound resonant on the Tab Pro thanks to the quad speaker setup, tuned with Dolby Atmos. The only downside with the viewing experience is that with darker-hued scenes on screen, I catch a fair bit of my own reflection staring back at me on this reflective display.
Productivity
While the tablet doesn’t, by default, ship with a keyboard, it packs in a stylus. Considering the width of the tablet, the stylus helps in quick navigation, easy swipes, and snappy screenshots whenever needed. There’s tilt detection and palm rejection built into the stylus for precise writing and drawing. With the Easy Jot feature, you can annotate on any class materials, take long-scroll notes, and save them as PDFs or JPGs directly from the screen.
The tablet already includes new features such as ‘Circle to Search’, which quickly lets you circle something you see on screen to look it up online and get more information about it. There’s Google Gemini incorporated as well, which lets you access information, tips and tricks, and more with just one click.
There’s a unique “Translate Without Switching Apps” feature that ensures users can translate languages seamlessly without leaving their current task.
The tablet features a 13 MP camera on the rear, which I doubt anyone would use except maybe for a quick snap of a document or maybe a QR code scan if you don’t have your phone lying around. The front cam does a decent job of video streaming for virtual meetings, and surprisingly does a decent job even with limited light.
Tech Specs
The Lenovo Idea Tab Pro runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 processor, and has 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage. And unlike most gadgets in 2025, this one has a microSD card slot, so you can add more storage later on - it supports up to 1 TB. It runs on Android 14, and the brand promises two major OS upgrades and four years of security patch updates.
The UI supports both floating windows and split windows, so multitasking is easy on the tab. Customisation options include well-designed, quirky battery-indication wallpapers on the lock screen, which use fun animations to inform you of the battery level while plugged in. Some inbuilt apps and games don’t snap to fit the unique aspect ratio of the tablet, which can be a downer.
The Smart Connect app is particularly helpful in connecting other devices to the tab, especially within the Motorola and Lenovo ecosystem. Once connected, it lets me make calls, access and respond to messages, and sync and transfer files across both devices with ease.
Battery
The Lenovo Idea Tab Pro features a massive 10,200mAh battery and is also slow to drain. With fairly non-demanding usage that involves watching content and trying out a few casual games for anywhere between 2-3 hours a day, the tablet kept me company for 3-4 days before I had to plug it in. It takes close to two hours to charge fully from zero.
Verdict
While it may not sweep you off your feet at first glance, the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro seems like a slow and steady kinda companion. It offers spacious screen estate, above-average acoustics, decent battery life, and a bunch of basic AI features that come in handy, and it packs in a nice stylus to use. On the flipside, not everyone would find the wide/tall dimension appealing or convenient to use, and a few apps don’t fully optimise for the aspect ratio. However, it’s still an excellent pick for those looking for a well-rounded Android tablet with premium features at a competitive price point.
Price - ₹30,999
Pros - Bright display, Dolby Atmos-tuned quad speakers, stylus included, expandable storage, decent battery life.
Cons - reflective screen can be distracting, can feel slightly cumbersome for extended handheld use