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and your authority what's going on my name is Kevin the tech ninja and today we are reviewing another Lenovo product this is the yoga 2 tablet now I know before you guys go ahead and scream and rage quit and leave comments down below this is a different version of it this is Lenovo yoga tablet 2 8 inch it has the exact same specs but the performance is different why is that well let's find out just like it's tennis brother the yoga 2 8 inch is a sleek tablet mostly silver in color with a variety of design materials you go from a smooth kickstand to a gritty back and then back to a smooth bezel it would be hard to find a person to say this isn't a uniquely designed tablet because it is looking head-on you can see the silver trim you're also greeted with generously sized bezels holding in landscape the front-facing camera is on the side bezel at the bottom or side depending on your orientation the front facing large chamber studio speakers are visible following the curve around we will see the front of the stand to access the stand I use my thumb to slide the stand out The Stand sports for different angles or as Lenovo calls them modes these modes are called stand hold tilt and hang on the right flank of a stand is the 8 megapixel camera continuing our journey rightward to the bezel the volume rocker micro USB port and also power button is found all sporting that attractive brush aluminum style the top is completely bare and the opposite side bezel is the headphone jack right now I'm going to say a statement that you will hear several times throughout this review just like the 10-inch yoga 2 these two devices are the same under the hood the 8 inch IPS LCD display is full 1080p resolution the pixel density is 283 which gives it text that pops off the screen this includes images to the color reduplication and saturation looks great the high shine and the shadows gives you a sense of depth the blacks are also rich in color IPS LCD s in general just look great and the yoga too does a great job at using it the processor that I uses sounds like something you'd expect in a computer or a tablet running Windows not Android typically we see the Snapdragon powering most of Android devices lenovo decided to go with intel intel was a leader in computer processing lenovo opted to go with the Intel Atom 1.3 gigahertz 2 gigabytes of ddr3 for memory intensive apps and also 16 gigabytes of on-board with an optional SD card slot that expands up to 64 gigabytes the two large front-facing speakers that I mentioned in the design section aren't just there for looks it has Dolby audio built into it and also Wolfson Master HiFi the chassis is built from plastic now I hate to say this but I did attempt to bend it just because I felt some flex when carrying at one time the yoga 2 does flex a bit and I'm not sure if it's because it's doing yoga or the plastics and internals aren't able to withstand a large amount of pressure I can't say that it will bend or not but I'll let you be the judge of it this isn't exactly the specs you'd expect from an android tablet but how well it performs is most important right the yoga 2 8 inch makes me scratch my head since it's the same device as the 10-inch one would assume that it runs the exact same way I did mention at the end of my review on the 10 inch device that I think the performance issues are software based not a hardware issue well when using the 8 inch almost all the performance lag that I had with the 10 inch is gone opening applications flipping between screens multitasking and multi window applications all felt smooth I won't say it runs as smooth as a nexus 7 but it's still pretty good one thing that you will continue to notice is that transition are not as smooth it just feels a bit choppy but that does not take away from the speed this device absolutely flies when gaming that's when the yoga flexes its muscle as expected all games ran smooth from dead trigger to Riptide to cross erodes all ran with the consistent high frames per second and also great responsiveness as I do with the written reviews all the benchmark scores are linked down below in the written companion piece the yoga comes out of the box with Android 4.4.2 kitkat it's also running lenovo's own UI skin on top of Android some would say is very iOS like and I would mostly agree there isn't an app drawer and the quick settings are located at the bottom via a menu Lenovo calls bottom switch the bottom switch gives you tacos like Wi-Fi autorotation airplane mode GPS and a few other things it also has a brightness control camera lockscreen screenshot and Lenovo smart switch Lenovo package is a good amount of applications on the device most of the applications they supply are applications that would either have came with stock Android or there's a better alternative in the Play Store one application that sticks out for the bunch is security HD which scans your permissions for applications has an app manager ad blocker and also the speed up utility which I didn't use much beyond that most of the applications are forgettable and quickly become background annoyances the camera is a yoga tablet are okay at best the location of the rear 8 megapixel camera is in an interesting one while holding your device in landscape and you launch the camera instantly you need to adjust your hand your hand naturally rests over the camera once you take only a few shots you can quickly see what the camera has to offer images let color grain is evident even in decent lighting and the shutter is pretty slow if you rapidly tap the shutter button the camera cannot keep up even in good lighting using studio lighting I was able to get better shots but that was after adjusting a lot of settings prior to the shot Lenovo does a great job at supplying you with manual adjustments for the camera white-balance brightness/contrast and other controls to get a decent shot these settings need to become your best friend for video the camera is able to shoot at full HD 1080p and the issues I had with the pictures translate to the video mode the microphone is decent and it picks up your voice pretty well and that's about it now some people may argue that a camera on a tablet isn't important but if you actually look at the statistics and you walk around and see people are using a camera on any device they have and a lot of people a tablet is their number one device and it's something they use for photography especially older people since the screen is a lot bigger for them to use so the manufacturers have to provide tools for the way that people are using their devices so that's why tablet photography is turning into a real thing and a lot of companies are actually putting money and putting technology into tablet cameras so this is a trend that is going upwards and you're going to see a lot more devices coming with cameras on them and you're also going to see a lot more enhanced features on the tablets even versus the phone and that was my review of the yoga 2 tablet now of course this tablet isn't the fastest tablet in the world or it actually isn't the smoothest tablet but for $250 to get a nice multimedia tablet that has a pretty decent processor in there and it's really good for games and also exceptional battery life you really can't go wrong lenovo has made a lot of strides with this tablet versus the 10 inch Edition not sure if it's software or what it is but it actually is a decent tablet that I don't mind picking up and using as always guys my name is Kevin the tech ninja make sure you check out the written companion piece down below make sure you like this video subscribe to our YouTube channel and also check out our other videos from everyone and the background making Android Authority possible as always guys my name is Kevin the tech ninja this is Android authority your source for all things Android take care