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hey what's up guys this is Bailey Stein with Android authority and here I have Lenovo's latest tablet the tab 3 pro it's a 10-inch tablet with an integrated projector and a friction kickstand let's take a look with our for review of the Lenovo yoga Tab 3 Pro when picking up the yoga tab the first thing you'll notice are the material choices with the pro 3 Lenovo brings a leather rear and metal kickstand held together by a plastic frame despite some initial well awkward handling the yoga tablet feels quite nice to hold this is on the heavier side at 667 grams however especially when compared to the Galaxy S 2's 392 grams but that's likely due to the yoga chip significantly larger ten thousand two hundred milliamp hour battery a trade off which we think many users will actually appreciate in addition to the Tab 3 pro's strong build quality it also has a splash proof IP 21 certification meaning that it is protected from small amounts of water of course we can talk about a yoga tablet without talking about the versatility offered by its kickstand in terms of functionality the Tab 3 pro brings the same friction kickstand found and last year's model in addition to the ability to hang the tablet from a nail or coat rack the latter is admittedly very gimmicky but the kickstand is of definite utility whether you choose to place the tablet in tilt mode where the tablet sits with subtle elevation near the rear or stand mode where the tablet is quite literally standing the kickstand is a feature that you'll absolutely love it makes contact consumption much more convenient when you don't necessarily have a free hand and it's also nearly essential for getting the perfect angle when projecting lenovo has really seemed to focus on content consumption here especially when you consider the tab 3 pros for front facing speakers those speakers are being marketed as JBL speakers with Dobey Atmos and they sound pretty good with a good amount of volume the tab three pros power button is located on the top and is surrounded by a notification LED ring the volume rocker is located just to the right and the headphone jack can be found on the very bottom with a 10.1 inch quad HD IPS display the yoga Tab 3 pro offers a respectable PPI of 299 the display looks great with accurate color reproduction and great viewing angles it's also bright enough to read in direct sunlight although the adaptive brightness is very buggy and the display itself scratches pretty easily there also appears to be a slower response time when scrolling which causes a noticeable ghosting effect we were very disappointed to see this especially considering the tablets $500 price tag finally although the super sensitive touch screen is very nice while wearing gloves we really wish Lenovo would have included a setting to temporarily disable it the display is oftentimes too sensitive where we'll start taking input from things like sweatshirts leaves to headphone cables it's not a major drawback but it is quite annoying at times and could be easily resolved by adding an option to disable it through a software update unlike many Android tablets the Tab 3 pro uses a quad core Intel Atom processor performance was very good for the majority of our testing save for a few minor hiccups here and there Absalon fairly quickly and the tablet feels fast but there's still some occasional lag interestingly lenovo has included just 2 gigabytes of RAM which well enough for basic use cases can be a bottleneck gaming on the tab 3 pro was excellent with smooth performance and asphalt 8 on high settings it's not just the graphics performance that makes gaming on the tab 3 Pro a joy however the speakers also make the experience much more immersive the Tab 3 pro includes support for 802 11 AC Mima Wi-Fi GPS and Bluetooth 4.0 the Wi-Fi antenna is notably strong something which is sometimes overlooked in Android tablets out of the box the Tab 3 pro includes 32 gigabytes of internal storage with the opportunity to expanded via microSD card up to 128 gigabytes as noted just a moment ago the Tab 3 Pro offers an integrated projector adjustable with the friction kickstand that projector can output an image of up to 70 inches at 50 lumens and 480p resolution it's not going to rival traditional projectors in terms of quality or resolution but that's really not the point it's more of a novelty than anything and we can think of more than a few interesting use cases for example it was great to have during a recent power outage where I used it to produce just enough light to continue working without being stuck in the darkness it's also excellent for sharing content like when I used it the other day to watch Netflix after class regardless of how you use it the integrated projector is a great feature to have even with its limited brightness and resolution with a ten thousand 200 milliamp our internal battery the Tab 3 Pro offers great battery life during my battery life tests I was able to average little over seven hours of screen on time with 36 hours of usage that was with pretty heavy usage - with hours of YouTube and about a half hour of projecting Netflix during each test if you scale back your usage - web browsing and reading for example it becomes much easier to extend the battery life further one notable aspect regarding the battery life is the temp three pros - standby efficiency well it doesn't quite match the seemingly unbeatable standby usage of the iPad it did very well in our tests this is great for light to moderate users who use their tablet more passively but still want it to last as long as possible although the temp 3 probe does include a 13 megapixel rear camera it would likely be best to stick to using your phone it does seem to be an improvement over the tab - pros camera but it's still lacking a good amount of detail and does very poorly even the slightest of low-light conditions the five megapixel front-facing camera also isn't that great suffering from similar issues the camera app offers a fair amount of control but still focuses on ease-of-use the app itself is very nice but it seems to be unstable at least on my unit I noticed that it frequently crashed to the point where it would sometimes refuse to take pictures all together requiring a device restart hopefully lenovo can resolve these issues with a future software update speaking of software the yucatan 3 pro is running part of Lenovo's vibe UI over android 5.1 lollipop out of the box interestingly lenovo chose to keep certain stock android aspects but ditch others like the notification shade and app icons we're happy to see the return to a traditional Android launcher as well as a return to the stock multitasking menu thankfully lenovo has kept the bloatware to a minimum shipping the tablet with only a few third-party apps like Evernote and McAfee security the latter is likely due to a deal with Intel but it can be easily uninstalled without resistance lenovo zone apps are also kept to a minimum the most interesting being lenovo sketchpad app it's pretty sweet for quickly jotting down notes especially considering that you can use any stylus thanks to lenovo's any pen technology we do wish it had multi-touch support however something that seems a bit odd to exclude there are still a few areas where the software feels unpolished but it's much better than last year's attempt hopefully lenovo will fix the buggy aspects and improve the general user experience with future OTA updates a Wi-Fi only model of the Lenovo yoga Tab 3 pro is now available for $4.99 within the US in an LTE model is expected to be released soon the yoga Tab 3 pro offers excellent battery life very good audio and a great display there's also bonuses like the kickstand and projector which make this tablet one of the best for content consumption if you want to use your tablet for other things however the yoga cheb 3 probe may not be the best option there's a lot of minor issues the performance can be inconsistent and the software while improved from lash cheer is still lacking in terms of stability we wouldn't consider these issues to be as big of flaws and a tablet costing $300 or even $200 less but given the yoga chat free prose premium price tag we were disappointed to see a lack of attention in areas other than content consumption if you're looking for an Android tablet with exceptional video playback capabilities or tablet with a built-in projector for that matter the Tab 3 pro is the best option available to date you'll love it but if you're looking for something a bit more well-rounded you may be better off looking elsewhere thank you for watching this video and please make sure to give it a thumbs up below if you enjoyed it also please make sure to subscribe to the channel if you'd like to see more content finally be sure to visit the Android Authority website for additional coverage is we are your source for all things Android