The Lenovo Tab Plus is an affordable 11-inch entertainment tablet that will appeal to Android fans who value audio quality–in music, videos, and games–above all else. But it’s less than ideal for reading because of its wide aspect ratio display. And while it offers a few niceties the more expensive iPad lacks, it’s difficult to recommend any Android tablet these days unless you have very specific needs.
From the front, the Tab Plus looks like a standard widescreen Android tablet with its mostly metal body, landscape webcam, and big plastic display bezels. But as you spin the device around and hold it in your hands, you can see that something very different is going on here. The product is visually and physically dominated by a large speaker box that makes its bottom half about twice as thick as its top.
And there’s a more subtle integrated kickstand that I found to be one of its standout differentiators. Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday — get free copies of Paul Thurrott's Windows 11 and Windows 10 Field Guides (normally $9.99) as a special welcome gift! There’s only one color, a dark gray that Lenovo calls Luna Grey, but it’s pleasant enough, and there are small accents like the shiny silver speaker sides that help provide a bit of contrast.
Like the iPad and many other modern devices, most of the Tab Plus’ sides are flat surfaces, some with buttons, and the corners and bottom edge are curved. That’s all very s.