Lenovo Tab Extreme Review: First Impressions

Forget Ultra. This Lenovo Tab is Extreme and comes with some very high-end features. This is our first look at CES 2023.

prologue

Launched alongside a modest e-ink Smart Paper at CES, the Tab Extreme sits on the other end of Lenovo’s tablet range for 2023.

As the Extreme part of the name suggests, this is a tablet focused on high-end performance and features. Features.

If you’re looking for an iPad Pro-like device that runs Android, the Lenovo Tab Extreme is likely the best choice, and we had a little time ahead of CES 2023.

screen and design

• Huge 14.5 inch display
• OLED screen technology
• Large tablet but thin

The Lenovo Tab Extreme lives up to its lofty name with a feature-packed display. There is a 14.5-inch he OLED panel covering the front, which is quite impressive for a tablet. Like any good tablet, it has a 120Hz refresh rate, but it has Dolby Vision HDR support, a sharp 3000 x 1876 resolution, and P3 color gamut coverage.

I only used the tablet for about an hour, but it was enough time to be completely impressed with the display. The OLED panel leaves perfect blacks, but its sheer size makes videos immersive.

One of my favorite features of this display is that it can be used as a secondary monitor for almost anything thanks to the Display Port connector on the side. You can connect your laptop if you want to expand your workspace. Having a large secondary monitor and one that doubles as its own device is a very smart move and helps the Extreme stand out from other larger tablets like the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra.

The back of the tablet has a simple two-tone style, one glossy and the other matte. At just 740g and just 5.85mm thick, it’s a sleek, professional device. You can’t get a smaller tablet with a 14-inch screen, but that doesn’t mean it’s unwieldy.

Sold with the tablet are both a pen and a Folio Keyboard (Tab Extreme Keyboard) case that lifts the device in a manner similar to the iPad Pro’s Magic Keyboard. The back of the folio keyboard can be detached so it can stand alone as a kickstand when watching movies. This is another neat addition that I really like.

performance

• Works with Mediatek chipsets
• Sufficient storage and RAM
• quick charge

Powered by the Lenovo Tab Extreme is the Mediatek Dimensity 9000 chipset, which combines 12GB of RAM with 256GB of onboard storage, which can be expanded by an additional 1TB using a microSD card.

It has Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and a 12300mAh battery with 68w fast charging. There’s also reverse wireless charging, which basically charges anything that supports the Qi standard.

This should be a top performer with plenty of future potential. I haven’t spent enough time with the tablet to properly judge its performance.You can get a full in-depth review when I get this tablet for review.Also run the benchmarking software I couldn’t even do it.

A common problem with Android tablets, especially those with large screens, is software.

Lenovo certainly tried to revamp the basic big-screen Android UI a bit to give it a PC look, but it still doesn’t feel very natural to use. There is nothing Lenovo can do about it. They almost pale in comparison to what’s available on the iPad.

first verdict

With a massive high-definition OLED screen, clever features like a secondary monitor input, and ample internal power, the Lenovo Tab Extreme seems to live up to its name on first inspection.