Key takeaways of zdnet
- Lenovo Legion Tab General 3 is now on sale for $ 429.
- It has a grand performance, dual USB-C port, and the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip with excellent performance.
- If you are looking for a large screen tablet with a stylus, you will probably find the eight -inch screen very small.
May / 2025
Legion tab gene 3 Lenovo’s gaming lineup is combined with a luxurious 2.5k, 165hz display and 12GB RAM as a slim and light eight -inch Android tablet. These glasses combined with Snapdragon 8 General 3 processor and a handful of intelligent design elements make it a versatile and premium gaming tablet, which earns the choice of our editors.
The first thing to lift the Legion tab is how small and minimum it is, it somewhat obscure its gaming motivations. With its small size and ultra-splutter bezels around the edges, it feels more like a thin sheet of black glass than the gaming device, but slightly closer looks at some solid engineering.
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Mix only two physical buttons on the device – volume and power – on the edge of the tablet. Additionally, there are two USB-C ports: one side, and one down. Since you can flip the orientation of the display in any direction, it means that you can plug on any of the four sides in the device.
This makes the Legion tab an optimal travel device, as you can adjust your charging setup every time, while you are in a new place, while Wi-Fi 7 supports for future proofs is its portability.
Under the hood, the Legion tab is equipped with the above Snapdragon 8 General 3 (3.30 GHz) processor, coincidentally matches the name of the tablet. For comparison, this is the same processor family found in competitive tablets that we love, such as OnePlus Pad 2.
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It also has 12GB soldered LPDDR5X memory, 256GB UFS 4.0 storage and Android 14 OS. The bottom (or top) port can be used to connect to the outer monitor through the displayport, which, when swapped into PC mode, turns the tablet into a competent laptop. More on that in a minute.
The performance of the tablet looks great. Everything is not required to be an OLED to be considered premium, and the 8.8-inch LTPS (low-papman polychristline silicone) of the lejan tab is just proved. 165Hz refresh rates, 500nit (900 for HDR) shine, and with 2560 x 1600 resolution, it is fully ready for gaming motivations, which you can have, provide smooth, crisp visual and flaw color.
Android OS allows you to fix the display at a grain level, selecting different color profiles and fresh rates for each app. It also makes a solid tool to watch movies, with the case of its intended use as gaming tablets.
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Portability is not the only reason that some people may prefer a small tablet like the Legion tab. If you are holding it with two hands, it is quite large for the entire screen for the entire screen. It feels like a gaming handheld, such as MSI Claw 8 AI+, with a smooth touchscreen instead of control.
I did not get a chance to test the Legion tab with a third-party controller Gamesir G8But I think the eight -inch display of the Legion tab makes a great gaming console in a practical shape. Additionally, dual USB-C port means that you can either play in orientation.
While gaming, you can access a handful of settings and data with a left or right swipe, which can remove the legend menu to swap between the performance mode, see CPU use and screen records.
You can also enable the charge bypass on this menu, which is a great quality life setting. This allows you to supply power directly to the tablet when plug in, to keep the battery completely cool, even during extended sessions.
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The Legion tab earns another point for its thoughtful design here, with Lenovo’s Cold Frape Vapor Chamber stationed above the processor near the center of the device – from where you have hands – when you are holding it to reduce the heat further.
The tablet black desert comes with online preinstall, so this was the first game I had removed, and it was almost innocent played with Max settings. Popular mobile games such as Flame of Vallah, Horthstone, and League of Legends: Wild Rifts provided zero intervals or performances issues, and crisp, bright scenes, responsive UI navigation and surprisingly good sound.
The Legion tab comes with its own case, which is essential in view of its very thin body. Fortunately, it also doubles as a stand if you want to push it forward. The screen cover simply closes easily, bus backing case. This is equally good because it is a bit strange to catch – you have to bend the case holding it in all ways.
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With case and magnetic cover, 68W USB-C wall charger and cable, I also appreciate that it comes with its own screen guard, which is necessary, when it is more common these days, consumers are getting more common to buy these things separately.
Connecting to an external monitor is as easy as popping in a displayport-component cable. The PC mode with a keyboard and mouse works surprisingly well, as it is essentially a chrombook plus with this RAM/storage configuration and Snapdragon 8 General 3 processor.
I am bringing the Legion tab to the office, where I have a docking station connected to a monitor, keyboard and mouse, and it works so well in terms of this use, it can replace a laptop completely for office tour or travel, where a chrombook is afflicted: Accessing GMAL, working out of clouds in Chrome, and working out of clouds, and working out of clouds, and working out of clouds in Chrome.
On that note, the main 13MP camera with flash is about what you will find on the smartphone, while the front-face is sufficient for 8MP full-frame video calls.
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In terms of battery life, the Legion Tab is well balanced for gaming tablets. However, its small size works against and against it, as 6550mAh battery limits the amount of juice. It is being said, it is efficient, lasting several days with stalled use or several hours of continuous gaming on 165Hz. In my test, I found a video playback of about 12 hours on 60Hz and half a glow.
ZDNET purchase advice
Lenovo Legion Tab 3 It is successful in providing a great gaming experience for its grand performance and impressive performance. It is smooth and premium, well engineer, and wise design is packed with options. To close it, its small size makes it particularly practical travel tools, and brings all this to a competitive price of $ 549.
If you are looking for a thin and light tablet that is clearly portable, the Legion tab is one of the best eight-inch tablets I have used, with a top-tier processor, Wi-Fi 7 and bypass charging. For all these reasons, it has earned the choice award of our editors as a versatile tool that is fun to use directly.
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