Lenovo brings gaming energy to MWC with Legion Tab Gen 5

Who are you going to show to for a correctly high-end Android pill? There aren’t a whole lot of producers who reliably find yourself on our brief checklist, however after we need the very best Android tablets round, our ideas preserve going again to Lenovo. The Legion Tab Gen 3 was certainly one of our favourite tablets final yr, and this yr at MWC, Lenovo is again with its newest and biggest Legion Tab.

We sit up for the Legion Tab as a gaming pill that doesn’t skimp on {hardware}, and looking out over the specs Lenovo is sharing at this time, it doesn’t appear to be this Gen 5 tab goes to depart us with any motive to disappoint. At its core, the pill runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, providing perhaps the quickest Android expertise you’re going to search out at this time. Better nonetheless, Lenovo is in no way skimping on RAM, and despite the fact that we’re not getting the 24GB we noticed rumored for the Y700 (the pill’s Chinese cousin), the 16GB current right here ought to show greater than ample for many avid gamers.

Image high quality has additionally been an enormous part to the Legion Tab’s enchantment, and Lenovo retains that development going this yr with a comfortably sized 8.8-inch panel with a 3K (3040 x 1904) decision and silky easy 165Hz refresh charge. The 600 nits brightness could not compete with our telephones, however must be ample for operation in most lighting situations.

Keeping that display screen working, Lenovo equips the Tab with a 9,000mAh battery. And as a result of everyone knows how sizzling the 8 Elite Gen 5 can get, Lenovo’s newly up to date Legion Coldfront Vapor cooling system is meant to be over 30% higher at dissipating warmth than earlier than.

The entire bundle weighs a mere 360g. Lenovo plans to promote the Legion Tab in Eclipse Black, Glacier White, and Surge (inexperienced, apparently), beginning May 2026 at $849.