ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 is available now for $549.
It features a gorgeous display, dual USB-C ports, and excellent performance with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
If you're looking for a big-screen tablet with a stylus, you'll likely find the eight-inch screen too small. $449.99 at Lenovo
The Legion Tab Gen 3 joins Lenovo's gaming lineup as a slim and light eight-inch Android tablet with a brilliant 2.5K, 165Hz display, and 12GB of RAM. These specs, combined with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and a handful of intelligent design elements make it a versatile and premium gaming tablet, earning our Editors' Choice award.
The first thing you notice upon picking up the Legion Tab is how small and minimalist it is, somewhat obscuring its gaming motivations. With its small size and ultra-thin bezels around the edges, it feels more like a thin sheet of black glass than a gaming device, but looking a little closer reveals some solid engineering.
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The only two physical buttons on the device -- volume and power -- blend into the side of the tablet. Additionally, there are two USB-C ports: one on the side, and one on the bottom. Since you can flip the orientation of the display in any direction, this means you can plug in the device on any of the four sides.
This makes the Legion Tab an optimal travel device, since you can adjust your charging setup every time you're in a new place, while support for Wi-Fi 7 future-proofs its portability.
Under the hood, the Legion Tab is equipped with the aforementioned Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (3.30 GHz) processor, coincidentally matching the name of the tablet. For comparison, this is the same processor family found in competing tablets we love, like the OnePlus Pad 2.
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