1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,040 A couple years ago, I got back into mobile gaming once I had my Fold 4. But 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:12,719 as you can see, I went back to a candy bar phone, meaning I'm missing the big 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,719 screen. But 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:23,760 thankfully, this is the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3, an 8.8 in 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:26,480 screen, an 8.8 in screen tablet that of 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:29,279 course is centered around gaming. I don't even get to see what it actually 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,040 looks like because the at Dbrand sponsored this. So, this is what 8 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:38,079 it looks like with our glow circuit skin. Maybe I'll peel it off later. But, let's see what else is in the box here. 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:43,200 Yeah, type-C to type- C cable. This is like average length, like 3 ft. Yes, an 10 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,320 actual charging brick. Thankfully, tablets have not gone the route of 11 00:00:44,559 --> 00:00:50,480 getting rid of them yet. How fast is this? It's 65 watt. Oh, I guess there 12 00:00:48,879 --> 00:00:54,079 was actually Never mind this big box that was over top. I don't know what's 13 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:58,879 in here. Oh, it looks like some accessories. Oh, 14 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:02,960 is this like a case with a kickstand? In most cases, a kickstand case I've always 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:06,960 found seems kind of irrelevant, but if you pair a controller to your gaming 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:10,320 tablet, you could set this down and be hands-free and it can just sit there on 17 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,479 a plane or something. So, I don't necessarily mind it, unless that's not 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:19,600 what this is. Okay. Oh, there's screen protectors. 19 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,759 Well, what the heck is this blue plastic? Oh my goodness. Oh, is this 20 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,799 just to help you apply the screen protector? Okay, never mind. I was 21 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:32,520 wrong. There's no kickstand, but this little case that has a cover on it can 22 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:36,880 fold around. What the There we 23 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:38,479 go. That took a little bit. Or kickstand 24 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:44,000 with, you know, you need some skill to apply it, but there we go. That works. And you can sit down with your 25 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:47,040 controller and then Oh, that's slick. 26 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,520 It's really like 8.8 in seems small in 27 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,799 your head for a tablet, but I don't know. This would be good gaming real 28 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,240 estate. I'll have to try it out later. Let me just clean off the desk here. I'm 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:01,520 actually going to remove our case here just so we can see all of the external 30 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:06,000 ports on the tablet itself. On this side, you've got a bottom charge USBC. 31 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:09,599 On here, you've got a second USBC port, which is fantastic because depending on 32 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,360 your orientation, you could have the cable coming out the bottom or the side, 33 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:18,480 whatever is most comfortable for you. On this side, you've got your power and your volume rocker. And then on the top, 34 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,760 it looks like those are just speaker holes. I want to talk about the rest of 35 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:27,200 the design, but I need to go over the Dbrand talking points before I'm allowed to rip this skin off. Dbrand sponsored 36 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,239 this video. Like you, we were pretty surprised that they actually make skins 37 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:34,000 for the Legion Tab 3. I mean, they basically make skins for anything. The W 38 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:37,440 show desk, Linus' car, probably his coffin at some point. But for tablets, 39 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:42,319 it's only been the iPad so far. When we as I decided to branch out to the Legion 40 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:46,560 Tab 3, they said that the glitter bomb case was so atrocious, they decided to 41 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:50,720 make this out of spite. What? It's glitter bomb? Oh my gosh, they're right. 42 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,319 It's very hard to see. So, I guess if you're full of spite and don't want to 43 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:58,000 carry your Legion Tab 3 around in its glitter bomb case, don't worry. Dbrand's 44 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:02,239 got you covered. We're currently rocking the LT Cross Glow Circuit skin, but they 45 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:06,760 have a variety of skins. Head to shortlinus.com to check it out. Beat the 46 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:12,200 tariffs with the Shiptorm sale event at ltstore.com. We are offering free 47 00:03:08,959 --> 00:03:15,120 shipping on any order worldwide over 48 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:19,599 $150. So, it's a great time to pick up a commuter backpack, a precision 49 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:23,519 screwdriver, or a stylish framework hoodie. Oh, I took it off to put on this 50 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:27,599 jacket. The point is, we've also got never-before-seen pricing on our MCM 51 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:31,120 Essentials bundle. Don't miss it. We'll have it linked down below. Okay, now 52 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:36,519 that we've gotten paid, let's take this skin off cuz I want to see the actual 53 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:39,480 design. Oh my goodness. Oh, is it just 54 00:03:36,519 --> 00:03:45,440 Uhoh. Okay, maybe their skin is better. Yep, that's the back of it. 55 00:03:43,239 --> 00:03:52,879 Legion. It really doesn't have much else to say, man. This I can already tell. 56 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:54,319 Fingerprint magnet. Holy cow. Okay, 57 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:58,560 maybe you do actually want a skin or a case or something. Well, if you're able 58 00:03:56,239 --> 00:04:04,560 to overlook the kind of boring back. The processor in here is flipping awesome. 59 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,720 It is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 60 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:10,640 so very similar to some flagship phones, meaning I'm expecting the gaming 61 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:15,200 performance on this thing to be mint. And with 256 GB of storage, plenty of 62 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,799 room to install all your games or I guess take your photos with your tablet. 63 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:24,960 We'll have to see how that camera actually performs. 12 GB of RAM, 165 Hz 64 00:04:22,479 --> 00:04:29,199 refresh rate screen, and again 8.8 in, which I don't know, it feels like a 65 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:32,639 weird size for a tablet. In my mind, I'm always thinking of tablets as kind of 66 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:37,520 being these bigger, bulkier items, and phones are usually smaller. This is kind 67 00:04:35,199 --> 00:04:42,320 of that weird middle ground where it's too big to be a phone, not big enough to 68 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,840 be a tablet. But maybe that'll make, you know, holding on and actually gaming a 69 00:04:43,919 --> 00:04:48,720 lot easier. Yep, that's a tablet that runs Android. Android 14 is what it 70 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:54,080 comes with out of the box. And then they've promised three versions of Android as updates. Now that I've got it 71 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,960 in my hand though, you know what? 8.8 in is going to be comfortable for gaming. I 72 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:01,280 think you can reach the center if you need to any buttons, but most of your buttons for controls are going to be 73 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:08,240 over here or something. And I think the resolution of 2560 x600 is lower than 74 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:13,520 you know OnePlus but that tablet is also 4 in bigger diagonally. So you end up 75 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:17,039 like this while holding it and that's more uncomfortable for something like 76 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:21,520 gaming which again also uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. The advertised 77 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:24,720 500 nits though is pretty low by phone standards. So I'm curious to see how it 78 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:28,639 looks with some content. Let's just start playing a video here. That is max 79 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:33,840 brightness. Yeah, that is uh not very bright. It's 80 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:37,520 fine for indoor use. I also have two bright studio lights shining directly at 81 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:41,120 my face. And they do claim that it'll go up to 900 nits if it detects you're 82 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:45,120 outdoors or something. But they also gave a warning if you do actually go to 83 00:05:43,039 --> 00:05:48,880 that max brightness. Things like it'll start to heat up a lot and you might 84 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:51,840 even risk burn-in, which honestly really nice that they give that warning. I 85 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,960 think that's really fair that they kind of know their limitations. And 86 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,919 realistically, I don't think you're going to be walking around outside gaming on it anyways. this is probably 87 00:05:57,919 --> 00:06:04,479 fine. And reading the lab notes here, it does seem that it was around that 500 88 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:08,160 nits mark, sometimes slightly below. And in the high brightness mode, it was kind 89 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:12,800 of the same story. I think it's fair to say though that the 40 or so points that 90 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:17,720 it's off from the claimed brightness is probably not noticeable for most people, 91 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:32,720 but it didn't quite reach what they claimed. Wo, those are really loud. 92 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:38,479 Whoops, I hit the power button. I meant to turn it down. Those were very loud. 93 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:41,919 And overall, I don't think I noticed any sort of weird crackling like I have on 94 00:06:40,479 --> 00:06:44,759 some other phones when they go to max volume. Kind of want to hear it on 50% 95 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:50,560 volume, though. Oh, wow. 50% is a lot 96 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:57,639 quieter, but I can't tell if that's just cuz 100% was so loud. 97 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:59,599 These are good sounding speakers for a 98 00:06:57,639 --> 00:07:03,440 tablet. Maybe I just have my expectations so low with mobile devices 99 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:06,720 and their speakers cuz quite often they never sound that great. But I guess 100 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:09,680 being a slightly bigger device, maybe you're able to fit slightly bigger or 101 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:13,599 better quality speakers in it. I think gaming on that would be awesome. Dude, 102 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,560 do they have a waifu as well? No way. Bypass charging. When bypass charging is 103 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:21,919 neighbor, the motherboard will draw power directly from the charger. Oh, okay. That's great. I think a lot of 104 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:25,599 modern devices do have this. It's nice that they let the user know though that 105 00:07:23,599 --> 00:07:29,199 it is okay to keep your device plugged in while you're gaming because there's 106 00:07:27,599 --> 00:07:32,240 kind of a common misconception with a lot of people that if you're using your 107 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:36,000 phone while it's plugged in, it degrades the battery. But in this case, they let 108 00:07:34,479 --> 00:07:40,319 you know, hey, you're good to go. You can play with it plugged in. Let's take 109 00:07:37,759 --> 00:07:48,160 a look at the camera. I quite often have my doubts with these tablet 110 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:49,680 cameras. O, that's uh that is rough. I 111 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:54,240 don't really have anything positive to say about it other than it can take a 112 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:59,160 photo. I would definitely never use this to capture a moment of importance. Oh, I 113 00:07:57,919 --> 00:08:06,960 don't even want to take a picture with this. Jeez, man. I look like a ghost, 114 00:08:03,039 --> 00:08:09,360 dude. Holy cow. I I do not look happy 115 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:14,720 here. Same positive. It can take a photo. I wonder how the video does cuz 116 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:16,160 it already looks like not 60 FPS video 117 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:21,120 even though I haven't started it yet. I'm at 1080p. Can I change my frame 118 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:25,599 rate? Oh, okay. It defaulted to 30 FPS. That's Wait, can it not go to 60 FPS? 119 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,800 Again, it ah this is this is where it gets weird because like this is marketed 120 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:33,039 as a gaming tablet, so I don't necessarily blame them for not investing 121 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:38,080 in the camera quality, but I also feel like you're going to give this to a kid 122 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,839 probably. It's my guess. A kid's going 123 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:42,880 to want to take photos of their dog or video and like, wouldn't you want them 124 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:48,080 to be able to capture some kind of cool moments? One thing I noticed as we're compiling things and once I've booted a 125 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:54,959 game, there's a tiny little tab here which if I slide out or move. There it 126 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:58,040 is. Ah, it gives me a bunch of stats for 127 00:08:54,959 --> 00:09:00,959 gaming here. Clean 128 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:04,959 RAM. I cleaned my RAM. You can have volume, brightness control. This is kind 129 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:09,440 of a This is a really sleek just quick access menu. I actually kind of like it. 130 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:13,279 Balance mode, performance mode, but it'll tell you Yeah. how fast your CPU 131 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:17,200 is actually clocked to. Now, so there's performance, energy saving, and 132 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:20,800 balance. Interesting. That's kind of cool. And we actually got some numbers 133 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:24,480 and results from Labs on those different modes there. And the difference between 134 00:09:22,959 --> 00:09:29,360 the two modes was actually pretty significant. In Geekbench, which is more 135 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:35,519 of a single core CPU test, it went from about 1,300 to 2200 in the score between 136 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:40,800 the default and performance mode. In multi-core, we also saw roughly a 2,000 137 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:46,480 score increase. in 3D Mark, which is more of a GPU intensive test, it also 138 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,160 went up by like 400 points or so, which 139 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,519 means that performance mode is actually doing something, which is kind of cool 140 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:55,120 to see the result of. So, you can know confidently when you turn it on, you're 141 00:09:53,519 --> 00:09:57,839 getting the best performance possible, which if you're going to do long gaming 142 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:03,200 sessions and you want the best performance, how does this thing do? Cuz sometimes smaller devices can overheat 143 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:09,440 and you'll actually see your performance get worse. Well, our Labs results showed 144 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:11,680 that it was within 10% of the very first 145 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:15,279 run to the very worst run after a long period of time, which honestly could be 146 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:19,200 quite a good advantage over some phones which can thermal throttle pretty 147 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:23,120 easily. Can get long game sessions in and then with that bypass charging, you 148 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,480 could probably sit here for a long period of time and game long enough to 149 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:30,800 wait for your freaking shaders to compile. God Call of Duty. In the 150 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:34,079 battery discharge test, it actually lasted the longest out of the three 151 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:39,360 tablets we tested between the Google Pixel and the OnePlus. It gave us like 152 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:43,279 14 hours of battery playback. And as for charging the device, it actually charged 153 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:48,560 the fastest out of our three tests as well. On a 45 watt charger, it was 60 154 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:53,040 minutes to go from 0 to 100%. Fastest charging and the longest lasting out of 155 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:56,880 the devices. Dude, that is a huge W for this thing. Can I get some W's in the 156 00:10:54,480 --> 00:11:01,200 chat? Sorry, I forgot to start streaming from my Lenovo Legion broadcast center. 157 00:11:00,079 --> 00:11:05,440 Once the game loads, I'm actually going to try toggling between the three modes here. I want to see if I could notice a 158 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:10,880 difference because you might be better off playing in one of the lower performance modes if it means it gives 159 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,760 you longer battery life if you're away from a charger. And I think there's 160 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:18,839 probably going to be select games that will benefit more or 161 00:11:18,839 --> 00:11:25,000 less. Dude, I'm ready for war. Oh yeah, dude. This is very high 162 00:11:24,079 --> 00:11:29,040 refresh rate. We are in the performance mode 163 00:11:27,279 --> 00:11:34,240 right now. So, I kind of want to get to the front of the ship after we've run around a little bit. Now, let's turn it 164 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:39,560 down to the lowest mode, the energy saving 165 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:41,519 mode. Oh my gosh, it is immediately 166 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:46,399 unplayable. Like, this would be a terrible mobile 167 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:47,959 experience. Okay, let's turn it to the 168 00:11:46,399 --> 00:11:54,000 balance mode. Hey, you know what? This feels 169 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,000 pretty good. It's not bad. 170 00:11:54,880 --> 00:12:02,079 Oh, die. Hey, I got a kill. No, I'm testing the game modes, please. And then 171 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:05,519 we go back up to performance mode. Yeah, and you can absolutely notice a 172 00:12:03,519 --> 00:12:09,480 difference between these two. Okay, that's pretty sick. That's really good 173 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:12,399 to know that it is actually doing something. But again, depending on the 174 00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:16,959 game you're playing, if you're playing something like Bellatro, you could probably get away with being in the 175 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:21,040 energy saving modes and not have to worry about your battery life. Then the 176 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:24,399 big screen is kind of awesome, dude. It's a little awkward for this game cuz 177 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:28,240 reaching to the center to tap any of your, you know, buttons in the middle 178 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:32,240 weird, but for some other games, this bigger screen is freaking awesome. Now 179 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:38,079 that we've played and loaded for a couple minutes, the back center is warmer than 180 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:41,200 where my hands are, but it's not uncomfortable. Like, I would not say 181 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,959 that is hot. You could absolutely hold that. I've been gaming for like 3 or 4 182 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:48,800 minutes. If you gave it a long time, maybe it would be too hot. But no, it's 183 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:52,800 not warm at all right now. Honestly, I'm kind of impressed with this little 184 00:12:50,079 --> 00:12:55,839 thing. Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4. So again, you could use a controller or something 185 00:12:54,079 --> 00:13:00,480 with it. It's got kind of everything that you would expect a modern mobile 186 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:03,920 device to have. And coming in at $550, you honestly get quite a lot. But I 187 00:13:02,399 --> 00:13:07,440 mean, you're getting dangerously close to some other mobile devices at that 188 00:13:05,839 --> 00:13:11,360 price, like the Steam Deck or the ROG Ally. So, you got to really like Android 189 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:15,360 specific mobile games if you wanted to get this over that. Well, I died. But 190 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:20,320 you guys can let me know down below. What do you guys think about a Android gaming tablet? I think it's actually 191 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:25,920 pretty cool. But if you want to see a gaming phone, go check out the Red Magic 192 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:25,920 10 Pro that I did.