WEBVTT 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 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 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.719 screen. But 00:00:12.840 --> 00:00:23.760 thankfully, this is the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3, an 8.8 in 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:26.480 screen, an 8.8 in screen tablet that of 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:29.279 course is centered around gaming. I don't even get to see what it actually 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:33.040 looks like because the at Dbrand sponsored this. So, this is what 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. 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 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:46.320 actual charging brick. Thankfully, tablets have not gone the route of 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 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 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:58.879 in here. Oh, it looks like some accessories. Oh, 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 00:01:00.800 --> 00:01:06.960 found seems kind of irrelevant, but if you pair a controller to your gaming 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 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:13.479 a plane or something. So, I don't necessarily mind it, unless that's not 00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:19.600 what this is. Okay. Oh, there's screen protectors. 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:23.759 Well, what the heck is this blue plastic? Oh my goodness. Oh, is this 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:26.799 just to help you apply the screen protector? Okay, never mind. I was 00:01:25.360 --> 00:01:32.520 wrong. There's no kickstand, but this little case that has a cover on it can 00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:36.880 fold around. What the There we 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:38.479 go. That took a little bit. Or kickstand 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 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:47.040 controller and then Oh, that's slick. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:49.520 It's really like 8.8 in seems small in 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.799 your head for a tablet, but I don't know. This would be good gaming real 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 00:01:54.240 --> 00:02:01.520 actually going to remove our case here just so we can see all of the external 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:06.000 ports on the tablet itself. On this side, you've got a bottom charge USBC. 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:09.599 On here, you've got a second USBC port, which is fantastic because depending on 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.360 your orientation, you could have the cable coming out the bottom or the side, 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, 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:21.760 it looks like those are just speaker holes. I want to talk about the rest of 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 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:30.239 this video. Like you, we were pretty surprised that they actually make skins 00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:34.000 for the Legion Tab 3. I mean, they basically make skins for anything. The W 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:37.440 show desk, Linus' car, probably his coffin at some point. But for tablets, 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 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:46.560 Tab 3, they said that the glitter bomb case was so atrocious, they decided to 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:50.720 make this out of spite. What? It's glitter bomb? Oh my gosh, they're right. 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 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:58.000 carry your Legion Tab 3 around in its glitter bomb case, don't worry. Dbrand's 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:02.239 got you covered. We're currently rocking the LT Cross Glow Circuit skin, but they 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:06.760 have a variety of skins. Head to shortlinus.com to check it out. Beat the 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:12.200 tariffs with the Shiptorm sale event at ltstore.com. We are offering free 00:03:08.959 --> 00:03:15.120 shipping on any order worldwide over 00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:19.599 $150. So, it's a great time to pick up a commuter backpack, a precision 00:03:16.720 --> 00:03:23.519 screwdriver, or a stylish framework hoodie. Oh, I took it off to put on this 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:27.599 jacket. The point is, we've also got never-before-seen pricing on our MCM 00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:31.120 Essentials bundle. Don't miss it. We'll have it linked down below. Okay, now 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 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:39.480 design. Oh my goodness. Oh, is it just 00:03:36.519 --> 00:03:45.440 Uhoh. Okay, maybe their skin is better. Yep, that's the back of it. 00:03:43.239 --> 00:03:52.879 Legion. It really doesn't have much else to say, man. This I can already tell. 00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:54.319 Fingerprint magnet. Holy cow. Okay, 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 00:03:56.239 --> 00:04:04.560 to overlook the kind of boring back. The processor in here is flipping awesome. 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:06.720 It is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.640 so very similar to some flagship phones, meaning I'm expecting the gaming 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:15.200 performance on this thing to be mint. And with 256 GB of storage, plenty of 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:18.799 room to install all your games or I guess take your photos with your tablet. 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:24.960 We'll have to see how that camera actually performs. 12 GB of RAM, 165 Hz 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 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 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:37.520 being these bigger, bulkier items, and phones are usually smaller. This is kind 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 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:45.840 be a tablet. But maybe that'll make, you know, holding on and actually gaming a 00:04:43.919 --> 00:04:48.720 lot easier. Yep, that's a tablet that runs Android. Android 14 is what it 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 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 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 00:04:59.440 --> 00:05:08.240 over here or something. And I think the resolution of 2560 x600 is lower than 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:13.520 you know OnePlus but that tablet is also 4 in bigger diagonally. So you end up 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:17.039 like this while holding it and that's more uncomfortable for something like 00:05:14.880 --> 00:05:21.520 gaming which again also uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. The advertised 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 00:05:23.280 --> 00:05:28.639 looks with some content. Let's just start playing a video here. That is max 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:33.840 brightness. Yeah, that is uh not very bright. It's 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:37.520 fine for indoor use. I also have two bright studio lights shining directly at 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 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:45.120 outdoors or something. But they also gave a warning if you do actually go to 00:05:43.039 --> 00:05:48.880 that max brightness. Things like it'll start to heat up a lot and you might 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:51.840 even risk burn-in, which honestly really nice that they give that warning. I 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:54.960 think that's really fair that they kind of know their limitations. And 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 00:05:57.919 --> 00:06:04.479 fine. And reading the lab notes here, it does seem that it was around that 500 00:06:01.840 --> 00:06:08.160 nits mark, sometimes slightly below. And in the high brightness mode, it was kind 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 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:17.720 it's off from the claimed brightness is probably not noticeable for most people, 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:32.720 but it didn't quite reach what they claimed. Wo, those are really loud. 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:38.479 Whoops, I hit the power button. I meant to turn it down. Those were very loud. 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 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% 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:50.560 volume, though. Oh, wow. 50% is a lot 00:06:48.440 --> 00:06:57.639 quieter, but I can't tell if that's just cuz 100% was so loud. 00:06:54.080 --> 00:06:59.599 These are good sounding speakers for a 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:03.440 tablet. Maybe I just have my expectations so low with mobile devices 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:06.720 and their speakers cuz quite often they never sound that great. But I guess 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:09.680 being a slightly bigger device, maybe you're able to fit slightly bigger or 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:13.599 better quality speakers in it. I think gaming on that would be awesome. Dude, 00:07:11.440 --> 00:07:16.560 do they have a waifu as well? No way. Bypass charging. When bypass charging is 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 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:25.599 modern devices do have this. It's nice that they let the user know though that 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:29.199 it is okay to keep your device plugged in while you're gaming because there's 00:07:27.599 --> 00:07:32.240 kind of a common misconception with a lot of people that if you're using your 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:36.000 phone while it's plugged in, it degrades the battery. But in this case, they let 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 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:48.160 a look at the camera. I quite often have my doubts with these tablet 00:07:43.880 --> 00:07:49.680 cameras. O, that's uh that is rough. I 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:54.240 don't really have anything positive to say about it other than it can take a 00:07:51.840 --> 00:07:59.160 photo. I would definitely never use this to capture a moment of importance. Oh, I 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, 00:08:03.039 --> 00:08:09.360 dude. Holy cow. I I do not look happy 00:08:06.960 --> 00:08:14.720 here. Same positive. It can take a photo. I wonder how the video does cuz 00:08:11.440 --> 00:08:16.160 it already looks like not 60 FPS video 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 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? 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.800 Again, it ah this is this is where it gets weird because like this is marketed 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:33.039 as a gaming tablet, so I don't necessarily blame them for not investing 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 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.839 probably. It's my guess. A kid's going 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 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 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 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:58.040 is. Ah, it gives me a bunch of stats for 00:08:54.959 --> 00:09:00.959 gaming here. Clean 00:08:58.040 --> 00:09:04.959 RAM. I cleaned my RAM. You can have volume, brightness control. This is kind 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. 00:09:07.040 --> 00:09:13.279 Balance mode, performance mode, but it'll tell you Yeah. how fast your CPU 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:17.200 is actually clocked to. Now, so there's performance, energy saving, and 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:20.800 balance. Interesting. That's kind of cool. And we actually got some numbers 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:24.480 and results from Labs on those different modes there. And the difference between 00:09:22.959 --> 00:09:29.360 the two modes was actually pretty significant. In Geekbench, which is more 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 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:40.800 the default and performance mode. In multi-core, we also saw roughly a 2,000 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:46.480 score increase. in 3D Mark, which is more of a GPU intensive test, it also 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.160 went up by like 400 points or so, which 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:51.519 means that performance mode is actually doing something, which is kind of cool 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 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:57.839 getting the best performance possible, which if you're going to do long gaming 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 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:09.440 and you'll actually see your performance get worse. Well, our Labs results showed 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:11.680 that it was within 10% of the very first 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:15.279 run to the very worst run after a long period of time, which honestly could be 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:19.200 quite a good advantage over some phones which can thermal throttle pretty 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:23.120 easily. Can get long game sessions in and then with that bypass charging, you 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:26.480 could probably sit here for a long period of time and game long enough to 00:10:24.959 --> 00:10:30.800 wait for your freaking shaders to compile. God Call of Duty. In the 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:34.079 battery discharge test, it actually lasted the longest out of the three 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:39.360 tablets we tested between the Google Pixel and the OnePlus. It gave us like 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:43.279 14 hours of battery playback. And as for charging the device, it actually charged 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 00:10:45.760 --> 00:10:53.040 minutes to go from 0 to 100%. Fastest charging and the longest lasting out of 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 00:10:54.480 --> 00:11:01.200 chat? Sorry, I forgot to start streaming from my Lenovo Legion broadcast center. 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 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 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.760 you longer battery life if you're away from a charger. And I think there's 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:18.839 probably going to be select games that will benefit more or 00:11:18.839 --> 00:11:25.000 less. Dude, I'm ready for war. Oh yeah, dude. This is very high 00:11:24.079 --> 00:11:29.040 refresh rate. We are in the performance mode 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 00:11:32.160 --> 00:11:39.560 down to the lowest mode, the energy saving 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:41.519 mode. Oh my gosh, it is immediately 00:11:39.560 --> 00:11:46.399 unplayable. Like, this would be a terrible mobile 00:11:43.160 --> 00:11:47.959 experience. Okay, let's turn it to the 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:54.000 balance mode. Hey, you know what? This feels 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.000 pretty good. It's not bad. 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 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:05.519 we go back up to performance mode. Yeah, and you can absolutely notice a 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:09.480 difference between these two. Okay, that's pretty sick. That's really good 00:12:07.760 --> 00:12:12.399 to know that it is actually doing something. But again, depending on the 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 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:21.040 energy saving modes and not have to worry about your battery life. Then the 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:24.399 big screen is kind of awesome, dude. It's a little awkward for this game cuz 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:28.240 reaching to the center to tap any of your, you know, buttons in the middle 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:32.240 weird, but for some other games, this bigger screen is freaking awesome. Now 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:38.079 that we've played and loaded for a couple minutes, the back center is warmer than 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:41.200 where my hands are, but it's not uncomfortable. Like, I would not say 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 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 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:52.800 not warm at all right now. Honestly, I'm kind of impressed with this little 00:12:50.079 --> 00:12:55.839 thing. Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4. So again, you could use a controller or something 00:12:54.079 --> 00:13:00.480 with it. It's got kind of everything that you would expect a modern mobile 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:03.920 device to have. And coming in at $550, you honestly get quite a lot. But I 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:07.440 mean, you're getting dangerously close to some other mobile devices at that 00:13:05.839 --> 00:13:11.360 price, like the Steam Deck or the ROG Ally. So, you got to really like Android 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:15.360 specific mobile games if you wanted to get this over that. Well, I died. But 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 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 00:13:22.560 --> 00:13:25.920 10 Pro that I did.