The 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is well underway and one of the companies that has always unveiled a whole slew of products at the expo every year is Lenovo and this year one of the many products the company has unveiled is their new TAB3 line of Android tablets which consist of three tablets in three different screen sizes, each with their own features and specifications.
The first tablet in the new range, the TAB3 7, features a 7-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It also features a 1.0GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, expandable storage via microSD, and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The TAB3 7 is also equipped with a 5-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 3450mAh battery.
The next tablet in the new line is slightly larger with an 8-inch 1280 x 800 pixel resolution display but keeps most of the same specifications except that it comes with double the RAM at 2GB and a larger battery at 4290mAh.
Both the TAB3 7 and TAB3 8 come in Wi-Fi Only and 4G LTE variants as well as come with several family-friendly features including a splash-resistant coating, multi-user support, access control, and kid’s mode for safe viewing and web-browsing. The TAB3 7 will be priced at $129 while the TAB3 8 will be available in two variants – a Wi-Fi variant for $99 and a 4G LTE variant for $149.
The biggest and last model in the new range, the TAB3 10, features a 10.1-inch full HD 1080p display with Gorilla Glass protection, a faster MediaTek chipset clocked at 1.3GHz, either 2GB or 3GB of RAM, 32GB or 64GB of internal storage, a large 7000mAh battery, as well as 4G LTE and 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity. It’s also equipped with an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, dual speakers and a microSD card lot.
According to Lenovo, the TAB3 10 is designed for business mobility with features such as Android for Work, Google Play for Work, a Kiosk Mode, hardware encryption software, policy controls, remote control capabilities, persistent endpoint protection, and geotechnology. It also supports third-party industry solutions for classroom management, point-of-sale management, and e-Health management making it a versatile device for many commercial institutions.
The TAB3 10 will be available in three variants – a Wi-Fi Only variant priced at $199 as well as two 4G LTE variants with either 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage or 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage priced at $249 and $299, respectively.
The TAB3 10 will be available starting July 2016 while the TAB3 7 and TAB3 8 will be available sometime in June 2016 at Lenovo Retail Partners.
