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Lenovo M10 Tab Plus 10.3" 64GB Gen2 Tablet $296 ($53 off) @ JB Hi-Fi & Officeworks

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Lenovo M10 Tab Plus 10.3" 64GB Gen2 Tablet $296 ($53 off) @ JB Hi-Fi & Officeworks
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MINKx on 18/06/2020 - 01:26 jbhifi.com.au (3312 clicks)
Last edited 18/06/2020 - 11:02 by 2 other users

It features a 10.3" IPS display with a 1920 x 1200 display resolution.
This tablet features 4 GB of RAM to aid productivity when running multiple programs and so you can run apps of your choice, ranging in complexity, without compromising on performance.
It features 64 GB of flash memory.
The Octa-Core with up to 2.3 GHz main frequency processor allows for better multitasking as each quad core can run apps separately.
It supports connections via Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi and USB-C.
The tablet measures 244.2 W z 153.3 D x 8.15 H mm.
It has up to 10 hours of battery life.
It runs on the Android Pie operating system.
It has an 8 MP back camera and 5 MP front cameras.
The tablet features the Google Assistant for voice commands.
The narrow bezel gives it a modern look whilst maximising your viewing area.
It features parent controls, so you can filter the media your children are consuming.

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  • kingmoron on 18/06/2020 - 06:17

    Seems good. Any reason not too get it?

    • Poperdobs on 18/06/2020 - 06:26
      -5

      4gb ram?

      • Whatisthatvelvet on 18/06/2020 - 06:58
        +21

        At this price I would say that 4gb ram is decent

      • Phoebus on 18/06/2020 - 11:43
        +2

        2 GB RAM is usually all you get for this price.

    • PainToad on 18/06/2020 - 07:48
      +6

      Any reason not too get it?

      MediaTek

      • sane on 18/06/2020 - 08:00
        +5

        Yeah, but if you are coming from a Nexus, massive processing power is hardly the expectation. There is enough.

        The bigger problem, for those thinking about it, is no HD on Netflix.

        • cameldownunder on 18/06/2020 - 10:05
          +8

          "is no HD on Netflix." THere it is, 5 comment. Just what I needed to know. Thanks

          • nismo on 18/06/2020 - 11:54
            +5

            @cameldownunder: Also, my experience with the Lenovo Tab4, 10 Plus - OS & Security Updates were very lacking, did not receive any OS update beyond the one it came with (7.1) and not many security updates either in the 2 years I was using it.

            • BlinkyBill on 18/06/2020 - 12:08
              +5

              @nismo: Yep, Lenovo seem to be able to make really nice devices (as well as crap ones too) but don't seem to care about OS or Security updates. I really blame the Chinese attitude for this. Seems to be get the product out the door, release new device rinse repeat. Case in point I have the M10 and the older way higher spec Yoga Smart Tab (the 2560x1600 resolution) but it's stunk on Android 7 or 8 from memory with no security updates. Basically an orphaned device.

              • Ti-au on 18/06/2020 - 18:15

                @BlinkyBill: Xiaomi are much better at releases than even samsung imho.

        • cameldownunder on 18/06/2020 - 10:09
          +18

          Yes and 300 other links telling us why android is better. I mean, really. Is that all you contribute?
          I bought my wife a Kindle Fire ( yes, even "worse" than Android ) to watch a netflix series on our flight to Europe. $149.
          She was totally fine with it, she uses it even now, to finish an episode before going to sleep or to play ludo king.
          She does not need a 1000+ air tablet to do that.

          • PainToad on 18/06/2020 - 10:44
            +2

            @cameldownunder:

            She does not need a 1000+ air tablet to do that.

            You can get a new iPad for $529, less on special. Just saying.

            • tor on 18/06/2020 - 12:10
              +9

              @PainToad: Still 3.5x the price for the $149 fire tablet.

            • cameldownunder on 18/06/2020 - 14:47
              +1

              @PainToad: Refurbished ? Still about 4x times more.

              • PainToad on 18/06/2020 - 16:13

                @cameldownunder:

                Refurbished ? Still about 4x times more.

                ….

                You can get a new iPad for $529, less on special. Just saying.

            • SwissKanuck on 18/06/2020 - 21:30

              @PainToad: and you get neither a good Apple nor a good Android. But the consumer has spent money and the salesperson has pushed the overstock through the door.

              iPad Pro here, direct from Apple. Also a few Android devices.

        • PainToad on 18/06/2020 - 10:18

          Yep, even Google has abandoned Android tablets in favor of Chrome OS.

        • subywagon on 18/06/2020 - 10:20
          +10

          Cool. Got any links to better $300 tablets then? Thanks

        • radissimo on 18/06/2020 - 10:31
          -1

          Chrome OS all the way

        • YassPantone on 18/06/2020 - 10:40
          +6

          I am using a 10 inch Samsung tablet as my everyday phone. No kidding. And I can't do that with iPad because they know they can do it, but it will compete with their phones. It is a matter of preference. I want a bigger screen for media consumption. I rarely get texts or calls anyway.

        • [Deactivated] on 18/06/2020 - 10:45
          +3

          So I need a tablet to watch movies and nothing else. Should I spend $1k on an ipad or $300 on an Android?

          Not sure which one the good idea is.

          Thx

          • ocoolio on 18/06/2020 - 10:54
            -2

            @[Deactivated]:

            So I need a tablet to watch movies and nothing else.

            Amazon Fire tablets were designed for this purpose. They are also cheaper.

            • ESEMCE on 18/06/2020 - 11:11
              +3

              @ocoolio: How do you get a FireHD in Australia though?
              Jump through freight forwarder hoops?

              • ocoolio on 18/06/2020 - 11:14

                @ESEMCE: Either that, or stacks of grey-importers are selling it on, for instance, eBay

                • ESEMCE on 18/06/2020 - 15:23

                  @ocoolio: It's about A$250 to land a freight forwarded refurb Kindle Fire HD 10 2019, 32Gb model
                  over $300 if you buy new.

                  For that money you get 2Gb RAM only, no warranty and the hassle of sideloading Play Store with the only advantage really being a marginally faster SoC.
                  I'm not really seeing the attraction.

                  • ocoolio on 18/06/2020 - 16:55
                    -1

                    @ESEMCE: I don't see any attraction whatsoever in any Android-based tablets when you can buy an iPad for $500 or less.

                    It's funny how people are unable to target their comments to the ones who came up with the requirements - it was @tren who said they wanted a "tablet to watch movies and nothing else".

                    Then you asked how to get one in AU, so I told you.

                    It's bewildering that you think that somehow I had this requirement, then trying to prove it to me that you personally don't prefer the Amazon Fire. Who cares?

          • cameldownunder on 18/06/2020 - 14:49
            +1

            @[Deactivated]: It's not the question about what you need, it's about how you want to be perceived: A poor sucker on and android tablet ( god forbid being a exotic Chinese brand ) or a person with money on an iPad.

        • niro on 18/06/2020 - 11:43
          +2

          Google has recently dropped a lot of their good hardware concepts in favour of average ones, for instance they never released a Wear OS watch, and their latest Pixels aren't as amazing as they could be.

          If i recall at the moment only Samsung is doing relatively strong high-end Ipad competitor tablet releases with Android these days.

          I picked up the tab s4 a few years ago over the ipad pro for drawing and media consumption. No complaints, OS is slick and as it's samsung it has a relative polish to it.

          It's all preference.

        • MagicMushroom on 18/06/2020 - 12:05
          +1

          people who believe Android on a tablet is a good idea are either delusional or simply unable to read the quite obvious news and statistics

          Ok.

          The only reason to buy them if they are ridiculously cheap.

          So you're actually recommending to buy this Android tablet. So you are delusional.

          • ocoolio on 18/06/2020 - 16:45
            -2

            @MagicMushroom: And you are ignorant.

            • rumchaser on 20/06/2020 - 08:16

              @ocoolio: You’re forgetting one major problem with iPad for media consumption is the crap aspect ratio .
              My tab s6 AMOLED screen is amazing for watching Netflix in full screen no 2 inch black bars like iPad has .
              And yeah I have both the only thing that lets down android tablets are app makers sucking iPads knob .

    • paloverde88 on 18/06/2020 - 11:38
      -1

      no 4 gee meaning no Bee Gee

    • opt on 18/06/2020 - 14:27
      +1

      Despite having a full HD screen, this tablet doesn't support Netflix HD. I believe it also has trouble with the Amazon Prime App. So not a very good media consumption tab.

      • BluebirdV on 20/06/2020 - 06:15

        What would you recommend as an alternative for a media consumption tablet?

      • sane on 20/06/2020 - 14:32

        I have the Prime App on it, and its working fine - just at a lower resolution as far as I can tell. Probably the same widevine issue. Not a problem for me since its 4K on the TV.

  • timoly on 18/06/2020 - 07:39
    +1

    You can also combine with woollies gift card deal now to get an extra 10% off.

    • PVS7 on 18/06/2020 - 08:10

      Hi can you please tell what this Woolies gift card deal is?
      Thanks

  • C0mbat on 18/06/2020 - 07:47

    2% bigger screen than average!

  • dufflover on 18/06/2020 - 07:56

    All these tablet deals right after I give up waiting a (relatively) cheap tablet and bought a Galaxy Tab 8 thru EPP. d'oh

  • PissLUR on 18/06/2020 - 08:02
    +4

    Tax write-off?

  • HelpfulMilk on 18/06/2020 - 08:36
    +3

    I think with this tablet as well Netflix is only SD. You can't get HD on this tablet.

    • Juice08 on 18/06/2020 - 09:24
      -2

      What's the use of saying the tablet is FHD then?

      • fxxxit on 18/06/2020 - 09:27
        +4

        Because it is

      • DannyBoy on 18/06/2020 - 10:45
        +1

        I'd say because Netflix doesn't dictate what hardware you are using.

      • tor on 18/06/2020 - 12:05
        +3

        Netflix doesn't stream in HD because Netflix required Videvine L1 copy protection support in order to allow HD. This tablet supports Videvine L3 which Netflix deems not sufficient enough for HD.

        It supports Youtube in HD nicely though.

        • ozhunter68 on 18/06/2020 - 13:46

          I'm a Netflix Noob, so can you watch netflix on this tablet in Any definition at all? If so, is it watchable on a 8"/10" Tab?

        • cameldownunder on 18/06/2020 - 14:55

          What is the cheapest Android FULL HD to stream Netflix in HD ?

  • Sapiens on 18/06/2020 - 08:42

    my bad

  • ShortyX on 18/06/2020 - 08:44

    Thanks OP.

  • mahdi on 18/06/2020 - 08:46
    +1

    This or Galaxy Tab A 10.1 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/542907 ?

    • Juice08 on 18/06/2020 - 09:18

      I have a Tab A and I'm tempted by this deal, mainly for the improved specs. With 5% off giftcards it will be about $281 compared to $227 I paid for Tab A. But to be honest the Tab A does everything I want it to, except adaptive brightness. If I was to buy a new tab I might go Lenovo.

      • mahdi on 18/06/2020 - 14:39

        Thanks mate

      • witsa on 18/06/2020 - 15:22

        did you get the 2GB RAM 32GB or 3GB 128GB version? How is the performance?

        Considering to buy one for small kids - don't really need 128GB of space but I'm thinking 3GB will increase its longevity.

        • Juice08 on 18/06/2020 - 15:53

          just the 2GB. I surf and watch netflix on it. Seems fine for that. Runs Mobile Legends fine which is the only game I play occasionally. Mainly got it to read documents on the go. If the kids kill it I won't mind that much.

        • ESEMCE on 18/06/2020 - 17:11

          RAM is for multitasking… So only useful if you're switching between apps and don't want to re-load the app into RAM.
          For a kids tablet, it shouldn't really matter.

          Storage is important for installing multiple Apps and for saving video for offline play.

          The Samsung is likely to get a few software updates too..
          The Lenovo likely never will based on their history.

          • witsa on 18/06/2020 - 17:41

            @ESEMCE: True but more ram does make things run smoother.

            Plus apps and websites get increasingly more memory hungry so the more RAM the longer it'll be able to power modern apps.

            Is for the kids so software updates aren't important. It'll likely be extremely locked down anyway.

    • scrimshaw on 18/06/2020 - 11:51
      +4

      The Galaxy Tab has 2GB of RAM while the Lenovo has 4GB.
      (e.g you're browsing the web, start playing a game and then switched back to the browser later, the browser will have to reload it's tabs)

      Both have two speakers, however the Lenovo has the speakers on different side of the device meaning it has stereo audio seperation.
      Samsung does not — it has two speakers on the same side of the device. However reportedly it still sounds better than the Lenovo.

      Samsung is slated to give their 2019 tabs another Android update from 9 to 10.
      Lenovo is unlikely to give their tabs a major update, so it's just a 'maybe'.

      • mahdi on 18/06/2020 - 14:39

        Thanks mate

      • witsa on 18/06/2020 - 15:15
        +1

        if you get the Galaxy Tab A 128GB model which is about the same price as the Lenovo (according to OP's link), it actually has 3GB of RAM.

  • BlueSkyAPI on 18/06/2020 - 09:22

    One small drawback to keep in mind is these ones won't get android updates for long.

    • Juice08 on 18/06/2020 - 09:24

      why is that?

      • Bonding0909 on 18/06/2020 - 14:01

        Lenovo is poor with delivering software updates, especially for the whole expected 2-3 lifespan. Second-hand support (i.e., development community) is also not particularly strong.

        According to GSM Arena, this device comes with Android 9.0, which is nearing 2 years old now, despite the device being released 6 months ago.

        • Juice08 on 18/06/2020 - 14:07

          Thanks for the clarification! Just assumed they would update but had a similar experience with an old Acer tablet I guess. Pretty much obsolete out of the box.

          • Bonding0909 on 18/06/2020 - 14:39

            @Juice08: They might update, but I certainly wouldn't rely on it.

    • Sapiens on 18/06/2020 - 09:29

      My thoughts exactly, esp re lower spec but similar price Samsung 10 Tab A on sale/epp. My lenovo / motorola G7 Power is lucky to get on OS upgrade then will never get another

    • [Deactivated] on 18/06/2020 - 12:51

      Are android phones only supported for 2 years still?

  • Gavman on 18/06/2020 - 10:24
    +1

    Jb say it has up 9 hrs battery life not 10.. but i reckon it practically has up to like 5 and after a few months of use that will only get worse

  • Zacard on 18/06/2020 - 10:37

    this or the yoga smart tab?

    was pretty sold on the yoga but 100 cheaper is nice…

    just looking for something for my old man to browse the internet/watch stuff/social media.

    • Tohnio on 18/06/2020 - 11:06
      +4

      apparently the yoga smart tab is better in terms of audio quality plus the built-in kickstand but Yoga tab quality isn't as good as the old Yoga tabs.
      however the yoga smart tab is almost double the price.

      both tablets can't do Netflix HD.

  • VestMogen on 18/06/2020 - 10:43

    I would say $255 is a reasonable price.

  • NatoTomato on 18/06/2020 - 11:03

    My mother wants a tablet for internet browsing because she's getting old and needs a bigger screen (facebook and such). Is this ideal?

    Edit: doesn't have mobile data option, so probably a no go.

    • Skinnerr on 19/06/2020 - 00:22

      Be prepared to tack on $150~ for a sim card option

      • NatoTomato on 19/06/2020 - 07:34

        Yeah :'(. Unfortunately she doesn't have home broadband, so no wifi.

        • abadacus on 19/06/2020 - 20:56
          +1

          Is tethering from mobile phone an option?

          • Ti-au on 22/06/2020 - 19:40

            @abadacus: My mother does this.

            Very easy to do once you tech them (just add/rearrange to top spot it to the android pull down menu)

    • ESEMCE on 19/06/2020 - 09:34

      Check out the ipad air deal through Optus. It's marked as expired, but still valid.

  • Tohnio on 18/06/2020 - 11:06

    if anyone wants the review here is the link:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3l8993OjBI

    Summary:
    Overall it is a budget tablet however can't stream HD netflix and Lenovo has a track record of poor updates.
    Great for general browsing, basic use.

    please add more details if you know/own one.

    • tor on 18/06/2020 - 12:14
      +1

      I had this tablet for a few days, but returned it and got a second hand tab S4 instead. Reason was that I was looking for a tablet for the kids that support 3d gaming. This tablet had a midrange CPU, with low range 3D support. 3D mark scores are around 750. For comparison a tab S4 scores at about 2800. It's decent enough if you don't need a 3D gaming tablet though.

      • abadacus on 19/06/2020 - 20:58
        +1

        What's a decent price for a second hand tab s4 these days?

        • tor on 20/06/2020 - 20:01
          +1

          I paid $450. Most want more for theirs. I guess anything $500 or lower is ok. The S4 is still fast, and is one of the few that is able to run fortnite at decent framerates.

  • Dack Smith on 18/06/2020 - 11:37
    -8

    Android basically = flaming turd on a stick

    If your kids need a tablet, Android is the go.

    Lack of support and poor quality = disposable tablet

    • [Deactivated] on 18/06/2020 - 12:52
      +2

      Lol… bit harsh. Whilst I agree Apple tablets obliterate every Android tablet, they also cost a fair bit more.

      • Skinnerr on 19/06/2020 - 00:24

        Weird definition of obliterate then…

  • Phoebus on 18/06/2020 - 11:45

    once you approach $300 you could almost by a Xiaomi Mi pad 4.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/06/2020 - 12:53
      -3

      Plus free CCP spies with every purchase!

      • ESEMCE on 18/06/2020 - 13:16

        Is there any reason to expect Lenovo to be any different on this?

        • ozhunter68 on 18/06/2020 - 13:57

          Don't buy into the China V West argument. They have been working together closely since the secret Henry Kissinger/President Nixon meeting going back as far as 1971/1972 where they did deals to give high tech/training/billions $$$ to China and set up many factories to sell to the world so both sides can get super rich.

    • vawiyoci on 18/06/2020 - 13:30

      Mipad 4 plus is another $100+ more? Not exactly almost.

    • AEKaBeer on 18/06/2020 - 14:09
      +1

      I have one, it's pretty good for the form factor but the lack of updates, Widevine L1 and the IPS glow, I probably won't go another Xiaomi tablet for a while. In saying that the performance is pretty good and steamlink streaming works well.

      • AEKaBeer on 27/06/2020 - 23:16
        +1

        Just an update to this in case anyone finds it. I just flashed the mi pad 4 to use Bliss OS on android 10. The tablet is far snappier and addresses all of my concerns except the IPS glow (which isn't really that bad).

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