Lenovo Tab4 10 Tablet (10.1 inch,16GB,Wi-Fi + 4G LTE, Non Calling) Slate Black

I’m satisfied with this product…. It’s a very good tablet in such a low price… The Dolby sound effect is awesome… The display and touch screen is also well.. But as the RAM is not enough (2GB) the gameing experience is not so smooth..The tablet has no calling option but you can use WhatsApp in it and also can have all the facility like phone (except calling)… It’s very good for reading e books because the display screen is very big…. Overall the product is very good you should obviously try this product…👌

I bought this in sale and it was delivered to me on 6th September. I unpacked on 7th night, I did the set up and I charged the device as well.

Next afternoon the battery light shows blinking and no screen.

I booked claim warranty from Amazon they closed the ticket without any resolution. They took about 4 days in this time and my window to replace product in 7 days. Amazon did mislead and also completely gave up on the responsibility of electronic good bought from their platform.

And all I got as solution is to visit the service centre. When i visited service centre they informed me it’s end of life product and this models manufacturing is stopped so repair can be done but as for part replacement not possible.

Well then Amazon sells end of life products and after some wear and tear it’s a piece of junk to be thrown in e-waste

I needed a replacement for my Mi Pad. Sadly, Xiaomi has stopped selling tablets in India, and I was not willing to risk importing one from China. So I had to look elsewhere.

My usage consists of reading ebooks and watching movies. Occasionally I play some games as well.

For under ₹15k, I shortlisted 3 tablets, with requirements being: 10″ screen, built-in 4G:

1. Alcatel A3 10 — disqualified because of small battery capacity (4.6 Ah, vs 7Ah in Lenovo Tab4), Mediatek processor. Also I’m pretty sure that it will not get any OS updates. Their web site didn’t do anything to ease this suspicion.

2. Huawei Honor MediaPad T3 — small battery again (4.8 Ah). Also from online reviews, it seems like they have a heavily customized UI, which I disliked. Once again, future updates are doubtful.

3. This one — while not perfect, by process of elimination I had no other choice.

My thoughts on this device:

* Good battery life. 7Ah will get you a long way. You can probably get 10-12 hours of usage at full brightness. However, I get worse battery life than I used to with my Mi Pad, which had a similar battery capacity. I think this is because of poorly optimized OS.

* Stock Android. Thankfully Lenovo has decided to leave the UI alone, for the most part. The few modifications it has made are actually useful — double tap to wake, and productivity interface. The latter is a mode which turns the nav bar into something like the task bar in Windows. Each running app gets an icon there, and you can tap on them to switch between them. I suppose this feature, along with Android 7.1’s split-screen feature, plus a keyboard and mouse combo, will turn this tablet into a productive device, but I have not used it this way.

* Not much preinstalled bloat. There were a few (such as Amazon Alexa), but they can be uninstalled.

* Software updates. Since I bought this in Oct. 2018, it has received two OTA updates at the time of writing this, the last of which added the double tap to wake functionality. It’s good to see the device still receiving updates. As of now, it is on Android 7.1, July 2018 security patch. According to Lenovo’s Upgrade Matrix, it should receive an update to 8.1 as well. Knowing Lenovo, that will probably be the last major update for this device.

* Front-facing stereo speakers. They are loud enough, and more importantly, are at the front, so you don’t have to turn up the volume. Quality is strictly ok-ok. You should use earphones if you can.

* LTE capability. This device has 4G, but no VoLTE. This means that you can get internet, but can’t make calls… Unless you are a Jio user! Then you can install Jio4GVoice app to make and receive calls. Better to use earphones with built-in mic for this, as it doesn’t have an earpiece for calls. The audio is routed to the speakers directly.

* Display. This is one of the areas where Mi Pad is far, far better. Resolution is 1280 x 800. You can see the pixels when you are holding it a bit close during web browsing, for example. But I don’t think anyone can do much about it; there are no full HD Android tablets for less than ₹20k I believe.

* No ambient brightness sensor. This was a drawback for me. I hate having to increase and decrease brightness depending on time of day.

* Expandable storage. In the 16GB version, about 8 GB is usable for apps and storage. If this is not enough, you can use Android’s ‘adoptable storage’ feature. Basically, Android will format the SD card and treat it the same as internal storage. If you perform this action, you can move apps to SD card. But keep in mind that once you do this, the SD card contents will not be readable by any other device. This is because the contents are encrypted, and only the device which did the formatting has the key. If you destroy the device, or factory reset it, the contents of the card are lost.

* Jio Apps. Some of their apps are disabled for installation, such as JioTV and MyJio. This is a bummer, because there is no reason why they wouldn’t work on this tablet. But there is a workaround. If you get the APKs from somewhere (there is a mirror for APKs… ), then the apps install and run perfectly fine.

* Performance. This tablet has a fairly low end SoC — Snapdragon 425. Don’t expect too much. I see some lag and stuttering when I open heavy webpages or launch heavy apps. But I can live with it.

That’s all. Overall, I am happy with the device. But I am also sad that this is the best we get in the price range. I wish Xiaomi continued to sell tablets. The Mi Pad (launched in 2014) would still have better specs than what we get now for the same price.

Working fine , best for study purpose