Ive been using my 2019 Samsung galaxy tab A with S-pen 8" for a while, and its great. The let down is the 3gb ram and 32gb ssd but the it has an sd card. It works for media consumption and reading word docs is suprising good, 1000x's easier than reading on my note 10+ phone. My 8inch tablet is like reading a doc on a Fold 4. Why cant anyone make a good 8inch tablet other than Apples IPad Mini? Thats awesome by the way.
Huawei lo hacía pero llegó el miserable ataque de USA a la empresa china. La Huawei M5 8.4 de hace 5 años es aún la mejor en ese tamaño pero tiene Android 9.
Nice video! I tried the Lenovo M10 Gen3 tablet and it had a great screen and sound but it had a defective charging port right out of the box. Returned it. Oh well, onward through the fog.
Don't shop for a Corolla and complain that it's not a Corvette. The M8 is great for its intended purpose: long battery life, pretty good screen, light duty. It's for casual users.
Still loving my Nokia T10 (bought from your video review!) but I also still wish someone would make an 8 inch tablet with a little more "oomph" under the hood. Guess Lenovo is not going to rise to that challenge.
@@np7406 Don't know what the note app is so I can't help you there. I use a generic stylus with mine. If you want an "active" stylus that interacts with the operating system, only top end tablets have those. More specifically, in an 8 inch form factor, *only* the iPad Mini has that feature.
The last good 8" android tablet was the Samsung Tab S2 8.0. Been waiting patiently since then and i am hesitant to get a Lenovo Legion Y700 because ive heard flashing the rom to have Google Play accessible can be buggy...
I have a Lenovo Tab M8 FHD and it is getting almost unusable. Slow and stuttering. Are any of these Lenovo 8 inch tablets getting better or are they just repackaging and reselling the same old slates? Lenovo could really capture the market on 8-9 inch tablets if they put some real effort into it. It's obvious consumers will pay $199 for a fast and long-lasting 8 inch rather than sinking $99 for the same old junk.
Samsung doesn't make good 8" tabs because they don't want to cannibalize their Ultra sales but someone like Lenovo who doesn't have a horse in the phone race really has no excuse to not make flagship 8-9" tabs. They have the Legion y700 but it's a China only tablet unfortunately.
Still use the M8 Gen 1 from 2017 as a second device. Still works okay and been looking to upgrade for ages. Just a shape there isn't a decent 8 inch tablet on the market at the moment. Hoping for an updated Nokia T10 like the T21?
@Medicine Man the only thing i'd really argue against a used ipad is that if you need it for, let's say, college, the pen alone costs more than the ipad itself lol. Then add the case, screen protectors etc and you really haven't saved that much money in the end. But other than that, yeah. The used ipad will be mostly superior (example: Apple Pencil gen 1 is $140 and gen 2 is $180, while a Lenovo Pen (no matter which model) will be between $20 to $40)
@Medicine_Man1That tablet is not designed for general public, especially from the 1st generation. It is for students learning purpose in Mainland China. Many primary school and junior secondary in Mainland China buy a lot for students to use in so-called "IT lesson" in normal classroom. In order to avoid the students to play "game", it is designed to be "low-end".
Who buys a 88€ 8inch tablet for gaming. Just bought mine for a little surfing, Tiktok, RUclips, Email and online shopping... And for that it's perrrfect.
How does this compare to the a7 lite? Performance wise mainly. Because I’m looking for a casual lounging RUclips device. I have an ipad and MacBook for work stuff
2022, I bought a M7 I paid $67 for it, because I only use it for very simple thing. Google Voice and reading. I love it because its size. The screen is very responsive. I am now looking at 3rd Gen M8, which now is on sale around $50 (new). Or should I buy a M8 (4Gen)?
Maybe a smart tab m8 would be a good option? It comes with a charging stand, and I think it’s supposed to marginally better than the regular gen3 m8, plus the fourth generation ones seem to somehow be a bit worse…?
Just got the M8 4th Gen 2/32GB with the kids bumper Case bundle from BIG W. For streaming Bluey on ABC iView, some lighting gaming, reading books on Kindle and shows on Netflix, my 2GB RAM M8 4th Gen ain't too shabby. Manufacture date of my M8-mine has Android 13 (Go) out of the box:2024-02-17
I'm looking for an 8-inch tablet and the fact that the ram is 2GB makes me hesitate to buy it. I'll have to think about it when the 4GB model comes out.
Not sure if it's just mine, but if your tab when eg *your on a MS word document, to even listening to music,, if you need to activate a short cut on the pull down tab, top of the screen and say choose Bluetooth or Power saver, the screen goes off, back to the home screen and if you got a pattern or pin code, you have to unlock it and the work you were doing is lost or you have to reopen that app again,, a really poor software flaw, took mine back and it is a FLAW in these Gen 4
Is the a22 really weaker than the p22t that's in the 3rd gen? That's what I'm seeing online. The 3rd gen with the p22t is barely usable, so if this one really is weaker it's gotta be completely unusable.
Does the lenovo precision pen 2 work on this tablet? If it does, I would love to see how it feels and maybe do some writing/drawing test to see if it can be an awesome budget option for note taking/annotation tablets
I’m about to return this thing. Ui keeps crashing I’m used to high end devices and am fine with mid range like an n10 or n20 but this thing is just slow and not worth the money spent. I have a good Lenovo laptop and had a monitor so was trying to to rep the brand and use it for my baby’s RUclips videos but it just freezes and like the last app will freeze on half the screen. Was fine for about a week after that just straight s😊hit. Got iPad mini 6 instead so much better. Y700 or iPad mini is about it for respectable stuff
Purchased this, after latest 13 update, it's painfully slow. Wish I could root it and install a ultra slim custom build. I miss my old nexus tablet. It's useless now
It's like it's sad but some of these Chinese companies they just don't understand they just they think it's just because they can put a new number. On it it's like you'd have to go out and get it. It's this generation imagination it makes no sense I understand what they're trying to do. With the trying to flood the market like crazy to take sales away from Samsung. Don't get me wrong their screens are very good. But it's just silliness they can't sustain themselves forever when. People get so confused of what version of what tablet they're gonna buy? People don't want to deal with that they just want a few different spec options but not different gens every few months
Hi, thanks for the review! I'm pretty thrown off now - I do love the 8 inch form factor, but this seems more like a downgrade compared to the Gen 3?!!! I was about to buy, and have a hard time to decide between these.. Maybe I'm gonna stick with the M8 Gen 3 for now, instead of M9 or Gen 4..
Yep very confusing why would anyone think it would be worth anything to go backwards instead of forward. We have had 5g for what 4 years now already and we're producing devices with 3gb 32gb as we were in 2014!?!? I really like Lenovo laptops but what the crap is this? We should be at 4gb 64gb for just a school tablet and twice that for standard tablet today.
That resolution is fine for the size of the tablet. definitely a 1st world problem. i replaced my iPad pro 2020 11 for this tablet so it's more mobile and i can read better and portability. also i got fed up with iOs deleting the my Books and pdf's because it synced them with iCloud. it's the smallest file size yet it deletes them from the tablet to safe space.
Ooo also anyone use to higher brightness devices say my steam deck iPhone 13 and iPad pro this thing is dim af even next to my Lenovo gen 3 300e which is my second dimmest device
This is a superb tab for no money,when i say that its ram and its not churning away not buffering is great for 90 quid,its stating as of 03/09 23 android 13 , only 12 yet in uk
The Mediatek A22 processor is a quad-core, first launched in 2018. It is a clear downgrade from the Mediatek P22T (8-cores) used on the 3rd Gen version. 2 GB of RAM is also a downgrade meaning that Android Go has to be used. Not worth the money... How low can you go? The also-new Tab M9 has much better specs for $40 more, but it is also stuck with an HD instead of a FHD display.
That tablet is not designed for general public, especially from the 1st generation. It is for students learning purpose in Mainland China. Many primary schools and junior secondary classes in Mainland China buy a lot for students to use in so-called "IT lesson" in normal classroom. In order to avoid the students to play "game", it is designed to be "low-end".
I can only speak to how it functions and I don't like it. It's made to sell you stuff especially on the RUclips app. At times it's unresponsive to commands. I hate the face recognition.
I use them to run audio mixer and lyric apps on stage... They work fine for that and if a mic stand gets kicked over and one breaks I'm not shedding any tears due to the low prices you can snag them at... I always have a few spares with me ready to roll.. or should I say.. "rock & roll" :) 3rd Gen is actually better than 4 Gen.. go figure..??
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Ive been using my 2019 Samsung galaxy tab A with S-pen 8" for a while, and its great. The let down is the 3gb ram and 32gb ssd but the it has an sd card. It works for media consumption and reading word docs is suprising good, 1000x's easier than reading on my note 10+ phone. My 8inch tablet is like reading a doc on a Fold 4.
Why cant anyone make a good 8inch tablet other than Apples IPad Mini? Thats awesome by the way.
FYI, lenovo has 8.8inch tablet called Y700. It has snapdragon chipset which is a better chipset then note 10+
@@jonkim8060no global versión for lenovo y700
Huawei lo hacía pero llegó el miserable ataque de USA a la empresa china. La Huawei M5 8.4 de hace 5 años es aún la mejor en ese tamaño pero tiene Android 9.
I don't even need a powerful 8in Android Tablet, I just want it to have a 1080p FHD display for media consumption.
Yeah wtf is it with not including 1080
Nice video! I tried the Lenovo M10 Gen3 tablet and it had a great screen and sound but it had a defective charging port right out of the box. Returned it. Oh well, onward through the fog.
Amazing how no one can make an actual powerful 8” Android tablet. 😂
Yeah iPad mini reigns supreme
Legion y700 tablet is great and better than many flagship tablets
@@Teenstarsshinehere legion y700 only china version😢😢
Fr I don't need spec comparable to my gaming laptops, but I want a 8" with at least a little kick...
They could use helio G99 or other better SoC for this tablet but probably didn't do it because it might affect their Legion Y700 sales
Don't shop for a Corolla and complain that it's not a Corvette. The M8 is great for its intended purpose: long battery life, pretty good screen, light duty. It's for casual users.
hmm, now i'm thinking of corvettes lol
Corvette unboxing when? 😅@@FishBeeProductions
I hope lenovo make more small tablets with better specs, i.e. helio g99 + 6gb/128gb or something like that.
G99 has reputation of overheating
@@jevonsims900 I don't think that would be a big problem in a tablet because there is much more surface area for heat transfer
Still loving my Nokia T10 (bought from your video review!) but I also still wish someone would make an 8 inch tablet with a little more "oomph" under the hood. Guess Lenovo is not going to rise to that challenge.
How is the Nokia tablet working out for you?
@@se7enBC1 Good. Got it last Thanksgiving and still pleased with it. I use it primarily for reading and light gaming.
@@AytchZero can it support stylus and note app?
@@np7406 Don't know what the note app is so I can't help you there. I use a generic stylus with mine. If you want an "active" stylus that interacts with the operating system, only top end tablets have those. More specifically, in an 8 inch form factor, *only* the iPad Mini has that feature.
Did you get the 3 gig ram or 4 gig and is it enough for split screen ?
Wish there was a p8 plus. Love the 8"+ size but the specs are flagship 2012 at best.
The last good 8" android tablet was the Samsung Tab S2 8.0. Been waiting patiently since then and i am hesitant to get a Lenovo Legion Y700 because ive heard flashing the rom to have Google Play accessible can be buggy...
I have bought this tab it's amazing
does it have LTE?
I have a Lenovo Tab M8 FHD and it is getting almost unusable. Slow and stuttering. Are any of these Lenovo 8 inch tablets getting better or are they just repackaging and reselling the same old slates? Lenovo could really capture the market on 8-9 inch tablets if they put some real effort into it. It's obvious consumers will pay $199 for a fast and long-lasting 8 inch rather than sinking $99 for the same old junk.
Samsung doesn't make good 8" tabs because they don't want to cannibalize their Ultra sales but someone like Lenovo who doesn't have a horse in the phone race really has no excuse to not make flagship 8-9" tabs. They have the Legion y700 but it's a China only tablet unfortunately.
I have a Amazon fire 8 inch 8th generation tablet it still runs as fast as it did new when I bought it early 2019, I put Google play onto it
Thank you for the video. Not really a good upgrade. I thought the 3rd gen was already with minimal 3Gb RAM.
Still use the M8 Gen 1 from 2017 as a second device. Still works okay and been looking to upgrade for ages. Just a shape there isn't a decent 8 inch tablet on the market at the moment. Hoping for an updated Nokia T10 like the T21?
@Medicine Man the only thing i'd really argue against a used ipad is that if you need it for, let's say, college, the pen alone costs more than the ipad itself lol. Then add the case, screen protectors etc and you really haven't saved that much money in the end. But other than that, yeah. The used ipad will be mostly superior
(example: Apple Pencil gen 1 is $140 and gen 2 is $180, while a Lenovo Pen (no matter which model) will be between $20 to $40)
The build on hmd is poor skip Nokia
@Medicine_Man1That tablet is not designed for general public, especially from the 1st generation. It is for students learning purpose in Mainland China. Many primary school and junior secondary in Mainland China buy a lot for students to use in so-called "IT lesson" in normal classroom. In order to avoid the students to play "game", it is designed to be "low-end".
Who buys a 88€ 8inch tablet for gaming. Just bought mine for a little surfing, Tiktok, RUclips, Email and online shopping... And for that it's perrrfect.
nice!
why do I love watching tech reviews
Great review thanks
Why no one make 8inch tablet with hight spec ...with global rom ...why...
Very helpful. Told me exactly what I needed to know! Thanks!
Would you guys recommend this tablet if you just wanted to watch RUclips and social media I need to know
Yes. Go for it
I'm currently typing while on it ngl it's good it doesn't lag that much and the things u can do are pretty cool
Whats the difference between this and gen 3 and how do are you supposed to identify the generations ?
The third generation m8 tablets have aluminum backs, and these are plastic, so I’d say it would be easy to tell them apart.
The battery life sounds amazing 🤩🎉
Might get this tablet
How does this compare to the a7 lite? Performance wise mainly. Because I’m looking for a casual lounging RUclips device. I have an ipad and MacBook for work stuff
a7 lite feels like it has better performance but i'd have to compare them more. You may be interested in my next video hopefully by this Wednesday.
Great vid, you just saved me $$$.
Thank you!
Does it have e sim ?
People told me you can select 1080p on RUclips tho?
Wait how did you change the home layout mine is just a line
Which is that pen he is using to read??
Hey just curious, which pen were you using during the video? And do you also have any good recommendations for pens within
a 50 dollar price range?
I bought today on Amazon for $70. Can’t complain not gonna waste $500+ or an iPad or something. Just need something a smidge larger than my phone.
2022, I bought a M7 I paid $67 for it, because I only use it for very simple thing. Google Voice and reading. I love it because its size. The screen is very responsive. I am now looking at 3rd Gen M8, which now is on sale around $50 (new). Or should I buy a M8 (4Gen)?
Maybe a smart tab m8 would be a good option? It comes with a charging stand, and I think it’s supposed to marginally better than the regular gen3 m8, plus the fourth generation ones seem to somehow be a bit worse…?
That's real cheap
Yeah!I have the 4 gen m8 (typing from it)it's really good
Po aktualizacji do Androida 13 funkcja podzielony ekran nie działa w tym tablecie czy wam też nie działa ??
This tab has Wifi+LTE with 3GB right???
Just got the M8 4th Gen 2/32GB with the kids bumper Case bundle from BIG W.
For streaming Bluey on ABC iView, some lighting gaming, reading books on Kindle and shows on Netflix, my 2GB RAM M8 4th Gen ain't too shabby.
Manufacture date of my M8-mine has Android 13 (Go) out of the box:2024-02-17
Is it a 4G tablet or 5G tablet?
IS THIS ON 64 bits precessor and os?
How's it compare to Samsung A7 lte?
I'm looking for an 8-inch tablet and the fact that the ram is 2GB makes me hesitate to buy it. I'll have to think about it when the 4GB model comes out.
Yeah hopefully we have more options here soon
when it comes to just facebook, video chat and not so much for gaming, does it fair pretty well in that case?
I want to see a real life Fishbee!
Not sure if it's just mine, but if your tab when eg *your on a MS word document, to even listening to music,, if you need to activate a short cut on the pull down tab, top of the screen and say choose Bluetooth or Power saver, the screen goes off, back to the home screen and if you got a pattern or pin code, you have to unlock it and the work you were doing is lost or you have to reopen that app again,, a really poor software flaw, took mine back and it is a FLAW in these Gen 4
What pen did you use on the tablet ??/what is the Brand of that pen?
Nice video ❤
any capacitive stylus will work.like this: amzn.to/3Xo6Tg5
Is the a22 really weaker than the p22t that's in the 3rd gen? That's what I'm seeing online. The 3rd gen with the p22t is barely usable, so if this one really is weaker it's gotta be completely unusable.
would you recommend it as a streaming device? just to watch netflix, hbo max, hulu, etc? or could the apps take over most of the storage? thanks!
could work for that even though the screen should be at least 1080p in my opinion
is it available also with 4gb ram?
Itsà fabulous phone. Excellent battery life and wonderful screen quality with good built. A cool tab indeed!
CN you use this and also have an iPhone?
yes
I think I'll spend a bit more money and get a different tablet. Thanks for the info!
What pen are you using?
any capacitive stylus like this one will work: amzn.to/3Xo6Tg5
Can do Ms Office?
Damn, what a huge difference a single inch makes. Wonder why the M9 is so much better in almost every respect?
Hi, this tablet has compatibility with sim card?
No
i will buy these for my daughter for school..
Which is better to choose 3 or 4 generations?
Very similar but 4th gen
Thanks a lot.
Support what with Netflix 720 or 1080 or or 1440 ???
SD which I believe is 480
Does the lenovo precision pen 2 work on this tablet? If it does, I would love to see how it feels and maybe do some writing/drawing test to see if it can be an awesome budget option for note taking/annotation tablets
No it doesn't work on this one
They gave it to me for my birthday...... It can't be
I’m about to return this thing. Ui keeps crashing I’m used to high end devices and am fine with mid range like an n10 or n20 but this thing is just slow and not worth the money spent. I have a good Lenovo laptop and had a monitor so was trying to to rep the brand and use it for my baby’s RUclips videos but it just freezes and like the last app will freeze on half the screen. Was fine for about a week after that just straight s😊hit. Got iPad mini 6 instead so much better. Y700 or iPad mini is about it for respectable stuff
Sir mery pas lenovo tab m8 hy version 9 whatsap ni chala plx help me
How do we insert Sim card
Can this output video through USB C?
no not on this one
Its a shame that they don't include USB-C to C cables by default.
Purchased this, after latest 13 update, it's painfully slow. Wish I could root it and install a ultra slim custom build. I miss my old nexus tablet. It's useless now
This is 4g or 5g?
It's like it's sad but some of these Chinese companies they just don't understand they just they think it's just because they can put a new number. On it it's like you'd have to go out and get it. It's this generation imagination it makes no sense I understand what they're trying to do. With the trying to flood the market like crazy to take sales away from Samsung. Don't get me wrong their screens are very good. But it's just silliness they can't sustain themselves forever when. People get so confused of what version of what tablet they're gonna buy? People don't want to deal with that they just want a few different spec options but not different gens every few months
Hi, thanks for the review! I'm pretty thrown off now - I do love the 8 inch form factor, but this seems more like a downgrade compared to the Gen 3?!!! I was about to buy, and have a hard time to decide between these.. Maybe I'm gonna stick with the M8 Gen 3 for now, instead of M9 or Gen 4..
I'll get it. Great for reading.
Yep very confusing why would anyone think it would be worth anything to go backwards instead of forward. We have had 5g for what 4 years now already and we're producing devices with 3gb 32gb as we were in 2014!?!? I really like Lenovo laptops but what the crap is this? We should be at 4gb 64gb for just a school tablet and twice that for standard tablet today.
Good point I was wondering the same like what the hell is Lenovo doing😮
why didn't they follow up tab y700, I hate the newer one y900 its so big
I was hoping this was global release of y700
I don't get why the y700 isn't in the United States
2 Gb ram is insulting
That resolution is fine for the size of the tablet. definitely a 1st world problem. i replaced my iPad pro 2020 11 for this tablet so it's more mobile and i can read better and portability.
also i got fed up with iOs deleting the my Books and pdf's because it synced them with iCloud. it's the smallest file size yet it deletes them from the tablet to safe space.
found a lenovo tab m8 for $126 through cortana
2GB of memory is unacceptable nowadays, it will struggle to play demanding games.
Does it have simcard
the one i have is wifi only, not sure if they have sim card version
Useless upgrades..
No Android tab to compete with Ipad mini.. its like apple made a deal with Android tab manufacturers..
This kind of Tablet absolutely would be undurable after 2 years for sure. Don’t waste the money for this thing.
i completely agree, powerful 8 inch android tablet in nobody's mind... poor
In this tab sim card is not working why
The tablet is garbage
Apple can't include a charger in a $700+ phone yet Lenovo puts a charger on a $150-ish tablet. w o w.
Legion y700 tablet is still the best 8" tablet🤷
Yeah hands down!
iPad mini
It actually reminds me of the iPad mini at least to me. So this is Lenovo's offering to go against the iPad mini.
More entry level
Lenovo Legion Y700
so sad when i heard only 2 gig of Ram, thats slow 😔😢
Ooo also anyone use to higher brightness devices say my steam deck iPhone 13 and iPad pro this thing is dim af even next to my Lenovo gen 3 300e which is my second dimmest device
2024😢 we need 6gb ram minimum as the apps get outdated the performance slows down
still A22 😂😂😂
better cpu and 6 gb ram and i would buy it
I got the 4gb ram and 64gb storage free on my phone contract
This is actually the same tablet as the m8 hd from 2019 oretty much
So annoying the Legion still isn't a thing in other countries after a year since it's release.
This is a superb tab for no money,when i say that its ram and its not churning away not buffering is great for 90 quid,its stating as of 03/09 23 android 13 , only 12 yet in uk
Hey FishBee, I got this tablet for free from my BT router plan and I wanted to ask if you know any stylus that works with this tablet?
Any capacitive stylus like this should work: amzn.to/3Xo6Tg5
The Mediatek A22 processor is a quad-core, first launched in 2018. It is a clear downgrade from the Mediatek P22T (8-cores) used on the 3rd Gen version.
2 GB of RAM is also a downgrade meaning that Android Go has to be used.
Not worth the money... How low can you go?
The also-new Tab M9 has much better specs for $40 more, but it is also stuck with an HD instead of a FHD display.
2 gb of ram??? Why bother?
At this point, 64G should be the minumum for any tablet.
True
It look like snmsung tap a8
This is same shit as gen 2. Wonder if one could flash firmware from this to gen 2.
That tablet is not designed for general public, especially from the 1st generation. It is for students learning purpose in Mainland China. Many primary schools and junior secondary classes in Mainland China buy a lot for students to use in so-called "IT lesson" in normal classroom. In order to avoid the students to play "game", it is designed to be "low-end".
I can only speak to how it functions and I don't like it. It's made to sell you stuff especially on the RUclips app. At times it's unresponsive to commands. I hate the face recognition.
great
It does have good battery but the tablet is slow
Can i use my lenovo active pen
i don't think so unfortunately
I use them to run audio mixer and lyric apps on stage... They work fine for that and if a mic stand gets kicked over and one breaks I'm not shedding any tears due to the low prices you can snag them at... I always have a few spares with me ready to roll.. or should I say.. "rock & roll" :) 3rd Gen is actually better than 4 Gen.. go figure..??
The only upgrade i see is the dual speakers. The rest is meh. 3rd gen is better.