Lenovo to release Android tablet with Snapdragon 870 processor
Lenovo Laptop Business Manager Lin Lin posted on Weibo an image hinting at preparing a performance tablet based on Qualcomm’s hardware platform.
The image shows a screenshot of the operating system settings section of the gadget. It reveals the key technical characteristics of the device. In particular, the use of the Snapdragon 870 processor is indicated. This product combines eight Kryo 585 cores with a clock speed of up to 3.2 GHz, an Adreno 650 graphics accelerator, and a Snapdragon X55 5G cellular modem.
The equipment includes 8 GB of RAM and a flash drive with a capacity of 128 GB. Other configurations are likely to enter the commercial market. As for the software part, the operating system Android 11 is used with a proprietary custom add-on ZUI 12.5.
It is not yet clear when the official presentation of the new product will take place and how much it will cost. Perhaps the tablet will debut in the next quarter.
Canalys estimates that 160.6 million tablets were shipped globally last year. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the demand for these gadgets jumped 28% compared to 2019.
