The one problem that’s haunted many of the latest tablets we’ve gone hands-on with is that they’ve lacked anything that helps them differentiate themselves from the competition. So you can imagine our excitement when we went eyes-on with Lenovo’s latest offering, the Yoga Tab 3 Pro, which brings something a little different to the table. First and foremost, at its core this is a fairly mediocre-looking tablet, featuring a predominantly textured plastic back and Lenovo branding on the front. The metallic hinge, from which the Yoga gets its name, can be contorted for improved tablet viewing angles, or for the more daring, hung up via the keyhole shaped space. It’s a fairly robust alternative to buying a tablet stand and does a good job at keeping the device level at all times. Aside from the usual selection of ports, there’s also the addition of a Projector button, which opens up the Tab 3 Pro’s killer feature. Built in to the rotatable hinge is a projector with a bright 50-lumen output that can project an image up to 70 inches on any surface. With a quick twist of the hinge you can get the projector to sit at different angles, but it doesn’t allow for the small incremental movements that we would have liked.

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The quality is comparable to many entry-level projectors and it certainly adds a new way to enjoy your installed media on the fly. The dedicated projector app is a bit clunky to use, but all the necessary options are there and this helps make sure it’s something that you’ll continually come back to. While you may be worrying that a built-in projector is going to be a massive burden on Battery Life, Lenovo has dealt with the issue head-on with the inclusion of a monster 10,200mAh battery. It easily surpasses a day of use without using the projector, but you’ll still hit around the 10-hour mark of continuous projecting – even if it’s incredibly unlikely that you will perform such a task. Lollipop 5.1 is a fairly unobtrusive OS, and thus has minimal impact on battery life, and there’s no real bloatware to note – apart from the Projector app that, although slightly clumsy, is a highly useful addition. We were also pleased to see the inclusion of a quad-core Intel Atom Processor. Clocked at 1.44GHz, it offers power comparable to many budget laptops and didn’t stutter through any task we put in front of it. The added power can be a big boost when projecting, as there’s enough left in reserve to multi-task as a movie is being streamed. It seems strange that only 2GB of RAM was implemented, but we suspect this was down to the effect it would have had on battery life more than anything else.

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Move your media If your main focus for the Tab 3 Pro is centered around media, make sure to take advantage of the microSD slot. It caters for cards up 128GB, which is useful for storing your library of movies

Power for anything In smaller tablets, an Intel Atom processor may seem like overkill, but with the added size and features of the Yoga Tab 3 Pro, it helps to keep things running smoothly at all times

Average display Perhaps the only real downside to the Tab 3 Pro is its IPS display. Colors certainly look good, but there’s a touch of pixellation in icons and images that leave it lacking at times