Lenovo IdeaTab S2109A (2012): Full Review – Part 2

In landscape mode, the default handling position of the device, it is 9.7 inches in width, 7.3 inches in height and 0.35 inches in depth. On the other hand, the iPad 2 is 9.5 inches in width, thanks to its thinner 0.8-inch bezel compared to 1-inch border of the IdeaTab. The Apple product is 7.3 inches in height, the same as IdeaTab, and a tad thinner with 0.34 inches depth.

It has the same 9.5-inch capacitive touch screen with the same 1,024×768-pixel resolution as the iPad 2.

However, that is not the only thing that the new IdeaTab includes in its new shape. It has incorporated some of the design quirks that have never been seen in a slate before. It has rounder edges then the iPad 2, much less than the Transformer Pad TF300. These rounded corners actually restrain the user from having a firm grip on the device, which calls both hands to hold it for reading and web browsing purposes. The plastic, plain body at the back also has slippery grip to the hands, increasing the risk of dropping it.

The plastic back extends awkwardly to the front of the device, curving around the edges and probing into the side bezel. The borders around the edges have gaps in them the can be easy home to dust specks and crumbs. The design workmanship is sloppy at best and the slippery back does not help the cause.

The upper bezel has a 1.3-mega pixel camera above the screen. The right edge has a set of ports. This is the one aspect of the tablet’s design the will come to some people’s liking. From left to right, there is a micro-SD slot, micro-USB and micro-HDMI ports. The left edge has a power/sleep button accompanied by a headset jack and a volume rocker on the far side. There are not buttons or ports on the top or bottom spine.

This is intuitive work from Lenovo but the overall design is not what would make the buyer stand in awe, especially when he/she looks what’s under the hood.

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Posted by Usman Khalid on Jul 14 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.