Lenovo Tab M8 (4th Gen) Android Tablet | 8-inch HD Display | 64GB | Wi-Fi 5 | 4GB RAM | Arctic Grey

This is a really, really nice little tablet - had it a few weeks now and absolutely no complaints. It's fast, has bags on onboard space - 64gb - and with a 128gb SD card in the back - you're not going to get stuck for somewhere to put stuff anytime quick.The OS (Android 12) ships with a slightly different navigation system than what I was used to - you just swipe left or right for backwards and forwards with the new set-up: if you find the default gesture set-up a little hit-and-miss you can revert back to the old triangle/circle/square navigation method by just popping into Settings> Accessibility> System Controls> System navigation and switching to 3-button navigation.It's that easy - my hands are a bit big, swiping isn't necessarily for everyone and kind of makes everything feel a little like you're on a dating app.The battery is exceptionally good - takes very little time to charge, even if just left on trickle-charged plugged into a USB port on your PC/Laptop: I try not to charge to 100% - it hammers the battery less if you keep it roughly between under 90% and over 10% - and a few percent can get you through a movie or Box-set episode easily - but charging to 100% ever-so-often is perfectly fine if you're on-the-go.If you do you're actually looking at a good 11-18+ hours use, easily (possibly more) depending on use - I don't tend to charge mine much, just in-the-background while transferring files - you get good mileage out of surprisingly little battery use.Playing Video's and using Bluetooth with drain your battery quicker but, you probably know that and - under 90% the system engages a battery saver-app to help squeeze even more juice out of what you've got to help keep you going.You can easily leave this on all day and still have enough to watch a film, surf or read a book with charge left the next day.After several weeks use now I can honestly say it's worth it for the battery - my old tablet got hammered so badly in the end it burned more switched on while charging than actually taking power onboard and charging switched off was taking forever. When a tablet does that it's time to get something newer and you can do a lot, lot worse than this one.WiFi is *very* good - since updating I'm regularly getting much more bang-for-my-buck out of my broadband - 5-6mb a second may be a snails-creep to some but on average I was only getting around 2mb at best on my old tablet, so the built-in newer, more powerful WiFi card is making a considerable difference. Thank you, Hedy Lamarr...Your speeds will vary depending on set-up, obviously - but they're unlikely to decrease, put it this way.For the price there's nothing much to quibble over and it also comes with a free case/stand and a screen protector - I haven't used mine, I got something with a cover - but it's thoughtfully provided, if you need it.Also comes with a little tool to pop the SD card slot - a pin will do if you loose it.All in a really nice tablet - screen is pin-sharp, clear, responsive and the size makes it a lot more portable than my old 10 inch.My only gripes - and they're really minor, but you should get a heads up:Before setting up you'll find the off-state charge level indicator works fine and shows you your percentage of charge perfectly well as the fact you're actually charging - just quickly press the on-button and release - you get a charging/level indicator icon display.After set-up Lenovo issue a couple of firmware updates. I don't know if its the updates themselves or the fact I was plugged in to the charger at the time - but, post updates - that function no longer seems to work. You will get a battery icon but no indication it's actively charging or to what level.This isn't a bad bug - you actually *are* charging fine and, in switched-on state the battery level indicator in the top-right hand corner works fine as usual - go into settings to turn on battery percentage - this bug only effects the off-state charge level indicator. It's been suggested a factory re-set might fix the problem and starting over - I'm not that bugged about it to go through the trouble but - if it bugs you - contact Lenovo and flag support ticket.As problems go it isn't a major thing, really more one of those OCD things men get about technology....The other minor bug is the warrentee seems to be a good three-four months expired straight out the box: no idea why - I don't know if this is to punk you into buying extra cover or what - I've never myself used a warrentee on anything in my life so I'm not bothered remotely by this - just giving you the heads up that it's a thing, several other customers have reported it - again, as I say: not a major issue but you probably should be aware depending on what you paid for yours.If it's over a hundred - you probably want to nag someone about it until you get your full money's worth - if under - it's not something to get worked up over, or at least - it isn't in my case.Other than these really minor quibbles - and they are, quibbles - just pointing them out in the spirit of full disclosure - have to say I'm very happy with my new best friend as my wife continually scolded me I obviously preferred to her until I bought her one too - and now we're *both* happy bunnies.A good little tablet - bags of onboard space, memory, pin-sharp display and a really *great* battery - with a 128GB SD card popped in it - pretty much perfection, minor quibbles not withstanding.I hope you found something in here useful.

Being a fan of Lenovo I went for this as a bedside addition. I have it's big brother (9inch version). It's ok for reading news and grabbing emails but rather slow for any tasks which require a bit of computery brain power.If you want a machine with a bit of zip then go for a better spec machine.

Very good tablet for under £100. Decent picture quality and does everything I need it to. It's 8 inches but fits easily in the pocket. Couldn't get the screen protector on without it bubbling but that's probably just me.

I've just got the tablet so far so good easy to set up works smoothly the screen is good,it was on a special offer and it appears to offer fantastic value it doe's everything I need it to do.

This review is for the tablet alone & not the customer service I got from Amazon or the 3rd party seller Laptop Outlet UK. The tablet is great, functionality is brilliant, great screen & though small it makes it easy to travel with. If I was to separately review Amazon & 3rd party seller in this experience I'd rate Amazon 2/5 & 3rd party Laptop Outlet UK 1/5. I found after using the tablet for a few hours the wrong charging cable had been included in the box. After lots of back & forth with Amazon because they had not heard from 3rd pty I was informed to return entire item & be refunded. This was very frustrating as I'd already set up the tablet before the battery died. Still no communication from 3rd pty seller.

About an hour after 1st switch on, the tab becomes somewhat useable. So many updates. I'm happy to receive updates but just be aware that the tab is useless for a little while to begin with. Once all the initial updates are out of the way it's still on the slow side. I only wanted it for kindle so I do not have high demands but even I am disappointed with this effort from Lenovo. I have another tab from Lenovo which is superb. Avoid this one.

The 4gb ram/64gb storage was on sale for £71 so I decided to give it a whirl for browsing and reading on holiday. It comes with a transparent case with kickstand and plastic screen protector. And a uk 10W plug.The HD screen has a reader setting that is either b/w or “chromatic” which is low colour intensity.The screen is black in daylight so no use outdoors, but you can connect headphones with headphone jack or Bluetooth if you listen to books.It’s currently on Android 13 which takes 11gb of 64gb. Google play is on it, and I have read that it’s not bootloader locked so other ROMS are possible.The worst part is they cheaped out on the processor. The best is that battery life is excellent due to dim screen brightness and slow processor.

This is actually a very nice table, It ships with Android 12, which is okay, Update to Android 13, and it's transformed, so much faster.The screen is nice and sharp, and more than bright enough (just turn up the brightness; it defaults to 50%). Battery life is amazing.My only criticisms are the camera - not very good. I compared it to my iPhone 7 (2016), and the M8 produced much more noise than the iPhone 7 and the colors are a little washed out.Also, the speakers, although not bad, the iPhone 7 sounded slightly better when playing music.Despite the camera and speakers, I still give 5 stars all around.