The Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 is in the end right here, a minimum of in the United Kingdom, with the Android gaming pill now to be had to reserve from the logo’s authentic site. There is a catch, although. The tool is retailing for £699.99, which is a little more pricey than I used to be expecting. Whilst it is lately now not on sale in the USA, regardless of a recent touchdown web page for the product, the cost in GBP equates to about $946. So, in the event you have been fascinated by selecting one up your self, you would higher be ready to dig deep into your pocket.
For individuals who have no idea, the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 is the follow-up to the Tab Gen 3, one of the crucial best selections from our information to the very best gaming capsules. I were given my fingers on it all through MWC 2026 in Barcelona, and I used to be inspired by way of its efficiency, powered by way of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and its brilliant 8.8-inch PureSight show. I loved my time with the pill such a lot that I used to be tempted to select one up if I believed the cost used to be proper. Sadly, that is not the case.
The issue Lenovo has is that there are many choices that price considerably much less, maximum particularly, the REDMAGIC Astra, which introduced for $549 / £439 remaining yr. In Lenovo’s protection, we’ve got had the small topic of the RAM pricing and availability disaster within the intervening time, and we are nonetheless ready to look how a lot the rumored follow-up to the REDMAGIC Astra may price. Nonetheless, if the Legion Tab Gen 5 launches at a identical worth level to what it has in the United Kingdom, I am not certain if I will see many attainable customers parting with virtually $1,000 to select it up.
As I discussed previous, there may be now a Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 list on the USA Lenovo web site, nevertheless it does not element pricing or a precise unencumber date. Nonetheless, for the reason that the Chinese language model of the pill, the Lenovo Legion Y700 (Gen 5), introduced a month in the past and is now to be had to reserve in the United Kingdom, I might suppose it cannot be lengthy till Lenovo absolutely rolls out the discharge of the brand new pill and makes it to be had to reserve. That is when we’re going to in finding out if the ones in the USA are getting a greater or worse deal than their transatlantic opposite numbers.
It is value noting that in case you are now not on the lookout for the most recent and largest pill, the superbly just right Legion Tab Gen 3 is lately discounted by way of the authentic Lenovo retailer, down from $549.99 to $399.99. If you are simply on the lookout for one thing to play your favourite cellular video games on, I might suggest checking that out as an alternative, as whilst it is a few years outdated, it is nonetheless greater than in a position to dealing with the likes of Genshin Affect, PUBG Cellular, and our different favorites.
