LenovoSmart Tab P10 10.1” Android Tablet, Alexa-Enabled Smart Device with Fingerprint Sensor and Smart Dock Featuring 4 Dolby Atmos Speakers - 64GB Storage with Alexa Enabled Charging Dock Included

This is THE BEST 10in tablet I've ever bought! Last year I bought another "big name" brand of tablet, (10 inch screen as well) it cost $200 before screen protectors cases etc, so around $250 in the end.. Within a week it was garbage, my son dropped it and it cracked through the screen protector, through the screen itself and down to the digitizer (the thing that controls the touch screen).. He's four my son, and literally just dropped it with a case and screen protector etc.. On to this tablet.. First I thought for $99 with a free charging dock/speaker YASSS! BUT, also I'm numb to trying to find a budget tablet that isn't flimsy garbage so I normally just assume if it's cheap it won't last.. And, being a Lenovo I gave it the benefit of a doubt.. It's set up is effortless 10 minutes or less. I've seen previous reviews on how "complicated" it is to set up which isn't the case, at least it wasn't an issue for me.. It has been dropped, and the screen protector has been cracked but the screen itself was fine..It's fast! Much faster then any tablet I've had in recent years. It comes with 16gb of storage but I bought a 128gb SD card so downloading and saving isn't a problem.. The biggest issue I have and honestly the only issue I have is that it doesn't connect effortlessly to the dock. There's seemingly a lot of connecting and reconnecting which is annoying when watching a movie or listening to music but it doesn't happen all the time, so it's definitely a workable problem.. All together I'd say this is a nice, budget friendly tablet (with extras!).. AND, I'm not big on reviews unless it's really good or really bad..

Purchased the M10 to replace my old Slate7 and could not be more impressed. It isn't the fastest to boot up, but once everything loads it is ready to roll. Web pages and apps load quick. The screen produces clear and crisp images and videos. The GPS on this works great with the Gaia maps app. I also like that it is easy to setup multiple accounts.Kids mode seems proprietary and not very useful. I tried setting up a kid's account for my 3 year old who got bored first thing. Maybe I just missed it, but it would be nice to have the ability to control what apps are used on kids accounts and still have normal tablet functionality.I don't use the speaker because Alexa is required for its use. Even still, I purchased this because it was a better deal for the tablet. The speaker was just a (useless in my case) bonus. It does serve as a nice charging station though, so I guess it isn't totally useless.I would absolutely buy this tablet again!

Nice looking tablet.. visually pleasing design.. great specs at a price that beats the Samsung tabs, hands down. TL;DR - I like this tablet, I like the 4-gig ram, 64-gig space, available MicroSD slot for expanded storage, I like the overall functionality, abilities, performance, and potential, I liked the good bang4buck price (I also like that for whatever reason, I lucked out with a -$100 coupon!)BUT.. and there are always some buts.. (which are not dealbreakers for me, but worth being aware of)Caveats:1. It's glass front and back. And while that makes it one 'sexy' tab.. it also makes it slippery as he!!. You're going to want a protective case for this, immediately.2. Case caveat.. putting a case on, means you need to take the case off to use the base. I've found one case that you do not need to remove, and I've ordered it - not yet rec'd it - but to use it, it uses 3M high-bond double-faced tape to stick to the back of your tablet, so half of the back can fold out of the way. So you have to decide - Use no case and deal with slippery tablet, use a full case and remove it when you dock it, use the dockable case and deal with tape residue removal eventually.3. Talking about the dock? While the tablet does not *need* the dock for Alexa? It simply works much better and easier with the dock. You'll want to use the dock. The tablet charges in the dock, and you can also charge via USB-C cable. Due to the nature of current rechargeable batteries? It is not recommended to constantly charge them beyond 80%.. or leave them plugged into a charger. This is actually why I bought this tablet - to replace a Google Nexus 7 tablet, that died a hard unrecoverable death, because I'd left it sitting plugged in for days/weeks at a time, when not in use. Eventually the battery just ran out of charge cycles.. and bricked itself. I cannot even power the tablet on, if it's plugged in and reports "charging". So the base on this unit, is a catch-22. You need to use it with the tablet mounted, and power plugged in, to get the best use of this tablet + Alexa. But doing so, can eat up battery charge cycles. It's got a 7,000mAh battery, so that's great, but.. over the course of 2-3 years or so, constant mounted charging while using, will take its toll. I don't see any options for charge limiting, and even the setup guide states on Page 6 "To extend battery life, we recommend charging the battery to at least 30 to 50% capacity each time, and recharging it every three months to prevent over discharge." (You are not going to get 3 months use from a 50% charge.)4. Speakers: The tablet boasts Dolby Atmos 4-speakers in the tab. Meh. They're OK and better than most phone or small tab speakers. But here again.. you'll want to use the Dock. The sound quality is very good. Not *great*, but on par with a decent portable BT speaker. Respectable base, mids and highs, and more than sufficient for casual listening.5. Base/Speakers caveat: The base is Bluetooth enabled. Yes, you can pair it with a laptop, phone or other prime device.. but there's no point. When I bought this, I thought I would be able to use the base as the BT speaker base for the tablet, my laptop, phone, etc.. but that's not the case. My laptop sees the base and pairs, but the base does not provide any services - ie: does not act as a BT speaker. The base only acts as a speaker when the tablet is inserted into it. This means that the base becomes a dedicated speaker for the tablet, and that's it.6. Alexa: Alexa is .. assertive. There is a mode called "Show Mode" which is .. for lack of a better term .. an Alexa "Enforcer". You can turn it on and off, you can turn off the tablet microphone (prevents Alexa from listening), you can turn off the base microphone (again.. Alexa can't listen), and you can turn off BT from both tablet and base. However.. caveat ad nauseam.. Every Single Time you remount the tablet in the base, Alexa - which runs as a service - will prompt - or simply take action - to turn-on BT to pair the tablet to the base again. Alexa is persistent. While this is extremely convenient.. it's not always desirable, IMO, to allow the Alexa/Amazon ecosystem to listen in. The easy way to avoid this, is to unplug the power cord from the base. Unfortunately, there is no on/off switch for the base. If it's plugged in, it's on. If it's on, it defaults to BT and Microphone enabled. You can, however, hold both BT and Mic buttons for approx 3-5 seconds, and "turn them off" for the duration. But again.. if you remove and remount the tablet, Alexa services will interface with the base and try to turn them back on.7. Camera. I haven't tested the camera for pictures.. but take note, the camera, at least while on the base, is light/proximity sensitive. Which means an aspect of it may be always on. Immediately to the right of the camera, are a light and proximity sensor. They're not easily visible, but they're always active. There is no visible indicator - such as an LED - that alerts you to when the camera is on and active. I suggest you use this with a sliding webcam cover to cover the camera portal, while leaving the light/proximity sensors uncovered - this allows for auto-brightness control. Does that sound paranoid? Well, remember.. Alexa enabled devices, as well documented on the Amazon Echo devices, randomly listens in, to wait for the "Alexa" activation word. And the user-agreements you will need to accept, for both Lenovo and Amazon, tend to skew towards their benefit, and against your privacy.8. WiFi.. I'm not sure if I had a problem with a specific app, or my original pairing did not work properly - as I'd used WPS PIN 1st, then had an issue to re-sync, so used WPS button. Whatever it was.. after my initial unpacking of the tablet, all was well, I ran all the updates to the core OS, Alexa, and Lenovo apps, to get the tablet fully up to date on the latest core versions. After I installed a small handful of apps, I had issues with my WiFi, both 2.4 and 5G, dropping out. After several attempts at a simple fix.. I ultimately had to factory reset the tablet, and entered my WiFi passwords manually. Thus far, the WiFi is stable again, and I've installed about 5 of my most used apps. I still have to attempt several other apps, to see if any of them caused a WiFi conflict, or there was just an issue with my original setup. Could have been a 1-off "technology blows" issue.9. Initial setups: Ugh.. seriously, Ugh. This should have been a ridiculously simple thing.. but here's the problem. Out of the box? You'll almost certainly need to update: 1. Android OS, 2. Alexa, 3. Lenovo core support apps. The problem is, once you establish Internet access? They ALL start to request updates, and each ends up stepping on the other, and getting in your way. This also happened after I factory reset the tablet. Although the reset did not impact my Android OS update, it still checked for one. The reset Did affect my Alexa updates and pre-installed App updates - Those were all reset to the original installed versions, sans latest updates, so the tablet went thru the motions again, and each series of updates insisted it had priority over your screen. So, initial setup is manageable.. but sloppily implemented.10. Screen real-estate: For a Full HD screen? There is a tremendous waste of space between app and folder icons. There are settings to enable you to change the icon shape, change the font size, and change the general display size of icons and folders. But.. there is NO setting that tightens up the spacing between any of those apps or folders. So while you have a beautiful FHD display.. and it does great at displaying apps, movies, pictures.. it's simply horrible at being efficient with 'Desktop' real estate.So, if you've read this far, none of these were dealbreakers for me. More like: "Ugh.. folks, really? Pay more attention to details!". But I'm a die-hard old-school geek-engineer. Nitpicky things like this irk the shiz out of me, when I see something that has great potential, but know that somewhere some humans were slacking and didn't give 110% effort to make it better.[Edit - Next Day] WRT #3, I need to amend my comment. During the 1st 2 days of use, the tablet would not use the base as a BT speaker unless it was mounted. Following my device factory-reset and another round of updates, end of the 2nd day, a Lenovo update was delivered for the base unit, as well. I don't know if there was an initial out-of-box setup glitch, but now that I had fully reset, and re-updated all the OS, software, firmware and apps on the unit, now I'm able to connect to the base via BT from the tablet, without the tablet being mounted. Which is a huge boon for battery life.And regarding battery life - - currently at 75% charge, the unit reports it should run for 2-days before empty. Even the Accubattery app is now reporting 30+ hours battery remaining under casual use. 8+ hours if I use it with the screen on constantly.So the unit is fully running smoothly now.. it just took a bit of massaging, and getting all the necessary updates in place. Much better than my initial out-of-box experience!