YOGA 710, YOGA 510, Ideapad MIIX 310, Vibe K5, Vibe K5 Plus and Tab3 7, 8, and 10 Release Dates and Price

Feb 22, 2016 09:38 PM EST

Even though Mobile World Congress begins on February 22 (and runs to February 26), there were a lot of companies that brought out their new products one day early, and Lenovo was one of them.  In fact, the company brought out a lot with the thinner and lighter multimode PCs with the YOGA 710, YOGA 510, and ideapad MIIX 310.  They also had some new consumer and business-ready tablets with the TAB3 7, 8, and 10.  If that wasn't enough, they also announced smartphones with the VIBE K5 and VIBE K5 Plus. 

The 11-inch YOGA 710 is for travelers and other mobile workers, and it is powered by a 6th generation Intel Core i7 processor on the 14-inch model and a Core m5 processor on the 11-inch model.  The 14-inch model also has a hinge antenna that can deliver up to 20 percent better Wi-Fi connections, and a solid state drive (SSD) of up to 256GB.  Both models are good for 8 hours of battery life.  The YOGA 710 11-inch laptop starts at €799, and The YOGA 710 14-inch laptop starts at €899, both available starting in May 2016.

The YOGA 510 is similar to the YOGA 710, and it has all the modes that have made the YOGA series well known (laptop, stand, tent, and tablet).  It is powered by a 6th Gen Intel Core i7 processor with optional AMD Radeon R7 M460 2GB GFX for working and all kinds of multitasking.  The YOGA 5101 14-inch laptop starts at €479, and the YOGA 5101 15-inch laptop starts at €699, both available starting in April 2016.

As for the ideapad MIIX 310, this is a 2-in-1 detachable tablet with 4G LTE and up to 10 hours of battery life.  The ideapad MIIX 310 10-inch tablet starts at €269, available starting in June 2016. 

The TAB3 Business is an Android tablet optimized for personnel who are constantly on the move.   It has a 1.3 GHz Quad-core processor giving users quick and powerful multi-tasking with 12 hours of battery life.  It will be available in July 2016 with no price listed as yet. 

As for the TAB3 7 and TAB3 8, they are "engineered for the family".  They are 7 and 8-inch tablets that run on 1.0GHz Quad-Core processors, with 2 Megapixel and 5 Megapixel cameras, Dolby Atmos cinematic moving audio,  According to the Lenovo Newsroom, the TAB3 7 will start at €119 and the TAB3 8 will start at €149, both available on June 2016. 

According to Gadgets 360, the Vibe K5 and Vibe K5 Plus have support for dual-SIM and 4G LTE connectivity.  The Vibe K5 has a 5-inch LCD HD display (720 x 1820 pixels) and it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 octa-core SoC with Adreno 405, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of inbuilt storage, expandable up to 32 GB via microSD.  The cameras are a 5 Megapixel on the front and 13 Megapixels on the back.  The Vibe K5 Plus has a 5-inch IPS LCD full-HD display (1080 x 1920 pixels) and powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 quad-core SoC with Adreno 405 GPU and 2 GB of RAM, with same specs on the camera.  There isn't any word on availability for these smartphones, but the price is $129 for the Vibe K5 and $149 for the Vibe K5 Plus.