Artist Review: Lenovo P12 Pro with Precision Pen 3

[@jmp7624]

This is an older video and I don't have the tablet but was interested in it. When you compare the drawing to the samsung tablet, you are using the pen at a different angle for both drawings. The whole time you were drawing with the lenovo, you had the pen angled way down and thats causing the issues with the lines. The samsung was at a much higher angle. Samsung is better for wobble but I don't think you used the stylus properly on the lenovo.

[@BobJCYR]

Infinite Painter is great on the Lenovo P12. it produces absolutely smooth diagonals and little lag. As a bonus, it does not clutter the large screen with menu bars . All the options you need. will appear on demand.

[@ieNiss-or8xb]

Do you know if it works on other apps?

[@benjamina6915]

Looking at the review I'm going to say the pen isn't the issue, it's the reviewer holding the pen continually under an angle, which puts the pen into tilt mode. He's consistently drawing in tilt mode and that causes issues.

[@debenjklon9082]

​@@benjamina6915how can that be fixed? And is the precision pen 3 good for drawing or is the s pen on Samsung Tablets better?

[@benjamina6915]

@@debenjklon9082 By holding the pen more upright, instead of under an angle. The angle actives the tilt function and you don't want that all the time. Lenovo pens are very good, but the s-pen is better. S-pen has Wacom EMR technique which doesn't need a battery to draw, like Wacom AES does. Wacom EMR is what Wacom uses in their own pens, it is a more accurate, but Lenovo is close. If you don't want to pay a lot of money, you can always try the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE, it's pretty good, has the s-pen and isn't as expensive as the regular S9 edition.

[@jooizzy]

Thank you for this review Teoh. I see Galaxy Tab and iPad are still the best for diagonal line so far.

[@blue4059]

Windows Tablets that use EMR or MPP 3.0 also produces good diagonal lines, which include Galaxy Flex2, Galaxy Book 360, Surface Pro 8, and Surface Laptop Studio. $650 "Samsung Galaxy Flex2 Alpha" laptop is a good drawing alternative to any Galaxy Tab or iPad, especially if you need to use windows apps for work.

[@ChrisBrood-o9b]

Thanks for this review, i was thinking of buying this tab, but since your review on drawing came up, i completely changed my mind on purchasing it.

[@WMARUoriginal]

Fantastic review! Very glad you did this one.

[@trento7183]

I've the Pad Pro P11 SD870 global rom. It works with Surface pens too.

[@donkarnage5162]

When will lenovo launch this tab globally (including India). As always really nice and informative video 👍

[@Sunshine._.protector]

Wooho launched

[@benjamina6915]

t the moment I'm using the Lenovo P11 Plus still. It's starting to show it's age. Great for art, with the Lenovo Active Pen 3. I'm now looking at upgrading to the Lenovo P11 Pro gen2, but it has the precision pen 3. There aren't any reviews of that pen except for this one. At a first glance it looks like the pen performs terrible. Reading some of the comments gives a different impression though. Looking at the review again, I'm noticing one thing you do with this pen all the time, you're tilting it while drawing. That would put the pen in tilt mode continually and that's a lot less accurate. I'm now wondering if the bad pen performance isn't actually due to the pen, but because of the reviewer using it incorrectly all the time. As said, unfortunately this is the only review to go by, which puts me in a dilemma. I'm going to say the bad pen performance is user error, since I've seen other reviews from you in the past that were incorrect, making a product look bad due to user errors, while I actually had the same product and it performed flawlessly. It's the reason I unsubscribed back then. You still could be right, but reading some of the comments, I'm thinking the pen might be a lot better than the results you're getting.

[@teohontech7141]

I use this pen the same way I use other pens, e.g. Apple Pencil, S Pen, Surface Slim Pen. When a product performs well, it is easy to review. This pen is NOT easy to review. Diagonal line wobble, dots at the start of the lines, even drawing with moderate speed has diagonal wobble. These are usually hardware issues and cannot be fixed. By "perform flawlessly", you mean your pen does not have diagonal line wobble? If you think my review is biased, inauthentic, or has errors, you can and should post your own review. Maybe there really is some problem with my testing methodology, or something wrong with the specific tablet or pen I have here.

[@michaelfedorsha8147]

Very informative detailed video Thank you very much!

[@ViratxDoodle]

Hmm....seems like no matter how many Pen iterations they release, Lenovo isn't able to match the Wacom EMR technology. I wonder why don't they switch to EMR since its the clear winner in drawing performance!

[@teohontech7141]

Yeah, drawing performance seems worse compared to the earlier generation.

[@MagnusPaul1976]

Apart from this model coming with a pen, 6GB of RAM,128GB of space and a slightly bigger screen, is it really that much different to a much cheaper M10 HD Tab for normal usage ? Sorry for the question, but I think everyone around the world would like to know, whether the cheaper M10 can deliver the same results for alot less money... 😊

[@teohontech7141]

The Tab 12 Pro is noticeably better many ways than the Lenovo M10 HD, and it's not just because of the larger screen.

[@mardon85]

@@teohontech7141 it's also the quality of the screen. If you want a portable media consumption tablet and care about IQ you can't go far wrong with this.

[@markpolo7]

@@teohontech7141 Hello, are the speakers play better than in Samsung Tab S 8+ or worse in this tablet Lenovo, because JBL speakers are a good company.

[@teohyc]

@@markpolo7 Audio quality is excellent. On par with Tab S8s

[@themadatheist1976]

Wished the P11 had a clearer screen, I might need to pony up more money for the P12. Just wished they had the 3.5mm jack built-in so I could use my USB C TV tuner at the same time.

[@VektorVirus]

Can you test the Lenovo Tab P12 (2023)?

[@gabrielduarte4152]

Hello. Do you think that over the past year, there has been an update that has improved the lenovo precision pen 3? It looks like it will be on the new tablet that will be released Lenovo Tab Extreme. I don't know if there was any improvement since the time you did the review, since the precision pen 2 doesn't seem to have the same problems as the pen 3. Thank you very much for the detailed writing and drawing review of this pens.

[@yoitsjonmac188]

I feel like its comparable to drawing on an ipad but user experience varies a lot based on your app of Choice and if you can customize around the issues inherent to the pen. I love mine for notes and reading manga but its definitely not perfect for drawing. Ita a good all rounder tho.

[@joalblo9581]

I wish they'd make a chrome tablet with these specs...why is no one doing that?

[@ibitorucookey-gam7503]

Chromebooks duet 5

[@joalblo9581]

@@ibitorucookey-gam7503 it's not as powerful

[@Indo432]

I would like to see a bigger screen size like 15” inches or 20”inches with a 4K panel with a PPI of 1000nitz 👍

[@rasmuspedersen3563]

Dude battery life on those would be horrible...

[@Klokopf52]

They make those, they are called drawing tablet and cost upwards of 2k, most of them also require a PC to run, but i think wacom made a 17" stand alone windows Version, but it was almost 3k if i remember correctly.

[@rexliu4639]

Do you see noticeable slowdown in PC when used as second monitor? I tried third party software to use ipad as second mon and find PC CPU usage rise to 40-50% even when the PC is idle. Wonder if project unity is more lightweight

[@teohontech7141]

Unfortunately I no longer have the tablet to test. But I remember there wasn't any lag.

[@wow3529]

There are no replacement tips for sale. What do you do about this if there’s wear and tear??

[@th5258]

How do you grade this digital stylus precision 3 for note-taking and drawing/sketching? A+, A, A- or what??

[@syahti]

WOW this review complete

[@mardon85]

Can you use Lenovo recovery to update to the latest ROW ROM? It may not have the issues you're experiencing?

[@CohlTrain]

Have they fixed the pen with an update since the recording of this review. Had high hopes of them doing an update that would help a lot with the pen.

[@aprilvinson]

Well I won't have to worry about that cuz the only thing I'm doing with it is social media and coloring

[@Anniefawesome]

I'm not an artist like you but I do not like draw anatomical models for my lab. Should I go with the Samsung still? I have a super note A5 that I like for note taking but it doesn't do color nor does it let me walk videos and take notes at the same time

[@teohontech7141]

Samsung is good. Just make sure it's the tablet model that includes the S Pen

[@jeromenicolas446]

Hello, folks and fellow artists! I am thinking of getting this, was the cursor issue fixed?

[@quevolanaoui]

Hi, I have this and I have one issue with it. Sometimes the orientation is stuck and only a restart fixes it. Other than that it's super fast, screen is excellent quality and it has smooth scrolling. Have you tried to root this tab? How can I check to see which ROM is on mine. Mine was bought in China.

[@wesperitiochannel2309]

if bought it online they should already inform u if it using global/zui rom.

[@kaiser10-28]

Heyy greetings. What is the refresh rate you're getting when you're using project unity? If I have fast stable wifi 6 connection, what will be the maximum refresh rate I'll get? Kindly let me know

[@teohontech7141]

I no longer have the table to test so I can't remember.

[@ΓιάννηςΤσ]

Do I have to apply a pressure when I write? Because this is how mine works. I have a tempered glass and a paper like film installed. The problem is that I dropped the pen with the tip down day one. Do I can't tell if it's normal or not.

[@equinox7189]

Hi guys, what price range would consider this as a good buy/deal? Thank you in advance for your inputs!

[@peksn]

I got it for 280€ ≈ 280$, Id say yhats a good deal here in eurooe

[@Cute_Maxi]

I wish AES 2.0 would just go away and all manufacturers would adopt EMR... it's just better. This tablet looked great until you see the pen performance. Samsung still stands unmatched in the android world because the S Pen uses EMR, it's just superior to AES 2.0.

[@miumikuhatsukoi5300]

Samsung pen works in Lenovo Tab 12.7 pro?

[@Cute_Maxi]

@@miumikuhatsukoi5300 No, not at all... you misread my comment. This tablet uses the AES2.0 pen technology which is inferior to the EMR pen technology that Samsung uses.

[@mrmacman2u]

The P12 Pro doesn't use AES 2.0. It uses proprietary LPP 2.0 (Lenovo Pen Protocol), they have also released a software update that has fixed the stray dots and soooome wobble. It's less aggressive now and much more suitable for drawing now, even if it's not fantastic.

[@Cute_Maxi]

​@@mrmacman2u I may be mistaken, but I don't think that is correct... the P12 Pro uses the Precision Pen 3 which is AES 2.0... it's the regular non-pro P12 that uses the "Lenovo Tab Pen Plus" which is LPP 2.0... not that it matters since both have bad line wobble and lots of latency.

[@michalcudek]

Is it possible to use this tablet for beginner for drawing? ​@@mrmacman2u

[@yunkashrin609]

Hi Teoh, would you recommend Xiaomi Pad 6 over this Lenovo P12, for drawing/sketching?

[@teohontech7141]

Xiaomi Pad 6 with Xiaomi Smart Pen 2 has better, more predictable, pen performance.

[@jianxichin]

Hi Teoh, great review! Can 3rd party Pens work with this P12 Pro tablet? If so, can you recommend some? I like the look of the noris staedtler pen, no experience in this area. Thank you for the great review~ have a great weekend

[@teohontech7141]

Not sure about third party pens

[@НикитаБезродный-з6щ]

No, only lenovo(

[@jd_bhalani]

Sir plzz tell from where you bought it... I wamt to buy it in India... Plzz help

[@serraxer]

Cutted facets 5:40 bothered me on Tab S7 Pro. iPads rounded feels much better then you hold it in hands.

[@serraxer]

Well actually bottom facets not cutted its better then.

[@Osamah001]

So precision pen 3 is best option for tab p12 for now?

[@beyondtheuniverse999]

Hey, I currently have p11 pro if i get p12 pro will I get sharper and brighter display?

[@GoldFetter]

24:05 what cover do you use to p12? that looks cute. thanks for useful review.

[@teohontech7141]

It's Parblo PR100 stand. Not a cover.

[@modestman6753]

The tab p12 pro bezels are slimmer ☺️

[@レモン-l3s]

25:47 What's the name of the big tablet on the left?

[@teohontech7141]

C force design 15.6 inch 4K display

[@レモン-l3s]

@@teohontech7141 is it oled? IPS? Thanks for letting me know the model name

[@teohontech7141]

@@レモン-l3s IPS LCD

[@SporekArt]

I have very simmilar dots on my original apple pencil, it's weird.

[@huraib512]

How can I buy in India as it is not launched in India yet .

[@chills_2138]

I have a question, How much us that Tablet, Ive been thinking of buying one

[@pantubala630]

Greetings. Can you please tell me if I can WIRED connect it to my windows pc though the type C port? Is it supported? Or only wireless 2nd display available in project Unity?

[@teohontech7141]

It's wireless at the moment

[@pantubala630]

@@teohontech7141 no wired mode coming up? Or any 3rd party app?

[@jd_bhalani]

Can you plzz provide the link from where you bought this..?

[@wowoweelly]

what is the battery life ?: )

[@andrewdaley3081]

Very good. 🇬🇧👍

[@gavinloh9072]

Hi, I would like to check if Disney Plus and Netflix enabled the Dolby Vision in this tablet (P12 Pro)? Thanks.

[@teohontech7141]

Unfortunately I no longer have this tablet to test

[@marynarkw]

Does it use PWM?

[@karthik3685]

Was that a thinkvision M14t ?

[@DallasUzumaki]

Can you try the Samsung Galaxy S8 plus or ultra and give us your opinion?

[@teohontech7141]

I’ve ordered the Ultra. Maybe review will be out late Feb or early March

[@mehmetdemirel5337]

which application did you choose for the drawing experience

[@teohontech7141]

Medibang Paint Pro, Clip Studio Paint, Concepts

[@SMOKEYoriginalHD]

Hi, do your FB dark mode works on this tablet? Im unable to click on the option, nothing happens when I do. But messenger dark mode works fine on the other side. strange

[@aumm8987]

I want to buy yours.. may i?

[@chaikahwai8668]

Hi, does the lenovo pen 2 having these issues u mentioned? Coz i am considering to purchase p12 pro but didnt expect the pen to be like this. Might need software update to fix it.

[@teohyc]

The previous pen seems to have better performance

[@leo4885]

De seguro lo solucionan con actualización

[@leo4885]

De seguro lo solucionan con actualización

[@jazzcalibud498]

Could you install krita?

[@tali_elnussen8221]

Can u test Meta Trader 5 on it? Just to check its interface

[@MavZc]

Too expensive... Its already in line w/ Samsung's pricing

[@seehun294]

nice

[@AdastraRecordings]

Lenovo's own solution to link the tablet is not very good, I paid for Super Display, it's a lot better.

[@tan_apek]

Hi Teoh. If you are planning to sell the Lenovo Tablet, do hit me up! Thanks

[@JerryOnEarth]

You could have colored that shoe with different color set, yet you chose yellow fill with red stripes, which recall the flag of the fallen Republic of Vietnam, very provocative hahaha

[@hisa8620]

Too much time speaking of drawing but not enough about performance, vidéo, sound, battery, caméra... Next time buy a official version to get update working

[@teohontech7141]

This is artist review. That's why I don't talk much about performance, benckmark, sound, HDR, video, camera.

[@hisa8620]

@@teohontech7141 everything is so much logical now...test is not objective... When heart talks, brain sleeps

[@teohontech7141]

@@hisa8620 It's art. There's nothing objective with art.

[@hisa8620]

@@teohontech7141 I see that 😊