Medion LifeTab P10912 in the test: Aldi tablet with keyboard and pen

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Medion LifeTab P10912: Test © COMPUTER BILD

Medion LifeTab P10912 in the test: the perfect notebook replacement?

Test conclusion: you have to know that

The Aldi tablet is not a full-fledged notebook replacement, but the Medion LifeTab P10912 can be used. The price of 289 euros is quite cheap for the performance offered. Comparable LTE tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 cost well over 300 euros without a keyboard and pen.

Per

High contrast display with acceptable brightness
Long battery life
LTE built in
Expandable memory
Keyboard and pen in one package

Cons

Somewhat slow pace of work
Display with poor color fidelity
No biometric locks

Test rating from the editors

3.2

satisfying

VMany users mainly use their tablet for surfing, shopping and watching movies. With the Medion Lifetab P10912, which will be available in all Aldi branches from July 1, 2021, it should be no different. But the discounter also includes a keyboard cover and a pen. Is it even suitable as a notebook? COMPUTER BILD had the Aldi tablet Lifetab P10912 in the test.

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Lifetab P10912 put to the test: Popular 10-inch format

More than 75 percent of all tablet buyers today choose a 10-inch model – the 10-inch Lifetab P10912 fits perfectly into the loot scheme. The technology is in an inconspicuous plastic housing without accents, so it’s not a visual treat. This also applies to the display.

Scope of delivery: The Medion LifeTab P10912 is available from Aldi together with a pen including two tips, keyboard cover, power supply unit and USB-C charging cable.

It does show content with acceptable brightness, so that users can see something on the screen even outside in a lot of sun. The contrast is also okay. When it comes to color accuracy, however, the Aldi tablet is not so precise. That doesn’t interfere with surfing and watching movies, but it does with photo and video editing.

Medion LifeTab P10912 in the test: The image quality is okay, contrast and brightness are okay. The biggest weakness is the color fidelity.

No rush!

But that is not the strength of the Medion anyway: Elaborate image processing with performance-hungry apps such as Photoshop is a challenge for the tablet, so patience is required here. However, the performance is sufficient for simple Internet and office tasks such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint. The included keyboard and touchpad help immensely.

The keyboard of the Medion LifeTab P10912 also serves as a protective cover, and it also provides a set-up aid for the tablet – ideal for working or watching movies.

You can work much better with it than with a touchscreen – even if the keys are a bit wobbly and sometimes close together. Good for that: The keyboard has a support for the display, the tablet can be set up like a notebook. And: when folded, the display is protected during transport thanks to the cover.

In addition to the USB-C socket, the Medion LifeTab P10912 also has a headset connection and slots for the LTE SIM card and microSD memory cards.

With LTE, poor cameras

If the owner takes it out of the backpack while on the move, the Lifetab goes online via LTE – provided that there is a SIM card and network coverage. And the battery lasts almost eight hours without a socket even with intensive use. The memory is scarce at 64 gigabytes, but can be expanded by 1 terabyte using a microSDXC card. Nothing can be changed about the mediocre cameras.

Built-in display	10.1 “(1920 x 1200 pixels)
Dimensions / weight	246.0 x 171 x 8.8 mm / 495 grams
How good is the screen?
Maximum brightness	acceptable (388 cd / m²), maximum brightness manually adjustable
Contrast / Color fidelity / simple color space (sRGB) / extended color space (DCI-P3)	high (1530: 1) / very imprecise (90.1%) / low (93.5%) / too low (69.4%)
Usable display area (pixel density)	21.7 x 13.5 cm (226 ppi)
Display utilization of the front surface	somewhat low (69%)
How good are the battery life and charging time?
Battery: runtime very intensive use / capacity	long (7:40 hours) / 6000 mAh
Charging via cable: duration (hrs: mins) / Charging after 15/30/60 minutes (maximum output)	04:20 hrs / 6% / 12% / 24% (11 watts)
Inductive charging (max. Power, other devices can also be charged)	not possible
What is the pace of work?
Working speed	very slow (18%)
Operating speed	a little slow (30%)
Operating delay on the display	low (87.5 ms)
How good are the cameras?
Main camera: photo quality daylight / little light (technical measurement)	good (2.4) / a bit bad (2.7)
Main camera: release time / Wide angle (FOV) / Zoom (FOV) / Resolution: standard / maximum	satisfactory (158 ms / 70 ° / 19.7 ° / 8 megapixels / 8 megapixels)
Main camera Max. Resolution / Max. Frame rate / Time limit for slomo / Video zoom	very bad (1280×720 pixels (30 FPS) / 30 FPS (1280×720 pixels) / no slomo possible / Yes)
Front camera (technical measurement): daylight	sufficient
Front camera: wide angle (FOV) / Resolution: standard / maximum	good (64 ° / 5 megapixels / 5 megapixels)
How good are the equipment and quality?
Internal memory: built-in / expandable	64 GB / 1024 GB (micro SDXC)
Biometric securities	unavailable
Scratch resistance: housing / Screen / softest point	too low (hardness: 2) / high (hardness: 7) / too low (hardness: 2)
Dual SIM device	No
Supported cellular standard	4G LTE (up to 150 Mbps)
WLAN standard	ac (Wifi5) with up to 433 Mbps (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)
Wireless: Bluetooth / NFC / screen sharing	Bluetooth 5 / not available / not supported
By cable: headphone connection (can be used when charging) / USB / screen sharing	available (yes) / usable as data storage / not supported
equipment	Fast charging power supply, USB charging cable

Medion LifeTab P10912 in the test: conclusion

The Aldi tablet is not a full-fledged notebook replacement, but the Medion LifeTab P10912 can be used. The price of 289 euros is quite cheap for the performance offered. Comparable LTE tablets like that Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 costs well over 300 euros even without a keyboard and pen.

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Medion LifeTab P10912 in the test: Aldi tablet with keyboard and pen