Lenovo Keeps the OLED Y700 Infinite Inside China

Lenovo started selling the Legion Y700 Infinite in China on August 25, pairing an 8.4-inch OLED screen with 5G. The compact gaming tablet uses a higher-clock Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and opens at 4,999 yuan for 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.

Lenovo has not listed a global model. US and Europe stores still sell the IPS Legion Tab Gen 5, while RedMagic already ships an OLED rival worldwide.

China Got the OLED Legion Tablet on August 25

The Infinite is a new Y700 body, not a sticker on the 8.8-inch Gen 5. Lenovo cut the screen to 8.4 inches, switched the panel to flexible OLED, added a punch-hole camera, and put a cellular radio in a line that had been Wi-Fi only. July leaks floated a MediaTek chip. The launch unit uses Qualcomm silicon instead.

Lenovo’s China store listing for the Infinite went live with the hardware. Early-bird prices sit 500 yuan under the suggested tags on every model.

CHINA LAUNCH PRICES

• 12 GB + 256 GB: 4,999 yuan at launch, 5,499 yuan regular.
• 16 GB + 512 GB: 5,999 yuan at launch, 6,499 yuan regular.
• 24 GB + 1 TB: 7,999 yuan at launch, 8,499 yuan regular.

Those yuan figures are China retail, not a converted US SKU, and Lenovo has not posted matching dollars for other regions. The same week, import shops began listing the slate for buyers who will accept a China ROM and a grey SIM tray.

HOW THE Y700 LINE SPLIT

1. March 2026: Lenovo sells the IPS Y700 Gen 5 in China and the Legion Tab Gen 5 abroad, both on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
2. July 2026: Lenovo teases an Infinite model with OLED and 5G after the July tease of OLED and 5G first circulated.
3. July 17, 2026: RedMagic takes the Astra 2 global, with OLED and no cellular.
4. August 25, 2026: The Infinite goes on sale in China; Lenovo still names no export date.

That split is the product plan. China gets the new radio and the new panel. Everyone else is still offered last season’s LCD tablet, or pointed at a rival that did bother to run a worldwide OLED launch.

An 8.4-Inch Panel With 4,000-Nit Peaks

Lenovo’s launch materials put a 2560×1600 OLED behind 2.89 mm bezels. The panel covers 100% of DCI-P3, uses 12-bit color via 10-bit plus FRC, and is factory tuned to a Delta E under 1. Local peak brightness is 4,000 nits at a 1% patch. The floor is 1 nit.

Refresh is 165 Hz and adaptive. Lenovo says the sheet can step through 165 Hz, 144 Hz, 120 Hz, 60 Hz, and a 30 Hz always-on mode, which is the first time the company has described a flexible OLED tablet that way. Instant touch sampling is 3,400 Hz. Ten-finger sampling is 360 Hz. End-to-end touch delay is quoted at 39 ms.

The front camera sits in a punch-hole, a step back from the clean Gen 5 face and the trade that buys those thin rims. For games with dark UI chrome, OLED contrast is the change that shows up before any benchmark does. For reading, the 1 nit floor and high-frequency PWM dimming are the quieter pitch Lenovo ran next to the esports copy.

The Faster Snapdragon Lands in a 298g Body

Lenovo binned the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 as a Leading Version. Prime cores reach 4.74 GHz, the same ceiling Qualcomm posts for the high bin, and the company quotes an AnTuTu result of 4,585,844. Memory is LPDDR5T. Storage is UFS 4.1 Pro. Cooling is a 15,000 mm² vapor chamber set in the middle of a 6.5 mm shell that weighs 298 grams.

Clocking in at 4.74GHz, the 3rd gen Qualcomm Oryon CPU improves performance by 20% and CPU power efficiency by 35%, while the Adreno GPU enhances graphics performance by 23% and GPU power efficiency by 20%.

Qualcomm, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 product page

Qualcomm also sells a 4.6 GHz cut of the same platform. The Infinite uses the faster bin, which is the one with those 4.74 GHz Oryon CPU clocks. Two USB-C ports sit on the chassis, one with DisplayPort out, plus dual X-axis linear motors, Dolby Atmos speakers, an 8 MP punch-hole camera, and a 50 MP rear sensor with an RGB halo.

Y700 INFINITE VS TAB GEN 5 VS ASTRA 2

The Infinite is 65 grams lighter than the Astra 2 and 0.4 mm thinner. It also gives up 1,530 mAh against the Tab Gen 5’s 9,000 mAh cell, which is the cost of the smaller OLED chassis.

Why the Battery Dropped to 7,470 mAh

Lenovo kept 68 W charging and bypass charging, so a plugged-in session can skip the cell. The pack itself is the concession. A 7,470 mAh battery in a 6.5 mm, 298 gram tablet is the thermal and weight budget after OLED, 5G antennas, and that 15,000 mm² chamber took their share.

5G is the other half of that budget, and it is the first cellular radio on a Y700. Dual-SIM standby is in the launch kit. Lenovo has talked up a physical tray plus an in-device data plan for China, and a multi-antenna layout so a landscape grip does not kill the signal. The chip’s X85 modem is the same family Qualcomm rates at up to 12.5 Gbps down and 3.7 Gbps up. Lenovo has not published an English band table for this tablet, so those peaks stay chip ratings, not a measured Infinite result.

WHAT THE 5G SKU ADDS

• The radio: Dual-SIM 5G on a line that was Wi-Fi only through Gen 5.
• The ports: Two USB-C jacks, one with DisplayPort, so a charger and a link can run together.
• The charge path: 68 W plus bypass, so long sessions can feed the board and spare the 7,470 mAh pack.

Hands-on posts already treat the Infinite as a large phone more than a couch slate. That is the 5G talking. A Wi-Fi Y700 needed a hotspot. This one can sit on a train with its own plan, which is also why Japan buyers keep asking for a certified local model instead of a grey import that trips radio rules.

RedMagic Already Sells OLED Worldwide

RedMagic put the Astra 2 on global sale in late August as a 9.06-inch 185 Hz OLED tablet from $699, with an 8,300 mAh cell, 75 W charging, and visible liquid cooling. It has no 5G. It also has no 24 GB or 1 TB option. What it has is a storefront in North America, Europe, and the rest of RedMagic’s map, which the Infinite does not.

On paper the Lenovo wins several columns: denser 2560×1600 panel, 4.74 GHz bin, 4,000-nit local peak, 298 grams, dual-SIM 5G, 24 GB at the top. The Astra 2 wins the ones you can buy without a freight forwarder: 185 Hz, a larger 8,300 mAh pack, 75 W, and a warranty that does not stop at the Chinese border. For a buyer in the US or Germany, that last column decides the sale.

Lenovo still sells the Legion Tab Gen 5 in the US as the official compact Legion, starting at $699.99, with the 8.8-inch IPS PureSight sheet, 9,000 mAh battery, and no SIM slot. That tablet is the one global customers can actually order from Lenovo. The Infinite is the one that answers the OLED and 5G complaints those customers filed about it.

Importers Are Already Moving Units out of China

Teardown clips were online by early September, so retail units left the warehouse. Reviewers who sat with the tablet have already started hedging, and the hedges are price and the China software stack, not the panel. A 4,999 yuan open is real money for an 8.4-inch slate that some buyers want to use as a big phone. The Chinese name 无极 is a pun on “unlimited,” which maps neatly onto the 5G radio. The radio is also the part that does not travel.

Grey-market shops listed the Infinite within days of the China sale. That channel has carried every Y700 generation to Japan, Korea, and Europe, usually with extra ROM work and no Lenovo warranty. It will carry this one too, because the official alternative is still an IPS Wi-Fi tablet. Until Lenovo posts a global Infinite page, RedMagic keeps the worldwide OLED compact tablet and importers keep the 5G SKU.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Refresh Rates Does the Y700 Infinite OLED Use?

Lenovo describes a multi-level adaptive OLED that can run at 165 Hz, 144 Hz, 120 Hz, 60 Hz, and 30 Hz for always-on display, which is a finer set of steps than the single 165 Hz figure on the IPS Tab Gen 5. Instant touch sampling is 3,400 Hz, ten-finger sampling is 360 Hz, and end-to-end touch delay is quoted at 39 ms.

Does the Y700 Infinite Work With Lenovo’s G9 Controller?

Lenovo has shown the Infinite with the G9 gamepad that shipped beside the Y700 Gen 4, plus an arcade dock and the CR7 Supreme Cooler Kit, so the accessory thread from older Y700 units is meant to carry over. Those add-ons are China-market pieces; a grey import still has to match plug type, firmware, and regional Bluetooth pairing on its own.

How Close Is the Y700 Infinite to iPad Mini Size?

The Infinite is 8.4 inches and 298 grams, next to the 8.3-inch iPad mini 7 at 293 grams for the Wi-Fi model, so the two sit in the same pocket class even though one is OLED at 165 Hz and the other is LCD at 60 Hz. The Lenovo is 6.5 mm thick and uses a punch-hole; the mini keeps a full front and optional cellular on Apple’s own SKU, which is the licensed path the Infinite still lacks outside China.

Which Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Version Is Inside?

Lenovo fitted the Leading Version with prime cores at 4.74 GHz and quotes 4,585,844 points on AnTuTu, while Qualcomm’s standard cut of the same platform tops out at 4.6 GHz. The chip still includes the X85 5G modem and FastConnect 7900 Wi-Fi 7 block; Dual SIM Dual Active is on the platform sheet, and Lenovo enabled dual-SIM 5G on this tablet rather than shipping another Wi-Fi Y700.

Lenovo’s China store is still the only official place to buy the OLED 5G Y700. The Tab Gen 5 remains the global Legion tablet, and the Astra 2 remains the OLED compact you can order without a forwarder.