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When it comes to ChromeOS tablets worth buying, Lenovo pretty much has a corner on the market. If you’re looking for productivity, Lenovo’s larger Chromebook Duet is going to be your best choice. With a saucy 13.3″ OLED display and 8GB of RAM, the oversized 2-in-1 has just enough chutzpah to pull double duty as a great tablet and a mid-range productivity machine. That said, you’ll want to defer to the smaller Duet 3 if you’re really wanting a true tablet experience.
The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 features the same second-gen Snapdragon 7c processor as its larger sibling but pares down the chassis to a wieldable 10.95″ chassis. If you still need that extra horsepower that 8GB of RAM gets you, you can pick up that particular model of the Duet 3 directly from Lenovo but it’s going to cost you $429. For that much, you might as well get the Duet 5 for $499 and get that beautiful OLED screen. That’s just my opinion. You do you.
If you simply need a small, versatile tablet to tote around or perhaps use around the house, the 4GB/128Gb version of the Duet 3 from Best Buy is as solid as it gets. For the retail price of $379, the Duet 3 Chromebook may be a bit too pricey to pick up just as a secondary device but I have some great news. Best Buy has once again slashed the price of the tiny sleek ChromeOS tablet down to an all-time low of $249. That’s $50 cheaper than the first-gen Duet tablet and you’re getting an exponentially better device.
This model does have one caveat. If you’re looking to pick up a stylus for your new tablet, you’ll have to get one with the newer USI 2.0. Thankfully, Lenovo already offers a USI 2.0 stylus and you can frequently pick it up on sale for only $40. You can find the Lenovo Duet 3 Chromebook over at Best Buy via the link below. Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter while you’re here. The holiday shopping season is in full swing and you can bet that we’ll have tons of great Chromebook deals just like this one headed your way for weeks to come.
