Lenovo’s 8-inch Legion Y700 may add OLED and 5G in August

Lenovo is preparing a new tablet for China called the Legion Y700 Infinite, and if a new leak is accurate, it would be the first model in the Legion Y700 line to ship with both 5G and an OLED display. The device is reportedly set to be unveiled in August.

According to leaker Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the tablet will use an 8-inch OLED panel with a centered front-facing camera. That would mark a notable shift for the series: the standard Legion Y700 Gen 5, released earlier this year, uses an IPS LCD.

The bigger change may be connectivity. The leak claims the Legion Y700 Infinite will support 5G and dual-SIM standby, including a physical SIM card and eSIM. That is still unusual for a gaming tablet, especially in a compact form factor, because it makes the device less dependent on Wi-Fi for streaming and cloud gaming on the go.

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Under the hood, Lenovo is said to be using an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, with CPU speeds of up to 4.74 GHz. Memory and storage options reportedly include:

• 12GB / 256GB
• 16GB / 512GB
• 24GB / 512GB
• 24GB / 1TB

Other rumored specs include a 50-megapixel rear camera and RGB lighting on the back, underscoring that Lenovo is positioning this as a gaming device rather than a conventional tablet.

The tablet is also expected to weigh about 310 grams. That would make it roughly 50 grams lighter than the regular Legion Y700 Gen 5, which is sold globally as the Legion Tab Gen 5. If the leak holds up, that mix of OLED, 5G, and lower weight will be the clearest separation between the Infinite model and the base version.

Lenovo would also be entering a more competitive niche. The Red Magic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro, sold outside China as the Red Magic Astra 2, is already targeting the same compact premium gaming tablet segment.