Lenovo's trio of Android tablets

Among the three models announced, the 10-inch Lenovo S6000 has the best specifications.
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Lenovo has announced three new Android Jelly Bean 4.1 tablets at the ongoing Mobile World Congress tradeshow. 

Consisting of the 10.1-inch S6000 and a pair of 7-inch slates--the A3000 and the A1000--these tablets have fairly modest hardware, and are likely to target the mainstream and budget segments. 

A unique feature on the Lenovo S6000 and the S3000: Optional HSPA+ cellular data that provides broadband connectivity without signing up with a service provider. This "Lenovo Mobile Access" feature, however, is valid for a limited time--users will need to sign up a cellular data plan if they wish to continue to have mobile broadband access.

The 10.1-inch S6000 has a middling 1,280 x 800-pixel screen powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor from MediaTek. It's fairly light at around 560g and measures just 8.6mm thick. 

Of the two 7-inch tablets, the S3000 is equipped with an IPS panel with a 1,024 x 600-pixel resolution. It uses a similar MediaTek processor and comes with microSD expansion option (up to 64GB). Meanwhile, the A1000 doesn't appear to have an IPS screen, and the processor is only a dual-core version. Users can still augment the built-in 16GB of storage via the microSD card slot (up to 32GB).

Lenovo has yet to reveal the prices for these tablets, but you can expect them to be available around the world sometime in Q2. Check out CNET's coverage here for more hands-on pictures of these tablets.