Lenovo is experimenting by playing it safe by courting the Surface Neo while targeting the iPad Pro with its new Yoga line.
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Lenovo’s crazy designs in 2023 continue with the new Yoga Book 9i, the company’s first full-size dual-screen OLED laptop.
With the Yoga Book 9i’s dual 13.3-inch 2.8K PureSight OLED displays with 100% DCI-P3 color accuracy and Dolby Vision® HDR, users will be blown away by the ultra-vivid colors, sharper contrast, and detail. richer than images. With Dolby Atmos® spatial audio and a 360-degree rotating soundbar with Bowers & Wilkins® speakers, consumers can enjoy an exceptional entertainment experience. Another touching design feature of the Yoga Book 9i is its modern and sophisticated Tidal Teal color. It also comes in environmentally friendly packaging with the cushion materials, gift box and outer box all containing 100% recycled paper.
Similar to Microsoft’s Surface Neo concept, the Yoga Book 9i joins full screens as a new laptop design with an additional Bluetooth keyboard for an expanded computing experience.
While I personally prefer the Neo’s aspect ratio, there may be something here for a full-screen approach.
The Yoga Book 9i will start at $2,099.99 and is slated for release in June 2023.
Lenovo is redesigning its all-in-one Yoga workstation with the new Yoga AIO 9i desktop. The AIO 9i desktop leverages a new safety pin rear design that connects the monitor to the ultra-thin desktop that houses the latest 13th Generation Intel Core i9 processor paired with a possible NVIDIA GeForce Next Gen graphics processor and an integrated wireless smartphone charger.
The AIO 9i’s monitor is a nearly borderless 31.5-inch 4K panel with 100% sRGB support and a built-in 5MP infrared (IR) webcam and four Harman Kardon tuned speakers with spatial Dolby Atmos audio support.
The Yoga AIO 9i will be available for $1,799.99 in Q3 2023.
If you’re looking for something a little more mobile, Lenovo is bringing its Apple iPad competitor to the market with the Lenovo Tab Extreme. While Lenovo has made several tablets that could take on the iPad, the new Tab Extreme is perhaps the most indicative of their efforts to rival the industry leader.
From its 3K OLED display with DCI-P3 color gamut and up to 120Hz refresh rate, this tablet can serve as a private home theater in virtually any room of the house. Boasting an incredible 1M:1 contrast ratio, it offers an extreme brightness range that faithfully reproduces what you would see in real life. When it comes to audio, Dolby Atmos and an impressive array of eight high-performance 4-channel JBL® speakers spaced evenly between the woofers and tweeters create a dynamic and spacious audio experience. A powerful MediaTek® Dimensity 9000 Octa-core processor and an all-day battery that lasts up to 12 hours4 round out the key hardware components of this tablet behemoth. However, where the awe really lies is in the deliberate design behind it.
The 14.5-inch Lenovo Tab Extreme delivers all the high-end bells and whistles while combining a barely familiar keyboard experience for those comfortable with the Apple Magic Keyboard along with the third revision of support for the Lenovo Precision Pen technology. agency.
The Tab Extreme starts at $1,199.99 and is expected to be available by the end of 2023.
Lenovo continues its e-Ink push with its new Lenovo Smart Paper which will take on the Kindle Scribe, Onyx Nova3 and Remarkable 2.
Lenovo Smart Paper is a 10.3-inch anti-glare E-ink touchscreen display that supports Lenovo’s Smart Paper Pen which features up to 23 millisecond latency and 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity as well as tilt detection. Lenovo loads its Smart Paper device with 74 notebook templates including graphic shapes, blanks, and even music manuscripts, which can help it gain an edge over the competition.
The ultra thin and light e-Ink notebook can store up to 500GB of data, which is equivalent to 50,000 pages of notes.
The Lenovo Smart Paper will be available for $399.99 and hit shelves later in 2023.
Lenovo has also updated its more traditional PC fare with the Yoga Slim 6i, updated 14-inch Yoga 9i, Yoga Slim 7i Carbon, and Yoga 6 with 16:10 screens, 13th-generation AMD Ryzen 7000, and Intel processors. , Dolby Vision support and video enhancement. conferencing features such as noise cancellation and background blur settings.
- The Yoga Slim 6i (14″, 8), known as the Lenovo Slim 7 (14″, 8) in the US, will start at $729.99 and is expected to be
available from April 2023.18 - The updated Yoga 9i (14″, 8″) will start at $1,499.99 and is expected to be available April 2023.18
- The updated Yoga 6 (13″, 8″) will start at $729.99 and is expected to be available April 2023.18
- The new Yoga Slim 7i Carbon (13″, 8) is not available in North America.
