Lenovo unveiled new laptops at Mobile World Congress this week for businesses, home users, and students.
Of note to hybrid employees, AMD and Windows 11 laptops, ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 and ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2, come with AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs with Radeon 700M series graphics, up to 64GB dual-channel RAM and PCIe SSDs up to 2 TB.
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These devices will be available in the summer for € 1,649 and € 2,249 respectively. Lenovo debuting the first generation of the ThinkPad Z13 and ThinkPad Z16 for AMD only in January 2022.
On the Intel side, Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad X13 Gen 4 and the ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen 4, featuring 13th Gen Intel Core processors with integrated Intel Iris X graphics. The X13 Gen 4 can also be ordered with AMD Ryzen 7000 Series processors, with AMD Radeon 700M series graphics. The new laptops will be available from July for €1,190 and €1,290 respectively.
At lower prices there are the new Chromebooks, the IdeaPad Slim 3 from €349 and the detachable Windows 11 IdeaPad Duet 3i from €449.
The IdeaPad Duet 3i can move between laptop, tablet and pen modes. It has an 11.5-inch screen and features a 5-megapixel (MP) front camera and an 8MP rear webcam. It has an Intel N-series Celeron processor, supports Wi-Fi 6, and offers 8.5 hours of battery life, while the fast charging boost provides two hours of use on a 15-minute charge.
Lenovo’s new 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook comes with a MediaTek Kompanio 500 series processor. It has a full HD touchscreen display and weighs 1.3kg (2.9 pounds) and has 13.5 hours of battery life. It has a Type-C port, an FHD webcam with a physical shutter, and a dedicated mute key. It is available from May.
Chromebook shipments have tank following an outbreak in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, with Lenovo, Dell, HP and Acer all seeing double-digit declines in shipments. Only six million Chromebooks were shipped in the second quarter of 2022, down from 12.3 million a year earlier. Lenovo is the third largest supplier of Chromebooks and saw shipments drop 54% year-on-year to 1.2 million.
Finally, Lenovo has announced the fourth generation of the second generation ThinkPad T14s, T14 and T16 laptops and the fourth generation ThinkPad L13, L13 Yoga, L14 and L15.
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The ThinkPad T14s, T14 and T16 start at €1,590, €1,345 and €1,390 respectively and will be available from July. The ThinkPad L13 and L13 Yoga will be available in April for €839 and €980 respectively.
Lenovo is trying to make its laptops less harmful to the environment by using more recycled materials and PCC plastic. It aims to integrate post-consumer recycled content in all of its PC products by 2025.
IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook. Image: Lenovo
