This 2.4-pound 13-inch laptop is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdraon 8cx Gen 3 chip, which outperforms the previous generation but still lets you work for days.Click to unmute
Lenovo announced a range of new business laptops at Mobile World Congress, but two of the most interesting laptops happen to be the smallest – the ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 i and ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 .Lenovo said in a statement that the new ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 is the first true business Windows laptop powered by Snapdragon. This 13.3-inch 16:10 laptop was developed in a four-year collaboration between Qualcomm and Microsoft. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 computing platform, which is said to offer 85% better CPU performance and 57% better GPU performance compared to the previous-generation chip.
Snapdragon chip-powered laptops we’ve tested in the past have always been thin and light, with good ThinkPad X13s laptops batterylife, but generally disappointing processing performance compared to Intel or AMD processors.
That would be great if the performance claims hold up here, making it an extremely portable laptop that can get the job done anywhere.ThinkPad X13s is also expected to have a long ThinkPad X13s battery life of up to 28 hours. Because it operates more like a phone than a typical laptop, it has no fans, is 13mm thick, is made from 90% recycled magnesium, and weighs less than 2.4 pounds (1.1kg). There are some other nice extras like a 5-megapixel webcam, an IR camera for facial recognition, and Wi-Fi 6E, and it will support 5G mmWave or sub6 as well as 4G LTE.The Lenovo ThinkPad X13s will start shipping in the US from AT&T in May, starting at $1,099, and will be shipped by Verizon later this year.
That works out to about £820 and AU$1,520.Joining the ThinkPad X13s is the ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 i, Lenovo’s thinnest ThinkBook at 14.9mm thick and 2.8 pounds (1.3kg). It’s built specifically for the small and medium business market (SMB) and will start at about $850 when it becomes available in April. The 13s has a rugged metal body that meets mil-spec standards, so while it’s aimed at small and medium-sized business buyers, it could also be suitable for students or anyone who wants a small, rugged device that weighs under three pounds. The laptop can be configured with up to 12th Gen Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, and up to 1TB SSD storage.
You also get Wi-Fi 6E and a Full HD webcam with privacy shutter. Like Lenovo’s other business laptops, the ThinkBook 13s’ display aspect ratio jumps to 16:10 for a 13.3-inch display with a 2,560×1,600 resolution.The last version of this laptop Lenovo released was AMD-based, so its USB-C port wasn’t Thunderbolt. However, since this product is Intel, its USB-C port is Thunderbolt 4, and you also get an HDMI output, so it’s perfect for hotels or hot desking where you might want to use a single USB port, external monitor or peripheral device. cable.Lenovo also announced the new ThinkVision M14d, a portable 2.2K 14-inch 16:10 USB-C monitor that will make a great companion to the ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 i (or X13s). The display is tilt- and height-adjustable and weighs just 1.3 pounds (600 grams). Combined with the 13s Gen 4 i, total travel weight with display is just over 4 pounds.
Lenovo also announced several other updated models in the ThinkPad range, including 14-inch and 16-inch P- Series Workstations, 14-inch and 14-inch P-Series Workstations. 16-inch models of its T-series ThinkPads, the most popular line of business laptops, and the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5. The 16-inch X1 Extreme looks to be a capable device, built around a 16:10 165Hz display with 4K resolution and 600 nits of brightness. It can be configured with up to 12th Gen Intel Core i9 H-series vPro processors, up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics, up to 64GB of DDR5 memory, and optional dual SSDs for up to 8TB of storage. The product will be available in June starting at about $2,050.
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