Lenovo reveals new slim laptops, a new Chromebook, and new tablets

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, Lenovo is hosting its annual Tech World event for 2021 virtual today. It used the event to announce some new products that will be released soon, including two new Windows 11-based slip laptops, a new Chromebook with a detachable display, and two new Android tablets.

The IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro is one of the new laptops. You can order this large 16-inch notebook weighing 4.6 pounds with a 120 Hz refresh touchscreen display. Inside, you can get up to an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H mobile processor and also with discrete graphics chips up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 processor. It supports up to 16 GB RAM and up to 1 TB SSD storage. The battery is said to last up to 12.5 hours on a single charge. Other features include speakers with Dolby Atmos support, two USB ports, a USB-C port, an HDMI port and an SD card slot for more storage space.

As the name suggests, the IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon uses a carbon fiber material for its body. As a result, it weighs only 2.37 pounds. The 14-inch display has a resolution of 2,880 x 1,880 and a refresh rate of 90 Hz. Inside, the battery is said to last up to 14.5 hours, and you can use up to an AMD Ryzen 7 5800U mobile processor and an NVIDIA GeForce Insert the MX450 graphics chip. It supports up to 16 GB RAM and up to 1 TB SSD storage. You can also get it with two USB ports and one USB-C port, but there is no SD card slot or HDMI port on this notebook.

Along with the new laptops, Lenovo also introduced the IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook. The 13.3 inch screen used a OLED display that can be detached from the keyboard so that the display can be used as a Chrome-based tablet. Inside, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 chipset as well as up to 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of onboard storage are used. It weighs just 1.5 pounds and can last up to 15 hours on a single charge. It also includes a 5 MP front camera and an 8 MP rear camera, as well as two USB ports.

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The two new Android 11 tablets contain the P11 5G tab. It has an 11-inch 2,000 x 1,200 display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G processor inside and either 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage or 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. It also has a microSD card to add more storage space. You can expect a 13 MP rear camera, an 8 MP front camera with a ToF sensor, a battery that lasts up to 14 hours, and four JBL speakers. It supports both WiFi-6 and 5G networks.

Finally, the Lenovo P12 Pro Android 11 tablet includes both WiFi-only and 5G models. The 12.6-inch tablet has a 2,560 x 1,600 display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor inside. It also supports either 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage or 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage with a microSD expansion slot. The battery lasts up to 17 hours on a single charge. With this tablet you get a 5 MP as well as a 13 MP rear view camera as well as an 8 MP front camera with ToF sensor. It comes with a detachable keyboard and pen support that can be used to wirelessly turn on the tablet when connected.

Lenovo has not announced price points or release dates for any of these products. However, since the notebooks use Windows 11, we suspect that they won’t go on sale until October at the earliest, as Microsoft’s next Windows operating system update won’t start until October 5th.