Lenovo is taking dual-screen idea to the following stage with the Yoga E-book 9i, one of many first laptops with two full-size OLED touchscreens.
Tech firms previously have tried creating twin display laptops. Sadly, they both don’t go anyplace, just like the Microsoft Floor Neo, or are diminished in scale. This new Lenovo laptop computer, nevertheless, is doing issues a little bit in a different way.
A minimum of, Lenovo calls it a laptop computer. It’s extra of a pill with the hinge serving as a divider. The screens themselves don’t bend so that you don’t have to fret about an annoying crease happening the center. Trying on the announcement photos (opens in new tab), the Yoga E-book 9i is fairly versatile as each shows can be utilized for one picture or for engaged on two separate apps on the identical time. You possibly can conceivably give a presentation on one whereas “viewing the chat [and] advancing slides from the second display.”
Though there isn’t a keyboard straight hooked up, the Yoga E-book 9i will include a “removable Bluetooth keyboard”. Lenovo additionally says that it helps the Good Pen, however it’s unknown if the stylus is part of the launch package deal.
What to anticipate
Happening the specs, the Yoga E-book 9i’s OLED screens are 13.3-inches throughout, every outputting a 2.8K decision picture (2880×1800 pixels) at 60Hz. Each characteristic “one hundred pc DCI-P3 shade accuracy and Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR” that ought to ship vibrant, detailed visuals.
For audio, the dual-screen laptop computer comes with “Dolby Atmos spatial audio” in addition to a sound bar that homes audio system from Bowers & Wilkins for an immersive expertise.
Powering all the things is a Thirteenth-gen Intel Core i7-U15 CPU and an Iris Xe GPU, so don’t anticipate the 9i to have nice efficiency for gaming. It’s extra for work and faculty. You’re looking at round 10 hours utilizing each screens at a low brightness setting so that you may have the ability to go away the charger at house. Different notable options embody help for Wi-Fi 6E, a most storage capability of 1 TB, and a LPDDR5X 16G RAM.
Be ready to pay a hefty worth for the Yoga E-book 9i. It launches June 2023 in Tidal Teal with a beginning worth of $2,099.99 within the US.
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The opposite Lenovo CES launch that caught our eye is the Good Paper, a ten.3-inch E-ink pill positioning itself as a digital pocket book. You employ its Good Paper Pen to both write down notes or create illustrations with a high-level of precision, based on Lenovo. Customers would additionally have the ability to “select from 9 totally different pen settings… plus 74 notepad templates”. Plus, the Pen doesn’t want charging so that you don’t have to fret a couple of useless stylus.
It seems like Lenovo is setting the Good Paper as much as rival the Kindle Scribe, which is nice as an e-book reader however has relatively middling writing options. The Good Paper launches in late 2023 with a beginning worth of $399.99.
Lenovo introduced a ton of recent laptops that we couldn’t cowl right here. Remember to examine our TechRadar steady CES 2023 protection and what we expect are the greatest laptops on the occasion.
