![]() ![]() The Yoga 7i lineup is a step down from Yoga 9i in terms of price and some features, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a truly competent convertible in its own right. ![]() It can be covered with a built-in shutter, and there’s a fingerprint reader or an IR camera for facial recognition through Windows Hello. Above the display, the camera has been upgraded to 1080p for a clearer picture. There’s no longer a siloed active pen built into the laptop, but Lenovo does include a Precision Pen 2 with 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity and tilt detection. All offer Dolby Vision to make supported content look even better. The other has a more traditional UHD+ resolution and the same specs save for a maximum 60Hz refresh rate. One has a 2880x1800 (2.8K) resolution with 400 nits brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color, maximum 90Hz refresh rate, and VESA DisplayHDR 500. Moving up, there are two OLED displays for those who want the best color and contrast possible. The baseline display has a 1920x1200 (FHD+) resolution with 400 nits brightness, glossy finish, 100% sRGB color, and 60Hz refresh rate. Lenovo offers three high-end touch displays to match the overall premium design and features. (Image credit: Daniel Rubino/Windows Central) This is one of the Yoga’s main attractions, making it easy to both conference with colleagues and enjoy some movies or TV. It rotates with the laptop, giving you unmuffled, loud audio no matter how you’re using the PC. ![]() The 360-degree hinge that holds the lid and main body together is still a Bowers & Wilkins soundbar packed with four speakers and Dolby Atmos tuning. You get two Thunderbolt 4, USB-C 3.2 (Gen 2), USB-A 3.2 (Gen 2), and a 3.5mm audio jack. Ports aren’t exactly plentiful, but they’re nowhere near as spartan as something like the Dell XPS 13 Plus. Lenovo makes good use of the space around the keyboard, especially for this latest generational refresh, enlarging the touchpad by 45% and stretching out the keys for more typing area. That’s partly thanks to the slim bezel around the touch display with a taller 16:10 aspect ratio. Its slim aluminum chassis - now with rounded edges for a more comfortable hold, especially in tablet mode - weighs in at just 3 pounds (1.4kg) for OLED models, with an overall footprint that’s closer to a 12-inch laptop. But with the Sony VAIO garnering attention and the popularity of netbooks on the rise, it could be time for Lenovo to pursue new form factors and smaller designs.The Yoga 9i 14 (Gen 7) is the Yoga laptop to buy if you want the best. Unfortunately, Li's ambiguous statement doesn't indicate whether the Pocket Yoga is a design project or one that will hit the shelves. "The 'Yoga' notebook experiment is finished, but the stories of new developed products from Lenovo's design teams are always happening," Li continued. "It is the type of surprise that we designers want to give our customers," wrote Li. While the belt does add an aesthetic appeal to Pocket Yoga, it can be removed and used as a mouse, creating the third potential configuration for users. In addition to notebook and tablet configurations, the Pocket Yoga has a belt that wraps around the closed device. I feel that the hinge mechanism was one of the major innovations behind its usability and new experience for the user," Li wrote. "The soft hinge supports three modes, locking into each position. The 360-degree hinge that changes the netbook from a laptop configuration to touch screen was gifted to the Pocket Yoga by Lenovo's Yoga notebook. The Lenovo design team made the decision to cover the foldable PC in leather to provide comfort when it is put in a pocket and to give the PC the feel of something with more life than an object made of plastic and metal. The proportion of length and width is about the maximum size for a notebook that can fit into a pocket, or, as we like to say, it is the smallest pocket notebook." "Pocket Yoga is shaped just like a large wallet," Li wrote. The Lenovo pocket-sized netbook was first developed more than two years ago. Johnson Li, director of Lenovo's Beijing Innovation Center, took a turn as a guest writer on the Design Matters blog to address some of the thought that went into creating the Pocket Yoga.Īccording to Li, the Pocket Yoga was first thought up by a New Zealand-based Lenovo designer who practices yoga. ![]()
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