Today at CES 2023, Lenovo unveiled a group of new devices that the company hopes will meet the needs of today’s consumers. These include a dual-screen laptop, an all-in-one PC, a tablet PC, and a motion capture camera.
Lenovo Yoga Book 9i
The highlight of Lenovo’s lineup is the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i, a dual-screen laptop reminiscent of the Surface Neo, which Microsoft announced several years ago but failed to release to the public. The Yoga Book 9i has two 13.3-inch OLED displays with an aspect ratio of 16:10 and a resolution of 2880 x 1800. It comes with Dolby Vision support and has a 360-degree rotating sound bar on the hinge.
You can use just one screen for a typical laptop experience, but you can also use both displays to enhance your experience. For example, you can put your email on one screen and your reference content on another. Or if you’re a student, you can watch a lecture on one display and take notes with a stylus on the other. You can even use a Bluetooth keyboard, which can be used separately from the device or connected to it to mimic a normal laptop.
When it comes to performance, the Yoga Book 9i is powered by 13th Gen Intel processors and has 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The Yoga Book 9i comes in “Tidal Tail” color, and will be available this June starting at $2,099.99.
Lenovo Yoga AIO 9i
Lenovo Yoga AIO 9i is an all-in-one PC designed for creatives. It has a 31.5-inch 4K display with 100% sRGB coverage. The screen is enclosed in a thin panel with a metal hinge that tilts to your desired angle.
The PC has its base components, such as a 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H or 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900H processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs, 16 or 32GB of RAM, and 512GB or 1TBSD storage. The back of the base has seven ports and a built-in wireless smartphone charger. A 5MP camera sits above the display and features IR facial recognition and a privacy shutter for Windows Hello.
What’s more, the device allows you to connect and charge your laptop and AIO via a full-function USB-C cable and control both using a single keyboard and mouse. Finally, it supports multiple voice assistants.
The Yoga AIO 9i will start at $1,799.99 and is expected to be available in the third quarter of the year.
Lenovo Yoga 9i, Yoga Slim 7i Carbon, Yoga 6, and Lenovo Slim 7
The Lenovo Yoga 9i, Yoga Slim 7i Carbon, and Lenovo Slim 7 are also now being refreshed with 13th Gen Intel Core processors. The same goes for the Yoga 6, which will now be powered by AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors.
All of these laptops except the Yoga Slim 7i Carbon are expected to launch in the US in April. The Lenovo Yoga 9i will start at $1,499.99, while the Lenovo Slim 7 and Lenovo Yoga 6 are both expected to start at $729.99.
Lenovo Tab Extreme
Lenovo also unveiled a new Android 13 tablet called the Tab Extreme. The device features a 14.5-inch 3K OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and support for DCI-P3 color gamut, Dolby Vision, and HDR 10+. When it comes to sound, it has eight JBL speakers with quad-channel audio.
In terms of performance, the Tab Extreme is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000. It also packs 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage space, and a 12300mAh battery that Lenovo claims is good for up to 12 hours of video playback.
Moreover, the Tab Xtreme has a dual-mode stand that magnetically attaches to the device and allows you to hold the device in a horizontal or vertical position. There’s also a dual-hinged keyboard where you can mount the tablet and tilt it to their preferred angle. The keyboard hinge serves as a storage basket for the included pen.
The Tab Extreme also has some smart features, like a camera that keeps the user in frame even when they’re moving around. Its microphones can filter out background noise for clear audio quality within a 50cm radius. There’s also a 360-degree voice capture mode for when you have multiple people on a call.
The Tab Extreme will be available later this year for a starting price of $1,199.99.
Lenovo Smart Paper
Lenovo has another tablet called the SmartPaper, which is an e-ink tablet for taking notes. It has a 10.3-inch anti-glare touch display housed in an all-metal casing. Its stylus doesn’t need to be charged and supports tilt detection and 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, making note-taking feel more natural. There are nine different pen settings and 74 notebook templates that mimic real-life writing.
Lenovo claims that with SmartPaper’s 50GB of internal storage, the device has room for more than 50,000 pages of notes. You can also easily search text and convert your handwriting to text. Moreover, you can record audio while taking notes. If you don’t remember the verbal context surrounding the notes you took during the recorded session, you can select specific text to hear a playback of what you said during that session. was written Finally, you can access over two million books at eBooks.com.
The Lenovo Smart Paper will start at $399.99 and will be available later this year.
Project Kronos
Project Kronos is a motion capture camera that aims to make virtual interactions more natural without using wearable technologies. It uses a depth-of-field camera to capture and simulate your real-life movements in a 3D-rendered virtual environment. Once an avatar is created, you can control it using your gestures, movements, posture, and even facial expressions, and watch it appear on the screen in near real-time. This, according to Lenovomakes it easy for people to create content in the virtual world.
Project Kronos can be mounted on a wall or placed under a TV or monitor. Lenovo will unveil the device with its final name sometime in the future. In the meantime, the company is working with developers, content, and service partners to create experiences that leverage Project Chronos’ technology.
