If you have been shopping around for a great ultra book in
the last couple of weeks you have probably came across the Lenovo Yoga 3 pro. It’s
a top end machine powered by the latest Intel Core M chip. It comes with a
13.3inch QHD plus display. It is also magnificently thin and light. Lenovo really
weren’t kidding when they said that the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro will be one of the thinnest
and lightest laptops going around. It’s actually lighter and thinner than the
new Mac Book Air 13inch, which is a pretty impressive thing considering the Mac
Book Air is one of the premier devices for being thin and light. It makes it
extremely portable and easier to carry.
One of the main features of the Yoga 3 Pro is the watchband
hinge which makes the device more user friendly than ever. Not only can you use
it as a laptop, you can also fold it all the way to the back allowing you to
use it as a tablet. It allows you to bend it into any position that you want with
relative ease. Well you might think, is
this feature actually useful? Well it is really a handy device in the laptop
mode, so easy and comfortable to use. When it comes to sharing content with
family and friends I find the stand mode to be particularly useful. You can
simply put it up on the table, use the touch screen and go through something
like a slide show. You can alternatively have it sit next to you whilst you are
cooking, you can see your recipe open. If you want to take the laptop around
and show people documents throughout the office, the tablet mode is the perfect
for that, simply using the touch screen to browse through. There is also the
tent mode which comes in handy where you don’t want much of the device surface
touching the ground.
The outer shell is made fully of aluminum and on the silver
model I think it looks particularly great. It’s pretty similar to the material
that Apple uses for their Mac Book Pro. That said, when you flip it around to
see the inside that is not made of aluminum, so it’s not a full unit-body, it’s
in fact made of rubberized plastic that feels quite comfortable to use when you
are using it as a standard laptop.
The screen is protected by Gorilla glass. The bezels around
that QHD display can be quite sizeable when you are using it as a standard
laptop but it does facilitate the tablet use case. The display specs of the
device are really awesome. It’s a 13.3 inch QHD+ or 3200x1800 IPSL LCD display
which equates to a pixel density of over 270pixels per inch. Windows does still
have issues with display scaling so not every application that you launch on
the Yoga 3 Pro will look excellent on this high resolution display. If you do
have one of those apps that scale correctly, it will look fantastic on this display.
You also get the benefits of high saturation and fantastic viewing angles from
the IPS nature of this display.
However with all the high quality specs of the Lenovo Yoga 3
Pro, I was disappointed in the battery life of the device. The Intel Core M
processor seems too much for the battery, it drains too much battery ppower.
This is fairly disappointing when considering that it’s an ultra book and it
wouldn’t be all that portable considering that you will have to carry the
charger around.
Specifications of the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro
Display: 13.3’
QHD+ 3200*1800 IPS Multi-touch
Graphics: Integrated
Intel 5300 HD
Operating Sys: Windows
8.1 64-bit
Processor: 1.1GHz
Intel Core M-5Y70
RAM: 8GB
HD Memory 512
GB (total) SSD
Networking Wi-Fi
802.11 b, g, n (2.4, 5GHz)
Bluetooth
Connectivity: 2
USB 3.0
1
DC-in with USB 2.0
Micro
HDMI out
4-in-1
card reader (SD, MMC, SDXC, SDHC)
Input: Keyboard
Trackpad
Size: 11.8*9*0.5
Inches
Weight: 1.2kg
(2.6 pounds)
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