Lenovo’s wicked 17-inch ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 has a built-in 8-inch LCD display

Lenovo’southward wicked 17-inch ThinkBook Plus Gen three has a born eight-inch LCD display

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Lenovo has thrown its hat into the ring at CES 2022 with the ThinkBook Plus Gen three — the commencement 17.3-inch laptop with a built-in secondary eight-inch total-color LCD brandish. Better yet, it’south packing powerful specs under the hood.

We got a first look at Lenovo’southward new dual-screen laptop, forth with other exciting updating on the Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 2, ThinkBook xiv Gen iv+ i, and a new ThinkBook 16 Gen 4+ i. With the ThinkBook Plus Gen three looking to be a contender for our list of best business laptops, let’s swoop into what it has to offering.

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Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3

Lenovo’southward new ThinkBook Plus Gen three will be bachelor from May 2022, with a starting toll of $1,399. The 17-inch laptop aims to print, as it’due south powered by 12th Gen Intel Core H-Series processors, Intel Iris Xe graphics, up to 32GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 2TB for storage.

The ThinkBook Plus is equipped with a 17.3-inch primary display, with an impressive 21:10 ultra-broad attribute ratio with 3072×1440 resolution at 120Hz. You tin as well expect up to 400 nits of effulgence and a 90% screen-to-body ratio with Dolby Vision back up and low blueish lite with TÜV Rheinland EyeSafe certification.

The true star of the show is the secondary display placed on the base panel. This 8-inch 2d LCD touch glass display with 800×1280 resolution tin can exist used in a number of ways, including being a conversation window, notepad, cartoon lath to draw or edit images, calculator, and can even mirror smartphones. Plus, it sports a “Magic Launcher” that tin can identify ofttimes used application icons on the second display for quick admission. At present that’southward handy.

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 — (Image credit: Future)

The ThinkBook plus Gen 3 also comes with an integrated digital pen with ColorKing Plus and digital Pantone libraries for all your image editing needs. Yous’ll too find a Smart Power button with an integrated fingerprint reader for security, forth with an FHD (1080p) Infrared webcam with a physical privacy shutter.

With dimensions of 16.one 10 9 10 0.7 inches and weighing 4.4 pounds, the laptop can easily act every bit a portable desktop replacement. You’ll as well discover a glass touchpad and a backlit keyboard. And if you’re a fan of Tempest Grey, you’ll exist happy to know that’due south the only color the laptop comes in.

In terms of ports, the ThinkBook features ane Thunderbolt 4 port, one USB-C with Power Commitment and DisplayPort i.4 back up, ii USB-A ports, one HDMI output and an audio jack.

Lenovo’s ThinkBook laptops are some of the visitor’s best, including the Lenovo ThinkBook 13x and Lenovo ThinkBook Plus G2 ITG. We’re excited to come across how well the ThinkBook Plus Gen three handles, along with the other ThinkPad Z Series Lenovo recently announced at CES 2022.

Lenovo ThinkBook 14 and 16 Gen 4+ i

Lenovo besides announced updates to its ThinkBook 14 and new ThinkBook 16, with the fourth generation models at present boasting 12th Gen Intel Core H45 processors, thinner designs, 16:10 aspect ratio displays, larger drinking glass touchpads, smart sensors, and smarter features.

Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 +i — (Paradigm credit: Future)

Both models volition be bachelor from April 2022, with the ThinkBook 14 Gen 4+ i starting at $839 and the ThinkBook 16 Gen iv+ i is priced from $859.

Forth with the 12th Gen Intel Core, expect up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 GPU, up to 32GB LPDDR5 RAM and upward to 2TB for storage. The 14-inch model tin come equipped with a ii.8K (2880 x 1800) IPS 16:ten display with 400 nits of brightness, 90Hz refresh charge per unit, and 100% sRGB colour gamut, while the xvi-inch model tin can sport a ii.5K (2560 ten 1600) IPS 16:10 display, 350 nits of brightness, 120Hz and 100% sRGB color gamut coverage. Both laptops also have WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS 16:ten displays configurations available.

Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 4+ i — (Image credit: Future)

The 14-inch and sixteen-inch ThinkBook laptops’ chassis sport anodized aluminum metallic outside finishes on iii sides, and come up in Arctic Grayness. Both also have enough of ports, including one Thunderbolt iv port, one USB-C with Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.iv support, two USB-A iii.2 Gen1 ports, one USB-A two.0 port, one HDMI two.0 output, an audio combo jack and an Ethernet port. The xiv-inch laptop has a iii-in-1 Micro SD card reader, while the 16-inch boasts a 4-in-1 SD Card Reader.

Battery-wise, the ThinkBook xiv fits a 62Wh or 46.5Wh battery with Rapid Charge depending on the configurations, while the ThinkBook 16 boasts either a 71Wh or 57Wh battery also with Rapid Charge support.

Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 2i

Last merely not least, Lenovo too introduced an updated Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 2i, and information technology comes with an optional ThinkBook Wireless Multi-Device Charging Mat that brings wireless charging for the laptop via Power by Contact, and compatible mobile devices via a Qi charger.

Similar to the previous Lenovo ThinkBook 13x, the second-gen laptop at present boasts upwards to a twelfth Gen Intel Core processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, up to 2TB SSD, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, and comes with Windows xi (much similar every laptop introduced at CES 2022).

With upgraded specs, the 13-inch laptop volition at present exist an even better business laptop when compared to its predecessor, which we gave a loftier 4 stars out of 5 in our review of the previous ThinkBook 13x. We’re also great on trying the charging mat, which can deliver 65W wireless laptop charging and upwardly to 10W for mobile devices.

CES 2022 is showing off plenty of laptops, and you can go along upward-to-appointment on everything announced in our CES 2022 hub.

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