Lenovo revealed its latest PC and Chromebook solutions at MWCTM 2023 to support distributed hybrid working styles and provide advanced features to empower users across a wide range of needs. The newest PC solutions, including a complete ThinkPad refresh, emphasize system performance, sustainable materials, and user experience. ThinkPad Z13 and Z16 2nd-generation Windows 11 laptops improve hardware and software to help users stay creative. ThinkPad Z13 has a bio-based Flax Fiber top cover for a novel look and feel. Lenovo released a fourth-generation ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga with narrower bezels, new colors, materials, and features for hybrid work and movement. The 2023 ThinkPad portfolio includes the fourth-generation ThinkPad T14s, T14, and 2nd-generation T16 workhorse laptops and the L13, L13 Yoga, L14, and L15 for companies with a variety of mobile computing needs.
Value-conscious companies looking for productivity features can choose a fifth-generation ThinkPad E14 with 16:10 displays or the new 16-inch ThinkPad E16. The new ThinkPad Professional Cover protects various laptops in 13-inch and 14-inch sizes for frequent travelers. The ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One Gen 5 Monitor supports numerous work scenarios with enhanced audio-visual capabilities and redesigned features. Finally, consumers can enjoy the flexibility of the latest IdeaPad Duet 3i, a Windows 11 detachable laptop that smoothly transitions between clamshell and tablet modes, or the ChromeOS eco-system with the latest IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook with audio, visual, and connectivity upgrades.
Lenovo TruScale Device as a Service (DaaS) gives organizations a wide range of digital workplace solutions, flexible payment options, and the ability to scale IT to meet their changing business needs. Lenovo Premier Support Plus 2 boosts productivity and staff satisfaction. Users have seamless access to Lenovo’s best technicians, and a human-centered approach to IT help with this new complete suite of support services. Premier Support Plus uses Lenovo Device Intelligence AI insights to predict and avoid global fleet device downtime.
According to a Lenovo survey, purpose-driven IT boosts employee engagement, hybrid work flexibility, and employee experience. In today’s hybrid workplace, end users need tools that improve productivity and teamwork. Lenovo’s newest ThinkPad laptops feature human-centric innovations that promote hybrid working, purposeful thinking, and sustainability.
Lenovo’s design and engineering teams spend countless hours studying manufacturing, materials, energy efficiency, servicing, and packaging innovations to make more sustainable products. Lenovo invests in a resilient and sustainable global supply chain by using sustainable aviation fuel and biofuels for shipping, putting renewable energy in its factories, and adopting energy-efficient production processes to reduce carbon emissions.
Lenovo’s CO2 Offset Service, which has offset more than a million metric tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide) from Think PC purchases, and Asset Recovery Service, which has helped customers dispose of end-of-life technology gear for 15 years, encourage customers to meet their own sustainability goals.
After the December 2022 launch of refreshed ThinkPad X1 laptops, the rest of the ThinkPad portfolio adds new and updated models to one of the complete laptop portfolios. Lenovo’s commitment to supporting a circular economy and integrating post-consumer recycled content into 100% of PC products by 2025 reflects the greater use of recycled materials and PCC plastic in select components.
The table below shows Lenovo’s ongoing efforts to holistically adopt more sustainable practices in its ThinkPad product design and packaging in today’s ThinkPad laptops:
The new ThinkPad Z, X13, T, and L series will also include Lenovo Commercial Vantage, unveiled in December 2022. Commercial Vantage software’s intuitive features urge users to allow settings that reduce power consumption or extend component lifespan by clearly labeling and informing them.
The ThinkPad’s Z13 Gen 2 and Z16 Gen 2 are driven by the latest AMD RyzenTM 7000 Series Processors with AMD RadeonTM 700M Series Graphics, Windows 11, and up to 64GB Dual Channel memory and 2TB PCIe SSD. ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 offers a natural fiber-reinforced top shell bonded to 75% recycled aluminum, and this woven flax cloth is made entirely from flax plant fibers.
ThinkPad’s slim, light, and narrow edges make it more appealing. Fast and reliable Wi-Fi 6E3 means the communications bar. Its FHD camera and Dolby Voice® enabled microphones to deliver a luxury audio-visual experience for potent and engaging collaborative productivity, especially with a dispersed workforce.
The TrackPointTM and large haptic touchpad provide precise and comfortable input. Double-tapping the latter opens a four-card TrackPoint Fast Menu. These menu cards can modify for the camera, microphone, battery, and audio device settings like Bluetooth® or built-in speakers.
The ThinkPad’s X13 Gen 4 and X13 Yoga Gen 4 have slimmer bezels to enhance the screen-to-body ratio and hybrid working capability for frequent travelers. Dolby Audio speakers are now user-facing for a more immersive music, and video conferencing with a new optional 5-megapixel with Infrared camera is genuinely collaborative. X13 Gen 4 can be customized with a new 13.3-inch 2.8K OLED display with Dolby Vision® and Eyesafe® Certified Natural Low Blue Light technology to reduce eye strain and enhance immersion with deep blacks and vivid colors. Ultrasonic human presence detection protects against “over-the-shoulder” observers and Windows Hello face recognition simplify system login.
ThinkPad X13 Gen 4 and X13 Yoga Gen 4 can run Windows 11 Pro on 13th Generation Intel® CoreTM CPUs with Intel vPro® and integrated Intel Iris® Xe graphics. AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs with AMD Radeon 700M Series Graphics can also be used in X13 Gen 4.
Since May 2000, the ThinkPad T series has been released over twenty generations with design, performance, and productivity enhancements. The newest generation improves incrementally and uses sustainable materials. As hybrid working increases video conferencing, a new optional 5MP camera with Infrared can enhance user experiences. T14 Gen 4, T16 Gen 2, and T14s Gen 4 offer 2.8k OLED panels to reduce eye pain.
The L13 Gen 4 and L13 Yoga Gen 4 offer a low-power low-blue light monitor to improve battery life. The L14 Gen 4 and L15 Gen 4 can now be ordered with 2TB SSD storage, twice the capacity of the prior version.
The Lenovo View program on select ThinkPad models offers a better set of clever camera-based features to access the power of the embedded camera to improve video chat experiences, security, and digital health. Privacy settings, eye health alarms, auto-framing, and video enhancer algorithms work smoothly with unified messaging apps.
With its iconic style, the ThinkPad Professional Sleeve fits 13″ and 14″ ThinkPad laptops. It also eases travel. Phones, cables, and tools can be stored in an easy-access front pouch. Our clever use of 24% vegan leather, 73% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and 42% recycled PET liner on the outside and inside allows users to do it all while using more ecological materials.
ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 Graphite Black
SMBs have another laptop portfolio choice. Value-conscious users can choose the newest ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 or a 16-inch ThinkPad E16. The E series has 16:10 aspect ratio screens with screen-to-body ratios over 90%, a new keypad, and a bigger 115mm touchpad for a more comfortable and efficient experience.
The lighter laptops can be set with up to Windows 11 Pro, RAM up to 40GB, dual SSD storage up to 2TB, and optional Wi-Fi 6E3 for high-speed, stable Wi-Fi access. Additionally, 47Whr or 57Whr battery choices make ThinkPad E14 Gen and E16 better for mobility and hybrid workplaces.
For a more flexible all-in-one experience, the Tiny-in-One (TIO) form factor has typically allowed for modularity, allowing cable-less connection with various Tiny PCs and swapping components to refresh the display and PC separately. The newest ThinkCentre TIO displays have user-driven features for a mobile and hybrid workforce, adding to their ease. The new ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One Gen 5 Monitor, available in 21.5-inch and 23.8-inch forms, improves VoIP audio/visual with a 1080p camera, microphone, and two user-facing speakers. Both displays have a 3-side borderless, sRGB FHD display with natural low blue light technology for eye comfort and a 10-point touchscreen4 that enables a stylus pen5.
The modular ThinkCentre TIO product line has a back compartment with a built-in 3-in-1 connector port where the Tiny desktop unit can pop in and out and affix to the display without a cord. The new ThinkCentre TIO Gen 5 supports regular ThinkCentre Tiny and high-performance ThinkStationTM Tiny desktop PCs as part of its refreshed design. For greeting desks, kiosks, carted workstations, and rolling call centers, a spinning, vented compartment door covers and shields the PC unit, assuring a clean, sleek look from behind. The ThinkCentre TIO Gen 5 has a dual Kensington Lock to secure the monitor and Mini PC, useful in unmonitored public spaces like expo booths and libraries.
The ThinkCentre TIO Gen 5 has a back HDMI port and DisplayPort for connectivity with up to two external PCs, such as a laptop, tower workstation, or desktop. The ThinkCentre TIO Gen 5 monitors include many of Lenovo’s ThinkVisionTM T-series monitors’ generational design updates, including an ergonomically conscious stand with a broader lift range, a new joystick button for its settings, specialized VoIP buttons on the front of the screen for volume control, and an intelligent traffic light that goes red when the camera is on to warn people that the user is in a virtual meeting. Paper cushioned displays. Organizations can offset these displays’ carbon pollution with Lenovo’s CO2 Offset Service.
The newest IdeaPad Duet 3i is slim, elegant, and portable, with a fantastic new monitor, Windows 11, and a potent new Intel N-series Processor.
The IdeaPad Duet 3i is light, thin at 8.95mm, and changes quickly between laptop, tablet, and pen modes, making it ideal for students and multitaskers. Touchscreen users can work in smaller areas by detaching the device from the keypad.
The 2K touchscreen monitor with 100% DCI-P3 and 400 nits brightness of this 11.5-inch model is its most remarkable feature.
The upgraded 5MP front camera and 8MP back webcam with Dolby Audio improve online learning and talking for pupils and peers. The extra Lenovo Digital Pen for meeting and class notes performs better in this iteration.
Focus on work. Driven by the newest Intel N-series Processor, Wi-Fi 6, and up to 8.5 hours of battery life with Rapid Charge Boost for two more hours from a 15-minute charge.
The next-generation IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook with MediaTekTM Kompanio 500 Series CPU offers value-driven basics for today’s nomadic work- and lifestyles. This 14-inch laptop, with an FHD IPS touchscreen4, weighs 1.3kg (2.9 pounds), has an all-day battery lasting up to 13.5 hours6, and Wi-Fi 63 access.
This 3-series Chromebook has many new features beyond its better 100% sRGB screen. It’s ready for work, play, and study with Waves MaxxAudio-tuned front-facing speakers, a Type-C port, an FHD camera with a physical shutter, and a dedicated mute key.
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