Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Overview
The design of the X1 Yoga has not changed all that much. You have that all black design on the lid with a small ThinkPad logo in the top left and a smaller X1 logo in the bottom right. The dot in the “i” of the ThinkPad will light up when you have your system powered on. The laptop is made up of a mix of carbon fiber, glass fiber, and magnesium alloy. Overall the laptop has a great feel to it, unlike some other laptops that that are made of metal.
Jumping right into connections on the left side you have Thunderbolt 3 ports and a single USB 3.0 port. The top-most Thunderbolt 3 port is the charging port as well so you can be charging laptop and still taking advantage of 40Gbs throughput. This ThinkPad supports RapidCharge technology, which means the battery can be charged up to 80% in just 1 hour. There is also “anti-fry” protection that will prevent damage if say you use a 3rd party charger with the X1 Yoga and it sends the incorrect voltage.
On the opposite side you a Kensington lock port, HDMI-out port, another USB 3.0 port, native Ethernet port (with adapter), combo audio jack, and a power / sleep button.
Down from the power / sleep button you’ll find the ThinkPad Pro Pen docked inside its port. When docked inside it charges, when fully charged it gives the user yp to 130 minutes of active use. After on charging for 15 seconds the pen is charged to a level where it can be used for up to 100 hours! The pen has 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity and there are right and left click buttons built into the shaft that provide additional tools for data interaction.
On the rear of the laptop there is a small compartment that when opened reveals a microSD card card reader and SIM slot. It is actually nice to still see a microSD slot, it seems so many laptops don’t have them anymore.
Opening the X1 Yoga up you are greeted with a FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-reflective, anti-smudge, multi-touch display which has 270 nits of brightness. You do have the option to upgrade to a WQHD (2560 x 1440) display for $96 or a WQHD (2560 x 1440) HDR display with 500 nits brightness for $170. Unlike the think 5 mm bezels we saw on the Lenovo Yoga 920 the X1 Yoga has your traditional thicker bezels which should not be a deal breaker for most people. At the to center above the display is the 720 HD webcam that can be used for Skype calls and Google Hangouts. This camera features ThinkShutter which will cover the camera lens up so you don’t have to worry about anyone watching you and you don’t need to put tape over the camera when you aren’t using it.
One thing that Lenovo is known for is their laptop keyboards and the keyboard on the ThinkPad X1 Yoga is no different. The keyboard feels very comfortable and the keys are spaced out correctly where your hands don’t feel cramped it all. The keyboard is spitt-resistant according to Lenovo. You will find the ThinkPad “dot” on the keyboard, which old school ThinkPad users will love. The touchpad is placed slightly off-center on the chassis and you get left and right mouse buttons on the top of it.
To the right of the touchpad is the new finger print reader. It features a Match-In-Sensor, which is a much more secure method of analyzing finger print data than the previous Match-On-Host designs. Basically it makes it harder to forge a fingerprint.
