Lenovo Legion Gaming Laptops, Lenovo VR Headset Unveiled Ahead of CES 2017

At CES 2017, Lenovo introduced a sub-brand called Lenovo Legion dedicated only to gaming PCs and launched two new laptops made with the feedback received from the gaming community. To further its gaming efforts, Lenovo also unveiled its first ever VR headset that intends to work with the Windows Holographic program as well.

The Lenovo Legion laptops are targeted mainly at gamers, and they look to offer good graphics performance, powerful processors, and efficient cooling systems. The first two laptops to flag off the series include the Lenovo Legion Y720 and Legion Y520.

Let's talk about the Lenovo Legion Y720 laptop first! The Legion Y720 can be powered with up to seventh generation Intel Core i7 processors and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB of GDDR5 video RAM, making it VR compatible as well.

The laptop sports a 15.6-inch UHD (3840x2160 pixels) or full-HD (1920x1080 pixels) IPS display with anti-glare. It is said to be the world's first laptop to come with Dolby Atmos technology for superior audio quality. The laptop offers support for the Xbox One wireless controller and comes with an optimized thermal cooling system for keeping the laptop in cool even during intense game fights.

The Lenovo Legion Y720 laptop offers up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and you can customize the storage with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB of SSD, or 1TB, 2TB of HDD storage. Lenovo claims that the laptop offers five hours of battery life and weighs 3.2kgs. Connectivity options include the fast Thunderbolt 3 port.

Then comes the Lenovo Legion Y520 laptop. This laptop features a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920x1080 pixels) IPS display along with Anti-glare. It is also powered by up to seventh generation Intel Core i7 processors and up to a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card. It offers the same storage and memory configurations as the Y720. The laptop comes with Harman speakers for good audio output and weighs only 2.4kg. Both the Legion Y720 and the Legion Y520 come with backlit keyboards for ease in gaming at night. While the Lenovo Legion Y520 laptop starts at $899.99 (roughly Rs. 61,500) and will be available sometime in February, the Lenovo Legion Y720 laptop starts at $1,399.99 (roughly Rs. 95,700) and will be available sometime in April.

Along with the Legion lineup, Lenovo also ventured into the VR segment with a demo of its first ever VR headset. The company has not announced any details of the headset, but it is reported to be priced below $400 (roughly Rs. 27,400) whenever it arrives. The design of the headset is such that the lens rests on your forehead instead of the nose. It uses two 1440x1440 pixels OLED panels for display and is said to be pretty lightweight in comparison to the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. What's interesting is that the Lenovo VR headset will work with Microsoft's Windows Holographic Program.

Lenovo ahead of CES 2017 also launched the Thinkpad X1 Carbon, Thinkpad X1 Yoga, and the Thinkpad X1 Tablet as well. It also refreshed the Miix series with 12-inch Miix 720 tablet running on Windows 10. The Miix 720 comes with a detachable keyboard and a fold out kickstand for multi-purpose usage. All of these products will hit the market before April.

Source: Lenovo Newsroom

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Lenovo launches its Latest Range of Intel 7th Generation Powered laptops

With the festive season approaching, Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Monday launched a new range of consumer laptops in India that offers a faster and more powerful experience.

The models: Ideapad 510s, Ideapad 710s, Ideapad Y700, Ideapad 310, Ideapad 510 and Miix 310, which will further strengthen Lenovo's attempt to offer innovative and breakthrough technology to its customers, the company said in a statement.

"Lenovo believes in listening to its consumers to create products that address evolving consumer tastes, and at times also leading them to new form factors," said Rajesh Thadani, Head and Executive Director, Consumer, Online and E-commerce, Lenovo India.

The Rs 51,090 Ideapad 510s, which in addition to being thin and light, enables users who are on-the-move to be productive and entertained with lightning-fast charging and a Harman Kardon audio system. The new Yoga 510 comes with fast charging capability and is priced at Rs 40,990.

The Rs 73,390 Ideapad 710s is ideal for those who are looking at lightweight laptops that offer heavy-duty performance. It packs a 13.3-inch full HD IPS panel and is equipped with a high-speed PCIe solid-state drive and quick-charging facility. The Rs 128,090 Ideapad Y700 is a desktop-class gaming laptop that caters to growing demand for gaming PCs in India.

The highlight of the device is the hard-bundled gaming kit worth Rs 19,496 which gamers can buy at Rs 2,999 only and includes an armoured back-pack, mechanical mouse, gaming mouse and a special headset.

The Ideapad 310 comes with full HD touch screen display and 7th Gen Intel CPU along with NVidia graphics capability and is priced at Rs 28,390. The all-new ideapad 510 comes with Harman Kardon audio, 7th Gen Intel processors, IPS panel full-HD display and 4GB NVidia discrete graphics and is available at Rs 61,690.

Weighing just 580g, Miix 310 (priced at Rs 17,490) offers consumers choice of a 2-in-1 detachable featuring a full HD display, 64GB eMMC storage and 4GB of RAM.

Lenovo products can be experienced at Lenovo Exclusive stores and outlets such as Croma, Reliance Digital and Ezone.

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RDP ThinBook: The world’s cheapest 14-inch laptop was designed in Hyderabad and costs Rs 9,999

Did you know that the world's cheapest 14-inch laptop was designed in India? RDP’s ThinBook is that device and claims to be just that. At Rs 9,999 for the device, it's hard to argue with that claim.

The RDP Thin Book is a Windows 10 based laptop is powered by Intel Atom x5-Z8300, which is a 1.8GHz quad core chip, along with 2GB ram & 32GB storage (expandable upto 256 GB).  Graphics are provided by an Integrated Intel HD graphics and the system also includes a web camera and connectivity is supported by Bluetooth 4.1 and integrated 802.11a/b/g/n/ac. The laptop is backed by a 10000 mAh 3.7 v battery.The RDP ThinBook has a 14.1-inch device with a screen resolution of 1366×768.

The device is strikingly similar to the iBall CompBook Excelance, which offers the same specifications, though in a smaller form-factor. Offering the same configuration in a device with a 14-inch screen is an achievement in itself.

The laptop was announced in June, but it was officially unveiled on 3 August at an event in Telangana. Telangana's IT minister, K.T. Rama Rao unveiled the device in the presence of Priyadarshi Mohapatra, Country General Manager, Consumer Channel Group, Microsoft India and Anand Ramamoorthy, Director – consumption sales, Intel South Asia and others.

The company claims that the device was designed in Hyderabad and built in Taiwan, but they plan to build the device in Telangana itself. In fact, RDP suggested that producing the laptop in India might further bring down costs.

The company is also offering a more powerful version of the ThinBook as well as ThinBook 2-in-1 devices, tablets and more.

RDP expects to sell between 30,000 to 40,000 ThinBooks this year.

I'd like to point out that the device is listed at Rs 10,999 rather than Rs 9,999 on RDP's online store.

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