Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Is Snapdragon-Powered

In latest years, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon computing (PC) platform has gained extra traction. Today is a milestone: The ThinkPad X13s is Lenovo’s first Snapdragon-powered ThinkPad, which is kind of an endorsement.

The ThinkPad X13s is an ultra-light, always-on, always-connected laptop computer weighing a mere 2.35 Lbs. It has a clamshell chassis which is suitable for greater productiveness than a tablet-style one, in my view.

From the skin, the ThinkPad X13s has all of the hallmarks of a ThinkPad design. Due to the thinness of the chassis, I anticipate it to really feel completely different than “classic” ThinkPads just like the X1 Yoga, however I think about it being just like the ThinkPad X1 nano, which can be a super-light.

Although it is a new product, Lenovo labored with Qualcomm for 4 years on this design. Keep in thoughts that each firms had cooperated earlier than and confirmed the primary 5G laptop computer at Computex 2019, so it’s been a protracted and fruitful relationship.

With such a skinny (13.4mm) chassis, there’s solely room for 2 USB-C ports, and sadly, they don’t seem to be Thunderbolt as a result of that’s an Intel know-how. Instead, USB 3.2 Gen2 is supported.

The audio system on both facet of the laptop computer are an beautiful element because it’s the very best location (in need of a soundbar) to put audio system on a pc. If Lenovo delivers on sound high quality, this may very well be a superb multimedia laptop computer.

The 13.3-inch show has a 1920×1200 decision with an anti-glare therapy. Lenovo has three choices with varied coloration accuracy and brightness specs to handle completely different wants (industrial, artistic, workplace).

I’m curious to see how the 5MP webcam compares to common laptops’ typical 0.7MP to 1MP ones. If it have been the equal of a median selfie smartphone digicam, that may be a major leap for a laptop computer.

The Qualcomm digicam software program could be very performant, and this ThinkPad may very well be a high-quality video-conference system.

Inside, the pc is powered by the Snapdragon 8cx gen 3 and backed by 32GB of RAM (soldered), which I discover fairly beneficiant, so kudos to Lenovo for that.

There’s as much as 1TB of SSD storage linked to a PCIe 4.0 bus, so I anticipate the efficiency to be akin to your typical Intel laptop computer.

The connectivity is superb because it helps 5G (Sub6 and mmWave) and WiFi-6E. Having native inside 5G certainly supplies the very best and most handy 5G, particularly when in comparison with a telephone tether.

The 49.5Wh battery capability is akin to many Intel-based skinny & gentle, however the Snapdragon energy effectivity can push battery life to ~28 hours, in line with Lenovo. Under the very best circumstances, this appears technically potential.

This thrilling laptop computer received’t ship proper now, however previous experiences inform us that March or April of 2022 would possibly see it seem in retail. At least, we all know it’ll price $1099+.

ThinkPad X13s
Processor Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 compute platform
Operating System Up to Windows 11 Pro
Memory Up to 32GB LPDDR4x
Storage Up to 1TB PCIe SSD
Graphics Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 compute platform with Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU
Display 13.3-inch 16:10
-WUXGA IPS 300nit
-WUXGA IPS 300nit on-cell contact
-WUXGA IPS 400nit, Low Power, Low Blue Light
Audio User-facing Dolby® Audio speaker system
Qualcomm® Voice and Audio Communications Suite
Camera -5.0MP digicam, non-obligatory IR sensor, non-obligatory Computer Vision
-5.0MP RGB digicam
Battery 49.5Whr, (video playback as much as 28 hours)
Security Qualcomm® Secure Processing Unit with Microsoft Pluton, dTPM, Fingerprint Reader, Windows Hello (IR digicam), Camera shutter, Kensington Lock
Ports 2 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, Audio, SIM
Keyboard ThinkPad TrackPoint keyboard, backlit
Glass-like 3-button TrackPad
Wireless LAN Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6900 Subsystem
Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth® 5.2
Wireless WAN Optional Snapdragon® X55 5G Modem-RF system
5G mmWave and sub-6 eSIM and Nano SIM
Colors/Materials Thunder Black, Certified 90% recycled magnesium on A and C covers
Dimensions 298.7 x 206.4 x 13.4mm
11.76 x 8.13 x 0.53in
Weight 1.06kg – 2.35 lbs

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