Lenovo YOGA 5G


At last evening’s YOGA x Xiaoxin spring product launch event in China, Lenovo announced a wide variety of products. One of those was Lenovo YOGA 5G. Let us take a look at its specs, features, price, and availability. As the name suggests, the newly launched Lenovo YOGA 5G is a convertible laptop with 5G connectivity. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (SC8180X) ARM SoC paired with 8GB 4266MHz LPDDR4X RAM and 512GB UFS 3.0 storage.

The notebook flaunts a 14-inch IPS LCD panel with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (FHD), 16:9 aspect ratio, 400 nits peak brightness, 72% NTSC color gamut, and DC dimming. This 10-point multi-touch display can be rotated by up to 360° as required. It also supports stylus input with 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity.

On the connectivity and ports front, the laptop sports dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, SIM card slot, 5G, 2 x USB 3.1 Type-C (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort), and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Other features include a metal unibody design, 2 x 2W (4W) speakers, 720p infrared webcam for Windows Hello face authentication system, fingerprint sensor, 14.7mm thickness, and 1.35Kg weight.

Last but not least, the Lenovo YOGA 5G runs Microsoft Windows 10 Home for ARM, comes in a single Space Gray color option, and is backed by a 60Whr battery.  The Lenovo YOGA 5G is priced at ¥ 9,999 (US$ 1,540) in China. It is currently up for pre-order and is scheduled to go on sale from May 1.

This notebook is already available in multiple global markets. It is also known as Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5G.