The ThinkPad series line of business laptops was first introduced almost 30 years ago, by IBM in 1992. The ThinkPad brand was then acquired by Lenovo in 2005 and the ThinkPad laptops since have all been designed, developed and marketed under the Lenovo company.
After years of annually consistent
ThinkPad laptops releases, Lenovo is looking to shake up the ThinkPad family,
specifically its T-series, with a new sibling, the Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 1. he
Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 1 is the company’s first-ever 16-inch business laptop
in the ThinkPad T series and is replacing Lenovo’s former ThinkPad T15 lineup
of big-screen business laptops. With its debut, the ThinkPad T16 comes with a
newer design language compared to the former 2021 ThinkPads.
Let’s start off with the screens. The
ThinkPad T16 comes with a 16-inch IPS LCD panel that has a more modern aspect
ratio of 16:10, compared to the 16:9 aspect ratios of the ThinkPads released
prior to 2021. The 16-inch display can be configured up to a resolution of
2.5K, peak brightness of 500 nits, 100% coverage of the sRGB colourspace and
optional touchscreen support.
Powering the ThinkPad T16 are Intel’s
latest 12th Gen Alder Mobile CPUs or AMD’s latest Ryzen 6000 Pro series of
CPUs. For the Intel model, buyers can configure their devices to be equipped
with up to an Intel Core i7 from the U-series or P-series of Intel 12th Gen
processors, up to 48GB of DDR4 RAM, 2TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage and an
optional Nvidia Dedicated Graphics Card, which is either the MX550 or the RTX
2050 Mobile GPU. For the AMD Model, buyers are able to configure their ThinkPad
T16 to be equipped with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 6400MHz of RAM, and 2TB of PCIe
Gen 4 SSD storage with a Ryzen 7 PRO 6000 series CPU onboard.
On the battery front, the laptop is
available in 52.5Wh or 86Wh options, with an included fast charging adapter in
the box for the laptop. The laptop can charge up to 135W if buyers opt for the
higher 86Wh Intel configuration. For connectivity, users need not concern as
Lenovo has equipped the ThinkPad T16 with a WiFi 6E module onboard, Bluetooth
5.2, and optional LTE support for those business users who are always on the
go. Coming to ports, the ThinkPad T16 is equipped with 2 USB-C ports, 2 USB-A
3.2 Gen 1 ports, one HDMI 2.0b port, an RJ45 port, one 3.5mm headphone jack and
an optional SIM card slot for those who opt for the LTE model.
If buyers opt for the Intel model, the
USB-C ports will be certified Thunderbolt 4 compliant, whereas for buyers who
opted for the AMD model, the USB-C ports will be certified USB-C 3.2 Gen 2
compliant. The landing pages for the ThinkPad T16 Intel and T16 AMD, have gone
live. These laptops have been listed on Lenovo’s North America, Europe, and
Asia official websites. Thus, it is expected that the ThinkPad T16 will be officially
launched in Q2 2022 and be available to purchase soon in these respective
regions.
