Lenovo's New ThinkPad X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga Boast HDR Displays, 8th-Gen Intel CPU

Lenovo Announces 2018 Models of ThinkPad X1 Carbon & Yoga Notebooks

Nosotros've already witnessed a multitude of product launches at CES this twelvemonth. Moving over to laptop announcements, we've already seen Intel powered ever-on PCs, Acer's new Chromebook, and others. And at present, Lenovo has besides unleashed its 2018 models of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and the ThinkPad X1 Yoga notebooks, in addition to a slew of ThinkPad laptops.

The X1 is Lenovo's premium line of ThinkPads, and they have always had a special position in the lineup. Now, these laptops have received three noticeable upgrades this twelvemonth. First off, they have got quad-core eight^th Generation Core i5/i7 CPUs, which past itself is a huge upgrade over the previous models. In add-on to that, nosotros are also looking at faster retention, Dolby Vision HDR WQHD displays, ThinkShutter webcam covers on these premium models.

This year'due south ThinkPad X1 Carbon and ThinkPad X1 Yoga have very similar chassis to last year'south models. But here'south a closer look at both these laptops.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2018)

Weighing in at 1.3 kilograms, the new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon looks more than or less similar to last yr's variant. Internally, information technology is powered by Intel'south quad-core Core i5/i7 CPU with congenital-in UHD Graphics 620. It carries upwardly to 16GB of LPDDR3-2133 memory, also as an SSD with up to 1TB chapters.

Moving to display, we have two variants. The premium version of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6^th Gen laptops will come equipped with 14" WQHD (2560×1440) IPS displays carrying the Dolby Vision badge. The regular variant, on the other hand, will retain its 14" FHD (1920×1080) IPS panels. Lenovo is also expected to sell touchscreen version of ThinkPad X1 Carbon; however, in that location's no official info about the same.

The Lenovo X1 Carbon volition be available afterward this calendar month, and it volition start at $1709.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga

The tertiary iteration of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga convertible likewise retains the same blueprint every bit terminal year. As it's a Yoga model, information technology can be flipped effectually to be used every bit a tablet, in which instance, the keys retract into the trunk to lock them in place, and allowing for improve grip in the manus.

The innards of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga are pretty much similar to ThinkPad X1 Carbon. It is also powered by Intel'due south 8th Gen processors with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD.

In terms of the display, in that location are two variants of this notebooks as well. The premium version of the convertible volition be equipped with the same 14" WQHD (2560×1440) IPS touch-screens carrying the Dolby Vision bluecoat, whereas the regular variant will come with 14" FHD (1920×1080) IPS panels.

Speaking of pricing and availability, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga notebooks will hit the markets this month, and it will cost $1889 for the base variant.