New laptops, the Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 and Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 8 thin and light 14 and 16-inch screen up to 2.8K OLED 90Hz nomads with their autonomy up to 12 hours rely on an Intel Raptor Lake or AMD Ryzen 7000 processor, a 2-factor biometric authentication solution, PCIe 4.0 SSD storage or connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E and USB-C.
The Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 14-inch is a new 2-in-1 Ultrabook offering a 2-factor biometric authentication solution that can be used via Windows Hello technology consisting of a fingerprint reader and a 1080p infrared webcam with microphone for facial recognition.
It is based on a 13th generation Intel Core Raptor Lake processor and more specifically Raptor Lake-U (15W) or Raptor Lake-P (28W) Core i5 or Core i7, with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics.
The heart of this hybrid laptop also consists of 8/16 GB LPDDR5 5200MHz low consumption of soldered RAM as well as a 2 GB or 4 TB M.0 NVMe PCIe 512.1 SSD storage.
This 2-in-1 laptop stands out for the fact that it can open 360 ° to turn into a Tablet.
Because its 14-inch 16/10th screen is equipped with 10-point multi-touch technology.
It is compatible for use with Lenovo Active Pen or Lenovo Precision Pen 2 fingers or stylus.
It comes in several options: 2.2K (2240×1400) 100% sRGB 300cd/m², OLED Full HD (1920×1200) 400cd/m² 100% DCI-P3 and OLED 2.8K (2880×1800) 90Hz 400cd/m² 100% DCI-P3 PurseSight.
On the connectivity side, there are Wi-Fi 6E ax (2×2) and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless modules, an HDMI 1.4b video output, a headphone/mic combo audio port, 1 USB 3.2 (Gen1) and 2 USB-C as well as a microSD card reader.
Also on the program are 2 speakers (2 x 2W) Dolby Atmos and a backlit chiclet keyboard.
The new Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 measures 317.87 x 222.5 x 16.49 mm and weighs 1.49 Kg in OLED editions against 1.55 Kg in LCD version.
Equipped with a 71Whr battery, this 2-in-1 laptop offers an advertised autonomy of 10h30 in OLED version against 12 hours with conventional panel.
It comes in a larger and comfortable 7-inch Lenovo Yoga 8i Gen 16 form factor with 256GB to 1TB SSD that weighs 2.04 Kg and measures 355.98 x 250.12 x 16.99 mm.
Equipped with a numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard, it offers an advertised autonomy of 11:30 under Windows 11 (Pro).
This new hybrid Ultrabook Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 has a 16-inch 16/10th touch screen multi-touch either Full HD 300cd / m² 45% NTSC, or 2.5K (2560×1600) 400cd / m² 100% sRGB.
The Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 will be marketed from May 2023 from 1099 euros in 14-inch version and 1199 euros in 16-inch edition.
More affordable, the Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 8 is also expected for next May but from 899 euros in 14-inch version against a starting price of $ 749 for the 16-inch model planned for but also in North America.
The new Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 8 are distinguished by their Ryzen 7000 AMD Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 platform with integrated graphics.
Equipped with a 4-cell 71Whr battery, it ensures an announced autonomy of 13h30 with LCD panel, 14 hours with OLED Full HD screen against 12h30 with OLED 2.8K.
And this in its 14-inch version touch which measures 317.87 x 222.5 x 16.49 mm which weighs from 1.45 Kg (OLED) to 1.53 Kg (LCD).
Its SSD storage capacity is limited to 256GB or 512GB.
The new Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 8 16-inch stands out for the fact that it announces itself with a single display option: Full HD 16/10th 45% NTSC 300cd / m² touch.
It weighs 2.04 Kg, measures 362.16 x 250.12 x 16.99 mm and ensures an announced autonomy of 13h30.