Lenovo is taking dual-screen idea to the subsequent stage with the Yoga Guide 9i, one of many first laptops with two full-size OLED touchscreens.

Tech corporations up to now have tried creating twin display screen laptops. Sadly, they both don’t go anyplace, just like the Microsoft Floor Neo, or are diminished in scale. This new Lenovo laptop computer, nevertheless, is doing issues just a little otherwise.

A minimum of, Lenovo calls it a laptop computer. It’s extra of a pill with the hinge serving as a divider. The screens themselves don’t bend so that you don’t have to fret about an annoying crease taking place the center. Wanting on the announcement photographs (opens in new tab), the Yoga Guide 9i is fairly versatile as each shows can be utilized for one picture or for engaged on two separate apps on the identical time. You could possibly conceivably give a presentation on one whereas “viewing the chat [and] advancing slides from the second display screen.”

Though there isn’t a keyboard straight connected, the Yoga Guide 9i will include a “removable Bluetooth keyboard”. Lenovo additionally says that it helps the Sensible Pen, nevertheless it’s unknown if the stylus is part of the launch package deal.

What to anticipate

Taking place the specs, the Yoga Guide 9i’s OLED screens are 13.3-inches throughout, every outputting a 2.8K decision picture (2880×1800 pixels) at 60Hz. Each characteristic “100 % DCI-P3 shade accuracy and Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR” that ought to ship vibrant, detailed visuals. 

For audio, the dual-screen laptop computer comes with “Dolby Atmos spatial audio” in addition to a sound bar that homes audio system from Bowers & Wilkins for an immersive expertise.

Powering every thing is a 13th-gen Intel Core i7-U15 CPU and an Iris Xe GPU, so don’t anticipate the 9i to have nice efficiency for gaming. It’s extra for work and college. You’re looking at round 10 hours utilizing each screens at a low brightness setting so that you would possibly be capable of go away the charger at dwelling. Different notable options embrace assist for Wi-Fi 6E, a most storage capability of 1 TB, and a LPDDR5X 16G RAM.

Be ready to pay a hefty value for the Yoga Guide 9i. It launches June 2023 in Tidal Teal with a beginning value of $2,099.99 within the US.

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The opposite Lenovo CES launch that caught our eye is the Sensible Paper, a 10.3-inch E-ink pill positioning itself as a digital pocket book. You employ its Sensible Paper Pen to both write down notes or create illustrations with a high-level of precision, in keeping with Lenovo. Customers would additionally be capable of “select from 9 totally different pen settings… plus 74 notepad templates”. Plus, the Pen doesn’t want charging so that you don’t have to fret a few lifeless stylus.

It appears like Lenovo is setting the Sensible Paper as much as rival the Kindle Scribe, which is nice as an e-book reader however has relatively middling writing options. The Sensible Paper launches in late 2023 with a beginning value of $399.99. 

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