Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga is the first 3:2 Yoga convertible & thinnest ThinkPad yet

[Redaktion]

In the year 2021, Lenovo expands its high-end series ThinkPad X1 with another model. The new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga is thinner than all other ThinkPads and at the same time the first 3:2 ThinkPad. It also is one of the few laptops to utilize Titanium metal as a chassis material.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Titanium-Yoga-is-the-first-3-2-Yoga-convertible-thinnest-ThinkPad-yet.514415.0.html

[Dorby]

So battery was where I gave up on ALL Thinkpad Yogas during my search last year for a 2-in-1 convertible. That, and the keyboard lottery.

HP Spectre x360 13, 14 (my current laptop of choice): 67Wh
HP EliteBook x360 1000 13, 14: 78Wh
Dell Latitude 9410: 78Wh
Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 13: 70Wh
LG Gram 14 2-in-1: 80Wh
Lenovo Yoga 9 14: 60Wh
Lenovo Yoga 7 14: 71Wh
Lenovo Yoga 6 13: 60Wh
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371EA: 67Wh
Asus ZenBook Flip 13 UX361UA: 67Wh

There was a very popular XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) with a ridiculously small 50Wh battery, but conveniently Dell had already made other deal-breaking decisions such as soldering down SSD, using almost haptic keyboard, all USB-C, etc etc.

I'm sure I've seen an android tablet with a 45Wh battery at one point.
Looks like the "Thinkpad" X1 Yoga wants to be the next Dell XPS.

Oh and enough with the "HDR" and "Dolby Vision" marketing. No laptop supports it, period.

[Mothertrucker19]

I feel you.
For a year I've tried to replace my Surface pro 3 with a convertible.
The 2020 Acer Spin 5 looked really good, and the pandemic happaned so I only got it in September. I've sent it back, because it had a few little things that really annoyed me, mostly the sharp lip around the screen.
since than it became 200€ more expensive.
And still to this day the X390/X13 Yogas seem like the best options to me.
The HP ones usually have bad performance, the 435 doesn't have a side mounted power button, so you can't wake it up outside of laptop mode. (someone here said touching the screen works, but nobody confirmed this so far) It also only has one type-c port.
There's also the new L13 Yoga, but that has an even smaller battery than the X series ones, and those aren't battery life champs either.

[Dorby]

@Mothertrucker19
Yeah ProBook 435 x360 with the AMD Ryzen, 2 ram slots and Wacom pen was very appealing, then I saw the 45Wh battery and my heart sank.

With Lenovo, I wanted to get the X1mainly  because I had the X1 Carbon 5th Gen and knew how good the keyboard and build quality was. Then I went to the store, actually tried out several generations of X1 Yoga keyboards in the store and was thoroughly disappointed with the recent models.

Thank god I went with the Spectre x360 14 OLED over a Thinkpad Yoga, because the screen, battery life and speakers are miles ahead, and I don't miss my X1C keyboard at all. Intel 11th gen i7 performance is not bad, and I have an eGPU so TB4 works very well, much higher performance than non-integrated TB3 from a few years ago.

[Mothertrucker19]

@Dorby
For me the Probook's battery isn't a big problem as it gets really good battery life.
But in theory it can be waken up by touching the screen, but so far no one confirmed this.
Also one type-c and I don't really like HP's keyboard layout. But the biggest problem is avabilabity. Here it's only sometimes in stock, and only with the 250nit screen.

I didn't look at the X1 yoga as it's too big for me.
I kinda annoyed by the little problems with the Spin 5. After the 1.2 Bios update it was super fast. 690pts all day in R15 while it was super quiet.
Now it's way more expensive, and still has it's little problems, and I hope they fix them, because it's a great little machine otherwise.

[Eske Rahn]

Interesting variant!

Personally I would have preferred a lesser resolution of the display, as windows scaling is not really working, and the details are too fine for my eyes at 100%. Many programs (especially Visual Studio) still only works if the primary monitor is set to100% scaling...
So though I would have been a potential buyer, I will have to wait for the next model, or to go for the new 'ordinary' X1 yoga.

The 1.35mm key travel and lack of physical keyboard lock is also a step back from my rather old X1 Yoga (20FQ) that I stupidly bought with QHD rather than FHD.

[vertigo]

I couldn't wait any longer as I needed a new laptop ASAP, so I had to give up on the idea of getting a convertible since they all have too many compromises, poor battery life and port selection being chief among them. I just hope somebody releases a decent one within the next year or two. And yeah, that Dell Inspiron actually looked decent and I probably would have bought it (not the one with the soldered SSD, but there's one that's not) if the battery wasn't so pathetically small.

And while I prefer 1080p for better graphics performance and battery life, I'm wishing my 1080p screen was actually 1440p so I could use 100% scaling without making things too big. With 1080p, I have to use 125%, which can lead to some issues.