The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is a fascinating concept combining a Windows laptop with an Android tablet. It has its charms, but one flaw stands out.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid MSRP $3,815.00 Score Details “The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid gives the best of Windows and Android , but the execution is sloppy.” Pros Cons Lenovo ’s ThinkBook lineup is not just aimed at small businesses. It’s where Lenovo experiments with different form factors like dual displays. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 4, for example, incorporates an e-ink display on the swivel lid that adds a new dimension to the convertible 2-in-1 form factor.
Design: Windows laptop First, let’s evaluate the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid as a Windows laptop. And in that respect, it’s a pretty decent effort. The other issue is that the mechanism for attaching and detaching is a bit tricky. Taking it off isn’t a problem, but putting it back on is harder than it should be. Perhaps most disappointing is that the system struggled at times to start up. It seemed to get confused as to whether it should be running Windows or Android when the tablet portion was attached.
I’m not going to spend a lot of time on the Android software functionality because I just haven’t used enough modern Android tablets to do the topic much justice. But outside of the usual Android phone apps that didn’t translate well to the tablet format, I like using it as an alternative to my iPad Pro.
The bottom line is that if you want both a very good Windows tablet and a very good Android tablet — although not necessarily the best of breed in either category — then the ThinkBook is well worth considering as a single purchase. Again, all of this might be of most interest to a specific niche of users, but if that’s you, then you’ll like it.
Connectivity and webcam One limitation as a Windows laptops is the relative dearth of connectivity. There are just two USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 on the laptop portion and one USB-C 3.1 port. Other than a 3.5mm audio jack and the Smart Connector for the tablet, that’s all you get. Many 14-inch laptops have a selection of legacy ports. Wireless connectivity is fine, with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 provided by a ratio in the tablet portion.
But when compared with AMD’s and Qualcomm’s latest chipsets in similar laptops, you aren’t giving up much performance. The bigger question will be on-device AI performance, which will suffer from the Core Ultra 7 155H’s slower Neural Processing Unit . Battery life The Windows laptop portion has 75 watt-hours of battery capacity and the Android tablet portion has 38.7 watt-hours. Both promise solid battery life in each environment, although the 14-inch 2.8K OLED display is a bit power-hungry.
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