At CES 2025, Lenovo came in hot with over 60 new product announcements, including a laptop with a rollable display, a sleek and lightweight ThinkPad (that resembles a MacBook more than a ThinkPad), and some exciting proof of concepts that showcase some wild ideas going on behind the scenes.
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The meat of the product announcements, however, come from updates and refreshes across the company’s sprawling laptop lineup, including new Yoga and Yoga Book devices, a few new tablets, and a handful of desktop and all-in-one models. Here’s a broad overview of what was just announced.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable Laptop
Lenovo’s “rollable” laptop first debuted two years at CES as a prototype model, but is now in the company’s product pipeline, expected to be commercially available as early as Q1 2025, and it’s actually more practical than I initially assumed.
So what about it is rollable? It’s not the keyboard (as I initially thought), it’s the display. You press a button (or use a gesture) and the screen extends from a standard 14-inch screen to one that measures 16.7 inches. When you bring it back down, it rolls up underneath the keyboard and becomes a normal-looking laptop again.
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When it’s fully extended, you gain a lot of screen real estate — just enough I would say to compete with connecting to a monitor. But the vertical extension results in a display in a portrait format, as opposed to the standard landscape format you’d get on an external monitor.
The price, however, is where practicality steps in. Lenovo listed a suggested retail of $3,499, which would relegate this model to a high-end, niche productivity consumer.
Lenovo ThinkPad X9 14-inch and 15-inch Aura Edition
One of the most striking laptops Lenovo announced is the ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition 14 and 15, which take a departure from other ThinkPad designs with a different, sleeker form factor. Powered by Intel Core Ultra processors, the latest additions to Lenovo’s ongoing Aura Edition lineup come with Thunderbolt 4 ports, support for Wi-Fi 7, and brilliant OLED displays that exude a sophisticated power.
The bottom of the laptops feature a unique, rather industrial grooved design and a solid bar that runs the length of the device that Lenovo is calling the “engine hub”. It’s where the ports are located, but also the fans, allowing for the device to be raised slightly when placed on a surface. This design essentially consolidates components in one place instead of resulting in an overall thicker form factor.
The ThinkPad X9 comes in both a 14- and 15-inch configuration, but they look actually like very different devices. Both, however, are geared toward the modern hybrid worker that wants a high-performing laptop that’s durable and ultraportable. For me, the combination of the OLED screen, the haptic trackpad, and the 32GB of RAM on an ultraportable makes this pretty close to a picture-perfect work laptop.
Lastly, I’m glad to see an expansion of the Aura Edition features, with the Smart Care going live on the ThinkPad X9 laptops. This feature gives users access to 24/7 live support through a chat, where the support team can access system diagnostic information to troubleshoot problems. Security questions aside, this is probably the most useful feature from the Aura Edition devices so far.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i
I went hands-on with the Yoga Slim 7x last year and it was easily one of my favorite work devices for its snappy performance and 3K OLED display. The latest addition to the line includes the Yoga Slim 9i, which features the first “camera under display” design, which as it implies, hides the webcam underneath the screen, eliminating the need for a raised notch. Note that it does still have a raised component on the top of the screen, but it’s almost entirely flush, making the 14-inch display look slightly larger than it is.
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Physically, the Yoga Slim 9i has an ultra-glossy, mirror-like glass finish in a unique teal color, with a keyboard in the same color and brilliant OLED display. It’s also quite portable, weighing just 2.62 pounds. Its feature set is rounded out with an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and will run for around $1,849, starting in February of 2025.
Here’s the rest of the Yoga and IdeaPad lineup:
- Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i 16-inch: Armed with a 2.8K OLED display and Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, this model is Lenovo’s powerhouse productivity machine with an 84Wh battery and extended I/O selection.
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i 2-in-1 14-inch and 16-inch: The convertible Copilot+ in both sizes has a 2.8K OLED display, 120Hz refresh rate, and 70Wh battery.
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 14-inch: The Intel version of the Slim 7x, the Aura Edition features a light silver colorway instead of the Snapdragon’s dark blue aesthetic. The 2.8K OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate is just as brilliant, however, getting up to 1100-nit brightness for peak HDR content and weighing just 2.7 pounds.
- Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition 14-inch: The convertible Yoga 9i gets its own Aura Edition, which brings features like Smart Modes, Smart Share, and Smart Care to the 2-in-1 form factor.
- Lenovo Yoga Book 9i 14-inch: The 2025 version of the dual-screen creator’s dream machine comes with a (much-needed) larger 88Wh battery and 120Hz variable refresh rate for the pair of 14-inch OLED displays. It also supports Lenovo’s Air Gestures, which allow the user to swap between windows, scroll, or capture screenshots with programmable hand gestures.
New Lenovo Tablets
- Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus: Armed with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform processor with 20 TOPS NPU, the Yoga Tab Plus has a 3K, 144Hz display and Harman Kardon speakers, making it especially geared toward entertainment. It can also be paired with Lenovo’s Tab Pen Pro and accompanying keyboard, both of which are sold separately. The Yoga Tab Plus will be available as soon as January 2025 and start at $699.
- Lenovo Idea Tab Pro: Powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 processor, this adaptable 10.1-inch tablet is a lightweight device designed for everyday use. It’ll be available in April 2025, starting around $349.
- Lenovo Tab: Lenovo’s smallest, entry-level tablet starts at $159 and will be available in June 2025.
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