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Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i 13’ (2024, Gen 9 – 13IMU9) is a great dual OLED touch screen OLED laptop for entertainment, productivity and light content creation. With a unique design that is practical and sleek, this is a great laptop opens different possibilities you can’t get from traditional work laptops.

8.0/10

PROS	CONS
✅Dual Screen Design ✅2.8K OLED Touch Displays ✅Pre-bundled Accessories ✅Great Audio ✅Sleek, near premium and light design ✅Great performance for most general tasks	❌7 Hour battery life ❌Apps open under the keyboard ❌Pricing ❌Unusual form factor might not be for everyone ❌Minimal port options

Specifications

The Yoga Book 9i (2024) comes with a Core Ultra CPU, up to 32GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage space. Base model have 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

LENOVO YOGA BOOK 9i (2024)	As tested
Processor (clock)	Intel Core Ultra 7 155U Processor (E-cores up to 3.80 GHz P-cores up to 4.80 GHz)
GPU	Integrated Graphics
Display	2x 13.3″ 2.8K (2880 x 1800), OLED, Glare, Touch, HDR 500, 100%DCI-P3, 400 nits, 60Hz, Narrow Bezel, Glass
Memory	32GB LPDDR5X-7467MHz (Soldered)
Storage	1TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
Networking	Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 or above
Ports	3x USB C/Thunderbolt 4
Battery	4 Cell Li-Polymer 80Wh with up to 7 hours of battery 65W Type-C power adapter
Dimensions	299.1mm x 203.6mm x 15.95mm 1.34kg
Miscellaneous	5MP RGB+IR with Dual Array Microphone Quad 2W speakers, Dolby Atmos

Design and Build Quality

The Yoga Book 9i (2024) comes in a beautiful “Tidal Teal” using a rounded all aluminium sturdy chassis. Paired with a remarkably study 360 degree hinge and speaker system, this laptop just feels premium.

It is also this hinge that allows the Yoga Book 9i (2024) to shows off the stunning dual OLED 2.8k Touch Displays in multiple configurations to suit your needs.

With the purchase of Yoga Book 9i (2024), the laptop comes pre-bundled with a bunch of essential accessories. In the box, you will find a mouse, magnetic keyboard, stylus pen, and folio case/stand that shares the same colour, aesthetic and build quality as the laptop. The magnetic keyboard snap on to the bottom screen and can be used on the top or bottom part for different effects. One allows the use of a digital touchpad, another gives you a mini display.

The keyboard is designed to be stored in the folio case which also comes with a pen loop for the stylus pen. This makes for carrying around the extras a bit easier and less bulky overall. The only main concern at the moment is the availability of spare keyboards and folio stand which are pretty integral to the Yoga Book 9i (2024) and how it is used. Purchasing extras or replacements may be difficult as they not available on the Lenovo’s retail website.

One big letdown for build quality is a small plastic power button that has seemingly recessed into the frame. The power button felt mushy with no spring back or tactility and was difficult to press. This, however, could just be an issue with our specific review unit.

Performance

Sporting an Intel Ultra7 155U processor with integrated graphics, the Yoga Book 9i (2024) is more than powerful enough for any general productivity, entertainment, presentations, and light content creation uses. So, for any multitaskers and split screen power users, you will enjoy the productivity boost this laptop can provide.

The only big issue we can see overall is the lack of battery life in our benchmark testing. We were only able to achieved four and a half hours for watching movies via a streaming platform.

Daily Usage

The Yoga Book 9i (2024) checks many boxes as a daily laptop but with some caveats. From a hardware perspective, the laptop is more than powerful enough for general productivity or entertainment use. I would go as far as saying it excels for watching movies in particular. This is due in part to the Dolby Atmos speaker in the hinge. Hands down one of the best speakers in laptops we have heard for its form factor.

Coming to the obvious highlight of the Yoga Book 9i (2024), the dual screens for working. As someone who is used to working with two or more screens at a time, this laptop is a game changer. No longer does one have to lug a second screen around or faff about setting it up. The only caveat is that you now need to bring a keyboard, mouse, and stand which is luckily quite slim. The peripherals overall will add roughly 0.5kg to carry weight. The laptop alone is 1.3kg.

I will say that I was skeptical at first about the stand holding up the two screens. Luckily I was proven wrong. The stand is both easy and fast to setup and securely holds the Yoga Book 9i. Even with its higher center of gravity in top and bottom folio mode it never felt like it will fall.

One interesting use case was using the Yoga Book 9i (2024) as a form of a portable Dungeon Master (DM) screen for Dungeons & Dragons (DnD). Having one screen for referencing monsters and the other for note taking proved to be invaluable. This is an obvious use case for the Yoga Book 9i, but the tent mode proved even more useful.

Tent mode allowed DM able to show images of monsters and settings to the players or show initiative orders to the players while the DM notes from the players. This allow us to save space on the table while provide information that the people at the table need.

Now to the issues which plagued us during our time with the Lenovo Yoga 9i (2024). The software that is supposed to help you use the computers two screens together needs improvement. The UI has glitched from time to time were the digital keyboard or touchpad starts to become unresponsive or loses it backgrounds.

There is also the issue of apps launching underneath the digital or mechanical keyboard in clamshell normal laptop mode.

Speaking of the digital keyboard, it basically sucks. It is usable but is uncomfortable to use long term and not the most responsive. It is quite difficult to get use to typing quickly on the digital keyboard, and mostly it is for the best to resort to using the include magnetic keyboard that Lenovo provided.

Another quirk is when windows apps are seeking permissions, the digital touchpad will disappear.

The biggest gripe though would be that the battery life is on the lower side with roughly getting about 5 – 7 hours before needing to recharge in a normal day to day usage.

Final Thoughts

Lenovo Yoga Book 9i (2024) is a great buy that we can recommend for those who are always in need of a dual screen laptop on the go for general productivity, entertainment, small presentations, and light content creation. The only thing we can say is that if you are not willing to carry around the extra peripherals and accessories, need something for video editing or heavy tasks, gaming, or on a budget, you might want to look elsewhere.

LG has announced its latest flagship, the V60 ThinQ 5G. Just like any other flagship phones these days, it will come 5G ready with the Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 865 processor. So, what else does this flagship has to offer?

Let us start with what stands out the most, which personally is the huge 6.8-inch FullVision P-OLED display with a Full HD+ screen resolution of 2460 x 1080 pixels with a 20.5:9 aspect ratio. Wait, hold up. For a phone with that large of a screen, it has a considerably small pixel count, doesn’t it?

Let’s take the Samsung Galaxy Note10+ for example. It also has a 6.8-inch display but it has a higher resolution of 1440 x 3040 pixels. The Galaxy Note 10+ has a pixel per inch (ppi) density of 498 ppi while the V60 ThinQ only has 395 ppi. This is not exactly great news for a flagship phone.

While it does not have a good ppi count, the LG V60 ThinQ has a little trick up its sleeve. Just like last year’s LG V50 ThinQ and the LG G8X, the V60 also has the same feature where it can come with a dual screen. Just like the latest buzz with the foldable phone, this is technically a foldable phone. Just that it does not have a foldable screen.

Other than that, the V60 ThinQ will be coming with a triple camera set up consisting of a 64-megapixel main sensor, a 13-megapixel module that has a 117° super-wide-angle lens and a 3D time-of-flight sensor. The main camera supports 8K recording and 4K recording at 60 frames per second with HDR10+. The front of the phone will be getting a single 10-megapixel camera encapsulated in a dewdrop notch design.

Next, we have the audio side of things. A good part of not following recent trends is that the V60 ThinQ will be coming with a 3.5mm jack! There is also a good part of following a trend is that it will be coming with stereo speakers. Now that is giving people the option of choosing between the best of both worlds.

The V60 ThinQ comes with 8GB of RAM, a 128GB of storage with an expandable storage via a microSD card. To power this phone and its dual screens, the phone comes with a massive 5,000 mAh battery that promises 590 hours standby time with one charge. The phone can be charged using a Qi wireless charger or by a Type-C USB.

Other goodies include, a MIL-STD-810G certification and also a IP68 rating which means that the smartphone is dust and water-resistant up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes. There will be two colour options that are Classy Blue and Classy White.