Introducing Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 at CES 2022

Lenovo was one of the most active attendees at CES 2022 this year and the Chinese manufacturer brought a variety of products to the show to introduce. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 was one of the company’s most diverse devices introduced at CES this year. In general, Lenovo can be considered one of the most creative and innovative makers in the design of tablets and laptops. The third-generation ThinkBook Plus also has features that set it apart from other devices in this category. Join us to learn more about this unique laptop.

Introducing Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 at CES 2022

The ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 is equipped with a 17.3-inch ultra-wide display with a 21:10 aspect ratio, which is not used much in laptops. The resolution of this touch panel is 3072 x 1330 pixels and the images are updated at 120 Hz. Probably one of the reasons why Lenovo used the ultra-widescreen display was to make room for a 3-inch secondary display next to the laptop keyboard. The resolution of the secondary display is 1200 x 800 pixels. The base price of the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 is $ 1399 and it will go on sale in May.

The user can draw or write on the secondary display using a stylus pen located in one of the laptop hinges. According to the experience of the audience at the event from the secondary display of this laptop, the performance of the second screen has been remarkable. Designers using Adobe Lightroom software can preview images on the secondary screen, and by tapping on the screen, they can view the images on the main screen. Lenovo also showed the ability to zoom through a second screen on a specific part of the image. In this case, the main display displays the entire Adobe Lightroom software environment, while the secondary display displays only the zoomed part of the image.

Useful uses of ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 secondary display

Another use for the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3’s second and smaller display is to use it as a calculator, and you can use it as a shortcut menu to launch your favorite apps. Or use it as a whiteboard to write and draw. A feature called waterfall display is also provided for this device, which transmits vertical contents to the second display. For example, if you are reading a long text document, the rest of the text is transferred from the home screen to an 8-inch screen and can be read. Of course, this feature also had some bugs in the preview version.

The use of the second screen of this laptop does not end here. Users can transfer their Android phone app to this screen. Since this product is still in the pre-production and pre-production stages, some of the features do not work properly, but these issues will certainly be fixed in the final version that will enter the market. In general, the Lenovo-specific laptop secondary display looks very functional, unlike similar models.

Hardware Specifications – The latest Intel H series processors

Going through the screen section, we get to the hardware and technical specifications of this device. Lenovo has equipped this laptop with the twelfth generation of Intel H series processors with an integrated Iris Xe graphics chip, which will come with up to 32 GB of RAM and 1 terabyte of high-speed PCIe NVMe storage.

The ThinkBook Plus measures 410 x 228.7 x 17.9 mm with that ultra-widescreen display. With these dimensions, Lenovo laptops may not fit in every laptop bag. For this purpose, the company has designed a bag for this model, which will be sold at a price of $ 70.

Lenovo has also provided the ThinkBook 13x Gen 2 laptop for users who prefer the conventional design of these devices. This model is equipped with 12th generation Intel processors and can be paired with up to 32 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 2 terabytes of PCIe Gen4 SSD storage. The body of this model is compactly designed and its thickness is only half an inch. This model comes with a 13.3-inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 and will be available to users from April with a base price of $ 1099.

The ThinkBook 13x also supports wireless charging technology via the ThinkBook Wireless Multi-Device Charging Mat, allowing you to charge your phone with 10 watts using Qi. The laptop’s wireless charging mat will go on sale in April for $ 199.99.

In addition, Lenovo introduced the ThinkBook Gen 4+ i and ThinkBook 16 Gen4 + i laptops at CES 2022, which will be available in November with a base price of $ 839 and $ 859, respectively. A wide variety of configurations, including models with Nvidia’s RTX graphics, are available for these devices with a 16:10 display.