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Lenovo unveils new AMD-powered 14-inch Yoga Slim 7 Carbon and 16-inch Yoga Slim 7 Pro (Updated)

By Kenny Yeo - on 16 Oct 2021, 11:04am

Lenovo unveils new AMD-powered 14-inch Yoga Slim 7 Carbon and 16-inch Yoga Slim 7 Pro (Updated)

Note: This article was first published on 8 September 2021 and it was updated on 13 October 2021 with local availability and pricing details.

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon (Image source: Lenovo)

Here are two ultraportable notebooks that Lenovo will be releasing just in time for this holiday season. Let's start with the more compact notebook of the two, the Yoga Slim 7 Carbon.

The Yoga Slim 7 Carbon has a magnesium alloy chassis reinforced with carbon fibre. As a result, it's extremely strong and light. Weight is a mere 1.1kg and maximum thickness is 14.9mm.

It has a 14-inch display with the option for an OLED panel with a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels. This OLED panel supports Dolby Vision HDR and 100% of the DCI-P3 colour space. It also has a fast 90Hz refresh rate.

Inside, the Yoga Slim 7 Carbon will be powered by AMD's Ryzen 5000 series processors. The entry-level model gets a Ryzen 5 5600U processor while the higher-end model gets a Ryzen 7 5800U. 

Maximum memory is 16GB and the Yoga Slim 7 Carbon can be equipped with up to 1TB of PCIe SSD storage.

As for ports, the notebook gets a single USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 port and two USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports. Sadly, there's no support for Thunderbolt 3 or 4.

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (Image source: Lenovo)

The larger of the two, the Yoga Slim 7 Pro weighs 2.1kg and has a maximum thickness of 19.9mm. 

It has a 16-inch display with a resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels. It supports 100% of the sRGB colour space and has a high 120Hz that will be handy for gaming.

Speaking of gaming, that's something that this notebook can do because it's powered by AMD's Ryzen 5000 series processors and comes with discrete graphics in the form of either the GeForce GTX 1650 or GeForce RTX 3050. It won't deliver earth-shattering performance but it's good enough for casual and not so fussy gamers.

One strong suit of this notebook is its connectivity. It might not have Thunderbolt ports, but it has three USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, and an SD card reader. 

It has a relatively large 75WHr battery that Lenovo claims can offer up to 16.5 hours of video playback.

 

Availability and pricing (Updated)

Lenovo hasn't announced specific availability and pricing details, except to say that these notebooks will be available this holiday season. We will update this article once we hear more from them.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon is now available at Lenovo official stores and authorised online resellers with starting price of S$1,699.

Here are the various configurations.

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon configurations
Display 14-inch 2.8K OLED 14-inch 2.8K OLED 14-inch 2.8K OLED 14-inch 2.8K OLED
Processor AMD Ryzen 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Memory 16GB DDR4 16GB DDR4 16GB DDR4 16GB DDR4
Storage 512GB M.2 SSD 512GB M.2 SSD 512GB M.2 SSD 512GB M.2 SSD
Graphics Integrated AMD
Radeon graphics
NVIDIA GeForce MX450 Integrated AMD
Radeon graphics
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Price S$1,699 S$1,799 S$1,799 S$1,999


Note, however, that the most powerful version with Ryzen 7 processor and NVIDIA discrete graphics will only be available from retailers like Best DenkiCourts, Hachi.tech, and Gain City.

It will be one of the first notebooks to come pre-installed with the Windows 11 operating system. You can also check out our hands-on impression here.

Lenovo has not announced any specific details on the Yoga Slim 7 Pro availability.

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