Probably about Yoga from Lenovo family heard if not many, the vast majority of computer users for sure. However, devices of this segment can afford not all, because the price tag they have, quite frankly, is pretty high. However, there is no reason for sadness, because there is one producer of Transformers line – Flex, which is a good alternative.
One of its representatives – Lenovo Flex 3 review – a 14-inch device that can be transformed into one of the four modes, thereby duplicating the main feature of the Yoga-laptops. Inside it – modern hardware components, capacious storage, high-quality 14-inch display, in short, everything you need for comfortable work and leisure, here there.
DESIGN
Since the price tag of the laptop Lenovo Flex 3 review relatively low (at least, compared to Yoga), the manufacturer should have something to sacrifice, and in this case – the material body. As you probably guessed, the laptop is made of plastic, however, it does not concern the working surface – it is metal. There are three color device – white (White), red (Red) and black (Black). We look at the cover: it looks very succinctly, of the additional elements are present only mirror manufacturer’s logo in the upper left corner. The surface of the panel mat, but at the same time, Mark, so the user will have to have a close friendship with a cotton cloth.
Open transformer quite complicated: first, it tight loop, and secondly, no recess is provided for the fingers. Of course, lift the lid with one hand is not possible, only two. After completing this “quest” in the User’s eyes the screen, surrounded by the not very thick frame. Keyboard creates a positive first impression, this also contributes to the large touchpad.
The opening angle Lenovo Flex 3 review 14 is 360 degrees, therefore, we can speak of four modes: laptop, tablet, tent and presentation. With the first two clear, they are perhaps the most popular. The provisions of the “house” and “presentation” is more specific, however, and they have their fans. For example, when you want to start the slideshow, or “chop” in toys.
The bottom is made to match the cover: it, too, and plastic mat. To get to the filling, unscrew 11 screws located on the perimeter. Here you can see the ventilation system, two speakers, and four rubber feet so that the device does not slide. Dimensions transformer following: 340h230h22 mm, and weight – 1.95 kg. Build quality is, in general, is good, the body does not bend, there is no backlash, scratches as well.
DISPLAY, AUDIO, AND WEBCAM
There are two options provided by the manufacturer: with a resolution of 1920×1080 or 1366×768 pixels. The chosen grade – 14-inch, with a Full HD-screen. The brightness level can not be called high because not even hold out a maximum of 150 cd / m2. On the contrast, things are better than 870: 1, but I name my image juicy, bright and realistic, unfortunately, it will not work at all desire.
Anti-glare display, however, does not fully rescue from sunlight. There is also provided IPS-matrix, so with peace of mind, we can talk about the wide viewing angles. Thus, in whatever mode was not Lenovo Flex March 14, color rendering is unchanged. In addition, the touch screen, there is support for 10-finger multi-touch, responsive sensor and causes no complaints at work.
Two stereo speakers Dolby Home Theater are located on the bottom, close to the side faces. They sound good, at maximum volume, the sound distortion is not revealed, although it is not at all about the multimedia laptop. The only thing lacking bass and the midrange could be more. In general, for the best possible listening to music does not hurt to wear headphones.
Webcam traditionally located on the top of the screen frame has a resolution of 0.3 megapixels. For a laptop, in most cases, it is a common thing, because the main function of the webcam – to provide video. With this task cope our camera, but, it sells at images obtained poor quality and blurry.
KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD
With rare exceptions, Lenovo Flex 3 review laptop keyboard does not bring their quality. In the case of Lenovo Flex 3 review also do not expect a dirty trick: the keyboard unit has a two-level lighting and executed on island basis with sufficient free space around the keys. Buttons themselves have a square, rounded at the bottom in the form of a “smile.” Marking white, but functional and some other keys (space, [Fn], etc.) Received an additional, orange ‘label. “
No obvious features or buttons of the keyboard we have not found, in general, all consistently good. [Enter] – Single-row that is already traditional for our latitude, under it – a small [Shift], blending smoothly into the dial unit. On the left Overall button, the same [Caps Lock], [Shift], [Tab]. Typing on the keyboard of the device – a pleasure: the substrate does not flex, move buttons, though short, but the feedback is very good. By the way, in all positions, except for “laptop”, the keypad is automatically disabled to prevent accidental operation.
The touchpad – another element with which this producer is usually no misses. Handler received a large, rectangular, with a matte surface on which it is pleasant to slide your finger. There is support for multi-touch gestures, but no physical keys. However, at the bottom of the touch pad has a vertical divider, it somehow and indicates the location of built-in buttons.
PERFORMANCE
Lenovo Flex 3 review 3-1480 runs on Windows 10 Home 64-bit operating system. As a dual-core processor performs generation Intel Core i7-6500U skylake. SoC operates at frequencies of 2.5-3.1 GHz, supports Hyper-Threading technology, it’s cache level 3 is 4 MB. The chip is made under the rules of the 14-nm process technology and a TDP of 15 watts is considered to be energy efficient.
The integrated graphic component – Intel HD Graphics 520. The maximum frequency of the graphics card – 1050 MHz (Boost), there is support for DirectX 12. Vstroenka proved on the playing field, at least last year’s game on low settings should be easy to start. Fortunately, this is not the limit of possibilities gaming session, after filling of the notebook includes also a discrete video card – NVIDIA GeForce 940M with 2 GB of DDR3 VRAM. It is made on the 28-nm process technology, the operating frequencies are in the range 1072-1176 MHz. As for the game, everything is ambiguous: most newcomers better to run at medium or low settings, pre-reducing the screen resolution. For example, Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) at Full HD and the high setting is unlikely to be playable with 10-12 fps. But FIFA 16 (2015) or strategy World of Warships (2015) Start with 37-38 fps at the maximum and high, respectively.
This Notebook Lenovo Flex 3 review PC 8 GB of RAM standard DDR3L-1600 MHz, and is the maximum provided by the manufacturer. The data storage system is represented on the hard disk 1 TB and a spindle speed of 5400 revolutions per minute. Unfortunately, none of complete sets no SSD-drive.
PORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
The transformable Lenovo Flex 3 review provided a sufficient number of interfaces. See for yourself: The right side has two ports USB 3.0, the HDMI video output, RJ-45 network connector, the physical power button device.
Left – port USB 2.0, card reader 4-in-1 (SD / MMC / SDHC / SDXC), combo audio jack, Kensington lock slot, socket for recharging, and the volume rocker.
Wireless communications in the laptop are not so much: Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0.
BATTERY
The notebook Lenovo Flex 3 review uses a two-piece lithium-ion battery capacity of 45 Wh. As says the manufacturer, the device is able to operate on a single charge up to 6 hours, which, in general, it is true. At the same time, it is a read-only mode, that is, any other activity on the computer “eat” charge much faster. For example, at maximum brightness when surfing the web or watching the video, transformer sits in approximately 2-2.5 hours. If you run the game, the time will be reduced to 1 hour.
By the way, the laptop quite noticeably heats up, so keep it on your lap – not the best option. But it is very quiet, and even in a quiet room fan sound is not annoying.
CONCLUSION
Definitely, Lenovo Flex 3 review should be viewed as a viable, low-cost replacement acclaimed Yoga line. It has everything that should be useful to modern man: a quality 14-inch screen, stylish, low-key appearance, compactness. The laptop has a user-friendly keypad that allows comfortable typing for a long time. Needless to say about the hardware, which ensures good performance of the laptop, even on the playing field?
On the other hand, the user may not like the lack of the SSD, not enough capacity battery and a significant heating of the case. I would also like to see more metal in design and updated the USB ports, but it is our personal wishes. The advantages of Lenovo Flex 3 review, no doubt, would like to include, and the price, but in this case, the price tag is rather a bold minus. The fact that the device is on the idea of producer should be accessible their “yoga” Comrade, in fact, turned out to be in the same price category. Components described in this review, all interested persons will cost about $ 1050. Well, apparently, the appetite of today’s users are growing as well as the ambitions of the manufacturer.
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