At MWC 2023, Lenovo unveiled a new range of PC and Chromebook solutions designed to embrace the hybrid working style that has become so prevalent in recent years. The latest PC solutions, which include a comprehensive refresh across the ThinkPad portfolio, aim to provide advanced features that empower users across a broad selection of requirements and needs.
Lenovo has focused on progressive and contemporary design philosophy, and the latest PC solutions encompass improvements in system performance, the increased use of sustainable materials, and continued enhancements to the user experience. The new ThinkPad Z13 and Z16 second-generation Windows 11 laptops enhance key areas of hardware and software functionality to help users maintain a creative edge.
In particular, the ThinkPad Z13 boasts a new Flax Fiber top cover that uses bio-based materials, giving it a unique and individual look and feel. Additionally, Lenovo has introduced a redesigned fourth-generation ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga, which feature narrower bezels, new colours, materials, and features that facilitate hybrid work and mobility. The ThinkPad portfolio for 2023 is completed with the fourth-generation ThinkPad T14s, T14, and second-generation T16 workhorse laptops, along with the fourth-generation ThinkPad L13, L13 Yoga, L14, and L15, designed for businesses with a wide range of mobile computing needs.
For value-conscious businesses seeking focused productivity features, Lenovo offers the fifth-generation ThinkPad E14 with new 16:10 displays or a new 16-inch form factor in the ThinkPad E16. Frequent travelers will appreciate the additional protection provided by the new ThinkPad Professional Sleeve, available in 13-inch and 14-inch sizes to support a broad selection of laptops.
The highly versatile ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One Gen 5 Monitor offers improved audio-visual capabilities and redesigned features capable of supporting multiple work scenarios. Finally, consumers can enjoy the flexibility offered by the latest IdeaPad Duet 3i, a Windows 11 detachable laptop that seamlessly transitions between clamshell and tablet modes, or relish the ChromeOS eco-system with the latest IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook featuring a range of audio, visual, and connectivity upgrades.
Lenovo TruScale Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) Model
The products introduced at MWC 2023 can also be available as part of the Lenovo TruScale Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) model. This offering provides organisations with a broad range of digital workplace solutions, flexible payment options, and the ability to easily scale IT in line with their evolving business needs. To further enhance productivity and employee experience, companies can deploy Lenovo Premier Support Plus. This new comprehensive suite of support services offers a human-centered approach to IT support, providing users with a seamless experience and direct access to Lenovo’s best technicians. Premier Support Plus also leverages AI insights powered by Lenovo Device Intelligence to help IT teams predict and prevent device downtime across a global fleet.
A recent Lenovo survey suggests that purpose-driven IT enables a transformed workforce through positive engagement, hybrid work flexibility, and a greater focus on employee experience across a multitude of factors. Getting the best out of end-users requires solutions aligned to today’s hybrid working world, focused on fostering better productivity and making teamwork easier. Lenovo’s latest ThinkPad laptops demonstrate human-centric innovations that are core to driving positive employee experiences, introducing and improving on features that encourage new ways of hybrid working more efficiently and nurturing purposeful thinking all while making significant efforts to create more sustainable products.
Lenovo, a multinational technology company, is committed to producing sustainable products and implementing sustainable practices across its operations. The company’s design and engineering teams spend thousands of hours researching innovations in manufacturing, materials, energy efficiency, servicing, and packaging to continue to produce ever more sustainable products.
To reduce its carbon footprint, Lenovo has focused on investing in a resilient and more sustainable global supply chain by increasing the use of sustainable aviation fuel and biofuels for shipping. They are also installing renewable energy in their factories and adopting state-of-the-art energy-efficient manufacturing processes to help reduce carbon emissions.
Furthermore, Lenovo is encouraging its customers to meet their own sustainability goals through the provision of services such as CO2 Offset Service and Asset Recovery Service. The CO2 Offset Service has already offset more than 1 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide from their purchases of Think PCs, while the Asset Recovery Service has been helping customers with their end-of-life technology hardware disposal for the past 15 years.
Recently, Lenovo launched refreshed ThinkPad X1 laptops in December 2022, introducing updated and new models that further enhance one of the most comprehensive laptop portfolios available. The increased use of more recycled materials and Post Consumer Content (PCC) plastic in select components is in line with Lenovo’s continued focus on supporting a circular economy and Lenovo’s goal to integrate post-consumer recycled content into 100% of PC products by 2025.
The company’s efforts to holistically implement more sustainable practices in its ThinkPad product design and packaging are highlighted in the table below:
The new Lenovo Commercial Vantage application, announced in December 2022, will also appear in the new ThinkPad Z series, X13 series, T series, and L series. Through clearly identified labels and information, the intuitive features included in Commercial Vantage software aim to guide and encourage users to enable certain settings that are designed to help reduce power consumption or extend component lifespan.
The redesigned ThinkPad X13 Gen 4 and ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen 4 adopt sleeker narrow bezels, increasing the screen-to-body ratio, and making improvements in hybrid working functionality for frequent travelers. The ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 and ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 are powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors with AMD Radeon 700M Series Graphics and can be configured with up to 64GB Dual Channel memory and up to 2TB PCIe SSD to help users breeze through the most demanding tasks.
