[Video Review] Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (15″, 2022) – A bit more than the bare minimum
Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (15", 2021/22) in-depth review
Lenovo is a master of affordable laptops. While the IdeaPad 1 15 might seem like a drop in the ocean of the company's portfolio, we have a feeling it has a main role in the future sales numbers. If we look at Lenovo's laptops as Game of Thrones characters, the IdeaPad 1 15 will be Bran Stark. It knows that it has to compete with the likes of John Snow (Legion 5), or Daenerys Targaryen (IdeaPad 3) to be the king (or queen), and occupy Sales Landing.And despite there being similarly low-priced options like the V15 or the V155, the IdeaPad 1 15 has one major advantage - the IdeaPad name, whi[...]
Pros
- Comfortable keyboard
- Cool during extreme load
- SD card reader
- No PWM (Innolux N156HGA-EA3 (CMN15F5))
- Silent
- Good battery life
Cons
- Uncomfortable viewing angles and poor contrast ratio (Innolux N156HGA-EA3 (CMN15F5))
- It covers only 54% of the sRGB gamut (Innolux N156HGA-EA3 (CMN15F5))
- Not a great performer
- Questionable build quality
- CPU
- Intel Pentium Silver N6000 #230 in Top CPUs Intel Pentium Silver N5030 #232 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1235U #163 in Top CPUs Intel Core i3-1215U #194 in Top CPUs Intel Celeron N4500 #239 in Top CPUs Intel Celeron N4120 #235 in Top CPUs Intel Celeron N4020 #242 in Top CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U #144 in Top CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U #173 in Top CPUs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U #241 in Top CPUsAMD Ryzen 5 3500U
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 605 #266 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics 600 #267 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) #265 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) #259 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) #235 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #234 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #232 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) #252 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) #242 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #260 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 8000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo
- RAM
- up to 40GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, No OS
- Battery
- 42Wh
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 360.2 x 236 x 17.9 mm (14.18" x 9.29" x 0.70")
- Weight
- 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 2.0
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- HDMI
- 1.4b
- Card reader
- MMC, SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Ethernet LAN
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ac
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 1.5W Stereo Speakers, Dolby Audio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot