There is some very interesting stuff coming from Lenovo’s side at this year’s IFA, with the show stealer being a Wacom-powered tablet. Besides that, Lenovo has also introduced new entries into the Yoga and Miix lines of 2-in-1s, as well as a new edition in the Moto Z line.
Let’s begin with the Motorola side of things. Lenovo has two announcements that are related to the Moto Z line of smartphones. The first is the Moto Z Play, the newest entry in Lenovo’s Moto Z line of modular smartphones. Unlike the Moto Z and the Moto Z Force that was announced at Lenovo Tech World, the Moto Z Play is aimed at the mid-range market, sporting a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 with 3GB of RAM. The phone itself will come with a 3,510mAh battery, with Lenovo saying that the Moto Z Play can last up to two days with constant usage. Also, The Moto Z Play will re-introduce the headphone jack, something that was noticably absent on both the Moto Z and the Moto Z Force. As the phone is part of the Moto Z series, the Moto Z Play will support MotoMods. The Moto Z Play is expected to have an asking price of USD408.
Speaking of MotoMods, Lenovo has finally revealed the camera MotoMod that was teased at back when the Moto Z was first reveal. Said MotoMod is the True Zoom, a camera mod that is created in partnership with Hasselblad. This MotoMod is a 12MP camera that features a 5.5″ lens and a 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS sensor and a 10x optical zoom. The True Zoom MotoMod is expected to retail for USD250.
With that, we now move into 2-in-1 territory, starting with the Miix 510. Essentially a Surface Pro clone, the Miix 510 can potentially be powered by a 6th-gen Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The Miix 510 is stated to have an expected battery life of around 7.5 hours, and some models will sport LTE support. The Miix 510 will have a starting price of USD600, and is expect to be available in October.
Next, we have the Yoga Tab 3 Plus. This 10.1″ Android tablet sits between the basic Yoga Tab 3 and the higher-specced Yoga Tab 3 Pro, being a middle-range Android tablet as it is powered by the Snapdragon 652 processor. That being said, the Yoga Tab 3 Plus will come with the Pro’s 2560×1600 display, as well as 3GB of RAM instead of the 2GB found on the Pro. The tablet will sport a 13MP rear camera, a 5MP front camera, 32GB of expandable storage, and a 9300mAh battery that translates into 18 hours of battery life. The Yoga Tab 3 Plus will be available in October for USD300.
Finally, we come to the main event, the Yoga Book. From the outside, it looks like a fairly standard Lenovo 2-in-1, what with its watch hinge-style spine and the thin, metal chassis. Open it up however, and you’re greeted with 10.1″ 1920×1200 display, as well as a touchpad keyboard.
This keyboard is the biggest selling point of the Yoga Book as with a simple press of a button, the keyboard fades away in order for it to function as a digitizer tablet. If you’re familiar with Wacom’s products, you’ll be pleased to know that the Yoga Book’s digitizer function was created with assistance from Wacom itself. Of course, the Yoga Book comes with its own stylus that Lenovo calls the “Real Pen”.
Much like the Yoga Book itself, the “Real Pen” is more than what it seems. While the Real Pen itself can be used like a pretty typical stylus, the Real Pen comes with an ink cartridge that allows you to turn the stylus into a…well…real pen! When you start writing on an actual sheet of paper placed on top of the digitizer with the Real Pen, anything you wrote on the paper will show up on the screen as well, allowing you to do twice the work with half the effort. The Yoga Book will be powered by an Intel Atom x5 processor and will sport a 8500mAh battery. The Windows version of the Yoga Book will be available for USD549, while the Android version goes for USD499. Both versions of the Yoga Book will be available in October.
Source: Engadget, Ars Technica