Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus (Gen 3) has an ultrawide 3K display and 8-inch touch display for ultimate productivity

Lenovo Thinkbook Plus Gen3 Press Source: Lenovo

What y'all need to know

Lenovo announced the ThinkBook Plus (Gen 3) at CES 2022.
The laptop has a 17.three-inch ultrawide 3K panel (21:10) with a secondary 8-inch bear upon brandish.
It's powered by 12th Gen Intel Cadre H-series CPUs, LPDDR5 RAM, and PCIe 4.0 storage.
The ThinkBook Plus (Gen 3) is expected May 2022 and starts at $1,399.

Lenovo is on a roll at CES 2022, with many of the best Lenovo laptops getting upgrade announcements. Perchance none is more than intriguing than the tertiary-gen ThinkBook Plus, revealed today as the manufacture's first laptop with 17.iii-inch ultrawide main brandish and 8-inch secondary touch display with inking capabilities.

The primary 17.3-inch display has a 21:x aspect ratio, 3072x1440 (3K) resolution, 120Hz refresh charge per unit, 400 nits brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color, touch functionality, and Dolby Vision. It also has TÜV Rheinland certification for low blue calorie-free. This display is seriously stacked, and it'southward not alone.

The secondary 8-inch LCD touch on display comes with an integrated active pen for inking, and it includes Pantone and ColorKing Plus digital libraries. The screen is covered with drinking glass and has an 800x1280 vertical resolution. Information technology can be used as a drawing board, notepad, launcher, telephone mirror, calculator, and more. Lenovo has really tried to make information technology a crucial role of the laptop, adding a waterfall function (where the main screen extends below to the secondary screen) and screen mirroring. The secondary display is installed next to the keyboard (on the right side); the rest of the keyboard and palm rests are sized much closer to a 14-inch device.

Overall, the laptop weighs in at almost 4.4 pounds (2kg) and measures but 0.lxx inches (17.9mm) thin. That'due south quite respectable for a device with ii screens. It's made more often than not of aluminum and comes in a Storm Greyness color. To prove its immovability, it has undergone MIL-STD 810H certification.

Take a look at the specs Lenovo lists for the ThinkBook Plus (Gen 3).

Category	Spec
Os	Upwards to Windows xi Pro
Processor	12th Gen Intel Core H-serial
RAM	Up to 32GB LPDDR5 Dual-channel
Graphics	Intel Iris Xe (UMA) Integrated
Storage	Up to 2TB M.two PCIe 4.0 SSD
Primary Brandish	17.3 inches 3072x1440 21:10 attribute ratio 120Hz refresh rate 100% DCI-P3 Touch Dolby Vision
2nd Display	8 inches 800x1280 LCD, impact Pen support
Pen	Lenovo Integrated Pen Lenovo E-color Pen
Ports	Thunderbolt 4 USB-C 2 USB-A HDMI 3.5mm audio
Audio	Dual 2W speakers harman/kardon tuning Dolby Atmos
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.i
Camera	Front-facing FHD IR camera
Security	Fingerprint reader IR camera TPM 2.0 ThinkShutter
Bombardment	69Wh 100W Type-C adapter
Dimensions	16.14 10 ix ten 0.lxx inches (410mm x 228.7mm 10 17.9mm)
Weight	four.twoscore pounds (2kg)
Cloth	Top: CNC aluminum Chapeau: Mylar Bottom: Stamped aluminum
Color	Storm Grey
Availability	May 2022
Cost	From $one,399

The laptop is powered past Intel's new 12th Gen Intel Cadre H-series CPUs, up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 2TB of Grand.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD storage. There'due south no dedicated GPU option, but it does come with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics with unified memory architecture (UMA). It'south packing a sizable 69Wh bombardment that Lenovo claims will go through a workday; we'll have to test that ourselves.

Dual 2W speakers have Dolby Atmos for better sound, and you tin can go a front-facing FHD webcam and IR camera hybrid for facial recognition. At that place's a webcam shutter for added privacy, and a fingerprint reader congenital into the ability button acts as a overnice backup.

The ThinkBook Plus (Gen 3) is expected to launch May 2022 starting at about $1,399.

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