Lenovo has been coming in strong with its yoga series, focusing on slimming down every yoga product over the years. This year Lenovo decided to make the Yoga 3 Pro even slimmer than the Mac book air, and the Mac book air is thin, but the Yoga 3 pro makes it look fat. My first ever ultrabook was the Flex 14, and my first impression of the Flex 14 was damn this is thin. But the yoga 3 pro broke the record.
Whats in the Box ?
The yoga 3 Pro is one of its kind, going from the packaging to the laptop itself. Lenovo has beautifully Packaged the yoga 3 pro, by giving it a mechanism where the laptop literally presents itself to you, lifting up the flaps of the yoga 3 pro package lifts up the laptop, giving you that premium inner feeling leaving you in thought thinking “hey they really worked on very tiny details and this is wow” well that is what I thought
Its amazing the way lenovo has worked on the packaging and it left me with a long lasting impression, that big things definitely come in small packages
I mean look at it, the laptop is presenting itself and telling me “pick me up, feel me, power me up, love me”
Whats in the box ?
The yoga 3 pro comes with the bare minimal in the box, with just the warranty and product info plus, World wide support phone numbers, a 20V USB custom made travel adapter, a Power cord. The yoga 3 pro also comes with 3 months of google play music, which is a bundled offer given by lenovo with the Yoga 3 pro
System Spec’s ?
Our unit came with the latest and greatest
- Intel core M 5Y70 @1.1Ghz but it turbo’s upto 2.6Ghz
- Intel HD 5300
- 256GB Liteon SSD (there is a 512gb SSD version available as well)
- 13.3″ QHD+ IPS touch screen with a massive screen resolution of 3200×1800
- Broadcom AC WIFI with bluetooth 4.0
- Windows 8.1 Core edition (lenovo imaged can be upgraded to 8.1 pro)
First Impression
The Yoga 3 pro already leaves a very beautiful impression when you open up the box, I fell in love with the yoga 3 pro the minute I opened it up and saw the bright orange shine. When I picked it up initially I wasnt sure on if this is a toy or a real machine, because it is indeed very thin and light. Weight at 1.19kg light and 1.28cm thick, the yoga 3 pro is one of the thinnest and lightest machines available in the market to date, and is also the perfect travel companion.
The Orange color I received was just stunning, the way it shined out of its box was amazing. The yoga showed what it truly is right out of the box. The hinge is beautifully crafted.
Ports and Buttons
The Yoga 3 Pro features two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, an SD card reader, Micro HDMI, Rotation lock, Novo Button (helps in resetting the laptop to default factory settings) and a Power button
There’s room for all of this because the laptop’s yellow USB 2.0 port (which is located on the left edge, near the back) also doubles as its power connector. Plus, the company has notched the connector, so you can’t accidentally plug it into the wrong port.
The Hinge
Lenovo has worked very hard and has mastered the hinge on the yoga 3 Pro. Giving us the capability of going completely flat on the ground, and thanks to the watchband inspiration this hinge is truly a work of art. When I opened up the system for the first time, I instantly fell inlove with it (even though I hadnt booted it up yet) the Yoga 3 Pro’s hinge has been meticulously hand-crafted from 813 individual pieces … With an all-metal construction and it is so far the only machine to feature such a beautiful hinge
Lenovo kept the same 13.3-inch, 3,200 x 1,800 IPS panel. The viewing angles are very good, whether you watch from off to the side or dip the screen far forward, as you would in a cramped coach seat. To that end, Lenovo also coated the screen in a low-glare finish that ensures light reflections rarely ever get in the way, and the screen is protected with corning gorilla class . Finally, a 72 percent color gamut allows for some punchy, but not overly saturated colors. Windows does have scaling issues with such a screen resolution as windows scales at 250% by default. Icons do look tiny, but this device is future proof, apps and programs will take advantage of such a high resolution in no time
Lenovo moved to a different brand when it came to audio. For such a thin device, it surprisingly outputs loud yet clear audio. Paired up with Maxx audio and JBL the Yoga 3 pro give’s us a good soundexperience
Performance and Battery Life
Performance wise, im not much of a fan of the Core M broadwell platform, even though it is the main reason to why lenovo was able to slim down the yoga 3 pro, but with the core M I am not able to do any system stress related work, though thanks to the core M lenovo was able to achieve around 7 hours of battery for me it would give around 7hours with wifi and browsing and 13 hours with only music playback on the lowest backlight screen settings and keyboard backlight turned off
Summary
The yoga 3 Pro is a gorgeous device and is definitely worth every penny, its the perfect travel companion and is very good for office or school work. Students would face alot of advantages with such a device due to its weight, they could put it in anywhere in their school back going from the smallest sections to the most jam packed bags. Over all the Yoga 3 pro gives the user an excellent user experience even though it is powered by a core M but it outdoes it self
Pros
- Good build quality
- Thin and light
- Gorgeous QHD+ screen
- Four modes provide good versatility in the field
- Run’s the latest and the greatest broadwell Y series to date
Cons
- Very expensive
- Battery life could have been a little longer
- Crammed up keyboard (takes a little time getting used to)
Would I recommend the Yoga 3 pro ?
Yes I would recommend the yoga 3 pro to anyone who has a budget of over 1000USD and is looking for something thin and light as this would blow them away. The yoga 3 pro is a perfect travel companion and I would rate it a 4/5
Where can I buy the yoga 3 pro from ?
You can either buy the yoga 3 pro from lenovo itself http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/yoga-laptop-series/yoga-3-pro-laptop/
Amazon
(512 GB version) http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Yoga-Convertible-Ultrabook-Tablet/dp/B00OCAU680/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424898993&sr=8-1&keywords=Yoga+3+pro
(256 GB version) http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Yoga-Convertible-Ultrabook-Tablet/dp/B00OVFGU36/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1424898993&sr=8-2&keywords=Yoga+3+pro
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