Lenovo’s dual-display Yoga Book gets even bigger

Lenovo’s Yoga laptop lineup for CES 2025 features a new laptop whose camera hides behind the display, and an updated Yoga Book whose dual, “stacking” screens are now larger than ever before.

Lenovo’s laptop lineup includes the ThinkPad, ThinkBook, Yoga, and IdeaPad families. The Yoga family includes 2-in-1s or convertibles, generally emphasizing form-factor flexibility as much as anything else. It’s here you’ll find laptops like the new Yoga Book 9i, which flips over to provide a convertible that can be used as a presentation display or for inking.

Though it might not be the most practical, the standout model is the updated Lenovo Yoga Book 9i, with an improved processor as well as larger screens. We liked the 2023 Yoga Book 9i, even if its performance was a little underwhelming. Now, the updated 2024 model includes a Core Ultra 7 255H, a member of Intel’s “Lunar Lake” family. It’s worth noting that we don’t see a laptop from AMD or Qualcomm in this entire bunch.

The Yoga Book 9i 14 is designed for road warriors, who may typically tote along a separate, standalone display for extra productivity. Instead of one display, the Yoga Book 9i has two. The Yoga Book 9i can either dedicate one of those displays for use as a keyboard, with a bit of supplemental space for displaying additional information. Alternatively, the Book’s dual displays can be used one atop the other or side-by-side for additional screen space. Between them is a 360-degree Dolby Atmos soundbar, with four speakers.

Lenovo’s new Yoga Book uses a pair of 14-inch displays instead of the 13.3-inch displays its predecessor used, though the resolution remains the same at 2880×1800. They’re both OLED screens, as before, although Lenovo bumped up the light output to 500 nits and the refresh rate is now 120Hz. Lenovo says that they’ll cover 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut, like many other OLEDs. Content can be moved between screens via special Air Gestures, and AI-powered Smart Notes can be inked and then read as text.

A Smart Reader feature generates a synopsis of books in the user’s library to decide what to read next. We’re not sure how that works or what formats it supports. It seems a bit random.

Inside the new Yoga Book 9i is up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory and up to 1 terabyte of PCI Express Gen 4 SSD storage. Connectivity is provided by three Thunderbolt 4 ports and Wi-Fi 7. It includes a 5 Mpixel webcam with a privacy shutter. It weighs 2.69 pounds, even with an internal 88Wh battery, and measures 12.4 x 8.25 x 0.61 inches.

The Book ships with the Dish Yoga Keyboard, with a comfy 1.5mm of key travel. All told, the Yoga Book will cost $1,999, shipping in May.

The Yoga Slim 9i eliminates the camera notch by placing the camera under the display, a trick that has been occasionally tried on smartphones. The idea is that by putting the camera behind the display a manufacturer can eliminate the camera notch, allowing for a cleaner look and maximizing display space by “shooting” the user’s face through the display glass. In the case of the Yoga Slim 9i, this means that the screen-to-body ratio is 98 percent — almost all screen, essentially. In the Yoga’s case, the display in question is a 14-inch, 4K, 120Hz PureSight Pro OLED display.

The new Slim 9i is powered by Intel’s second-gen Core Ultra (Lunar Lake) chip, which Lenovo says offers up to 17 hours of battery life with a 75Wh battery inside. It weighs 2.62 pounds, as befitting the Slim name.

The Yoga Slim 9i will ship for $1,849 in February, Lenovo said.

Lenovo said that “select” laptops will include a 2-month Creative Cloud subscription — a trial for those who don’t have it, but an additional two-month subscription that will be tacked onto an existing Creative Cloud subscription, if a user already has one. Copilot+ PCs will also include what Lenovo calls AI Now, which includes both the option to run a local LLM on the PC but also connect to a cloud LLM, via an undisclosed subscription.

Lenovo also announced five additional laptops — less flashy than the Book 9i or Slim 9i, but probably what the typical laptop buyer will purchase, too. They include:

Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition: The Yoga 9i Aura Edition includes an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake) chip inside, with a 14.2-inch, 2880×1800 120Hz display that tops 1,100 nits and is ideal for content creators, with 100 percent coverage on sRGB and P3, and 99 percent on Adobe RGB. Up to 32GB of 8,533MHz LPDDR5X memory is included, as well as 1TB of SSD storage. The laptop weighs 2.91 pounds with a 75Wh battery inside. The “smart modes” this laptop adds include the ability to block distracting websites in Focus Mode, and wellness features that support eye health and taking breaks. This Yoga will ship in February for $1,599.

Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition: The laptop will ship in January for $1,099 on up. This Copilot+ PC is also based on a Lunar Lake chip. It’s a 14-inch laptop, with a 2.8K 120Hz display as well, and a bit lighter than the 9i at 2.76 pounds. It will include the smart modes of the 9i, too.

Yoga 7i 2-in-1: This laptop will ship in February in one of two configurations: a 14-inch ($899) and a 16-inch ($949). Both of these Copilot+ laptops include a 2.8K OLED (120Hz) display, a 70Wh battery, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, and up to a 1TB of SSD storage. They’re somewhat chunky — 3.04 to 3.9 pounds — but with keyboards that include 1.5mm of key travel and a range of ports. The tradeoff is affordability, of course.

IdeaPad Pro 5i: The IdeaPad Pro 5i will cost $1,499 when it ships in February. It’s a chunkier, more powerful notebook, weighing 4.39 pounds and including a larger 16-inch 2.8K OLED screen that outputs at up to 120Hz. Inside you’ll find a new Core Ultra 9 (also known as the Core H). Lenovo’s not releasing the specs of this laptop, most likely because it includes an unreleased mobile version of Intel’s Arrow Lake chip. We should hear more about that at CES. LG, however, has already leaked the chip’s existence with its LG Gram announcement.