At CES 2021, Lenovo launched a new detachable ThinkPad device, the X12 Detachable. Presented as the first ThinkPad removable device launched in a few years, Lenovo said the offering was created due to customer demand for removables.
The ThinkPad X12 Detachable comes with an Intel 11th Gen UP4 chipset, a 12.4-inch FHD screen, Wi-Fi 6, a removable folio keyboard and uses the same magnetic pen as the X1 Titanium Yoga.
The ThinkPad X12 Detachable announcement at CES 2021 came with the launch of the rest of Lenovo’s ThinkPad line, including the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon iteration. The X1 Carbon gained a 10nm Intel 11th Gen CPU, along with minor changes, such as a slightly wider 110mm touchpad, the addition of Dolby Voice and moving the fingerprint reader to the on / off button.
It also has a new one-bar hinge system and uses two fans instead of one, which Lenovo claims to improve the laptop’s ventilation and thermal capacity, while decreasing fan noise.
Lenovo also unveiled the ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga, which was named the company’s flagship convertible laptop this year and the thinnest convertible ever offered by the company.
The ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga is 11.5 mm thick, weighs 1.15 kg and comes with a 13.5 inch QHD screen. It will have an Intel 11th Gen Core chip, integrated Iris Xe graphics, two Thunderbolt 4.0 ports, four microphones and comes with a magnetic pen. Its main attraction is having a 360 degree flexible display, Lenovo said.
All this year’s ThinkPad models will come with the 5G option. The 5G for these laptops will be sub-6GhZ 5G, however, and will not be capable of mmWave speeds.
Lenovo also said that all of this year’s ThinkPad models have human presence detection – the ability to log in without touching the laptop via Windows Hello – and improved blue light levels compared to previous models.
The Chinese company also unveiled the ThinkReality A3, which is a new pair of smart glasses. The glasses aim to “transform work at all levels” through virtual screens and 3D visualization.
Lenovo ThinkReality A3 glasses
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“These are the most advanced and versatile business smart glasses on the market and are part of a total strategy to bring comprehensive digital solutions to help in this smart transformation that companies always tell us they are working so hard to achieve”, senior story from Lenovo technologist Kevin Beck said.
“In this new normality of distributed workforces and hybrid work models, companies tell us that they are looking for new technologies and want to collaborate more intelligently.”
The glasses will come in two models, the PC edition and the industrial edition, the first of which can be connected to a PC and the latter will have the ability to be connected to a flagship Motorola smartphone. Both allow users to wear prescription lenses while using ThinkReality A3, Lenovo said.
In announcing the product, Lenovo said it focused on flexibility when developing the glasses so that they could be “immersive, but not insulating”. According to Lenovo, the industrial edition of the glasses allows the work to be carried out on the factory floor, laboratories, in addition to retail and hospitality spaces.
Last year, Lenovo used CES 2020 to unveil the ThinkPad X1 Fold, a foldable PC that took four years to develop and went through six designs before it launched last year.