Lenovo Unveils Yoga C940 14-Inch: Ice Lake, 4K, Dolby Vision – AnandTech, Anandtech.com

            

Lenovo has introduced its new-generation top-of-the-range Yoga C 940 – series 14 – inch convertible notebooks. The new breed has been equipped with Intel’s 10^thGeneration Ice Lake processors along with plethora of new improvements which include better connectivity as well as power efficiency.

Being Lenovo’s flagship convertible PC for consumers and (to some degree) creative professionals, the Yoga 9-series has evolved quite significantly over the years. While the original Yoga 900 featured a 13 .3-inch display of a (x) resolution, the all-new Yoga C (comes with a larger HDR-supporting) – inch LCD featuring a Full-HD or Ultra-HD resolution as well as 400 / 500 nits brightness. Furthermore, despite the fact that Yoga 9 displays are now larger, their overall dimensions and thickness is lower, making the systems more compact. What remained intact are all-metal CNC-machined chassis (now with twice polished aluminum lid) as well as signature 360 ° watchband hinge.

Enabling the Lenovo Yoga C 940 14 – inch convertibles are Intel’s 10^thGeneration Core i5 / i7 Ice Lake processors with advanced Iris Plus integrated graphics and a revamped motherboard design featuring a smaller footprint that allows to make actual systems smaller. To make the Yoga C 940 more appealing, Lenovo equipped it with its special Intelligent Cooling Mode (activated by pressing FN Q) that automatically adjusts performance and cooling based on workloads. The CPUs are paired with 8, 12 or 16 GB of LPDDR4X memory as well as an NVMe / PCIe solid-state storage subsystem of up to 1 TB (see exact specifications in the table below).

As far as connectivity is concerned, the new Yoga C 940 14 – inch comes with Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, as well as one USB 3.1 (Gen2) Type-A port. Furthermore, the Yoga C 940 also has a Dolby Atmos-supporting rotating soundbar, a far field microphone array (to support Alexa, Wake on Voice and similar functionality), a fingerprint reader, and a webcam with Lenovo’s TrueBlock privacy shutter.

Because of the new processor and system design, the Lenovo Yoga C 940 is now 14 1 mm thick (down from 14 .5mm ) and weighs starting at 1. (kilograms) down from 1. (kg). While Lenovo does not mention battery capacity of the machine, it says that the Full-HD model can work for up to 17 .5 hours (up from 14 .5 hrs), whereas the Ultra-HD laptop can work for up to 9.5 hours (up from 9 hrs), which suggests that this device may qualify under Intel’s Athena program.

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Lenovo’s Yoga C 940 14 -Inch
		Yoga C 940 14 – Inch FHD C 940 – 14 IIL	Yoga C 940 14 – Inch UHD C 940 – 14 IIL
Type	IPS	IPS
Resolution	1920 × 1080	3840 × 2160
Brightness	400 cd / m²	500 cd / m²
Color Gamut	100% sRGB	100% sRGB
Touch	Yes	Yes
HDR	Dolby Vision	DisplayHDR 400
CPU		Intel’s 10 th Generation Core i5 / i7
Graphics		Iris Plus UHD 950 or UHD 960
RAM		8 GB, 12 GB, (GB LPDDR4X)
Storage		PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD: (GB,) ***************************************************************************** (GB, 1 TB) Optane Memory H 10: 32 GB 3D XPoint 512 GB QLC Optane Memory H 10: 32 GB 3D XPoint 1 TB QLC
Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5
Thunderbolt		2 x USB Type-C TB3 ports
USB		1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A
Fingerprint Sensor		Yes
Webcam		HD camera with IR and TrueBlock shutter
Other I / O		Far-field microphone, Dolby Atmos soundbar, TRRS audio jack trackpad, etc.
Battery	Capacity	? Wh
	Life	up to 17 .5 hours	up to 9.5 hours
Dimensions	Thickness	14 .1 mm | 0. (inches)
	Width	320 .6 mm | 12. (inches)
	Depth	215 .2 mm | 8. 47 inches
Weight		1. 35 kilograms | 2. 98 LBS
Operating System		Windows 10

(Lenovo’s Yoga C) convertible notebooks will hit the market in October. The 14 -inch models will start at $ 1249. 99.

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• The Lenovo Yoga C 930 Review: Atmos Acoustics
• Lenovo at CES 2019: Yoga C 730 Gets AMOLED Display
• Lenovo Launches Yoga 920 Convertible: 13 .9 ”4K LCD, 8th Gen Core i7, TB3, 3 Pounds

Source: Lenovo