14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier last month, Lenovo added a few new products to its ever expanding portfolio. Most importantly, it refreshed its professional convertible lineup by adding the Yoga 3 Pro to the family.
Like its predecessor, the Yoga 3 Pro is a premium device arriving with premium features. It has a 13.3-inch IPS screen that boasts an advanced 3200 x 1800 pixel resolution and arrives with an innovative, new hinge design that allows customers to use the hybrid in a variety of ways.
But when the producing company announced the convertible, it said that the device would bestow 9 hours of battery life.
The Yoga 3 Pro appears to lack some hours of battery life
Since then, Lenovo set up the page for the Yoga 3 Pro, detailing its internal specifications and unique use modes. But there’s a big surprise awaiting those mulling over whether to purchase the 2-in-1 or not, and it’s not a pretty one.
According to the product page, the Yoga 3 Pro will be capable of sustaining only 7.2 hours of power on a single charge, which is 2 hours less than previously anticipated.
This aspect might prove to be quite disappointing to some, but it remains to be seen if it will be a major negative point for consumers.
Anyway, in a previous article, we also told you that the preliminary performance tests revealed a CPU throttling issue with the Yoga 3 Pro.
The machine is based on Intel’s new Broadwell architecture and bundles a Core M processor inside, which is supposed to be fanless.
When Intel introduced the Core M platform, it caused encouraging statistics brought about by the fact that the chip giant performed high-speed tests in optimized casings. However, as far as real-life products are concerned, it is up to the manufacturers to juggle the size-performance ratios.
The Yoga 3 Pro actually has a fan
Also, the Yoga 3 Pro is not fanless either. Lenovo has slipped in a little fan, which is supposed to increase the thermal space so Turbo Boost can do its thing.
Half of the Core M CPU performance relies on the fact that there’s enough room for heating when in overclocking mode. But in case the temperature goes off the roof, Turbo Boost will turn off and users will be left with a 1.1GHz working GPU, which is lower than what the previous Yoga 2 Pro offered.
So before you purchase the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, make sure you take into consideration the aspects we highlighted above.