The laptop will be offered with 3 coloring options

Oct 10, 2014 07:47 GMT  ·  By

Talk of the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro hybrid surfaced a while ago and the rumor got a lot of Yoga 2 Pro enthusiasts quite excited.

During the Lenovo event which took place a few hours ago, the company took the opportunity to launch the convertible machine into the wild.

The device arrives with the characteristic screen that can be bent over backwards to offer multiple modes of use, including tablet or presentation mode.

Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro Bumps things up to Broadwell

As we were expecting, the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro takes advantage of a new Intel Core M chip from the Broadwell family and runs Windows 8.1 software out of the box.

Like its predecessor, the Yoga 3 Pro is a premium device arriving with premium features. The 13.3-inch screen is of the IPS variety and boasts an advanced 3200 x 1800 pixel resolution.

The processor living under the hood is an Intel Core M-5Y70 Broadwell one fitted with up to 8GB of RAM and backed up by 512GB of solid state storage (a cheaper 256GB version is also available for purchase).

Lenovo says the battery inside should be enough to provide up to 9 hours of run time on a single charge, which is pretty nice.

Other selling points include HDMI output, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2 USB 3.0 ports and 4 speakers.

Given the fact that the new convertible takes advantage of the Broadwell architecture, it is the thinnest and lightest to date. On top of that, it makes use of a new aluminum hinge design which doesn’t break the scale as much.

The convertible takes advantage of Harmony software

In an interesting move, Lenovo ships the new Yoga 3 Pro with the pre-installed Harmony software, which is in charge of generating automatic app recommendations by first analyzing the mode in which you use the convertible.

Lenovo is offering the Yoga 3 Pro in three coloring options including the standard Clementine Orange plus Platinum Silver and Champagne Gold.

Lenovo announced the new Yoga 3 Pro is available for $1350 / €1,062 and up, but if you consider that to be quite expensive for your taste, you should know the previous-gen Yoga 2 Pro with Haswell chip architecture is still available for purchase climbing up from $850 / €669.

Hopefully, the new Yoga 3 Pro won’t have the same ill-fate as its predecessor that was plagued by yellow color screen issues for a long time. At some point, Lenovo even rolled out a BIOS update in an attempt to fix things, which proved to be a sterile move with lots of users.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed hoping that the Yoga 3 Pro turns out to be a problem-free machine.

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