Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 line adds OLED and a Surface rival

The Lenovo X1 Tablet seems to be aimed at folks preferring an added level of portability and Lenovo still tends to the traditional high end computing needs with the ThinkCentre, an all-in-one desktop bundled with the ThinkVision X1 Monitor.

The Productivity Module ($149) increases the battery life of the X1 Tablet from 10 hours of use up to 15 hours total. Want to stroll into a meeting with only your tablet, then wow the crowd by projecting your presentation like your tablet is R2D2 at the beginning of Star Wars: A New Hope?

The updated ThinkPad X1 Carbon ($1299) starts shipping in February and once again lays claim to the title of “the world’s lightest 14-inch business Ultrabook” thanks to a weight of just 2.6 lbs (1179 grams). The laptop will be launching in February starting at $1,299 United States dollars. The OLED model will become available in April, and the device’s price has not yet been determined.

Not a bad package on its own, but there’s also your choice of three modules you can attach to perform specific tasks: a “productivity” module with an extra 50% battery boost and USB 3.0 and HDMI ports; a pico-projector that lets you show off PowerPoint in all its glory, and a 3D imaging module, to scan things in glorious 3D. ThinkPad X1 In-Ear Headphones will be available starting January for $69.99 (approx Rs 4,700). It also supports WiGig for wireless docking, and optional mobile LTE broadband.

Both the X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga can be configured to have up to Core i7 processors, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of SSD storage space, and 14-inch 1080p or 2560 x 1440 displays.

In the last few months of 2015 we saw a number of new 12-inch 2-in-1 Windows 10 tablets come to market, including the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, the HP Spectre x2 and Elite x2, the Lenovo MIIX 700, and the Dell XPS 12. You can add upto 6th gen Intel Core i7 Pro processor, up to 1TB of SSD storage and has an optional LTE-A WWAN port and WiGig docking. ThinkCentre TIO II will be available from May, starting at $239 for 21.5-inch display model and $269 for 23.8-inch model. They also have the flat, rechargeable ThinkPad X1 Wireless Touch Mouse that features capacitive touch scrolling and, better yet, keeps the ThinkPad aesthetic going.

The ThinkCentre X1 AIO offers a superlative design within an ultra-thin 11mm frame giving one of the world’s thinnest desktops. Enter the ThinkCenter X1 AIO, the company’s touted “desktop of tomorrow”. While ThinkPads are devices which are commonly associated with being Windows-based, Lenovo has also confirmed that as well as the standard Windows option, they will be releasing a Chrome OS variant as well. The touchscreen, which is configurable in 1,920 x 1,080 or 2,560 x 1,440 resolution can be bent a full 360-degrees backwards into tablet mode. The main novelty is the TPM chip (Trusted Platform Module), which contains a crypto-processor along with security keys that allow enterprise-grade security if the laptop was ever lost or stolen. It also features an Intel RealSense R200 3D camera.