The Lenovo Yoga Book 9i Dual-Screen may have just cracked the dual-screen code. It features many of the usual configurations – touchscreen, tent mode, and laptop. But Lenovo’s also leaned into the fact that users have two 13.3-inch OLED screens at their disposal. By eschewing the physical keyboard, users can stack the two screens horizontally or put them in portrait mode for a book-like experience.
Users can also set the screens up in “laptop mode,” which will turn one of the screens into a digital keyboard and trackpad. The digital keyboard’s haptic feedback admirably mimics the feel of real keys beneath fingers. The elimination of a physical trackpad is a big part of what opened up so many other design options and uses for the screens.
Keyboard-clackers need not fear: the Yoga Book 9i includes a physical Bluetooth keyboard that’s actually essential for some configurations. For example, in laptop mode, Lenovo’s designed the Bluetooth keyboard to sit atop its digital counterpart and leave the digital trackpad exposed.
Lenovo’s dual-screen starts at $2,100 and features Intel CPUs up to the 13th-gen Core i7-U15. It comes with 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and the user’s choice of a 512GB or 1TB SSD. The 9i’s Bowers & Wilkins speakers support Dolby Atmos, and its battery is supposed to last up to 10 hours when using both screens. Three Thunderbolt 4.0 USB-C ports round out the connections.
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