Lenovo's new Yoga Book: almost a laptop
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- Two years after the original Yoga Book, Lenovo returns to IFA in Berlin with the much-improved second generation. Now with a bigger and better screen, beefier processor, and E Ink screen, the 2018 Yoga Book promises to be a great upgrade to one of the most unique devices on the market.
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some people must have poured their heart and soul into engineering this thing. awesome!
We did. Thank you for mentioning it and I will make sure they see this message!
Wow. I honestly came to the video and my thoughts were 'it's probably very gimmicky and bad' but I need up very impressed with the final product.
Since I value portability a lot, I was about to get the surface go. But many reviews have stated that the decide is simply underpowered. So I think I will get this one instead.
The deciding factor will be either or not the keyboard is very comfortable to type into it for long sets. Otherwise I'm totally sold.
sure thing @wahid razali :)
@@AhmedAli88 Actually the deciding factor will be price: $450 on the Surface Go vs $950 on the New YogaBook (crazy price difference)
Wahid Razali I got to use this laptop and it’s the worst laptop I have ever used
wasn't ready for keyboard turning to an ereader...wow
but it is kindle kind :)
This honestly is an ingenious design. I’ve always preferred reading on e-ink.
It's called lcd. It's been here from long ago but nobody uses it this way
I am really like the direction that Lenovo is taking with this device. Very cool form-factor, you get laptop, tablet and ebook reader in one device!
dude don't forget it's also a paper substitutes, writing on that e-ink display seems legit!
You'd think it's a Surface Pro almost /s
And a wacom pen
...but will it taco
If they improved and innovated it this much already within 1 year, imagine the 5th Gen of the Yoga Book.. hopefully they keep the same engineers and vision :)
Coolest piece of tech i have seen in a while
Finally, something really really innovative in this age of thin, curved and AI gimmicks!
XD and notches ^^
,,, But this is a gimmick itself.
999 seems fairly priced in my eyes for such a neatly engineered piece.. the futures definitely looking good with this one
If Apple made this, it would cost 2000$ and outsell every laptop out there. Gorgeous! Excellent design.
David Deblaere More like 3.500$
This laptop is really beautiful.. love the design, looks slick.
The price is painful, but you know what? I think I can swallow that for the amount of innovation here. I want to encourage this kind of work from companies. It's not more of the same. The team that made this poured their hearts and souls into this and you can _feel_ it. This beautiful thing is _perfect_ for my life. I'll find a way to buy it.
I've had the original Windows version since launch and it still gets used everyday. This updated version looks like they literally addressed every single complaint I have with the original. There's a huge benefit to that e-ink keyboard area as well, the keyboard can be changed at will. Literally any layout can be displayed and used as input. I'll definitely be getting Gen II. It's about time we finally see some innovation in the laptop space.
Hm. Thanks for leaving this comment. I was thinking of going the cheap route and buying the original yoga book, but now that you mention swapping out keyboard languages, I think I'll buy the 2018 version.
I have absolutely no use for it, but i want one!
Who doesnt
WiFi Pirate then buy it 😎
Consumerism/Capitalism in a nutshell. #sad
FAHAD - tech / product design enthusiast - as i imagine most of the people watching this video are...
amen
The coolest thing ever would be if you could use windows while the bottom display is in ereader-mode
I don't know how practical it would be since you're missing the keyboard, but doing Uni-stuff while having the textbook on the bottom display would look super cool!
or you could play hearthstone in the lecture and not even have to alt-tab to look at the lecture slides!
Yes, it's obviousthis should be possible!
You can do just that :)
Ohh.. The possibilities. XD
asus with their trackpad screen?
This is innovation at its best. Brilliant work #Lenovo!
This is a work of art. The level of engineering on this thing is insane 😍
I use to own the original Yoga Book, my experience is they are amazing devices the engineering, the design, the software and imo the sound, those speakers were really good!
This looks like a good step up and I'm glad to see Lenovo didn't abandon the concept. I might in a few years come back to the fourth fifth generation. Right now I'm comfortable with using ChromeOS.
Some serious innovations here, nice work Lenovo!
If you can mark up the pdf on the ereader using that stylus, I would definitely consider buying one! Perfect for students! I'd need to try that haptic keyboard first.
It's a great idea like the last one... But it still as a small screen and such a huge bezels.
Now this is real innovation.
I have an Onyx Boox and a Surface Pro 2 and am in desperate need of an upgrade. Never would I have expected to have a device that is both and is more portable (thank two devices separately) I'm over the moon!
This literally looks like someone out of iron man. We’re getting closer and closer to moive magic with technology these days.
This is so frikken cool! I want one!
Truly innovative design, well-done Lenovo! Also thanks for the good review!
Lenovo just outdid themselves wow! I absolutely love new, futuristic and brave designs like that, they drive the industry forward
Guys i've been using the original yoga book as a productivity machine and it help up super well. Battery life was excellent, touch screen- 360 degree hinge is amazing and most of all it's also pretty cool to use as a device. The pen tho isn't so amazing. But this new generation looks super promising and i can't wait to see what it's like.
The only gripe I have with my Yogabook Gen 1 is that I can't charge it while the microUSB port is connected to other things. Other than that it's been a wonderful portable device for basic web browsing, word processing and watching movies on the go!
If you can use the e ink display for computing they’ll have sold me. Imagine doing work outside at the park on an e ink display! Sun becomes no problem and long hours in front of a screen with less eye strain sound lovely.
The only thing I hope they can add is a removable silicone keyboard which aligns with the e-ink display to give real haptic feedback
for this to be worthy upgrade from first gen it has to have dual boot both windows and android.
It is a must.
I own the first generation versions (both an Android and a Windows version) and is still my preferred device for on-the-go. The Android version hasn't had an update since August 2017, but still runs flawlessly. The Windows version still gets updates (albeit from Microsoft). It's a little sluggish, but I got used to the keyboard. What I didn't like about the Windows version was attempting to take notes as the LCD screen had to be on to use the notepad (it can be off on the Android version). Since the new one doesn't use paper, it seems like this won't be an issue with the eInk screen.
The other thing that the originals didn't have was being able to use the touch-sensitive stylus on the LCD screen (you could turn on Any Pen, but that's not the same thing). I'm used to drawing using the bottom screen, so that seems like it would still work, but would be better in the stylus worked on both surfaces. I'm keeping an eye on this one and want to see more reviews before spending double the money.
This is pretty damned awesome. Reading on e-ink is essential outdoors, if you ask me. Even on full brightness I find it hard reading outdoors, and it's brutal for battery life as well. This is definitely the most innovative laptop of the year.
This is the future!
the new yoga book looks amazing and the new more simple features fix alot of the simple problems with the original yoga book (which i`ve had for a year and a half and i am using to type this comment).
some of the best features in my opinion is the second charging port , the e reader version and the keyboard updates. The second charging port is amazing as it can be quite annoying and fiddly when you want to use it as specifficly a tablet (i have the android version) as you have to change the postion to use it when charging. The figiting nature of the original yoga book is saved by how well the auto rotation in the tablet mode works .
The keyboard seems to have had a big update with the more 3D appearace but its the better feedback which makes it better. When using the original yoga book it has this loud almost violent vibration feedback when ever the halo keyboard is used as well as having the problem of when you type most of the time the tablet google keyboard comes up as well ,covering up a third of your screen.Although you can change these in the settings, the halo keyboard doesn`t allow for any room to budge as it is either on or off when it comes to feed back.And the google keyboard can be turned off so that it doesn`t interfear when using the halo keyboard , however it does loose it`s auto prediction and correction meaning it will no longer correct spelling mistakes or put in punctuation while using the halo key board.So these changes i think would massively change how comfortable the new yoga book would feel on first use ,plus the option of hiding away the mouse is a extremly useful feature as it is so rarely used when you can use the pen or the touch screen to control the tablet.
lastly, the new e-reader function just looks beutiful on the tablet when joined with the fact you can draw on it too while seeing the picture as if it was on paper. The low and dull hue for the lighting on the keyboard has always made is unobtrusive while being visable with little glare, making it absolutly beautiful for to use as almost a second screen for the e-reader.When combing this with the fact that you can now also choose which screen you want drawings and doodles for it makes it possible to multitask while drawing (like watching youtube or googling a picture of what you want to draw). I find the greatist part of the second drawing screen is that is now feels more like you are using paper and when this is combined with the thinner stylish ,you are going to have this much more seemless transition when switching to drawing on a tablet for the first time.Instead then having to get used to not looking where your hands are when drawing or being immeditaly throung into the deep end of features while geting used to the basic functions, you can immeditly test out the features and slowly adjust to using a tablet for drawing. In my opinion this features will make it more comfortable to draw as well as just casually read in any light sorce without being too obtrusive.
I am comparing this to the original yoga book and yes it does sound like the original has faults to it ,but this is just comparing it to the new and improved one which tackles all of the inconvinces of the original no matter how small they might be. As amazing as the new one might be, the orignal is a great piece of technology from great tracking software with a stlyist , ahead of time halo keyboard to it`s always smooth running,great design and great compatibilty with andriod (which is the one i have).Even the the annoyances i have had with the original yoga book can be fixed if you spend some time in the settings, but what i`m saying is the original is a great piece of tech but the new one is once again ahead of the curve and cunning brilliant.
I did not expect to like it but you always have an ebook with you and an high res laptop. Sounds great.
Finally some actual innovation happening in the laptop space. Truly impressive.
I own older model, first generation with Windows 10, and it is very cool and interesting device, not particulary fast but for reasonable amount of money. But honestly, for 999 bucks, the second gen is really worth it.
I really like it. If it wasn't pricey I would clearly use this as my note taking book, replacing pen and paper.
I like it, it's like a cheap surface neo with a less powerful second screen that can be used as a digital/editable keyboard 👍
The perfect Laptop for Private-Online-Tutoring: It has a Webcam + Mic and integrated graphic "tablet" for handwriting. Nice!
I can see something like this in future schools. I would personally expect something like this from apple. Lenovo you nailed it!!! Perfect translation from tablet to laptop.
I wish it was still available. I think it is on backorder. I want it more than the old version and I kind of want it in Ruby Red. Guess I won't be able to get it for Christmas then. :(
This is an amazing business meeting, student/school machine. Looks amazing and the eInk Display is a really cool addition.
I bought one , it’s super light and really well made .Very premium device , very classy .I wish it had 8gb and 512Gb storage .Lenovo website out of stock , only on Amazon can you get one .
They sell 8gb+512gb models in China, if you know how to buy from overseas...
I'd be more interested in it if both displays supported pen input. It would be an amazing machine for artists. Especially if you could turn off the main device and just have the eink display going to increase battery life.
This is innovation!!! Just like the first iPod it seemed a little obscure...but man it is a standout in a sea of mediocrity. If you were part of the engineering effort to make this and are reading this: A million thank you’s! Keep it up, "be bold and mighty forces shall come to your aide."
Definitely going to get one for myself once ebook and note-taking apps are supported. I did notice some thick bezels, and the input lag on keyboard side is massive both from touching or stylus. Hope Lenovo improve these on the next- gen.
It's super cool! But kind of disappointed with the price seeing as the original Yoga book was only around $350 - - it's $999 now
Lenovo has done some serious research to create this thing, Really we need to appreciate it. Because it will become a good Predecessor for the Future Device and As usual Unique video from Verge.
Both screens in color and i`ll buy one !!! that`s a nice idea. The new generation of user don`t need mechanic keyboards, they already use touch screen.
Finally revealed!!! I actually thought it will have a special press release event since there's nothing like it (with the exception of the 1st gen)... TIME TO UPDATE MY «OLD» YOGABOOK!!
Nice features, the led open mechanism, the keyboard, the touchpad, but I doubt the battery will stay for 8.5 hours, I'd give it 4h top in best cases.
Love it companies takes risks. It really shows what engineering can be done
The yoga book was already a cool concept, but this really makes good on that potential. I hope it can succeed at the higher price point, which is already closer to a Surface Pro
today i readed for this laptop/tablet and i am all ready on love its so beautiful and the designers who make this laptop its really very intelligent and very smart.
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This is a really smart device. It's got so many features that are genuinely clever and useful!
Sad part is some people see innovations like this and still think apple is not a total waste of money.
Apple is not a total waste of money. Apple has nailed the software when it comes to the Tablet (more like iPad) market. I am a Graphic designer and Architect, and the iPad Pro is a deal breaker, its the best tablet in the market, and even the new 2018 iPad is pretty amazing. You're gonna need a Apple pencil to take full advantage of it and people say "the pencil is such a waste of money, like 100 dollars, seriously?!" but then the Google Pixel Pen is also 100 dollars and the surface pen is 100 dollars too. And out of all of them, then Apple Pencil is the best, and has little latency, like none, and promotion is amazing, and its just the best design. And the other thing, you can take all the work you do on your iPad and get it all on your Mac. And the Mac is perfect for most designers, engineers, workers, and editors, film makers and the lot. And yeah Apple is a little pricey but you can get them a lot cheaper on Ebay and Amazon for the same deal. And also iPhones. being able to connect seamlessly through all devices, and ecosystems and get my iMessages on my iPad is just the best thing. I also had the original Yoga book, and it was kinda fantastic, but the keyboard wasn't really my thing and the pen had quite a bit of latency. I loved the design but it wasn't practical at all. I kinda mainly had it for a fashion statement because it was beautifully built and thin and just felt like a thing to show off. being a tablet running android or Windows, was pretty bad. and being a laptop which ran windows was okay but especially in school, essay's and assignments, you need a keyboard. And most of mine i did on my iPad pro, i only got the iPad, the Pencil, and the smart keyboard + case, for just about 500 dollars, and it definitely wasnt a waste of money and 2 years running, its great, along with my mac and iPhone. You just need a little perspective.
@@incorrectname9294 you've said a lot and you make perfect sense. However I was referring to innovation. In the tablet space, Microsoft brought in the surface which basically allowed users to not miss using an actual desktop. iPad pro was/is just a bigger iPad, which is also just a bigger iPhone.... I could actually go a distance as to why I think there are at least 3 better options to every single apple product out there.. but then again it boils down to user preference.
My concern here however is innovation. Year on year every other product manufacturer adds something new and useful to their devices..after 5yrs+ of the same design of their MacBook range, they added a touch bar. You may agree that making iOS touch friendly and adding touchscreen functionality would have been more useful than the touch bar. iPhone 10 is pretty but it's not the only product to sacrifice a physical home button. Face ID is okay but apple could have done better with giving us options; even the Apple logo on the back could have been used for a finger scanner if they wanted to.
Other manufacturers are really giving consumers sensible options but apple just does the same things and people like you clap for them.
Let me add, I use a couple of apple products myself.. I only wish they gave us more exciting stuff like every other product manufacturer does.
I agree. But there is a huge space for refinement. Apple does a good job at that. Just being first at something doesnt automatically make it useful to most
David Yeing Doozie Apple provides a simple product but kills it with the user experience. They know their audience and have mastered what their consumers want.
Amazing product from Lenovo, but it seems to be priced pretty high. In Surface territory rather. And that is some place not many devices will want to be, especially with the reliability, elegance and simplicity of the Surface line.
Few years from now, Apple will have this keyboard with a little improvement, hefty price and call it THE GREATEST INNOVATION 😂
What about drawing? Previous gen was design for digital artists or those who do sketch art with regular pen.
I think u can draw on the screen.
If you mean the note pade that magneticly clipped on and you could actually use to write on, i presume they removed it as it wasnt actually used for drawing and was more less gimmicky. But if you mean drawing digitally, you can draw on the keyboard side which doubles as a trackpad for you pen where you can choose which screen you the image to come up on. This feature is great for professionals who are used to looking at the screen away from where they draw (due to graphic tablets) while also being easy for casual drawers as well (due to you being able to have the picture appear on the side you are drawing on as well).
For now I heard that the bottom panel only reads pdf files, not kindle - would have been really cool if it did.
I'd love to see a snapdragon version of this in the future
My god. Please bring out a 3:4 version with smaller bezels abs you have the perfect Flip-pad
I have the first one and I really enjoy it! And the 2nd generation looks smooth...
What I want is a laptop where the back of the screen is e-ink, so I can switch to that whenever I want to read things. (But keep the normal keyboard)
that's innovation
It's a shame the logo next to the screen is not a small e-ink display that reverses it when bent backwards instead of being upside-down...
Looks really good, have my reservations about a virtual keyboard being comfortable for long typing sessions but if it's not too expensive would consider it.
This is awesome 😍 The mechanism is so intelligently mad and it's so beautiful and slim
Can you still use the paper on top of the keyboard area and have your physical drawing digitally copied?
Surprised the e-ink keys aren't Lenovo-shaped (Thinkpad/Ideapad).
Lenovo is so underrated I currently use a yoga and my computer before that was also a lenovo they make good products but I really want one of these 🙌🏽😊😏
This looks impressive , would love to see the amazon kindle app supported on the e ink portion
This is so beautiful ~
I am gonna wait until the price goes down a bit though...
I am actually quite comfortable with the keyboard on the old Yoga book, but had to jump through a lot of hoops in order to get it working with Cyrillic (I'm sure mr. Savov knows what i mean). I assume (and hope )this will be a non-issiue with the new one, its keyboard being an e-ink display.
Got my first convertible this year, now it's the only type of laptop I ever want. Not a power user, it's sufficient for my needs and much more practical.
This Yoga though, can I pull it open without the double knock? It's a cool feature, but I feel like sometimes I would just want to yank it open on the run.
That's a futuristic design, for sure
This thing looks awesome. Just really cool looking and futuristic
I really like the idea of this design. However, I would be really concerned about always having one of the 2 displays exposed to scratches while using it in either tablet or e-reader mode. I would be afraid to set it down on a table.
Love the concept , huge bezels seem to be the drawback . If the display was upgraded then
It would have been a better option . Anyhow I love the knock on wake up idea 💡.
Jacob N I have the original yoga book, and when using it as a tablet, larger bezels are a necessity
But...who would want this? What would you actually use the E-ink display for other than typing, reading a book, drawing? And why would you sacrifice a regular keyboard for those features that aren't really that useful?
Great video, Vlad. This is the most innovative device I've seen in a while
Typing experience might very different with physical keyboard. I mean, the physical one is much more convenient rather than the touch based.
If you mentioned your music and the authors, it'd be real nice!
Great summary! Had the 'old' Yoga Book 1 month ago. Changed it for a Surface Go. I'm slightly disappointed with the Go's speed when surfing the net (have the 8 GB version) as my old. Chromebook (C720p) is waaaay faster whilst surfing, doing homework and average useage.
... although.. this now seems just a as a expensive as the Surface Go... Hope it'll be a few 100 cheaper 😂
I can see this as the future of all professional devices. I just wish it had 8th gen cpu
does they upgrade a little bit the sensitivity of pen when drawing on screen? 1st gen has excellent touchpad part for drawing but on screen, it lags...
I already have this but I need help... After long time, it won't turn on and nothing help
For me personally I preferred the Wacom digitizer from the last one cause I use one note for taking class notes this e-ink display is really nice for reading but it sucks for note and taking in my opinion and the starting price is close to 1K I would just rather get a laptop but if it was around $500-$700 maybe I would consider getting but from what I seen in this video the lack of an actual digitizer pen just kills it for me otherwise it would have been a perfect little laptop for school 😭
So if I place a paper on its halo keyboard and draw some thing with its digital ink refill pen then can I see the live drawing in its monitor? If not then to do so please send me the online purchase link for the extra item!
Wow, this is very impressive. I wonder how usable the keyboard is when there's low ambient light?
Very nice, but, it's possible to draw on real paper over it and to record it (the drawing or sketch), or it works only on the screen with stylus?, this should be very useful for some designers (to draw on paper with normal pen over it and to record also the drawing digitally in the same time)
the old one can do it,. but idk with this..
I don't have the money now, so you guys recommend me to buy this in a year or wait for the next upgrade?
Does the F and J keys still have the bumps for no look typing? If not then it defeats the purpose of a true keyboard.
Don't see it replacing any of my laptop. But definitely is a good competitor with my very nice ipad pro! Nice job lenovo
Would've been a great Chromebook toy for casual reading or video watching.
This is exactly the device I want, but I wish it were a little cheaper. I guess it makes sense though
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