Lenovo Yoga C740 14" Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Lisa Gade reviews the Lenovo Yoga C740, the company’s mid-range convertible 14” Ultrabook with a premium metal chassis, touchscreen, pen support and Intel 10th gen Ice Lake quad core CPUs. The specs and build are quite nice, particularly given the $699 starting price. There’s also a 15.6” version with similar specs. The laptop has a full HD IPS display, Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, up to 16GB DDR4 RAM and a fast M.2 NVMe SSD. The C740 has a backlit keyboard, fingerprint scanner, MS Precision trackpad and it’s available in Iron Gray and Mica colors. We also compare it to the higher end Lenovo Yoga C940 in this video. Our Yoga C940 review is here: • Lenovo Yoga C940 14" R...
You have fast become my fav tech reviewer, good spec breakdown, fast, precise, 360 degree review and the price/performance + the human centric aspect. Lisa = world league
is it glossy screen, or anti-glare ?
Me too
@@stevethea5250 glossy 😢😢😢😢
@@abdulhadimalik428 ew :/ matte is better
I get so happy when I watch this lady because of her vibes. She is positive, and she seems nice. I'm glad I found her through recommendations.
Love the Naruto Shirt! Makes the review that much better.
why she keeps caling it c940
Lol I was watching naruto before clicking this
I feel wierd....
I have the exact shirt
@@nasroabdi7461 lol
better will be Yugioh, T- shirt
Your reviews are just the best.
I wish she was my aunt. How cool that would be!
When to check it out in store and I kinda feel in love with the typing and travel, it feels so natural. 😩 UGH. Accidentally fell in love with it.
Awesome review ! But it's a bummer to see so much unused space inside, and only a 51 Wh battery for a 14" compared to the 48 Wh one of the 13.3" Yoga 730. same for the weight, it's heavier than the C940 while having less features !
Léni Vienne it’s good for Netflix and Disney plus
4:31 sad that we have to say this. At least it has a headphone jack. I wonder what will manufacturers cut next?..
the answer is apparently an included charging brick :(
I paid 1100$ CAD including tax and i've been using it as a full time student and I am really pleased with it, the speakers are a bit annoying but i mostly have headphones on..I ve had an absolute amazing experience with the battery, i ve had 14 to 15 hour use without having to lower brightness and performance too much!! Btw i have the i5 version
i just bought my c740 a month ago and love it! did so many comparisons and this has all the things i want.. still i7 10th Gen. 1TB storage 16GB ram. Wifi 6. .. 1 USB A at the right (i like having a wired mouse still) and USB C on the left so it doesnt' get crowded on the right... and it doesn't heat up like my previous Asus. And best part i like.. is the front facing speakers.. sure it doesn't rotate like C940.. but if you using it like a normal laptop.. damn its' loud .. i dont need to hook up speakers anymore when doing workout on youtube.. now i also know why ppl keep talking about keyboard it's quite nice .. only thing is batt life.. i'm only getting 3 or 4 hours>? but with promo this convertible is a steal.. and super value for money..oh yes plus a pen.... i like that vol button is just pressing f2 and f3 directly and i dont need to have to press function button at the same time....
Just bought the C740 and love it. The display has ZERO backlight bleed which really surprised me as I had just returned a Surface Laptop 3 because of a horrendous display. The laptop runs well with zero hiccups. Really happy so far
hi, how is it performing now? any issues? I read too many discouraging comments recently, hope yours is good?
@@leanntan5364 its actually shit take it from experience
Came for the review. Liked for my favorite Hokage.
I picked one of these up from Best Buy for 600$ about 2 months ago, it has been such a fantastic little machine. My previous xps 13 motherboard died after 6 months. I can say I am more satisfied with this c740 than my xps 13 (9370) in every single way. Trackpad, battery, screen, thermals, design, etc.
How’s it holding up? Did you get the 8 gb of ram?
Thanks for doing this. I bought one directly from Lenovo the week before Christmas and love love love it. Got the 15.6 inch, i7, 16GB with 1 TB SSD for $959. Upgraded from Surface Pro 3. Also got the newer Lenovo Pen 2 for $40 from Lenovo. I am a graphic designer and it does great. As a note the 15.6 speakers are different and fire from the bottom and the keyboard has number pad. I also have the better display than you stated.
ExposedRoot is the pen good?
Just purchased this as black friday promo from best buy!!
me too! waiting for it to ship!
I love your review, bought this recently and I'm happy with the specifications it offers.
I have the C740 15.6" , 16GB of memory and 1TB of ssd that I bought for $959. It's very fast and is a good looking. I bought the lenovo active pen 2 separately for that.
I got half a tb for mine around the same price. I custom ordered mine and ordered the pen for 30 bucks with the bundle
can i ask how long the battery last? and first time how long did you charge it for ?
@@tunnelvisiongaming3745 mine lasts for about 8-10 hrs depending on what im doing. Charges while im doing stuff in about two hours maybe?
@@kaitlynkilpatrick36hhmm and how long did you charge the first time? and has it been giving you 8-10 hours from the first time?
@@tunnelvisiongaming3745 mine was already partially charged so i would say i charged it about 1 hr to get it fully charged then have just been plugging it in when it gets low. my old laptop had a bad battery toward the end after 6 years and i partly blame myself for just chronically leaving it on hibernate instead of turning it off so i've been careful with this one (don't know if that actually does anything or not) but yeah i've had it since December and it's been giving me consistent battery life. the only thing that is weird is that the only time it starts to actually get warm is when i am charging it but not hot or anything. cooling is pretty good for the amt of stuff i have open on the daily.
I love how people who didn't have TH-cam as a kid are trying it
Like most people who are above the age of 15?
Your videos are lit! You rock!! I really like your reviews, very complete and descriptive
The CPUs listed at 1:45 are Comet Lake CPUs, not Ice Lake.
Yes. Please take note of it, Lisa.. it's not "Ice Lake without the fancy iris graphics", but it's actually a different breed of CPU
I clicked that bell so that I could see all your latest reviews. Great stuff.
Extra cool points for the kakashi shirt. Great review
Thank you I just got one of these n I’m not a computer person at all but this video really helped. I think I made a decent choice for being so ignorant n I’m definitely saving this video for any future questions. Appreciate it.
If this was 600 bucks I would consider it more, but the C940 with the i7 with iris plus, 12 gb of Ram, and 512gb of storage is regularly on sale for 1,000 bucks.
That also includes Thunderbolt 3, included pun, better speakers, slightly lighter, and slightly better overall build quality. Worth 300 bucks in my opinion. I’d personally wait for this to go on sale if you are planning on getting it unless you need a $700 laptop right now.
Thank you for the great review as always Lisa.
Am i the only one who thinks this looks better than the c940?
it does!!! haha
Yup
Yeah...
Was waiting for this one!
Another great review, Lisa!
Lisa, thanks for opening it up and let us see the internals and cooling system. This is what I want to see mostly before I buy, all the other things we can find out on their website, but we cant see the internals
Absolutely the best reviews on TH-cam. I really love this laptop and am seriously considering buying it. Should I, now, in May 2020? Does anyone have any advice? Thank you!
Well the verge said its a value buy for 2 in 1 laptop, i guess it depends on whether you like how it looks
I have to say your reviews have been a huge help in making my decision to purchase a convertible laptop for part time drawing / part time programming. In order to combat the glossy screen I'd like to get a matte screen protector for this C740 for use with a stylus (the 14" model). Do you know any good matte screen protectors to recommend, at 14"?
hey! did you ever find a good matte screen protector?
Keep doing so great deserves have more subs then t seris
Hey Lisa can you do a comparison review of the yoga c730 and c740? Which one would be more worth it
Finally yeeees!! thank you. Loving the channel always great content :D
Been looking for a solid review for this laptop for awhile now! You're awesome thank you for the video and you're also a lefty so you're even more awesomer!
It's a beast. Got delivered today.
I'm really confused with all the Lenovo laptops out there... I need one with a touch screen for drawing and a bit of gaming.
Which one would you recommend that isn't too expensive?
Waiting for answe as i need something similar too
Me too
Lana Mirghani the c740 definitely! i own one myself and honestly comparing to the c940, id expect the speakers on the c740 to be bad since the only physical difference (other than the screen!) is the hinge speakers but honestly, the c740's dolby atmos speakers rlly wowed me! the vents are also ample and still am not hearing much of the fan! go ahead and get one!! rly recommended~
@@val-ub3nt hi. Is the fan loud?
@@val-ub3nt how's the battery life?
I love your reviews ❤️
Initially checked at the "Playback Speed" setting on youtube and realize it's you, who is speaking at the speed of x1.25
love the Kakashi Tee
Thank you, very useful. Just moved to wifi 6 and did now know that this won't support it unless you upgrade the wifi card. I just went to the netgear orbi wifi6 mesh router so I can leverage the faster wifi.
Thank you for honest review😍 they said in google it can usebup to 13 hours
Are these the 14nm ice lake cpus? I'm waiting for 10nm ice lake, because I'm guessing the power consumption will be lower. But will it really? Should I continue to wait or just buy a 14nm ice lake laptop?
I'm torn between this and HP Envy X360
I recently bought the c940 after watching your review but debated between the two. I'm surprised that the c740 covers more color gamut than the c940. I really like my c940 so no regrets.
You mentioned this to have Quad Core Ice Lake but the soecsheet at 1:40 says it's coming with i5-10210U or i7-10510U and both are 14nm Comet Lake. Is that a miss or it actually has some Ice Lake variant as well?
Indeed, reference is to Ice Lake but specsheet and the Lenovo site list this model with Comet Lake.
Also, there is i7-10710U model available in some regions.
Great review! Very informative and like the personal comments, such as what is the target group and whether the good sides or downsides really matter for that target group :)
Keep up the good job!
Btw, convinced after your video and just ordered one myself haha
Ok, now missing the C640 test!
Im gonna be getting it!! btw nice kakashi shirt.
Waiting for laptops like this with new Ryzen 4000 chips.
Are those really better?
@@Abanamat85 in graphics most likely, but we'll see about battery life.
Lisa, how about a recommend for a video editing machine? I travel with my Surface Pro X but it is not much of an editor for video.
Not much has changed since my 730. Privacy slider is the only thing obvious. Still has the same hard-to-open design with no finger purchase help. The hinges don't look changed. Mine bound up when opening and popped off a small trim panel. Lenovo won't cover it. Mine has the same finish and it shows fingerprints easily. 4K was a bad choice for me ironically, since Adobe apps have poor font and icon scaling for a 4K screen of this size. I don't recommend either this series Yoga nor Lenovo.
Warning: I purchased this laptop 2 months ago and seriously regret my decision. I wish I had made the decision to return it while I still had the opportunity. There are definitely positive attributes, but the speakers are unforgivably quiet no matter what "enhancements" you try to adjust in the settings. It's significantly quieter than my 3 year old phone on max volume. If there's even a small amount of noise in your background, you'll struggle to hear your audio or watch a video even on max volume. For a device this size, the speaker that was chosen just doesn't make sense and the decision seems insulting to the consumer.
The other inexcusable failing is the battery life. The battery will drain from 98% to 25% in a couple hours of regular work use (emails, web browsing, file storing). This is pretty shocking to me having come from a MacBook whose battery could last most of the work day if needed. A lot of the features I purchased it for are as good as expected, but these two let downs are so invasive they're hard to look past.
I finalized to buy this laptop but after reading your experience need to think twice!
Well ok
Bought this laptop, very satisfied, very good battery life. I'm literally on my laptop all day and it will last me 8-10 hours. For the sound, speakers are decent loud and usable. but at this point I mostly use my bluetooth headphones which is more useful for me than loud speakers since everyone can hear it. I've looked at many laptops Dell xps, hp spectre/envy, by far this is one of the most aesthetically pleasing laptop on the market that you can buy for the price. The aluminum chasis gives it a very premium feel that's similar in tier to a macbook air. Display is very sharp, I have an older laptop with a 4k oled display and couldn't tell the difference in resolution side by side comparison. Only complaint is I wish the display was brighter but 310 nits is good enough and wasn't so reflective. Bit I'm about to buy a matte screen protector to protect the screen from constant fingerprint smudges from touchscreen use and potential scratches.
@@everydaytech6854 How long do you have it for?
Your wrong
Might be getting it. Thanks for the review!
New subs here, you're so cool 😉🙏😘
Thank you! Very helpful review. Nice shirt 🤩
They used to have a dedicated gpu in their 14" convertibles, like the yoga 710-14
A shame that option isn't there now
Just wait until Tiger Lake comes out
Kakashi will be proud of your nice reviews
Please do a review of the S740 14".
It looks like it is pretty similar to this, you don't get the touchscreen, but you get better specs in almost any other aspect.
Cheers! :D
Yep, that’s Why i went with the S740, I didn’t need the 2 in 1 gimmicks. It also costs less, amazing value!
Отличная идея
Same! I just bought the full spec'd S740!
Jocke Aronsson I dropped the 4k panel
@@sonpham3438 It may be a GIMMICK to you but not in my line of work. It's almost a must now.
Your intro is iconic to youtubers like doug demuro!
I just bought the 15.6. It's a nice laptop and very sleek. Only issue I have is opening it. I wish it had a groove or piece to make it a little easier.
Can you help me ,plz? I want to buy one but how is your battery going? How much does it last per 1 full charge?
I'd be very interested to know about this year's thinkpad with the newest AMD chips, especially on performance and battery life department.
I love your fantastic reviews.😍
I have a question: can I use it regularly for 1080p video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro cc? Can it handle it well?
Thank you 🙏🤗
Hamid Faraaz wondering that too
@@ritoflo94 Same here
Hamid Faraaz I been using mine with Vegas pro 17 works perfect
Personally I wish it had AMD Ryzen 4800U. Suddenly laptops with Intel chips just feel outdated out of the box
maans le roux I have one of these with the tenth gen i5 and it doesn’t feel dated at all. I have the 16gb ram 15.6 inch. Maybe that makes a difference? I don’t know
How are they outdated
If you don't like it Don't buy not everyone is a Fanboy
At fast-growing technology era, I think you could call it outdated to intel 4th gen. (We talk about mobile processor here) But if you look at the core and thread it'd still worth if your work is need more cores than 2. Unfortunately the price is not worth enough comparing to laptop on 2018-2020
maans le roux is it good for watching movies like Disney plus and Netflix
Can't wait to see your review of the x1 fold
You get jitter because you draw on a computer screen that is freely moving, also because you need to enable left-hand pen use. Try leaving the computer on a table so it's steady when you use the pen on the screen
I bought this laptop and after one day it died on me... Shame beacuse I really liked it. Ended up replacing it with a S730 (the new one with intel 10th gen), other than the inferior batter life and no touch/tablet mode its a great machine. I would still recommend the C740 as long as you have warranty as its cheaper and has the advantages I've already mentioned. If no thunderbolt 3 is a deal breaker, go for the S730
Lisa, Great review as usual. When the Yoga Slim 7, Yoga 5G and other new models are available, can you compare them to one another and to the Yoga C940? Thanks.
Looks like the yoga slim 7 has the same panel as this one. Was worried about the low brightness but contrast ratio looks fab
Thank you, great walk-through.
great review! thanks so much!
I am planing to buy this laptop but have not yet found enough reviews on TH-cam. I am so glad that Lisa you did the review.
A concern: Which is better? Purchase it on Lenovo website or on Bestbuy? Thanks.
Best Buy, you'll get it sooner, but Lenovo has a wonderful return policy (as someone who's used it before, lol), so up to you, really! Both usually have really good deals, but Lenovo has some killer ones! Just depends on timing, really!
@@7Write4This9Heart7 Hi, thank you for your reply. I know that right now only Lenovo has a larger storage(512GB) to Bestbuy's(256GB) with the same price! But I am worried if the product goes wrong, the Lenovo customer service is bad at helping me, since I have had an unpleasant experience with the HP's. That kind of left a scar on me on whether or not buying a laptop from the brand's website would grant the similar customer service as the Bestbuy has.
Hi, nice review. Please tell us which lenovo active pen used you to test the yoga C740 in the video?
Ang astig ni lola.. never expected this.
I have it and love it!!!
I hope Lenovo makes a AMD version of it? They have the s740 (14s) with the and ryzen but I don't get why they still not having the one for the c740.
Mine came with a coupon for $50 dispensary weed. Pretty sweet deal.
Lol how? Nice.
Lisa if you were picking out of the Yoga C740 or a Lenovo Idea Pad Flex 5 2 in 1 which would you pick - the two model I am able to purchase in OZ have i7 and 16 GBRAM. I want to experiment with it using Adobe illustrator and photoshop as well as general wordprocessing
My dad is giving me his old laptop and it the exact same as this im pretty excited
Will this support dual 1440p monitors?
How does the keyboard compare to the c940 14?
i love this laptop with all my heart its going to last forver with the 10th gen i5
Should I buy one Lenovo yoga c740?? I am driving crazy over deciding which laptop to buy. I am a young lawyer so won’t use heavy desing programs. Would you recomend me to buy this one or there ir something newer and better now? I am Also checking the Dell inspiron 7000 2 in 1 and the asus vivobook s14 s433. This last one has 11gen i5 processor while the other two have 10gen. Or do you think I should get an i7 help me out :(
Dont mines stopped working only after 5 months of normal use! 5 MONTHS!!!! Its stuck in this repair loop and lenovo wont do shit about it! Ive called them and every time i call them they hang up on me!! Absolute trash would NOT buy it
Get yourselves something better like a MacBook or a samsung laptop but not a lenovo
@@thankyou9085 Thank you so much for your answer! Will keep that in mind
I'm planning to buy this laptop and for some reason I overlooked that the usb-c ports are not thunderbolt 3 but 3.1 gen 1. I plan on using this notebook for programming work with bluetooth peripherals and one external full hd monitor. Do you think that I should rather get this model (i7 version) or the C930 model (i5 version)? They cost the same amount and I can't decide between the thuderbolt 3 ports and better soundbar vs better processor.
Love your style.
I got mine a month ago. It is about 980 USD, with 15" 500 nits HDR, intel i5, 512 gb, 16 gb ram. It is a good deal compare to C940
Exactly what I got, it's super fast, don't know why they didn't review the better version of the display
@@Admiral_Ali is it loud. I mean the fan
I like your kakashi shirt 🔥🔥
Just got one upgraded will see how it work🤞
Any updates? Pls
Thank you. Ordered it yesterday.
@Anthony Gomes sure dude. But since I ordered the customised version it will take around 3 weeks to reach me.
@Anthony Gomes Lenovo website. 14 inch. i5, 16gb, 1TB
@Anthony Gomes yeah. No idea if it would be Active pen 1or 2
Did you recieve yours? Like is the hinge problem real?? And is the brightness enough??
Like i ordered same specs as yours just i7 rest same but due to lockdown have not received yet..plzz do reply✌
The top of the line Lenovo Yoga 730 ( I7, NVIDIA, 4k touch, 2-in-1, 1tb ssd) needs to be brought back. The latest Yoga's aren't as good.
like so many i need to upgrade my computer to work from home. currently i have a macbook pro 2010 15". almost anything is an upgrade :)
i really like the new macbook air 2020 which you reviewed but i'm worried it is too small since ive been working on a 15in for over a decade. i'm considering this as the 15in model because of the "tablet" ability. how would you rate the tablet functionality. ive never tested one of these 2-in-1's. is it odd with the keyboard on the back?
it was just on sale at BB for $549, I picked up an Open Box for $495
Going back to school after 10 years. I did the same. Open box $494. Don’t know much about computers but this thing seems fancy lol.
I'm about to buy that for my mom. She's a teacher and the touch aspect will be handy. Which pen did you use?
Surprising how similar it is to the thinkpad yoga series!
lisa grade if you see this quick question. What has your experience been like with lenova updates on laptops, i really wana buy a 2 in one lenova c940 but my lenova yoga pro 3 tab which is mostly exelent for media content hasnt recieved any proper updates, so much so that pokimon go will no longer run oin it unless i use a akp and uninstal reinstal it dayly. i know tablet isnt ment for games so its poor runing i just wanted it for pokigo occasionally and dont mind if slow but not working? i really want a c940 but im worried theyll stop suporting it after 1-2 years like my lenova yoday
excellent review! i would love if could also review the Asus zenbook flip 14 ux463
Great review
Has it been dificult for you to write on the display with your left hand and a pen ? I am left handed as well and i am coursius about it if i am getting some trouble to write on the laptop
Could you review the C640?
You probably where not aware but if you buy this laptop from the Lenovo education store it does actually come with the pen.
It’s good for a graphic design student?? Help
Subscribing just cuz of the shirt but aside that the content was amazing good job
Sorry for my ignorance: What does it mean "No thunderbolt 3 on this one, just usb c"? I'm still on vga and usb A :). Is not possible to connect the C740 to an external monitor? Thanks.