To the far right of the trackpad is the laptop’s fingerprint sensor. The cursor movement isn’t as smooth or snappy as on the Galaxy Book Flex, but I had no issues with multi-finger gestures like pinch-to-zoom or switching apps. The Flex 5G’s trackpad is similarly roomy, though sometimes it feels a little sluggish. I’ve spent most of my quarantine on a smaller, 13-inch laptop, so it took my fingers a while to adjust to this wider layout, but everything I needed was within reach. Every key is generously sized and the layout is evenly spaced. Keyboard and trackpadĪs with most Lenovo notebooks, the Flex 5G has a very good keyboard, though it’s not as deep or cushy as those on the company’s ThinkPads. This is a fairly common problem with laptops, unfortunately. To be fair, the Surface Pro X also suffers from thin sounding audio, as do some XPS machines. I barely heard any bass in The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights or Lizzo’s Truth Hurts, and generally songs sounded tinny. The speakers flanking the keyboard could also be better. The 400-nit screen was adequate indoors but was hard to read under direct sunlight when I took it out hunting for 5G, though. When I watched a trailer for Wonder Woman on the Flex 5G, Diana’s golden lasso and Chris Pine’s shockingly blue eyes also popped. The Surface Pro X has a sharper resolution, but I haven’t really noticed a significant difference. It won’t knock your socks off, but it is crisp enough that I could make out individual strands of fur on a sloth in a wildlife video. The Flex 5G’s 14-inch full HD display is decent. I’m also glad that the bezels surrounding the display are fairly slim, so at least that part feels like a machine made for 2020 rather than 2018 (unlike the Snapdragon 835-powered ASUS NovaGo). I do appreciate that Lenovo included a physical switch on the right edge to quickly turn on airplane mode, though. Its dark grey-silver color looks dated, while the 0.58-inch profile and 2.97-pound footprint really weigh it down.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. It’s bigger and heftier, and nowhere near as pretty. If the HP laptop is a graceful dragonfly and the Galaxy Book Flex an elegant butterfly, the Flex 5G is a dull, unremarkable moth. In comparison, the Lenovo Flex 5G feels quite chunky. I’ve been spoiled by the super thin and light notebooks I’ve been testing lately, like the Samsung Galaxy Book Flex and HP’s Elite Dragonfly. But like every Snapdragon PC out there, this laptop suffers from app compatibility problems and buggy performance. It uses the Snapdragon 8cx chipset that’s similar to the one in the Surface Pro X and the Galaxy Book S. Why is it so expensive - does it have superpowers? Well, if you consider very long battery life and 5G support superpowers, then the Flex 5G has them. That’s more than the base model of machines like the Dell XPS 13 or MacBook Air. A whole year later, the company finally started selling the Flex 5G, which is available via Verizon for a whopping $1,400. In 2019, Lenovo announced it would be the first to make a 5G laptop with Qualcomm’s Windows on Snapdragon platform.
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