**Lenovo C940 2-in-1 Laptop Review**
The Lenovo C940 is a 14-inch 2-in-1 laptop that offers a unique blend of portability, performance, and versatility. In this review, we'll delve into its design, features, and performance to determine whether it's the right choice for you.
**Design and Build Quality**
One of the standout features of the C940 is its metal build quality, which provides a premium feel and look. The laptop's chassis is robust and well-built, with minimal screen flex when intentionally pushing down on it. We appreciated the clean design, which gives the C940 a sleek and modern appearance. While it may not be the most aggressive-looking laptop out there, we think its understated design is a major plus.
**Keyboard and Touchpad**
The keyboard on the C940 is another area where it shines. The keys are well-spaced and have a nice, clicky feel that's pleasing to use. We also appreciated the touchpad, which is larger than expected for a 14-inch laptop and works well with gestures and navigation. It may not be the most advanced touchpad out there, but it gets the job done.
**Speakers and Audio**
The C940's speakers are another highlight of its design. They're loud and clear, producing excellent sound quality that's perfect for watching videos or listening to music on the go. We were impressed by the depth and resonance of the sound, which is uncommon in laptops at this price point.
**Battery Life**
One of the most significant advantages of the C940 is its battery life. In our YouTube playback test, it lasted a whopping 10 hours and 37 minutes, beating out many other laptops we've tested. This is thanks to Lenovo's advanced power management system, which helps to optimize battery performance. With this level of endurance, you can use the C940 all day without worrying about running out of juice.
**Charging and Connectivity**
The C940 also features Type-C charging, as well as Thunderbolt support, making it easy to connect to other devices or charge your laptop quickly. The power brick is also on the smaller side, making the overall package more portable. While not the most compact design out there, we think this trade-off is worth it for the added convenience of a smaller power brick.
**Display**
The C940's 1080p touchscreen display is another area where it shines. With barely any screen bleed and decent brightness and color gamut, it's perfect for everyday use or watching movies on the go. While it may not be as vibrant as some higher-end displays, we think this is a fair trade-off for the laptop's overall portability and performance.
**Gaming Performance**
Unfortunately, the C940 doesn't exactly excel in gaming performance. With its Intel Iris graphics at 720p, you'll only get very light gaming performance. However, if you're not expecting much from your laptop's GPU capabilities, this shouldn't be a major concern. Just keep in mind that other laptops with dedicated graphics may perform better.
**Video Editing and Productivity**
In terms of video editing and productivity tasks, the C940 holds its own. Our Adobe Premiere export test showed it outperforming some of our competitors, including the Acer Swift 5, which was using the same processor. This is a testament to Lenovo's focus on power efficiency and performance.
**Overall Conclusion**
Overall, we think the Lenovo C940 is an excellent choice for someone who needs a portable laptop with long battery life and decent performance. While it may not excel in gaming or video editing, its strengths make it perfect for everyday use, travel, or office work. With all things considered, we believe this is a solid investment that's worth considering.
**Pricing**
As of our recording, the C940 starts at $1,100 USD in the US, although prices may vary depending on your location and retailer. In Australia, it's priced starting at around $2,700 AUD, which is higher than some other laptops in this price range due to its customizations.
**Final Thoughts**
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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enThe Lenovo C940 is a smaller 14” 2-in-1premium laptop, let’s check it out in thisdetailed review and help you decide if it’ssomething you should consider.For the specs my config has a 10th gen Inteli7-1065G7 quad core Ice Lake processor, justIntel Iris graphics here, 16gb of faster LPDDR4Xmemory in dual channel, there’s a 512gbNVMe M.2 SSD, and a 14” 1080p 60Hz touchscreen.For network connectivity it’s got WiFi 6and Bluetooth 5, however it’s too thin forethernet, so you’ll need to use a dongleif you need that.The C940 specs can be customized when ordering,you can find examples and updated prices linkedin the description.The laptop is made out of aluminium and it’savailable in two colours, I’ve got the irongrey version here and it looks clean and professional.For a thinner machine, the build quality feelsquite solid, there are no sharp corners oredges anywhere.Lenovo lists the weight as starting at 1.35kg,and mine was just a little more than this.With the small 65w power brick and cablesfor charging included, the total weight risesto 1.7kgThe dimensions are on the slimmer side fora 14” laptop, coming in under 1.6cm thick.This allows it to have just 7mm thin screenbezels on the sides.Generally 2-in-1 touchscreen devices likethis have thinner bezels to help you avoidaccidentally pressing the screen, but I foundthe bottom chin large enough to fulfil thisrole.I found it to work fine as a touch screen,and it apparently supports 10 finger gestures,so make sure you don’t have any more!There’s a pen included, it’s around theback on the right corner and charges whileinserted into the machine.Due to its position I had great difficultytrying to pull it out with the laptop in frontof me on a desk.It was much easier to pull it out once youflip it over into tablet mode, which to befair is probably when you’re most likelyto want to use the pen, though I think itstill would have been useful to have easyaccess in laptop mode too.I expected a nice satisfying magnetic clickor something when putting the pen back in,but that wasn’t the case, though it doesstay in place once you slide it back in place.The touch screen otherwise worked well forme, no issues to report.It’s got a glossy finish, and Lenovo saysthe 1080p version uses a 400 nit panel, whilethe 4K model is brighter at 500 nits.Using the Spyder 5, I found my 1080p modela bit under the 400 nit mark, but this canvary between panels, the contrast ratio wasabove average compared to most I’ve testedtoo.As for colour gamut, we’re looking at 95%of sRGB, 66% of NTSC, 71% of AdobeRGB, and71% of DCI-P3, so alright results, plentyif you’re just using it for office workor ok for some content creation.The 4k 500 nit panel is HDR and supports 90%of DCI-P3, so definitely worth consideringif you need better colours.There was no backlight bleed in my unit, anexcellent result, however this will vary betweenlaptop and panel.Screen flex was very minor when intentionallytrying to move it due to the metal lid, howeverit highlighted that the laptop was easierto slide around than expected.The feet underneath didn’t really feel rubberyor sticky, it’s hard to describe but I guessit seems closer to a plastic so there maybe some slippage when pushed.The Yoga 360 degree hinge also contains thespeaker, so it basically faces you when inlaptop mode, but still also faces out in tabletmode.The speakers sounded excellent, far aboveaverage and some of the best I’ve ever testedin a laptop, they were clear, there was somebass, and they were loud enough at maximumvolume.The latencymon results looked alright too.The laptop can be opened up with one fingeruntil the screen gets to 90 degrees or so,then it starts to tip back, demonstratingthat in laptop mode there’s more weighttowards the back, however it did sit fineon my lap.Despite the thinner bezels, the camera isfound above the display in the center, there’sno IR for Windows Hello but it’s got a physicallysliding privacy shutter.The camera looks pretty decent for 720p andsounds pretty average.Typing makes a kind of weird sound on thekeyboard.The keyboard has white backlighting whichilluminates all keys and secondary key functions.There’s no numpad in the 14” model, howeverthe larger 15” version does have that.I liked typing on the keyboard, the keys felta little clicky to press, here’s how typingsounds to give you an idea of what to expect.There are 2 levels of key brightness whichcan be adjusted by holding the function keyand pressing the spacebar.Keyboard flex was on the lower side consideringhow thin it is, likely owing to that metalbody.The precision touchpad clicks down anywherewhen pressed, I found it to work quite wellwithout any problems and was happy that it’sbasically taking up as much space as it can.There’s a fingerprint scanner to the rightof the touchpad just below the keyboard, Ifound it to work fast and with good accuracy.Fingerprints and dirt didn’t show up veryeasily on my darker matte finish, but as asmooth surface it’s easy to clean with acloth.Like all glossy touch screens, fingerprintbuild up will occur over time unless you juststick to using the pen.On the left from the back there’s a USB3.1 Gen2 Type-A port, two Type-C Thunderbolt3 ports with DisplayPort support, and eithercan be used to charge the device, followedby a 3.5mm audio combo jack.The right just has the power button towardsthe back, I pressed it a couple of times whilepicking it up before I got used to it whichputs it to sleep by default, but you can alwayschange what the button does in Windows ifthis is an issue for you.The back has air exhaust holes, while thefront sticks out a little for you to get yourfinger in and open the lid.Underneath is pretty clean, with just someair intake vents towards the back.To get inside you need to take out 4 TR5 screws,then there are 3 more phillips head screwshidden underneath the back rubber foot, Ifound it a little tricky to open.Once inside we’ve got the battery takingup a large portion of space down the bottom,and the single M.2 slot for storage towardsthe right just above it.The WiFi chip is soldered to the board andso is the memory, so make sure you buy itwith enough memory for what you need.We can also see the space that’s dedicatedto the pen.In addition to the speaker bar below the screen,there are a couple of speakers towards thefront on the bottom.Despite the battery only being 60Wh, the C940definitely knows how to use it.I’ve tested it with the screen brightnessat 50%, background apps disabled and keyboardlighting off, and in my YouTube playback testit lasted for under 11 hours, putting it rightat the top, though due to the lack of discretegraphics the regular gaming test was not possible.The Lenovo Vantage software lets you managethe system, you can change settings or updatesoftware and bios through here, though withthe C940 I didn’t see any option to changeperformance modes.I’ve tested thermals in a 21 degree Celsiusambient room temperature, at idle it was quitecool at 29 degrees Celsius.With the Aida64 CPU stress test running itdid initially spike above 80 degrees celsius,but before long it settled down in the mid60s with a slight improvement once undervoltedwith Throttlestop.Although clock speed peaked at 3.5GHz on all4 cores, around 2.7GHz was where things settledin at, and this is due to the lower wattageapplied to the processor, this is a 15 wattchip after all.It’s worth noting it was running up to 20watts or so closer to the start of the testing.When we look at 5 runs of Cinebench we cansee how the result slows down over time asthese throttle limits get hit.As for the external temperatures where you’llactually be putting your hands, at idle itwas in the low 20s, a very cool result.Even with the CPU stress test running it’sonly around 40 degrees, just a little warmto the touch owing to the metal chassis whichwill conduct heat, let’s have a listen tofan noise next.It was completely silent at idle, and theneven with the CPU stress test going as a worstcase it wasn’t much louder at all.Next let’s find out how the C940 holds upin games, we’re not expecting much due toa lack of discrete graphics, so I’ll justtest the Intel Iris graphics at 720p withsome basic titles to get an idea of what’spossible.Dota 2 runs on basically anything, so almost60 FPS was possible even at ultra settings,with much higher frame rates at low, whereeven the 1% low is higher than the screen’s60Hz refresh rate.CS:GO was tested with the Ulletical FPS benchmark,and again around 60 FPS maxed out, thoughwell over 100 FPS was possible at minimumsettings.Overwatch was tested in the practice range,at high settings and above it felt prettystuttery and laggy, it wasn’t too bad atlow though, not great, but usable.I’ve used Adobe Premiere to export one ofmy laptop review videos at 4K.As the C940 doesn’t have discrete Nvidiaor Radeon graphics, it’s one of the slowerresults out of the laptops tested, howeverit is beating the Acer Swift 5 with the sameprocessor which was in last place.I’ve used Crystal Disk Mark to test thestorage, and the 512GB NVMe M.2 drive wasperforming well, but expect different resultswith different storage options.For updated pricing check the links in thedescription, as prices will change over time.At the time of recording, in the US the C940is under $1100 USD though it is on sale.Here in Australia the starting price throughthe Lenovo website is $2700 AUD, it’s highereven after the currency conversion as thebase spec seems to be higher than the US config,which starts with an i5, but customizationscan be made when ordering.With all of that in mind let’s concludeby summarising the good and bad aspects ofthe Lenovo C940 2-in-1 laptop.Overall I thought the metal build qualitywas good, there was minimal screen and chassisflex when intentionally pushing down and Ipersonally liked the clean design.The keyboard has a nice and clicky feeling,the touchpad works well and is a good sizedespite it being a smaller 14” model, andthe speakers sounded excellent.The battery life was amazing, giving me oneof the best results out of all laptops I’vetested in the YouTube playback test.The C940 has Type-C charging too, along withThunderbolt support, and the power brick ison the smaller size, making the whole packagefairly portable.The 1080p touchscreen had basically no bleed,decent brightness and colour gamut, but considergetting the 4K model if you need better coloursand brightness for tasks like content creation.Even when under heavy load the C940 ran onthe cooler side and didn’t get loud at allcompared to most others I’ve tested.Very light gaming is possible with the IntelIris graphics at 720p, but don’t expectmuch.The lack of discrete GPU will also slow downother tasks like video editing, but for othergeneral tasks that don’t need GPU accelerationI found it to perform well, beating out theAcer Swift 5 with same processor in my Premiereexport test.As for things I didn’t like, it could bea bit slippery when on a desk if you pushit lightly due to the lack of sticky rubberfeet.The pen was challenging to remove with thelaptop in laptop mode, though this was mucheasier once you fold it into tablet mode.The price doesn’t seem too bad for a thinnerand lighter machine, but that’s definitelywhat you’re paying for here, as you canof course get more powerful specs in a largermachine for less money, it just depends whatyour priorities are.I could recommend the C940 for someone thatneeds portability with a long battery lifeand isn’t looking for a gaming or hardcorevideo editing laptop, something for say officeuse or travel, once that’s allowed again,would be perfect use cases for it.Let me know what you thought about the LenovoC940 2-in-1 laptop down in the comments, andif you’re new to the channel get subscribedfor future laptop reviews and tech videoslike this one.\n"