🔬[REVIEW] Lenovo Yoga 7i (14″, 2022) - one of the most solid 14-inch convertibles
Channel: LaptopMedia
Date: 04/08/2022

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➡️  CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[0:24] Design and construction
[0:53] Keyboard and Touchpad
[1:23] Ports
[1:56] Disassembly and upgrade options
[2:13] Display quality
[2:49] Battery life
[3:05] Performance
[3:33] Temps and Stability
[4:01] Verdict
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🔬[REVIEW] Lenovo Yoga 7i (14″, 2022)

Convertibles currently are at the height of their power, having access to all types of different hardware, with both efficient and powerful chips. The 2022 version of the 14-inch Yoga 7i from Lenovo is solely-based on Intel processors with Alder Lake U-series and P-series offerings.

Design
Lenovo takes a new approach to the design, with both the lid and the base has rounded corners and edges, which really soften up the appearance. What isn’t soft is the device itself, as the aluminum chassis is as durable as ever with no flex from the entire laptop. Also for a 14-inch form factor, we have a thin 17 mm profile and a weight of only 1.45 kg. 

Keyboard and Touchpad
The laptop foregoes a NumPad, but the keyboard that it has is one of the best that we’ve tested on a convertible. With decent key travel for its thickness, clicky feedback, and a backlight, typing is as pleasant as ever. The touchpad is covered in glass and has a large surface, along with all the accuracy and responsiveness you want. The base also features a fingerprint reader and two speaker cutouts, with two more on the bottom. 

Ports
The I/O here is well selected so that you’re hardly missing anything of importance. There are two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, an HDMI 2.1 port, a MicroSD card reader, and a 3.5 mm audio jack. 

Teardown and Upgradeability
It’s a big oof that the upgradeability is totally sacrificed, with all of the memory being soldered to the motherboard. Storage-wise, there’s only one M.2 PCIe x4 slot but it fits the ultra-fast Gen 4 drives.

Display
The display selection has high-quality panels, with either a 2.2K IPS panel or a 2.8K OLED panel. For a 14-inch laptop, the 2.2K panel seems pretty fitting, so that is why we picked it. The IPS display caps at 332 nits of peak brightness, an unusually high contrast ratio of 1700:1, and 97% sRGB coverage. The accuracy gets pretty good with our Design and Gaming profile, making the laptop a great option for Creator work. 

Battery
The 71Wh battery pack offers balanced battery life, especially with the 28W P-series CPU. You get 10 hours and 50 minutes of Web browsing, or 9 hours and 5 minutes of video playback.


Performance
We tested a configuration with the Core i5-1240P, which has 12 cores and 16 threads and is much more powerful than any ULV CPU that Intel or AMD could offer from their Tiger Lake and Zen 3-series. With only integrated graphics, you might feel disappointed, but the laptop will still be able to handle plenty of image and photo editing, along with other Creator work. 

Cooling
The two heat pipes on the inside are enough for a laptop with integrated graphics. There’s also a fairly large fan and a metal heat spreader on VRMs. The Stress test showed that the CPU throttles down in the final stage, but the temperature at the end was only 68°, which is pretty low.

The outside was cool and quiet as well, with the hotspot not going over 40°C. 

Verdict
Obviously, if you need the best possible performance, you won’t find it here, however, the portability aspect is important for many people and this is where the Yoga 7i shines. It can be very useful both as an office device or a photo editing station for the road, while also being great for consuming media with its convertible design.