Lenovo Expands Its Line of Multi-Mode, Flip-Screen Laptops

The Lenovo Yoga 3 14-inch. It’s a hybrid Windows PC that can be used as a laptop or a tablet. Lenovo

Lenovo’s bendy-screen laptops have proven to be big hits. So of course, the company is doubling down.

Today at CES, the PC-maker has unveiled an army of new Windows laptops in its ThinkPad, Yoga, and Flex product lines, all of them featuring Lenovo’s hinge design that allows for the screen to be folded all the way back against the rear of the keyboard so you can use it like a touchscreen tablet.

Fans of the older Yoga PCs will undoubtedly be taken with this year’s Yoga 3, which has been updated with a slightly slimmer design and new chips. The Yoga 3 comes in two sizes: an 11-incher with Intel Core M chips, and a 14-incher with fifth-generation Intel processors and a 16:9 IPS display. Both have integrated graphics, but discrete Nvidia graphics chips are an upgrade option on the 14-inch model. The new Yogas arrive in March, and will cost $800 for the 11-inch and $980 for the widescreen 14-inch.

The 14-inch model ThinkPad Yoga. Lenovo

If you love that bendy hinge but you prefer hardware that’s a little more “grrr” than the bright and playful Yoga, check out the updated ThinkPad Yoga. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a flat-black, Ultrabook spec’d, awesomely keyboarded ThinkPad laptop dressed up with Lenovo’s flippity Yoga screen hinge. The 2015 version of the ThinkPad Yoga comes in 12-inch, 14-inch, and 15-inch sizes. All of them have bright touchscreens and fifth-gen Intel processors. Discrete Nvidia graphics are available as an upgrade to the 14-inch and 15-inch models only. The two bigger models are also the only ones capable of displaying 1080p content natively — the 12-incher tops out at 1366×768. The new ThinkPad Yogas will be on sale in February for with starting prices between $1,000 and $1,200.

Lenovo’s entry-level Flex PCs get updated as well. The new Flex 3 models will be available in 11-inch, 14-inch, and 15-inch sizes. The 11-incher has a Pentium processor, and the larger models have fifth-gen Intel Core chips. They’ll be priced between $400 and $580, with availability slated for May.

The ThinkPad Yoga 15-inch model in “tent mode.” Lenovo