Lenovo - 2022 - IdeaPad 3i - Essential Laptop Computer - Intel Core i5 - 15.6" FHD Display - 8GB Memory - 512GB Storage

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What's up you tube how it goes and  welcome to another episode today we're  having a look at the latest iteration of  the ever so popular lenovo  ideapad 3. now lenovo's always drunk when it comes to their marketing and branding for their models depending on the region you're in this laptop is also referred as to lenovo ideapad 3i not to be confused with the gaming 3i that being said what's important is the configuration the configuration we have on board for this model here is rocking intel's latest 11th generation core f5 processor eight gigabytes of ddr4 ram additionally we have a one terabyte hard drive plus a 256 gb solid state drive also we have the latest wi-fi and bluetooth tires on board it's also worth loading this is the 15-inch model which has a full hd display on board of course we're going to answer the ultimate question of whether or not this laptop is worth your hard-earned cash what it got right where it dropped the ball and of course to see if it belongs in your office home or wherever you plan to use this thing as always if you guys enjoyed

this video hit that like button consider subscribing to my channel we're so close to 10k subs all thanks to your support but thanks again let's go starting off with a quick unboxing you can see that the latest iteration of the ideapad 3 looks just as lame in that cardboard boxing and that's pretty standard for most pc laptops unfortunately beyond that once you remove the content seal itself inside you'll find a few items first and oremost of course the laptop itself which is very neatly packed in a lot of protective packaging once you

remove all that here it is the lenovo ideapad 3i and it looks quite nice beyond that of course you have a 65 watt two-in-one charging adapter meaning basically the wall outlet piece and the actual adapter are one body piece unfortunately you still do have a proprietary charging adapter so no usbc charging out of the box beyond that of course you have a quick start guide instruction manual and your usual warranty and egulation information now as you can see we have the ideapad 3 in the abyss blue color and honestly it

looks pretty nice as far as the tone goes now build quality on the ideapad 3 isn't bad but it's nothing to write home about either it weighs approximately 3.6 pounds which is relatively light for its 15 inch class weight but the reason for this is because almost the entire laptop is made of hard tpu or plastic materials so tarting off with the top side you have a smooth textureless surface which actually feels nice to the touch but you

can tell right away this is your traditional plastic material you also have the lenovo badge towards the side

of the laptop and that's pretty much everything as far as the top side goes as we make our way to the side of the laptop io port diversity is a mixed bag so you have plenty of ports but some of them are somewhat outdated so you have a dc jack port you also have a full size hdmi port a usb 3.0 port a non thunderbolt usb c port and a good old headphone jack on the other side you have a outdated usb 2.0 port thankfully you do have a full sized sd card reader slot and two indicator lights as you make your way to the bottom of the laptop again the hard tpu material continues you have this long line vent basically for cool air intake and you'll also notice on either corner of the bottom side you have two speaker grilles so this is in fact a stereo speaker setup and we'll be doing a brief sound test later on in the video as soon as you unfold this laptop the first thing you notice is the ample amount of palm rest space which is expected on a 15 inch laptop lthough i can say i'm the biggest fan of that left skewed trackpad positioning it's a little too awkward for me with that being said the trackpad is decent in quality the clicks are fairly tactile and the surface while made of plastic doesn't necessarily feel cheap or flimsy it's also worth noting there is a little bit of imbalance when

you click on any side of the trackpad but it's still a lot better than some of the competition one thing lenovo almost always seems to nail with its modern laptops is the keyboard and this is another fantastic keyboard so you have fantastic key travel you'll find that you have plenty of surface area on each keycap so you will not be making any typos and also you'll find that the clicks are nice and tactile when you press on any given keystroke that being said this is a fully backlit keyboard and the backlighting is pretty nice also because this is the 15 inch model you have a full size 10 keypad keep in mind smaller models will not have this you'll

also like the fact that the power button on top of the keyboard also serves as a fingerprint scanner which is actually not that common in this category of laptop so good job lenovo the hinge quality on the ideapad 3 is mediocre at best so there is a fair bit of wobble no matter what position you have the laptop on it's also worth noting you can't open this with a single hand and lenovo could have definitely done a better job there

now as far as display fitting goes you have a relatively thin chin and forehead and also the bezels are pretty narrow that are more or less in line with 2021 standards unfortunately you get a highly mediocre 720p webcam i can't be too harsh on lenovo though because it seems still to be an industry standard in 2021

so it's okay for zoom calls but you're not winning any beauty contests with it i swear to god i think lenovo literally has a accountant making their displays because these displays are just not designed for creativity whatsoever no offense to anyone who's an accounting you guys are awesome with that being said you have a modest resolution of 1080p a 60hz refresh rate which is all decent but where things start getting

messy is the fact that you only have a srgb rating of 51 which is just outright awful colors look washed out they're super bleached and you cannot use this laptop for any sort of creativity intensive tasks like photo video editing or color grading because it just looks way too washed out so creative users keep an eye out for that also you have a peak brightening of 300 nits which all things considered isn't actually that bad this laptop is fine for most indoor settings and it does okay in outdoor settings thankfully you also have a

anti-glare or matte finish screen which does further help in providing less reflections on the screen overall

performance on the lenovo ideapad 3 or 3i is very interesting so any day-to-day tasks that core i5 rocesses rips right past whether it's web browsing watching a video on the internet or doing some good old word processing however i really wanted to push this laptop to its limit so of course i installed davinci resolve 17 and did some bare 4k video editing i found there were a fair bit of frame drops it's still technically a viable experience but you definitely notice that i feel like the 8 gigabytes of ram is a bit of a bottleneck but

having more ram might fix that issue to some extent gaming on this laptop is actually quite respectable given it's running an integrated graphics chipset so i was able to get 30 plus fps consistently on gta 5 at high settings which again is not too shabby of course some of you guys want to know just how hot this laptop can get well at its absolute pip we found this laptop hit a cpu temperature of approximately 88

degrees celsius at which point it starts thermal throttling however we found that at high lows it had a ustained temperature of about 74 degrees celsius which isn't that bad all things considered and if you're using it at a low or idle state it'll be well below the 60 degree celsius mark so overall it's not a super hot laptop it is worth noting you only have a single cooling fan on this laptop but it doesn't get too loud and is within the realm of reasonability lenovo claims you can get up to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge in my real world test i found you get about seven and a half hours at 50 brightness using these speakers occasionally doing some web browsing watching 10 ep videos and even doing some resource intensive activities like the occasional video editing again this is more or less within the industry standards but the battery life really doesn't shine here compared to the competition speaker quality on the ideapad 3 and 3i is decent but not great so you do have two bottom firing speakers in a stereo setup and you actually get modestly loud volume levels but there is a fair bit of distortion at higher levels have a quick listen for

i so here's a power summary of the review priced at approximately 899 dollars usd lenovo ideapad 3 or 3i is definitely what i consider to be a mid-range laptop and i wouldn't go as far as calling it as a budget laptop given that price point of course with that being said i feel like lenovo does pull a fair bit of its punches with this machine so starting off with the good stuff you have one of the best keyboards i've seen in class a decent trackpad the speakers while not fantastic aren't bad either but overall this machine is really good

in the performance department there's not a whole lot of thermal throttling it runs a whole lot cooler than a lot of the competition in this price point and it's respectable performance overall getting on to the negative stuff and there are a few visible aspects that make this machine a little less desirable than the competition first and foremost that cheap build quality so there are plenty of laptops like dallas brown that have way more premium material in terms of their build quality the ideapad 3 consists entirely of a hard tpu build the hinge quality is lackluster and i generally found this laptop could have had a better build quality again given its price point also the biggest weakness this laptop has to be its display 51 srgb in 2021 should just be illegal i find it's disrespectful to the user to give such a lackluster display if you are a creative user you cannot use this display for those kind of needs although it is worth noting if you don't have a lot of

creative usage the display generally speaking will be more than sufficient for your day-to-day needs overall i think this isn't a bad laptop i just think lenovo ideapad 3i definitely cuts a fair bit of corners that makes it less of a ideal proposition than it could be again given that price point so hopefully this review helps you make up some of your mind i know sometimes you end up being more confused after the review but again keep in mind some of the key aspects i mentioned hopefully they'll guide you in the right direction as always if you guys enjoyed this review hit that like button consider subscribing to my channel we're so close

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