Lenovo has officially launched its 7th Generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebook. Originally announced back at CES 2019 earlier this year, the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon got itself a thinner and lighter chassis, an improved 4K LCD featuring a 500 nits brightness and HDR support, as well as Intel’s latest 10th Generation Core Comet Lake processors with up to six cores.

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 — Lenovo’s new flagship ultraportable laptop that promises to offer the best the company has — comes in a brand new carbon fiber chassis that is 14.95 mm thick (down from 15.95 mm before) and weighs 1.09 kilograms (down from 1.13 kilograms before). The laptop has ultra-thin display bezels that allow to install a 14-inch IPS LCD into 13.3-inch-class chassis. Depending on exact model, the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon will come with a Full-HD with ThinkPad Privacy Guard, WQHD, or Ultra-HD display panel. Flagship SKUs with a 4K screen will feature 500 nits brightness and will carry VESA’s DisplayHDR 400 badge.

Apart from the new chassis and new display options, the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 notebooks will get Intel’s latest 10th Gen Core i5 or Core i7 processors codenamed Comet Lake with four or six cores as well as Intel’s UHD Graphics 620 iGPU. The CPUs will be accompanied by 8 or 16 GB of LPDDR3 memory as well as an NVMe SSD featuring capacities of up to 2 TB.

When it comes to connectivity, the 7th Gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon is equipped with Intel’s Wi-Fi + Bluetooth adapter (Wi-Fi 6 will be supported on select models), an optional 4G/LTE Cat 9 or Cat 16 modem, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, USB 3.0 Type-A connectors, a GbE with a new dongle, an HDMI 1.4 output and a 3.5-mm audio connector for headsets.

Among the significant advances of the upcoming ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops when compared to its predecessors is an overhauled Dolby Atmos-badged audio subsystem with four speakers and four far-field microphones. As for webcam, Lenovo will offer an IR-equipped 720p camera with the company’s ThinkShutter privacy cover.

Being equipped with a 51 Wh battery, Lenovo’s 7th Generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon will work for up to 18.5 hours, though the company does not say which of the SKUs will work for that long. In fact, it is likely that battery life of flagship model based on a six-core CPU and featuring an Ultra-HD display will likely work for less time depending on the usage model.

Lenovo will start sales of the 7th Generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebooks in the near future. Prices will depend on exact configurations.

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  • hanselltc - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - link

    Also, 51Wh... Somewhat small.
  • HStewart - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - link

    It would be nice to see some 6 core Ice Lake chips out there - I pretty sure they are working on it but possibly running into difficulties. I hope it not just keep the 14nm factories continuing.
  • Qasar - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - link

    it would be nicer, to see some Ryzen chips out there :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
  • akvadrako - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - link

    A little late - The 7th gen has been shipping for over a month - I'm typing on one right now. A great machine except the mic doesn't work in Linux and the battery is pretty small; I get about 6 hours of light browsing.
  • techgadgetgeek - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link

    Would have been nice if they made it a little bit thicker and put in a thicker battery inside for longer battery life. Being a bit thicker would have also allowed for more space inside which probably could have lead them to also make vents a big bigger resulting in a cooler running laptop. Do your fans kick in often? Can you open many tabs and run a video on youtube without all the fans going crazy. Smartphones run youtube with no fans and they don't get that hot playing videos on youtube (same with iPads).
  • nicolaim - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - link

    "ultra-thin display bezels" not.
  • mekpro - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link

    Quite disappointed that they not shipped with Ice Lake.
  • HStewart - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link

    My guess 6 and 8 core Ice Lakes come out as revision in early 2020. I am pretty sure higher core counts in the works but they are probably working things out in the new process and being careful
  • Korguz - Saturday, August 31, 2019 - link

    or. face it, the process they are using, is still crap, and this is the best intel can do for now, and who knows how long it will be till they fix it still
  • 0siris - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link

    ThinkPad my arse. It's just any other old laptop nowadays, all the things which made it a ThinkPad are long gone. 51Wh battery and no Powerbridge system, how is that a business-oriented laptop?

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