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July 2013
(74%)
137 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
8 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
740100137
The editors liked
Solid keyboard
Versatile design
Wide 1080p display perfect for movies
Strong battery life
The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is a solidly built laptop-tablet hybrid with all the security features your IT department needs. Thanks to dual batteries in the tablet and keyboard base
It can run for a full workday
Bright and vibrant screen
Excellent keyboard dock
Versatile
Silent operation
WACOM digitiser and pen
Full HD screen
Built-in ports
Powerful
Great battery Life
HD screen
The editors didn't like
Tablet has awkward form factor and recessed switches
Unintuitive
Finicky touchpad
Ugly dock
Top heavy and tippy
Expensive
The Helix is stuck with Intel's less efficient previous generation of CPUs
Making it feel especially expensive
Design is a little cumbersome
Gets very hot under heavy processing load
Build quality a little creaky
Standard keyboard dock doesn't actively hold the tablet in place
Published: 2013-05-15, Author: William , review by: bit.com.au
Now on sale in Australia, the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is unlike many laptops we've used before. Here are our first impressions.OverallSpecs$2199 AUD(pricing info)...
Bright and vibrant screen, Excellent keyboard dock, Versatile
Design is a little cumbersome, Gets very hot under heavy processing load
Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix is one of the best hybrid products on the market. Its tablet is fast and features an excellent screen, while its keyboard is comfortable and very well built. Some drawbacks are that it gets very hot under load and the mechanical de...
Palm rejection allows for easy writing/drawing, Multiple ways to dock the tablet to the keyboard, Wonderfully designed keyboard makes extended use easy
Intel M processor limits what programs can be used, Heavy for a convertable, which means that extended use in tablet/tabletmode becomes tiresome, Trackpad could be far better designed on the Ultrabook Pro keyboard, and the trackpoint isn't needed
Full size USB 3.0, LTE modem, Numerous docking solutions, Digitizer included, Full-fledged keyboard, Bright, high-contrast display, Good application performance, Fanless, Low temperature development, 3-year warranty
Stability and build quality can be improved, Small touchpad, No maintainability or upgradeability, Display hinges and additional battery only in combination with Pro-keyboard, High price
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix 2 With the ThinkPad Helix 2 , Lenovo consequently improved the basic ideas of the first generation : Tablet and business notebook – combined in a single device. This required a lot of compromises with the hardware from two years ago...
Published: 2015-02-02, Author: Tim , review by: techspot.com
Handy features include stylus support, fullsized USB, and LTE. Decent display and battery life.
Bundled keyboard dock is very substandard. Tablet performance gets unnecessarily throttled down when removed from dock. Boring, bland design.
I like the concept behind the ThinkPad Helix: a powerful, portable, business-oriented tablet with a reasonably large display that can be easily converted into a laptop on the go. With features like a fingerprint scanner and stylus, it's meant to present a...
Published: 2014-01-17, Author: Dana , review by: engadget.com
Long battery life, Inventive, versatile form factor, Sturdy, comfortable keyboard, Bright display with great viewing angles
Some awkward design elements, Expensive considering the last-gen components
The Helix is the most innovative Windows 8 tablet hybrid yet, with dual batteries, a bright display and a comfy keyboard to match. Still, it's expensive, especially considering it ships with last-gen CPUs....
Abstract: If you pay even a small bit of attention to the tech world, you've probably heard a lot of talk about tablets lately. Research organizations trumpet the death of the PC, while other market experts counter that nothing could be further from the t...
Long battery life when docked, Good keyboard, Solid
Moderate battery life on tablet, Short on connectors, Relatively heavy, Expensive, Ethernet via USB dongle, No SD card reader
The ThinkPad Helix is a excellent Windows 8 tablet/ultrabook hybrid. Its well-designed keyboard docking mechanism works better than the folding, sliding ideas that others have used, in our opinion. Build quality is typically solid, and the specification w...
Abstract: Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix is a unique Windows 8 laptop, with versatile configurations (Ultrabook laptop, detachable tablet, fold-over tablet, and "rip and flip"), plus a number of excellent features for the mobile professional or road warrior. This one's a ...
