Lenovo brings a blue ThinkPad T14 to Mobile World Congress — slew of new devices includes a Legion 7a with Strix Halo

Lenovo is updating laptops across its enterprise, gaming, and productivity lines at Mobile World Congress. The new machines include ThinkPads in a striking blue colorway, and a Legion laptop using one of the new AMD Ryzen "Strix Halo" chips announced at CES earlier this year.The new ThinkPads are headlined by a new T-series, the ThinkPad T14 and T14s Gen 7, the T14s 2-in-1 Gen 2 and T16 Gen 5.

The T14 and T16 clamshells have a renewed focus on repairability, including a battery that can be removed with just your fingers. Intel-based models will use LPCAMM2 memory. These systems will use Intel Core Ultra 3 with vPro or AMD Ryzen AI Pro 400 processors. The T15s will have options with AMD, Intel, or Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Elite processor.

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The T14 and T14s are getting a new "cosmic" blue color option, which is rare for a ThinkPad. (Diehards can rest assured, the TrackPoint is still red.) It's subtle enough that it might appear black in dark rooms, but it is a fetching new addition for offices that might like a bit of color.

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Lenovo is also updating the ThinkPad X13 Detachable, which only gets a refresh every few years. This version is also being bumped up to Panther Lake, with an improved keyboard with 1.5 mm of key travel and support to dock a pen in the keyboard. That’s similar to what Microsoft has been doing for the past few years on its Surface.

Gaming and Consumer

There's a single gaming laptop: the Lenovo Legion 7a. It's a 15.3-inch portable using an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 processor, similar to the Asus TUF Gaming A14 we saw at CES, along with an OLED screen.

The system weighs 1.65 kg (3.67 pounds), which is lightweight for a gaming rig. But despite the lack of conventional discrete graphics in a gaming laptop, the Legion 7a won't be cheap; it will start at $2,299 when it launches in July.

Lastly, Lenovo's Yoga line is seeing spec bumps in the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition (starting $1,949 in May), Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition (starting at $1,449 in April), and Yoga Pro 7a (starting at $2,099 in August), which will also use a Strix Halo processor in the AMD Ryzen AI Max + 388.

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