Deal | 3.2K OLED, Core Ultra 9, RTX 5060: 16-inch Lenovo laptop gets massive price cut

The vast majority of PC users won't be able to afford a maxed-out ThinkPad P16 Gen 3, which doesn't mean that decent high-end laptops have to cost more than $2,000. In fact, many users with multimedia workloads could probably be very happy with a machine such as the currently discounted Lenovo Yoga Pro 9.
Fittingly, the American electronics retailer Best Buy has marked down the Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and soldered 32GB DDR5 RAM as well as an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card to $1,699 including free store pickup where stock permits. This configuration carries an official MSRP of $2,199, so this discount amounts to $500 or 23% relative to that.
As for the aforementioned multimedia workloads, this 16-inch laptop sports a fantastic tandem OLED display with 3200 x 2000 pixels, a 120Hz refresh rate and very high peak HDR brightness of 1,600 nits according to the manufacturer. A 1TB SSD and WiFi 7 module are also onboard, as are two Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI 2.1 and an SD card reader.
Lenovo laptop performs very well but can get pretty loud
We tested two different model variants of the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 G10 Aura Edition, which is why prospective buyers should make sure to read our review of the RTX 5060 version as well as the RTX 5070 SKU. The former has the same GPU as the notebook that's on sale here, while the latter was equipped with the same Intel processor and OLED display. Our hands-on video is also worth checking out.
Overall, the 16-inch Yoga Pro 9 impressed us with its high performance, and an excellent screen with accurate colors. We also liked the aluminum chassis and speakers, the same applies to the input devices. However, the OLED panel shows the usual PWM flickering, the RAM is soldered and the laptop can get quite loud in performance mode. None of this changes the fact that the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i G10 Aura Edition is a well-rounded multimedia machine that's arguably worth considering in the sub-$2,000 price segment.
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