Lenovo LOQ 15APH8
Specifications
Primary Camera: 2.1 MPix
Price comparison
Average of 7 scores (from 8 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo LOQ 15APH8
If an IdeaPad sounds too cheap and the Legion sounds too expensive, then the LOQ might tickle your fancy. The GeForce RTX 4050 is proving to be very capable for users who are satisfied with a solid 1080p gaming experience at 60 FPS.
Source: CNet
It may look like an oversized corporate laptop, but the Lenovo LOQ 15 is a capable budget gaming model priced at $1,100 that can frequently be found for hundreds less at Best Buy. If it were a bit lighter, it might be able to pull double duty as a work computer by day and gaming laptop by night. At nearly 5.5 pounds, however, it's too heavy for daily commutes and about a full pound heavier than the MSI Cyborg 15, a similar budget gaming laptop. But the LOQ 15 still merits a modest recommendation because it provides competitive performance for the money. And about that price: Perhaps the best attribute of the LOQ 15 is the fact that it can be found on sale for as low as $700, making it one of the cheapest RTX 4050 laptops you'll find anywhere.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/06/2024
Rating: Total score: 68%
Source: Tom's Guide
With the Lenovo LOQ 15, you’re getting exactly what you pay for — a budget-friendly gaming laptop with an impressive price-to-performance ratio. There are other surprises too, such as the seriously slick typing experience. But with a creaky plastic construction and a heavyweight feel, there are some compromises that are hard to ignore.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/04/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Ben G Kaiser
This is the Lenovo LOQ. The NEWEST budget option from Lenovo's gaming line-up. It's an all-plastic build with some great materials used and excellent port selection. It comes with a bright screen (for a budget laptop) and solid components that will provide plenty of performance for your creator needs
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/04/2024
Source: Techradar
The Lenovo LOQ 15 (AMD) offers solid gaming performance, especially with more competitive (and less graphics-demanding) titles while staying cool under pressure. It is a bit on the heavy side and the port placement can be awkward for anyone who moves their laptop regularly. But, considering the price, this is a very good option for new or budget-minded gamers.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/02/2023
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Pokde
Now, since the Lenovo allows for highly flexible configurability when it comes to buying a laptop, note that what we said is not entirely representative of LOQ 15 as a whole, but rather, on this very laptop with its own configuration (we’ll note if otherwise). The platform itself, that is to say things like keyboard, speakers, I/O, cooling (applies to all LOQ 15 models) – they’re what you’d expect from a budget-centric model. Decent keyboards, solid I/O, and speakers being not-so-great. Cooling-wise, it’s also pretty good all things considered, since a CPU at full tilt generating 90W of power is difficult for even the top-of-the-line laptops to pull it off; while thermals are reasonably well controlled, and the fans do not produce any distracting whines. For this particular laptop, the hardware configuration comes unbalanced.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/25/2023
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 80% performance: 78% mobility: 70% workmanship: 82%
Source: PC Mag
Even after a short time with the LOQ 15, you'll find it has a lot going for it, but ultimately it's just "good"—not quite a star. The performance is respectable for the hardware it’s running, but Lenovo had to make some design sacrifices to trim the price. One of the better aspects is the keyboard, making it one of the better low-cost gaming laptops to actually put your hands on. If budget allows, the pricier Legion Slim 5 Gen 8 is a considerable improvement on the LOQ, while the Gigabyte Aorus 15 BMF remains our top pick for budget gaming laptops. Even so, the Lenovo LOQ 15 still has a place as a low-cost, high-utility gaming laptop, especially if (or when) you can find it marked down.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/09/2023
Rating: Total score: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Tweakers
NL→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/22/2023
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: FPT shop
VN→ENPositive: Modern design; powerful hardware; high gaming performance; nice display; decent ergonomics; rich set of ports; quick 170W charging.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/20/2024
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU: Mid-range graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 6 GB of GDDR6 VRAM (96 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R7 7840HS: A powerful Phoenix family chip that saw the light of day in H1 2023. The processor features 8 cores (16 threads thanks to SMT support) running at 3.8 GHz. Not only does this APU has full might of the Zen 4 architecture at its disposal, it also comes with the new Ryzen AI technology that's set to make generative AI more ubiquitous than ever before. Last but not the least, the Radeon 780M serves as the integrated GPU.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.60":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
75.96%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
