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Lenovo launches new 15-inch gaming laptop globally with Intel Panther Lake, Arc B390 graphics and 19 hours battery life

The LOQ Essential 15IPH11 has a plastic body.
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The LOQ Essential 15IPH11 has a plastic body.
Lenovo has launched a new 15-inch gaming laptop globally. Equipped with a 165 Hz display, the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 dispenses with Nvidia graphics in favour of the Arc B390 found inside the Core Ultra X7 358H. Intel's Panther Lake platform promises to provide superior battery life than many competing gaming laptops, too.

Lenovo has expanded its LOQ series with another 15-inch gaming laptop. To recap, we recently reviewed the LOQ 15AHP11 with the AMD Ryzen 7 250 and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 laptop GPU running at up to 105 W. Additionally, the company has just released the LOQ Essential 15ARP11 with older AMD Zen 3+ processors.

Now, Lenovo has presented the LOQ Essential 15IPH11, which it refers to as the LOQ 15IPH11E on its PSREF website. For context, the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 is the third Intel-based LOQ gaming laptop that Lenovo has unveiled in 2026. Initially, the company brought the LOQ 15IPH11 to CES 2026 in Las Vegas with Intel Panther Lake processors and an RTX 5060 laptop GPU.

The LOQ Essential 15IPH11 also comes in a choice between Eclipse Black and Luna Grey finishes.
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The LOQ Essential 15IPH11 also comes in a choice between Eclipse Black and Luna Grey finishes.

Then earlier this month, it started selling the LOQ Essential 15IRH11 featuring recent Intel Raptor Lake-H refresh processors and 4 GB or 6 GB versions of the GeForce RTX 3050. By contrast, the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 dispenses with a discrete GPU solution altogether. Specifically, the 15-inch gaming laptop relies entirely upon integrated graphics, much like the Legion 7a 15ASH11 or Asus TUF A14 FA401EA (curr. $2,199 on Amazon).

However, the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 does not rely upon AMD's powerful Radeon 8060S. Instead, it uses the Arc B390 within the Core Ultra X7 358H. According to our benchmarks, the Arc B390 puts the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 ahead of the LOQ Essential 15IRH11 in games but short of even GeForce RTX 4050-powered gaming laptops. Additionally, Lenovo pairs this CPU and iGPU combination with 16 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 or LPDDR5X-9600 RAM and dual M.2 2280 slots.

Moreover, the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 contains a 15.3-inch IPS display. Resolving at 1,920 x 1,200 pixels in a 16:10 aspect ratio, the display also features an anti-glare coating, a 165 Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB colour space coverage and 300 nits peak brightness. Finally, a 60 Wh battery rounds off the laptop, which supports 135 W Slim Tip charging and is said to last 19 hours when playing 1080p local videos at 150 nits. For reference, the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 weighs 2.1 kg and measures 344.9 x 254.83 x 20.9-23.25 mm.

Pricing and availability remain unknown for now. With that being said, PSREF confirms that the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 is set to receive a global release. To that end, the new 15-inch laptop is already listed on Lenovo's Australian, Hong Kong, Singaporean and Vietnamese websites. All refer to the LOQ Essential 15IPH11 as merely 'coming soon', though. Please see Lenovo's website for more details.

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> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > News > News Archive > Newsarchive 2026 08 > Lenovo launches new 15-inch gaming laptop globally with Intel Panther Lake, Arc B390 graphics and 19 hours battery life
Alex Alderson, 2026-08-21 (Update: 2026-08-21)