New lightweight ThinkPad receives wider international release with 5G cellular connectivity and over 24 hours battery life
At the end of last month, Lenovo finally released the ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1. A Surface Pro 12 alternative, the ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1 is one of three ThinkPad X13 devices that Lenovo has unveiled this year. While the ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 was already available in Europe with Intel processors, Lenovo has waited until the summer to start selling AMD-powered alternatives.
Announced in May, the ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 AMD then reached Australia, East Asia and Southeast Asia towards the end of May. Now, Lenovo's lightweight laptop has reached Europe to replace the ThinkPad X13 Gen 6 we reviewed last year (curr. $1,476 on Amazon). At the time of publication, pricing starts at €2,183-€2,365 in the Eurozone and £2,025 (~$2,744) in the UK.
Those prices include the Ryzen AI 5 Pro 440, a 6-core processor from AMD's Gorgon Point family split evenly between Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores. Additionally, Lenovo includes 16 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 RAM, a 256 GB SSD, a 41 Wh battery, and a 60 Hz IPS display without touch support. For reference, Lenovo wraps all this hardware inside a 299.3 x 207 x 9.85~12.95 mm housing that weighs 953 g.
Alternatively, one can drop the laptop's price slightly by opting for the Ryzen AI 7 445. Meanwhile, the Ryzen AI 7 450 runs to €70/£60 more than the Ryzen AI 5 Pro 440. According to our benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 7 450 is considerably more powerful than the Ryzen AI 5 Pro 440 or Ryzen AI 7 445.
Moreover, the ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 AMD is available with 32 GB of RAM and 512 GB or 1 TB of M.2 2280 storage. On top of that, Lenovo sells an optional 5G modem, a carbon fibre hybrid top cover and a touchscreen display that matches its non-touch counterpart with a 1,920 x 1,200-pixel resolution, 400 nits peak brightness, a 60 Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB colour space coverage. A 54.7 Wh battery is available too, which is said to last over 24 hours when playing local videos or in the JEITA-BAT 3.0 test at idle. Please see Lenovo's website for more details.
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