Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet 3rd Gen Review

[@karaygeoushearts]

Can we have a smackdown between the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 vs. Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Tablet?

[@ferdinandtugano]

I keep watching tita lisa's reviews even though I don't have money to buy these expensive gadgets. It just makes me happy, and what I do like most about her reviews is she has a broad knowledge with the pen digitizers, unlike the other reviewers, who just say that the laptop has a pen then proceed and nothing else about it. I'm a digital artist wannabe so that's why.

[@cmdesign01]

F L I T Z awe...same with me. You're sweet.

[@Simon-xi8tb]

I am watching you

[@thejuggler]

I am huge fan of buying top tech a few generations behind the current TOY list. As a digital artist look at what you want to create and the tools you need to do so and then just go back a few generations. Craigslist, Offerup, Ebay are full of great options. Yes they will be heavier, run hotter, not look as sexy, but you can get an old engineer laptop and wacom tablet for around 300-400. Producing and creating will help you find when you need to upgrade. We are indoctrinated to be consumers, less to be creators. That's why smart phone review videos have millions of views. But how many Launch your own Smartphone brand videos have you watched? Right now I use an HP 2760p as a laptop predominately for web work. But that thing can push 16gb of ram. (I have 8gb currently) I prefer using my desktop for creative because its more comfortable and it is bottleneck towards creative work these days and that's the reason for the upgrade. A formidable executive tablet / convertible notebook that allows me to connected, productive and if needed to tear into some adobe products. Go be a digital artist and send us some examples. ROCK ON!

[@360.Tapestry]

it's a lot more affordable now and just as good

[@AndrewMaksym]

​@@360.Tapestryyeah the x1 tablet is now priced as new $300-$450. Not too bad especially if you choose the i7 and 16gb ram. 💯💪🤠

[@puzzud]

Was really waiting for Lisa to review this update!

[@goosty17]

THANK YOU QUEEN

[@rounakgupta8446]

Kdjsnsndn

[@CraftMojo777]

Thunderbolt 3 4 lane means we can use egpu with powerful gtx

[@flosen216]

thats true. Using a Aorus 1070 eGPU since 3 month at my X1T3. The eGPU loads the Tablet over the TB3, so u don't need an extra power cable :-)

[@MiRockstar]

And now RTX hopefully?

[@josuehernandez9427]

thank you so much Lisa...idk why but I finally have confidence now to buy this product after your review...other reviews did not go so in depth like you you. thank you for taking the time for making this video.

[@frederickmiller5492]

If I hadn't just purchased a Yoga 920 - this would have been my new tablet. I love the camera on the back - why? - I'm an art teacher and would love to have the ability to take photos of my student work quickly and easily. (BTW - I LOVE my Yoga - this just is a better fit for my weird workflow) - thanks for a wonderful review.

[@reinholdthomas1187]

The Lenovo X1 Tablet generation 3 is great, I upgraded it with a 4 TB SSD NVME Samsung. How cool is that then you sit on the couch with a tablet intel I7 CPU 16 GB Ram and 4 TB SSD the SSD reads 3.5 GB per second and writes 3.3 GB per second. Virtualization on the couch on a tablet, server 2019 man man Lenovo what makes you possible. Thanks for this great technique. Unfortunately, the Gen 3 tablet is completely underestimated. I also have a Lenovo X1 Carbon Generation 8 and a super great notebook. Lenovo keep it up.

[@Ashwekar]

What kind of battery life are you getting?

[@christopherwilliams9418]

I have one of the 2nd gen ones and I really wish they had made a hard hinged keyboard attachment for it like the Helix before it had. The 1st and 2nd gens seem to have been designed for it, there are a lot of little slots underneath the module cover for anchoring points that could have held it steady. Would have made working on uneven surfaces (Like working on the couch!) so, so, so much easier..... Don't want anything to do with anything Yoga, having the keyboard exposed to the elements like that while in tablet mode seems more awkward even than the older X-Series tablets with the swivel-down designs. Shame this is where Lenovo left things off. They still sell the X1 Tablet gen 3 but it's been on sale for going on 4 years now and the Yoga line has been refreshed multiple times since.

[@w2best]

OMG OMG OMG! I waited for this so long! Thank you! Now I will watch the clip too...

[@smtmrsl]

hey Lisa. it would be nice if you show benchmark comparisons with similar products, instead of just showing the scores. i believe it would make more sense. Cheers, A big fan :)

[@FrankieWellman]

FYI I have this tablet and I do have a Windows Hello Camera so there are some versions out there with it. I love Lisa's reviews they are really well done. It is a shame they discontinued this model though because they came so far in such a short time. The gen 3 will be good for several years though so I am happy with that.

[@AndrewMaksym]

Is it still good in 2024?

[@purifier219]

am going to ask the same question.

[@kayagyei2710]

Excellent reviews for all these years

[@TallyHoTech]

Another Quality Review

[@zenryuu7182]

Recently purchased a 2-in-1 Samsung Notebook 9 pro because I thought I could use a jack-of-all-trades kind of laptop with a nice keyboard, gpu, emr display, etc, but found that I never use the keyboard at all or the gpu (since I generally do anything requiring a gpu on my desktop). it's in tablet mode 90% of the time. It just seemed too unnecessarily bulky and the keyboard was really bothersome so I thought i'd sell it and get a tablet instead. Surface pro is too small and surface book too expensive. This seems like it would be perfect! also has that 3:2 ratio which I didn't even know. Thanks for the wonderful review!

[@jalati]

there's a windows hello IR camera option.

[@michaelkolletzki2255]

Lisa I really love your Reviews :-) Had the X1 Yoga gen3 and sent it back because it's kinda weird in tablet mode with the 16/9 Display. I also found it to heavy. Just ordered the X1 Tablet gen3. Lisa could you please do a smack down with the Surface pro?

[@7emedina]

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 tablet and Thinkpad X1 Yoga look so similar that I thought they were the same device. It would be good if you can make a video comparing the two of them :)

[@Hof79905]

Lisa, do you smack down reviews 24/7? With all the reviews I have seen you do it seems that you must work at this all the time. The shirts are the key to all your reviews. Thnx!!

[@drg8n39]

Thanks for comparing it against the ThinkPad X1 Yoga. Exactly what I was hoping for! Great review!

[@DjRio0001]

Really like Lisa's take. Keep up the good work!

[@shaunanderson3715]

I love your reviews. Always so well detailed. Keep up the good work.

[@jeffbrady100]

You give a really great review. Concise and useful. Keep it up

[@Space_Emperor]

'Most Evolving Design' - Perfectly sums it up

[@bladethorn]

Debating against this and the 2017 Surface pro...I think this would be a better investment for a laptop replacement

[@blueckaym]

this is ages ahead of the Surface Pro 6 , yep even the latest one! :) Even the ssd is about twice as fast (MS uses some slow Toshiba ssd and given how much they charge you it's effectively 12 TIMES worse than just buying a Samsung 970 Pro 1TB!)

[@DigitalSamTV]

Nice review lisa. I bought a surface book 2 and am very happy with it (apart from the crappy timeout on the backlit keyboard AND the low quality finish which chips off pretty easily). Just watched this as i still love thinkpads and u are very enjoyable to watch :)

[@danieloherrick6332]

Display is 13", not 13.3"

[@_Digitalguy]

yes, 13.3 comes only in 16:9 aspect ratio

[@mobiletechreview]

Right you are.

[@KyleLi]

Oh wow its weird seeing a ThinkPad X1 Tablet without that weird round fan section that the bottom... It looks a lot more like the surface now.

[@antonk6600]

Kyle Li - not a fan section. The fislrsta and second gen x1 tablets do not have any fans. These were / are the modules you can attach to the x1 1st or 2nd Gen tablet. Either extended battery or a projector module could be attached. The tablet can also work without any module attached.

[@AndrewMaksym]

Please help! Mine came with the charger and keyboard but no pen with inkwell. Where can I find one online that will work with and fit into my tablet?

[@uj1xt5m98ap]

Hey Lisa! How about a Surface Pro 6 and a X1 Tablet smackdown?

[@TheOldFartGamer]

X1 is upgradable, have thinkpad keyboard, mil spec. no need to go further and embarrass the surface/ipad more

[@DPTech_workroom]

Hi. Will you do a review the Acer Switch 7 Black Edition?

[@mobiletechreview]

I do hope Acer gets us a review loaner some day!

[@kkobayashi1]

Great review! But did you say the kickstand has only 2 settings, rather than being continuously adjustble? I think that would be a big negative for me. (Though I'm happy with my Spectre X2 so I think I'll stay with that for now.)

[@ricgermany]

Great review!! i do like to watch the reviews that you make every time! I do almost like that this videos are great to watch afterwork and other youtubers. Thanks for give all the reviews and great job!.

[@kennyg4744]

Great review Lisa. Many thanks

[@Flaxon-Waxon]

Hello, thank for the review. Are you going to do a smackdown with the Surface Pro 2017?

[@Jasynn54321]

Consistently the BEST reviews. Plus, cool t-shirts... how can ya go wrong?

[@ryux1]

Excellent review. My only gripe was the video its self was very quiet.

[@OwenPan]

I like your stylus test for verification of small prints and jitter，Very professional!

[@alexmichael7997]

Bravo Lisa !👍👍👍👍

[@mauibuilder1239]

Great review....I'm a big fan of Thinkpads and have one of their mobile workstations. I like drawing on the iPad Pro but can see a use for this in Windows...Photoshop, etc and would make a good mobile companion to the iPad. For drawing, however, I don't know about these kickstands because I've never used one. I have a Zugu case on my 12.9" iPad Pro and I am spoiled with it for drawing because it is ROCK SOLID. Lenovo Thinkpads are tough to beat...pun intended.

[@MiRockstar]

I just bought this for that very reason, I have an older yoga thinkpad 14 that is technically cumbersome specially when docked. I also got the ipad pro 12.9 for the very reason of "portable screen" but also because excellent timing, Adobe photoshop has been released on the ipad. It works great even if currently limited, but the Adobe team said they will actively be updating it and working on making it just as competent as the desktop version. Adobe also released an update so that you can share your work through their adobe cloud, and so I can start editing on the desktop, save my work, then proceed to do the fine detailed work on the ipad save it and it syncs nearly instantly. Great combo now with this unit because of certain features that just work better on desktop devices.

[@vasegod]

Hey great review! Could you review the yoga 730 15" or a smackdown between with the yoga 730 15" and the Spectre x360 15" with AMD Vega. Both are 2 n 1's, have pen support, and the yoga has a gtx 1050.

[@agaskew]

I appreciate the back cover comes off but what can you actually "service" inside this? Does it have any user replaceable parts like RAM or SSD?

[@TheDonChicho]

agaskew seems like just the SSD

[@manosprotonotarios5187]

i guess battery as well which is very important imo - Lenovo said they will not sell it separately though. Probably third companies will.

[@TheKev507]

Also the WiFi card and LTE module. You do have to order with the LTE module to get the antennas included though.

[@ThumperJunkie]

As a SP4 guy I was SERIOUSLY considering this over the X1 Yoga but, this has all the same flaws my SP4 has and I'd rather have a more "professional" laptop 2 n 1 (because sadly I need a 2 n 1 I can't get away with just a touchscreen). That said I'm glad serious competition is coming for the Surface series as it has left me with a bit of a bad taste in the time I've owned mine.

[@adityakumarsingh2620]

It's all I need .... Saving starts now 😅

[@steven7465]

Can you put the keyboard on backwards for tablet mode like the Surface Pro?

[@ChaseNielson]

You can, it has a bit of a lip on the side opposite the connector.

[@162someone]

Which one will be the best buy out of these windows based platforms. ThinkPad X1 Tablet 3rd Gen vs MS surface pro vs others, i will run a webserver on that. Thanks in advance

[@substance90]

Maybe too much to ask but I'm always interested in knowing how well Linux works on these tablets and 2-in-1s. It's a real hit and miss depending on the exact kind of digitizers, accelerometers and other sensors. Any chance of quickly booting Ubuntu from a live USB stick to see if the touchscreen and pen work?

[@applicablerobot]

I am about to try this tablet with Debian testing (I've been using a Miix 720 for the last ~2 years), if you are still interested respond to this and I'll let you know what I find. Alternately check the r/LinuxOnThinkpads and r/thinkpad posts on the topic.

[@bananavmonkey]

Hello Lisa, I want to say I absolutely love your channel and refer to your reviews for most of my purchases. I didn't know where exactly to pose this question because it isn't exactly related to the Lenovo Thinkpad but here goes nothing. Would you consider reviewing Chromebooks? Since Chromebooks are in the up and coming and Acer is reinventing the game with an 8th gen Intel processor I would really love to hear your opinions on a few products in this category. Thank you

[@GGAS325]

Hi Lisa, thank you for another great review. How bad would you say the jitter is for someone writing as opposed to drawing?

[@jun1217xb4]

Lisa, I always enjoy to see your T-shirts. You have a nice collection of T-shirts.

[@jtvprodesign]

tablet battery life ARE BETTER THAN MOST LAPTOP

[@AndrewMaksym]

Not always, it's kinda half and half some are good some are potatoes. The last tablet I had was an old surface pro 4 tablet and its battery didn't last long enough for college classes.

[@_Digitalguy]

Nice review Lisa! Love how screen sizes are getting larger for these surface clones. Would love you to review the main competitor, the new Elite X2 G3 with the same display, also tailored to the business sector. I have the G1 and love it, but I am afraid about fan noise, as I love the fanless design of the G1...

[@sae1969]

I am also debating between the HP and the Lenovo tablet as well. No info yet on release date for HP.

[@alejandropenedo6676]

According to this webseite tabletmonkeys.com/new-tablets/ the HP tablet is supposed to be launched this month, but who knows... The Acer Switch 7 was announced on august last year and I'm still waiting.

[@_Digitalguy]

The Acer Switch 7 is available in some countries, but it has a big dealbreaker, the screen is very dim, don't remember exactly, but it's close to 200 nits... Otherwise it would have been great with its fanless 8th gen CPU... Having said that, the Acer is much heavier at 1.15kg, while the lenovo is under 900 gr and the HP is in Surface pro territory at 820gr despite the larger screen... in addition to having the largest battery

[@megaloadon70]

Great Review. In my Opinion the best 2 in 1 on the market right now. With an eGPU you can also do some 3D work. The only downside for handling and asthetics is the fingerprint sensor. There is only one place for the sensor... The f***ing power button!!!

[@tetonw1]

Lisa compared to the i5 surface pro knowing what you know which would you get. I would really like your opinion.

[@robgoren8628]

What's the point of pining for Wacom EMR when there are no Windows tablets offering it?

[@thibaldus3]

Hp Zbook, and Acer Switch black edition (7). Both either unavailable yet, or overpriced.

[@robgoren8628]

thibaldus3 Zbook is like $3500. Jesus Christ himself will drop before the Acer Switch 7.

[@henricspeng6732]

How's the battery life?

[@ah8982-de]

How well does it run Ubuntu?

[@AOaliornek]

Great video and review on the X1 Thinkpad! I thought about getting this. However, I will wait until the price drops to a more budget friendly cost. I wish it had a smaller brick charger and a screen for edge to edge. The processor I would like to a i7+ with 6-cores inside too. My question to you is can you show a video on how well it would do gaming like say with a Razer Core V2 rig? Please and thank you :)

[@k.k8791]

I hope u can reply to my comment I rely need to know two things : is good enough to run photoshop with good size projects? And is the gitter issue solvable? And maybe u should use a ruler to make sure this is not your hand shaking

[@jeremylyerla5356]

Is it possible to use an external camera on these? My school requires the use of an external camera for its testing. Thanks :)

[@sitoudien9816]

KZbin reviews have not been kind, bit written reviews have been very good. Even editors choice. I really want a 13 inch or bigger tablet. Must be 3:2 screen. So far it's x1, switch 7, or the HP elite x2. Any other?

[@ug1166]

Hi Lisa Can you please review ThinkPad X380 Yoga. Thank you

[@MegaLiverpool89]

Hey Lisa ,is there any parallax with the pen ? And how does it stack up in this department compared to the iPad pro ? Thanks. Keep up the good work!

[@mobiletechreview]

Wacom AES and N-Trig don't have much in the way of parallax, that's pretty much an old school Wacom EMR problem. The iPad Pro does have one of the best pen experiences available today- only Wacom EMR is its equal.

[@MegaLiverpool89]

MobileTechReview thank you very much for your reply. I am wondering is there any windows tablets that use the Wacom EMR technology?

[@robgoren8628]

Ivan Landjev Acer Switch 7, which is vaporware at this point.

[@ky9129]

Ivan Landjev Samsung GalaxyBook and Notebook Pen, if that counts. Latter is 13.3" 2-in-1 but weighs less than tablet+type cover setup; Only 995g.

[@Cakemagic1]

I believe that if you look at pure parallax, then the iPad Pro has pretty much no parallax at all and is the only one I've tried that doesn't have it. A second place when it comes to parallax that isn't an AES and N-trig seems to be the normal iPad 2018 and Wacom's products that uses Wacom EMR (such as Cintiq Pro line and their latest mobilestudio). If you're looking for Windows Tablets/Laptops that uses Wacom EMR technology, I would highly suggest looking at this spreadsheet: onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=A3E71B4BBE25C114!107&ithint=file%2cxlsx&app=Excel&authkey=!AAO1lowxloMJjhM And sort the 'digitizer' tab to Wacom EMR

[@davidg4512]

Is the really aggressive on this model? The t480 and t580 has an issue where the fan is just too aggressive.

[@absolutelynotlong]

Thank you so much,nice T-SHIRT

[@magibai]

whats the difference between X1 and X12 detached?

[@DaveFarr]

Always great reviews! I wish the battery life was longer, but still...WANT!

[@MiRockstar]

Get the connectivity module, should add just enough to get through a standard work day. But also remember, they fast charge. 65watt power adapter is no joke. www.lenovo.com/us/en/accessories-and-monitors/tablet-accessories/x1-tablet-accessories/BATT-BO-TP-X1-Productivity-Module/p/4X50L08495

[@alejandropenedo6676]

Would have been nice to take a look at the internals and a comparison with other similar products. I've been trying to find a good review of this tablet since it's one of the candidates for my next purchase (along with the Acer Switch 7 Black Edition if it ever gets released and the upcoming HP Elite X2 1013 G3). Thanks for the review!

[@sae1969]

I will be interested as well in the HP tablet. The LTE version of the Lenovo has such a long shipping delay! I wonder if the HP will be the same:(.

[@ithinkabout4369]

You made a small mistake: The "first gen X1 Tablet with an active fan in the base" you were talking about was actually the ThinkPad Helix - a totally different model and design, as the Helix was a Detachable more akin to the Surface Book than the Surface Pro.

[@mobiletechreview]

Yep. The Helix was the precursor to the X1 Tablet.

[@neorococco]

@@mobiletechreview There were two generations of the Helix, I don't think you ever reviewed the second generation one. It improved on the first gen quite a lot, I have had one for 3 years and still use it every day. I wish newer Thinkpad tablets had proper keyboards with ports and batteries like the Helix series, and thus didn't require the kickstand.

[@gregbo123]

Great review (as always). Question: Can you run a review on a Mac OSx (& Win10) user interested in switching to Linux? Hardware can range from cheaper (e.g., HP Stream) to more mainstream (MacBook or similarly-equipped Windows machines). My son & I are both leaning towards Linux for our next machines. Thx in advance, Lisa.

[@mojo2418]

I've read this several times still don't understand. What are you asking? Are you asking for a operating system review? What are you planning on using your new pc for? Any requirements for it? Price? Weight?

[@imaldon1]

Please review the brand new Zen Book S UX391UA. THANKS!

[@Osiris.666]

Hi Lisa do you reply to questions? Just curious.

[@megaloadon70]

Hey Lisa, I've heard of some reviews that the thinkpad pen feels more like writing on glass (slippery) than other pens. Is that true? What do you think is the best Wacom AES pen, if I want to come as close as possible to a cintiq experience. Best regards and keep it up!

[@MrPavan-jz3ww]

Hey Lisa, I want a review for new Lenovo legion Y730 gaming laptop, can you do it for me !!!

[@bluecherrysakura]

+MobileTechReview would you kindly review the Lenovo Miix 520 for its active pen 2

[@thejuggler]

Thank You Lisa. I am interested in the X1 line. Looking for a great typing experience with the ability to work virtually on the web. We have a CRM WEB Platform so the ability to jump on anywhere. I am trying to go lighter in the field. Smart phone, writing Pad, Tablet/ Laptop. I need to work on multiple tabs with the ability to open adobe products as needed. Meet with clients, etc. (The X1 line is pretty much the laptop dark suit.) I dont really plan on doing any serious video work in the field in this configuration, light editing and DIT. However, with 4 cores / 8 threads I can use it for light music production performance in the field. So that's kind of sexy. You are the best! Thanks

[@MiRockstar]

And 16gb of RAM is more than enough.

[@irviantantohadiprasetyo689]

Thanks Lisa for your great review. I am Thinkpad fanboy. So, I can choose which is gadget that suitable for me.

[@Tommy_turner_]

How are the read and write speed of the sd card reader?

[@StinkySobaccos]

Can this be upgraded from Windoze to a Linux distribution?

[@wauroware]

Will Lenovo upgrade the X1 tablet with it 8265u and i7 8565u?

[@juanbolanos2217]

I just wanna know if this is good for running photoshop and all the adobe services

[@lacot007]

Can you try it with a EGPU? How would perform? And Which similar products would compare?

[@flosen216]

Can't currently post a screenshot, but iam using an Aorus 1070 eGPU and the performance is very well. I can play actually FC5 on Ultra settings without any lags or other problems. I only need one cable, because the TB3-eGPU is charging the tablet on the side.

[@lacot007]

das FLOSEN, Are you using a tablet? Which one? And how much do you spent? I want to create a setup.

[@flosen216]

Sry. Tablet means the ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen3

[@SiriusXification]

This thing is amazing. Definite pickup when businesses start liquidating them in a couple years.

[@vnyack2525]

What would you get this or the surface pro?

[@Lindeberg91]

ASUS ZenBook S review soon?

[@kahotamph]

Does it have a fan in the i5 version as well?

[@pedroads7683]

Sure ... it's has

[@dmanakell]

Can I use it for motion graphics? Both 2D and 3D?

[@elektron2kim666]

Windows 10 is starting to have more drawing/painting software included. This is something I will consider as a secondhand/used device.

[@tigerbim1]

I notice one important thing: You cannot work with this computer on your lap! Is that true?

[@flappybird315]

Why would you get this over yoga?

[@Kraaketaer]

Glad to see you get your hands on this, I've been interested in seeing how it compares ever since they first announced it. Perhaps a bit unnecessary given the relative lack of upgradeability, but I really wish you'd shown the internals given that the rear cover is removable. Other than that, thanks for another great review!

[@MiRockstar]

Can purchase a productivity module that adds battery, usb 3 port, and can connect to One + dock. Then as mentioned above, can also support an eGpu. Sounds like a nice compromise. www.lenovo.com/us/en/accessories-and-monitors/tablet-accessories/x1-tablet-accessories/BATT-BO-TP-X1-Productivity-Module/p/4X50L08495

[@benhuynh7891]

Is this good for like college/school stuff?

[@phillipmorales8213]

Can a Surface Type Cover work with it?

[@Arbitraging]

how was battery life? looks great but if it doesn't have at least 10+ hours I will pass. Hope they can get a keyboard battery pack like the surface book to extend it to surface book levels which is really good :)

[@ToxNano]

If you want 10 hour batteries forget the high end tablet marked. I tested this one and got about 4 hours with a relatively light workload. I send it back because of that.

[@Legendarior]

All well but that battery... I would prefer a slighly thicker but with a 55 or 60 WHr battery in there... I cry... and that jitter... Great Review as usual, I am spoiled with quality reviews from the queen xD

[@mashley444]

I had a problem with parallax so sent it back and got the Samsung notebook 9 pen. Much better for art.

[@V3N93ANC394]

have anti--reflective?

[@itscrewston6684]

Is the screen glossy?

[@majed9911]

Any Idea on how I can purchase the one equipped with LTE ?

[@MiRockstar]

Just make sure it says "wwan" capable, it will show up on the side with a pin hole to pop the tray out. Connectivity WLAN: Intel® Dual Band Wireless AC 8265 (2 x 2) + Bluetooth® 4.1 NFC (not available with IR camera) WWAN: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X7 LTE (optional)

[@realyt4268]

Love the new Lenovo tablet