The 2022 ThinkPad T series adopts a new body with a 16:10 display and new colors

ThinkPad T14 Gen 3i/3 (Thunder Black)

On February 28 (Central European Time), Lenovo announced a new model of the business notebook PC "ThinkPad T series". In the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, sales are scheduled to start sequentially from April to June, but the deployment in Japan is undecided. [Image] New color "Storm Gray"

ThinkPad T14 Gen 3i/3

Both "ThinkPad T14 Gen 3i" and "ThinkPad T14 Gen 3" correspond to the third generation of the 14-inch mainstream model "ThinkPad T14". The model with "i" is an Intel model equipped with an Intel CPU and will be released in April. The model without "i" is an AMD model equipped with an AMD APU (GPU integrated CPU) and will be released in June. The estimated selling price of the minimum configuration is 1399 euros (about 179,000 yen). Body color can be selected from Thunder Black (Thunder Black) and Storm Gray (Storm Gray). The ThinkPad T14 Gen 3i is equipped with a 'U processor' with a standard power consumption of 15W or a 'P processor' with a standard power consumption of 24W among the 12th generation Core processors (development code name: Alder Lake). You can also select a CPU that supports "Intel vPro" with enhanced management functions for companies. The main memory is DDR4-3200 standard and is equipped with a combination of onboard (8GB or 16GB) and SO-DIMM slot x 1 (up to 32GB) (up to 40GB or 48GB). A configuration with NVIDIA's "GeForce MX 550" or "GeForce RTX 2050 Laptop" as an external GPU is also available. The ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 will feature a mobile Ryzen 6000 series processor with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) set at 20W. You can also select an APU that supports "AMD PRO" with enhanced corporate management functions. The main memory is onboard LPDDR5-6400 standard (up to 32GB). The storage is a PCI Express-connected SSD, and the CTO (customized) model can also select a 2TB SSD with a PCI Express 4.0 connection. The OS can be selected from Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro, and it is also possible to pre-install Windows 10 Pro by exercising the downgrade right for Windows 11 Pro. The ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 will also be configured with Ubuntu pre-installed in some markets. The display is a 14-inch IPS liquid crystal with an aspect ratio of 16:10, and the CTO model has panels with the following specifications.・1920 x 1200 pixels (up to 300 nits) ・1920 x 1200 pixels (up to 300 nits, touch operation supported) ・1920 x 1200 pixels (up to 400 nits, 100% sRGB color gamut, low blue light) ・1920 x 1200 pixels (500 nits maximum, 100% sRGB color gamut, with electronic privacy filter) 2240 x 1400 pixels (300 nits maximum, 100% sRGB color gamut, low blue light) 3840 x 2400 pixels (500 nits maximum, DCI- P3 color gamut 100% cover, DisplayHDR 400 / Dolby Vision compatible, low blue light) A web camera with a privacy shutter is mounted on the top of the display. The module specs can be selected from "HD (1280 x 720 pixels) shooting support", "Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) shooting support", and "Full HD shooting + face authentication support". A fingerprint sensor is integrated into the power button. Ports include a wired LAN terminal (1000BASE-T), USB Type-C terminal x 2 (*1), HDMI output terminal, USB 3.0 Type-A terminal (supports constant power supply) and earphone / microphone combo terminal on the left side. The right side has a smart card slot (mounted configuration only) and a USB 3.0 Type-A port. The USB Type-C terminal doubles as power input via USB PD (Power Delivery) and video output via DisplayPort Alternate Mode. Wireless communication supports Wi-Fi 6E (* 2) and Bluetooth 5.2. It is also possible to install an LTE (4G) communication module as an option, and when installed, a nano SIM slot is equipped on the back (eSIM is also supported in some configurations). The body size is about 317.7 (width) x 226.9 (depth) x 17.9 (thickness) mm, and the weight of the lightest configuration is about 1.21 kg. (*1) ThinkPad T14 Gen 3i is Thunderbolt 4 (USB4) standard, ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 is USB 3.1 standard (*2) When operating on an OS other than Windows 11, or in countries/regions that do not support communication in the 6 GHz band Then it will be Wi-Fi 6