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Lenovo's just launched a troupe of shape-shifting laptops here at IFA 2013 – but we only had eyes for the Yoga 2 Pro.
An update to last year's 13in Yoga, this year's flexible friend arrives with some champion specs, from fourth gen Intel Core processors to the scene-stealing 3200 x 1800 screen. So far, so good – but how does it handle?
There isn't too much innovation here on the modes front – Lenovo seems to think it did a bang-up job on the last model and we'd tend to agree. So, like its predecessor, the Yoga G Pro with adapter like Lenovo Y510 AC adapter , Lenovo 3000 AC adapter , IBM lenovo 02K6900 AC adapter , IBM Lenovo 310 AC adapter , IBM Z60t AC adapter , IBM ThinkPad E530 AC adapter , IBM ThinkPad A20 AC adapter , IBM ThinkPad T40 AC adapter , IBM ThinkPad X40 AC adapter , IBM ThinkPad R60 AC adapter , IBM ThinkPad T60 AC adapter , Lenovo N100 AC adapter can be used in laptop mode with the screen flipped all the way around as a hefty tablet, or in tent/stand modes for presentations.
One of our problems in our test of the original Yoga is that you can still feel the keys underneath – and that hasn't changed on this model. On the business-friendly ThinkPad Yoga, though, the keys lift up and flatten out. We're not sure why Lenovo didn't kit out the 2 Pro with this feature and it's a shame.
The keyboard is backlit, though – handy in shady press conferences, we're sure – and it'll come as no surprise to find that the Yoga 2 Pro is thinner at 15.5mm and lighter at 1.39kg than the original. To be honest, at this size it's much of a muchness but we suppose every little helps. In our short play, we did find the Yoga 2 Pro to be as heavy as a regular laptop so we can't see too much movie-watching in bed happening. In stand mode in the kitchen, though? Yes sir.
No new screen modes then but Lenovo has thoughtfully added some rubber to the edge of the display to protect the Yoga 2 Pro when in tent mode. On the software side of things, Yoga Picks is also pretty nifty – it recognises what screen mode you are in and suggests apps to open though we did have a bit of trouble switching it to tent mode in our time with it.
Voice control is now built in – a useful touch if swiping gets too tiring – so with Yoga Camera Man you can tell the Yoga 2 Pro to take a photo without any prodding. And with basic gesture controls you can swipe through recipes in the aforementioned Yoga Chef without getting chilli oil on that beautiful screen.
We're looking forward to spending some more quality time with the 2 Pro back home. It will be launching this October for €1300 – which will probably equate to over £1000 – but we'll update Lenovo fans with UK pricing as and when we get confirmation.