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日本Lenovo V15 Gen 4 review – is AMD the way to go?
Verdict
Let’s round up this review by quickly mentioning the Lenovo V15 Gen 4’s bad sides. First and foremost, its build quality is not great. By using only plastic, Lenovo has cut a lot of costs. However, this leaves the overall feeling of the product to be a bit cheap.
Lenovo V15 Gen 4’s TN panel has a Full HD resolution, quick pixel response time, and doesn’t use PWM for brightness adjustment. This makes the panel safe for long periods of use. At least in this aspect. On the other hand, it covers only half of the colors found on the Web (49% of sRGB), the contrast ratio is horrific, and the viewing angles are very narrow. This means the only two creatures that can watch a movie together are you, and the ghost that stands right behind you.
Then come the soldered memory and the lack of an SD card slot. Indeed neither of the two will hurt too much, considering the price range of this machine, and the fact that its hardware won’t really let you edit photos on it.
On the bright side, the keyboard is really comfortable for typing. It is also spill-resistant, which will be a benefit for the entire clumsy community. In addition to that, the laptop is very light (for a 15-incher), and runs really cool and quiet even during extreme workload scenarios.
But at the end of the day, something Lenovo should be really proud of is the port situation. With two fast USB Type-As, a USB Type-C that offers not only data transfer, but also PowerDelivery (albeit limited to 20V), and DisplayPort 1.2 connectivity. There is even a LAN port for those situations you go back to 2004 and you don’t have Wi-Fi.
So, how can one tell you not to get this device, when it is so competitively priced? Indeed, you can go for a Ryzen 3 or 5, but the Athlon Gold 7220 is really one of the best low-range processors out there. However, you shouldn’t count on the battery life, as this 38Wh battery will just not be enough. Although, the Acer Aspire 3 (A315-24P), which is a bit more expensive, gives you more than 12 hours on battery, which is only a bit larger – 43Wh.
You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/lenovo-v15-gen-4-amd/
Pros
- Comfortable, spill-resistant keyboard
- Very cool and quiet during extreme load
- Super competitively priced
- No PWM (BOE NT156FHM-N43 (BOE08D5))
- Full-stack USB Type-C port
Cons
- Not a great build quality
- Uncomfortable viewing angles and poor contrast ratio (BOE NT156FHM-N43 (BOE08D5))
- It covers only 49% of the sRGB gamut (BOE NT156FHM-N43 (BOE08D5))
- No SD card reader
- Soldered memory
hey, thanks for this review, a reasonable laptop that a lot of people are actually considering to buy.
Bonjour. e viens de faire ‘acquisition de ce Lenovo après décès du précédent (un Lenovo G580) à l’âge vénérable de 13ans. Pour le moment, si les bases sont réunies pour une utilisation quotidienne standard de bureautique, je constate que la batterie est trèèèès loin de me satisfaire. Celle-ci est défectueuse dès les premiers jours. Après une charge à zéro, impossible de la recharger, et comme c’est une batterie intégrée, impossible d’en recommander juste une nouvelle, il va me falloir ouvrir la bête. Mon vieux Lenovo passé sous Linux me manque…
Bonjour, J’ai eu le même problème assez rapidement après l’achat de cet ordinateur, impossible de le recharger, le témoin de tension ne s’allumait plus. Avant d’envisager de retourner au magasin où je l’avais acheté j’ai fouiné sur le site Lenovo, et j’ai fini par réussir à résoudre le problème. J’ai réalisé différentes manœuvres mais je crois me souvenir que celle qui a été décisive est un appui prolongé sur le bouton de démarrage (comme si ça réalisait un reste du circuit d’alimentation). Je me demande si ça ne pourrait pas venir du logiciel Lenovo avantage, qui gère notamment les options… Read more »