[Video Review] Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14″, 2022) – Light, efficient, and powerful



Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14", 2022) in-depth review

Lenovo has spent the past year thinking about how to make the IdeaPad 5 and Legion 5 more premium. And you know the maxim - if you want to make something look more expensive, just slap more metal on it.Like the Legion 5, the IdeaPad 5 (14", 2022) now comes in an aluminum shell. Contrary to the situation with the gaming device, the IdeaPad still offers you the option for a plastic base.Nevertheless, the more interesting choice you get is Intel vs AMD. However, while Team Blue is represented by the latest 12th Gen chips, AMD only supplied the refreshed Zen 3 CPUs.Albeit it's weird, [...]

Pros

  • USB Type-C charging, SD card, and M.2 PCIe x4 drive support
  • Reasonably comfortable keyboard with optional backlight
  • No PWM (Innolux N140HCA-EAE (CMN140A))
  • Comfortable viewing angles and good contrast ratio (Innolux N140HCA-EAE (CMN140A))
  • Decent performance and good cooling
  • Pretty long battery life
  • Optional all-metal design

Cons

  • Covers only 54% of sRGB (Innolux N140HCA-EAE (CMN140A))
  • Memory is soldered to the motherboard

Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14", 2022) - Specs

  • Innolux N140HCA-EAE
  • Color accuracy  7.5  3.6
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 1000GB SSD
  • RAM
  • up to 16GB
  • OS
  • No OS, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro
  • Battery
  • 56.5Wh, 44.5Wh
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
  • Dimensions
  • 321.69 x 211.84 x 16.9 - 17.9 mm (12.66" x 8.34" x 0.67")
  • Weight
  • 1.38 kg (3 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 1x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 1x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
  • 2x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
  • HDMI
  • 1.4b
  • Card reader
  • SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC
  • Ethernet LAN
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.2
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5mm Combo Jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD / FHD with Privacy Shutter, Fixed Focus
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Microphone
  • Dual Array Microphone with Noise Cancellation, Support for Lenovo Voice Assistant/ Amazon Alexa
  • Speakers
  • 2x 2W Stereo Speakers, Dolby Audio
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot

All Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14″, 2022) configurations

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