•  Date Published: 28 Jun 2019
    • Intel Core i7-8550U
    • NVIDIA GeForce MX150 (2GB GDDR5)
    • 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
    • 250GB SSD
    • 8GB DDR4
    • 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
    4.4
    TOTAL SCORE
    5.7 Portability Average
    7.0 Display Very Good
    3.7 For Work Mediocre
    2.5 For Gaming Mediocre

    Review

    Lenovo IdeaPad 520 in-depth review

    When Lenovo first launched the Ideapad 510, we were pretty impressed by the performance and features it has for the asking price. Luckily, the new Ideapad 520 hasn't steered away from this concept and in fact, we see a handful of improvements over the last generation without the price bump. The new generation offers better build quality, a good choice of materials making it feel more premium, updated hardware and keeps the IPS panel, which was one of the key selling points of its predecessor. Still, all of this comes at a reasonable price.The laptop comes with updated hardware that includes the new Kaby Lake-R generation of CPUs, which in our case is a Core i5-8250U paired with NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and 8GB of DDR4-2400. What's interesting, the Ideapad 520 now has an M.2 SSD slot bu[...]

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    Pros

    • Decent build
    • Good input devices
    • IPS panel with high contrast
    • The screen doesn't use PWM for regulating screen brightness

    Cons

    • The M.2 SSD slot is unusuable unless you remove the optical drive
    • The screen has limited sRGB coverage and relatively low maximum brightness
    • Poor battery life

    DISPLAY: 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS

    • Name
    • LG LP156WF6-SPK6 (Lenovo Ideapad 520)
    • Diagonal
    • 15.6"
    • Pixel density
    • 141.21 ppi
    • Brightness
    • 288 cd/m2
    • sRGB
    • 53%
    • PWM frequency
    • No PWM (Flicker-Free)
    • Panel Type
    • IPS
    • Resolution
    • 1920 x 1080
    • Becomes "Retina" from
    • 24 inches (62 cm)
    • Contrast
    • 1230:1
    • dE Color Checker
    • 5.8 3.5
    • PWM Rating
    • 10.0: (safe)

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