Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 2

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Date Published: 05 Apr 2022

Intel Core i7-1165G7
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
1000GB SSD
32GB DDR4
1.70 kg (3.7 lbs)

TOTAL SCORE

7.4 Portability Very Good

7.0 Display Very Good

5.3 For Work Average

3.5 For Gaming Mediocre

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Review

Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 2 in-depth review

A ton of notebooks was released at CES 2021. The majority of them - meant for gaming, and sporting the latest and greatest from NVIDIA and AMD. However, in order to keep ourselves in check (and while we wait for most of the aforementioned laptops to become available), we will take a look at the ThinkPad E15 Gen 2. Ultimately, it is a notebook, that aims at the budget business laptop crown, fighting with the HP ProBook 450 G8, and the Dell Latitude 15 3510.In order to achieve that, Lenovo is sporting the Tiger Lake processors from Intel, which finally deliver both CPU and GPU performance to the business market. Wherever you look at them, they are a significant improvement over the Comet Lake and Ice Lake architectures.Additionally, you get to choose if you want to stick with the in[...]

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Pros

Great spill-resistant keyboard
Good performance
The display doesn't flicker at any brightness level (LGD064C)
Supports Wi-Fi 6 and two M.2 PCIe x4 drives
Optional IR face recognition and fingerprint reader

Cons

Covers only 53% of sRGB and not uniform luminance across the area of the display
Only two USB Type-A ports, one of which runs at 2.0 speeds
No SD card reader

Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options

You get the typical ThinkPad experience with just a pinch of excitement.Check out all Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 2 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.1. Remove the bottom plate Similarly to previous years, this notebook's bottom panel is held in place by 8 captive Phillips-head screws. After you undo them, pry the panel with a plastic tool, and lift it away.2. Battery For the battery, it has a 45Wh unit.3. Memory and storage Here, we have two M.2 PCIe x4 slots, one for 42mm, and one for 80mm drives. As for the RAM, there [...]

DISPLAY: 15.6-inch, 1920x1080, IPS

Name
LG LP156WFC-SPD1 (LGD0563)

Diagonal
15.6"

Pixel density
141.21 ppi

Brightness
223 cd/m²

sRGB
54%%

PWM frequency
No PWM (Flicker-Free)

Panel Type
IPS

Resolution
1920x1080

Becomes "Retina" from
24 inches (62 cm)

Contrast
1200:1

dE Color Checker
4.9 3.8

PWM Rating
10.0: (safe)

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