Lenovo V15 Gen 4 review – is AMD the way to go?

Design and construction

Unsurprisingly, this machine is entirely made out of plastic. There is a texture-like finish on top. In addition, we see almost no structural support on the inside, which makes the device pretty flexy.

On the bright side, the lack of metal parts means that the laptop is pretty light. It only weighs 1.65 kg. In terms of thickness, it is a bit more standard – 19.9mm. By the way, the keyboard deck is also fairly bendy.

Well, the lid can’t be opened with one hand. However, the fairly slim bezels all around the matte display definitely make the device appear more modern. Furthermore, there is an HD Web camera and a privacy shutter up top.

As we said, the keyboard deck is not very resilient. However, the typing experience is pretty good. Plus, there is a NumberPad section on the right. Surely, there is no backlight, but we don’t expect anything else at this price point. Thankfully, it is spill-resistant.

Although the touchpad is not very large with its 62 by 104 mm dimensions, we find it extremely accurate and responsive. It will even let you click its entire surface area.

Moving to the bottom panel, we see two speaker cutouts, as well as a ventilation grill. Hot air, respectively, gets exhausted through a vent located in between the base and the lid.

Ports

On the left side, there is the power plug, a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, an HDMI 1.4b connector, a USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 1) port with 20V Power Delivery and DisplayPort capability, as well as an Audio jack. Then, on the right, you get a Kensington Nano lock slot, a LAN port, and a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port.

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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og loc

2 years ago

hey, thanks for this review, a reasonable laptop that a lot of people are actually considering to buy.

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Macha

2 years ago

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…

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Kangoolu

2 years ago

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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 »

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Alexander

1 year ago

My only regret is that AMD still pushing the limits with these ancient zen 2 cores. The models with 13th gen i3 Intel seems to be the better and cheaper option nowadays. Although at the time of writing of this article, AMD was the reasonable choice.

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