The Chinese manufacturer is announcing its new Gaming-brand on CES. The new Legion laptops are the first devices under the new name. While the Legion Y720 is supposed to cover the higher-end of the market, the Legion Y520 is more affordable.

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This year, the gaming market is becoming far more important for Lenovo, the biggest PC manufacturer. This is the reason the segment finally received its own brand just for gaming devices, thus the new "Legion" brand is born. The first two devices were announced today, two laptops, the Legion Y520 and Y720.

Lenovo Legion Y720

The Y720 is the more expensive of the two models. Consequentially, it also has many more premium-features. For example, it has a RGB-backlit-keyboard, as new feature compared with the IdeaPad Y700, which can be seen as the predecessor. Furthermore, the Y720 is the first laptop with Dolby Atmos according to Lenovo.

Compared with the Y700, Lenovo adds Thunderbolt 3. Also, the system is VR-ready, thanks to the Nvidia GeForce 1060 that is used here. On the CPU side, Lenovo is using the newest Kaby Lake CPUs, namely the Core i5-7300HQ and the Core i7-7700HQ. Two display-options are available: FHD (1,920 x 1,080) or UHD/4K (3,840 x 2,160), both are of course IPS. The battery has a capacity of 60 Wh. Another special feature: The Legion Y720 has an inbuilt XBox One Wireless receiver, supported are four XBox One controllers at the same time.