The first Lenovo Yoga Book appeared in 2016 and attracted attention with its unique feature: Instead of a keyboard, the 360-degree convertible was equipped with a touch surface that covered the base unit. This could be used as a virtual keyboard or as a drawing board on which users could clip a piece of paper and take notes or draw with the included pen. The inputs would then be digitized.



The new Lenovo Yoga Book C930 - not to be confused with the Lenovo Yoga C930 (without the "Book") - has reinvented itself. Instead of the touch surface, we are now treated to a second screen - an E-Ink display with 1080p resolution. The paper holder has been removed. Instead, the E-Ink display can be used for typing, drawing, writing and even as an energy-efficient e-reader.



We at Notebookcheck encountered a very particular difficulty: This very special device is so unique that it can hardly be compared with any other notebook, tablet or convertible. Therefore, we chose both convertibles and tablets as our comparison devices. These include the Microsoft Surface Pro (2017), equipped with the slightly weaker m3 processor (also an option for the Yoga Book), the Huawei Matebook E and the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen with the same CPU. Of course, we also compared the current test unit with its predecessor.



The only real weaknesses of the first Yoga Book were the small port selection as well as the slow eMMC storage. At least the latter has now been replaced by an NVMe SSD. We will discuss any other differences and whether the Yoga Book can be recommended in this review.



We do want to highlight another difference: The price. While the most expensive version of the predecessor cost around $600, Lenovo now charges $1050 for its Yoga Book. We would expect a lot of useful improvements and changes for this drastic increase in price. Currently, there is only one version available in the US. This is equipped with a Core i5 processor and a 128-GB SSD.