Apart from the new screen size, the Lenovo ThinkPad X390 is a comparably small update of the X280. An additional new feature is the optional ePrivacy IPS panel, which sports a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 (FHD) and a brightness of 400 nits – the brightest screen option of the ThinkPad X280 had a brightness value of 300 nits. Also, according to the official data-sheet, there will be a new 32 GB RAM option, which increases the maximum possible amount of RAM by 16 GB compared with the preceding models.

In the USA, the X390 will be released in June, while it will already be available in Europe in April. The base-price in the US is set at $1,099.



Lenovo ThinkPad X390 Yoga: Completely new design for the smallest ThinkPad Yoga convertible

The last generation of the 360 degrees convertibles of the ThinkPad Yoga line like the ThinkPad Yoga 370 and the ThinkPad X380 Yoga all used the same design, which debuted already with the ThinkPad Yoga 260 in 2015. This design stagnation ends in the year 2019, as Lenovo has finally redesigned the smaller, more affordable ThinkPad Yoga (compared with the ThinkPad X1 Yoga) from the ground up.

The new ThinkPad Yoga X390 does look a lot like the X380 Yoga and it also still is available as a silver version as well. Overall though, the chassis has been shrunken down by a few millimeters, which results in smaller screen bezels as well. Also, the case is thinner and a little bit lighter, too. This reduction in size should improve the handling, though it also means that the practical "Lift&Lock" retractable keyboard-design is no longer used on the ThinkPad X390 Yoga. At least, Lenovo kept the digitizer and its silo around.

