Description
It’s time to un-laptop and go with the Lenovo Chromebook Duet This sleek and light 2-in-1 Chromebook switches from business to fun as easily as it switches from laptop to tablet mode Simply detach the plug-and-play keyboard and you have an ultra portable 10.1″ tablet ready to entertain you In laptop mode the laptop keyboard is comfortable to use and responsive while the 400 nits Full HD display is visually appealing in either mode
This touchscreen Chromebook is easy to use for work or play. You’ll enjoy thousands of apps from the Google Play Store superfast boot-up that takes only seconds more than 8 years (1) of automatic updates and USI stylus support (stylus sold separately) Take your Chromebook everywhere you want to go – at only 7-35 mm thick (0-289 inches) and weighing less than 1 lbs (without the keyboard or stand) this lightweight notebook is the perfect travel companion Built-in wireless connectivity through 802 11 ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth lets you stream your favorite shows and videos with ease plus the 4-side narrow bezels give you a great viewing experience
Get creative or get busy. You’ll stay virus-free with verified boot and enjoy seamless updates in the backilogramround With access to all of your favorite Google cloud-based productivity tools everywhere you go plus compatibility with Word Excel and PowerPoint you’ll always stay on top of things Front and rear integrated cameras keep you connected while the long-life battery (up to 10 hours of life (2)) will keep you running
1 – Updates end June 2028 in accordance with Chrome OS AUE policy
2 – All battery life claims are approximate and based on test results using the MobileMark 2014 ver 1-5 battery life benchmark test Actual results will vary and depend on numerous factors including product configuration and usage software operating conditions wireless functionality power management settings screen brightness and other factors The maximum capacity of the battery will naturally decrease with time and usage.
From the manufacturer
Lenovo Chromebook Duet (10.1″) 2 in 1
2-in-1 Chromebook
- Use as a tablet or laptop – unique design with detachable keyboard you can take anywhere
- Mobile & convenient 10 inch FHD IPS touchscreen
- Boots in under 10 seconds & runs automatic updates in background
- Unique dual-tone Ice Blue & Iron Grey design & sophisticated fabric texture on the stand cover
- Free 12 month Google One membership that includes 100 GB of storage
Vasiliy Zhulin –
Great screen and build, but struggles to find its calling as a tablet in a crowded tablet worldTLDR: great screen, zippy enough for basic web browsing, but no expandable storage and odd size/keyboard make it a tablet first and laptop second – it is too much of a direct iPad competitor, which arguably does tablets much better.More detail:Just got my device delivered today, on the 8th. Unfortunately it has a dead pixel smack in the middle of the screen, so it’s not a keeper. Otherwise, it’s a pretty impressive quality build, sturdy and pleasant.As you will see below, the Duet does everything decently well, but ultimately I think users will struggle with how to use it best. Is it a tablet? Is it a laptop? It feels more of a tablet, but if so – why not buy a same-priced lower end iPad which is years ahead on touch sensitivity, responsiveness, and overall user experience?I think Lenovo really missed out by not including a microSD card slot. I would have loved a slightly more powerful Intel or better MediaTek processor. A higher price could have justified those two things. It’s not a device you will want to hook up to a larger monitor and keyboard, and it’s too small for real work productivity – it works in a pinch on a flight, but it’s no laptop replacement. And as a tablet, it’s kind of a mediocre one. Let’s break it down in detail:THE GOOD:- The screen: it’s bright (advertised at 400 nits) and colors look great. Viewing angles are mediocre, you lose a lot of brightness and contrast by tilting it up/down/left/right, but straight on it looks fantastic. Asus, if you are listening, please upgrade your mediocre panels (in $1,000 Chromebooks!) to something like this.- Build: solid, very pleasant to hold. Lenovo got the right balance between size and weight for the tablet. It even looks like a very high end device, with nice straight edges, rounded corners, and a glass front. The magnets work well, the backing is very solid, and the folding piece is sprung well, very tight. The keyboard attaches firmly, no major issues there.- Battery life so far seems to be good. The nice bright screen drains a bit when playing video content / browsing the web. On standby it seems to do very well. Need to do more testing in use, but I’d guess Lenovo’s claims of 8 hrs web browsing and 10 hrs video playback are probably about right. I charged it once on Friday and have been using it all weekend on and off, it’s down to about 50% now.THE “OK”:- Keyboard/trackpad: good inputs, registers all your keystrokes well, and the trackpad (albeit tiny) is smooth and precise. That said, it’s all very small, and requires a solid flat surface to work well (otherwise the hinge wants to fold and make the Duet think it’s in tablet mode). You can’t really hold this in your lap, aside from a few keystrokes here and there. So this isn’t a laptop (and Lenovo doesn’t market it as such), but a folio keyboard. My hands are pretty tiny, and I felt cramped on it…. you won’t want to write novels on this. Also, the backing and keyboard together are quite thick and heavy, doubling the weight of the entire device.- Speed: it’s a MediaTek CPU, and it performs about as you’d expect. Games worked great (I played Fallout Shelter and SBK16, both of which worked the same as on the much faster i5 Asus C436). For web browsing, it’s usually zippy enough for most websites, and the overall experience is OK. It will stutter here and there, but once things load, the scrolling is generally smooth. I had 8+ tabs open, some with video content, and it held in OK. That said, some websites take a long time to load (compared to the Intel-powered Chromebooks). It can’t play 4K YouTube content (which is fair, it’s a small screen and 1080p looks great), and it doesn’t have enough oomph to push pixels to any respectable external monitor – best it could do was 1080p at 24 fps, and 720p at 60 fps, which looked terrible on my Dell 27 inch monitor. But it does plays online and on-storage media just fine, as long as it’s 1080p or lower.- Tablet experience: so so… It seems to be sluggish in tablet mode, pages take longer to load, and sometimes Facebook doesn’t know what I clicked and opens the wrong thing (especially with mediocre WiFi connection). Also, tabs are hard to switch as Chrome goes full screen in tablet mode I don’t like that. I’m hoping this is early software and the sluggishness may be fixed with further updates, as it seems to be zippier with the keyboard attached.THE BAD:- Ports: you get one USB-C port, and that’s it. No audio out, no microSD. I think the lack of a microSD reader is a huge miss. I use a microSD card religiously on my Chromebooks – for viewing GoPro footage, and just as expanded storage for media. You are constrained here to 64/128 GB. Which is an odd move, likely one to save on cost. To me, this makes a potentially versatile device very constrained and iPad-like. I don’t want to carry a dongle around with me for extra media storage. This won’t be an issue for everyone, but then again if you are buying a Chromebook instead of an iPad, you are probably more of a power user – so you may miss having a microSD reader. Also would note that there were mixed reports out there – some said the Duet had a microSD, some said it did not… so I had to check personally.Nothing else really bad per se… but it’s a bummer that we can’t push the ports, speed, or tablet experience categories into the GOOD bucket. Let’s see if people end up finding a good use for this device.
Bobby –
Over hypedThis tablet is over hyped. Heavier than anticipated, even without cover. A bit laggy especially when web browsing with only one window open.
dexedjes –
Superb Chromebook for School-Age KidsI purchased two of the Lenovo Duet Chromebooks (to replace two aging ASUS Flip C100P Chromebooks)–one for each of our school age boys. While the ASUS provided a great starter Chromebook experience to introduce our boys to a blend of web and android apps, it was starting to noticeably age and programs were not working as well anymore. When I heard about the Duet earlier this year, I immediately started to follow the news and preordered two from BestBuy at the end of April. After all the wait and hype, I was not disappointed. For my kids, this is by far the best value for the money and gives them everything they need for virtual school and beyond. Prior to having the Duet, our boys would use a mix of their Chromebooks and Amazon Fire Tablets for school/apps/media consumption. Now with the Duet, they are no longer interested in their Amazon Fire Tablets and use their Chromebooks for all school/apps/media consumption. The screen quality as well as the included keyboard and kickstand make this a great device for them and relatively easy to use. As a parent, having controls that are easy to set up and maintain over what they can access on the web through supervising their accounts with Google Family Link makes the experience of a Chromebook highly preferable to either pure Android/Apple devices (and I own and use both). In addition to the Lenovo Duet Chromebook, we purchased two of the HP USI Rechargeable Styluses (directly from HP as they are not yet available elsewhere yet) to augment their Duets. I’ll also briefly mention that access for a line-in audio only through the one USB-C port does not hinder our ability to use the devices as our boys use reasonably priced Bluetooth Headphones (EasySM brand from Amazon) which pair and stay connected without any problems. The combination of the Duet, the USI Stylus, and Bluetooth Headphones is an amazing blend that all work well together. So glad that we found the Lenovo Duet Chromebook and I would highly recommend it for those looking for both a great value and high quality Chromebook for their kids!
Annie –
Terrific value, great device – make sure to get a USB-C hubBought this for a high school student along with the pen that Amazon recommended at the bottom of the listing (frequently bought together) and a USB-c 7-way hub so we can hook up a monitor, mouse and keyboard when at home. Very pleased with the device. Great value as it comes with the keyboard, kickstand backing and headphone adapter. Pen is ideal for note taking in class and sketching for art class.
Jorge Garcia –
Bonita, pero sus limitantes la hacen inservible.El dispositivo es muy elegante, pero tiene muchas limitantes. La ocupaba para que mi esposa pudiera impartir sus clases en linea. Sin embargo, en chromebook no es posible grabar las sesiones ni en Zoom, ni en Google Meet. Por lo que el equipo no me sirve para nada.
The J’s –
LOVE IT & I AM A APPLE FANI just love that Chromebook, the value and quality is just extraordinary for that price point. I still can’t believe that for that price, you get the tablet, the screen cover that acts as a stand, and a great keyboard. It’s fast, reliable, amazing screen resolution and after almost a month of using it, I have not noticed any lag or unresponsiveness.The only thing that I wish was better would be the screen quality, it scratches really easily.
Cliente de Amazon –
Ha superado todas mis expectativasEstuve analizando las mejores computadores de 2020 en ránkings y aparecía esta listada, lo cual me llevo a explorar y luego comprar. Previamente me inclinaba por una Microsoft Surface o un iPad mini.Mi compra fue hecha para que fuera usada por niños (6-9 años) y a meses de la compra, ha sido una desición genial.1. Viene con todo lo que se necesita para trabajar en ella: funda, cargador, teclado. Nada de add-ons, software a instalar adicional, ya está lista para prenderse y trabajar.2. El touch screen es muy bueno: no se siente lento y es exacto aún con múltiples aplicaciones abiertas.3. La cámara aún cuando tiene poco píxeles es fácilmente expandible al conseguir un hub de conector C y una webcam USB.4. La pila es brutal: +10 horas que se ha trabajado sin necesidad de cargarlo.5. Soy Chrome user, así que el Family Link se pudo poner en Chrome OS para evitar que los niños instalen cualquier aplicación o hagan pagos.6. La base de la funda es bastante resistente y contiene el sostenedor para que esté parada, esto es un plus enorme obre el iPad y sobre cualquier funda sencilla en el mercado.Cons:- El teclado es pequeño para un adulto o alguien con manos muy grandea, pero no imposible de trabajar, es cuestión de ajustarse. Lo trabaje durante un día y la primera hora fue de bastante errores, después de eso me ajuste fácilmente.- El único problema que tuvimos es que no se ha podido instalar Zoom en Chrome OS como aplicación así que se usa la versión web,La relación calidad precio es descomunal, y siendo previo usuario de Lenovo encuentro gran calidad y desempeño en sus productos. Pero este ha superado todas mis expectativas.TIP:Solamente tiene un conector C y tampoco tiene USB. Así que recomiendo ampliamente que con la compra se consigue un hub multiconector si es que se pondrá algo adicional (mouse, webcam, teclado, etc)
Daganta –
The audio adapter Issue!Lenova included a C2G USB-C to AUX Adapter (3.5mm) in the box but I think mine went out with packaging because I did see it once then it disappeared. The quick start guide says not to use 3rd party adapter as won’t work. Comments from others on all audio adapters show many of them do not work with all devices. I just had a chat with Lenova US who said they are sold out of those adaptors and are discontinuing them. The ONLY option is to buy the C2G USB-C to AUX Adapter (3.5mm) WITH Power Delivery which of course is ideal but the price in Canada is $58.57! Think I’m going to try a cheaper version and return if it doesn’t work. Other than that I love it so don’t lose your audio dong! If I find a cheaper one that works for the Duet (so far no one has answered that question) I will post it. Any background noise drowns out the low speaker output so is necessary if you want to go mobile. I do not want to wear bluetooth headphones so I will keep hunting.