I went into reviewing the Yoga 910 with very high hopes because, on paper, Lenovo has done virtually everything right. The centerpiece is the 13.9-inch touchscreen, which is spacious but fits inside a body that is closer to a 13-inch laptop thanks to very tiny bezels on three sides. It starts at $1,049.99 for a 1080p touchscreen, but upgrading to a 4K version doesn’t add much to the price. A top-of-the line model with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD is a reasonable $1,649.99.
The model I’m testing is in the middle of that range, with 16GB of RAM and the 4K screen, which is beautiful. It doesn’t quite get blindingly bright, but that doesn’t bother me. More importantly, Windows 10 does a much better job than it used to at handling these high resolutions.
Lenovo still makes the best hinges
The screen is attached to the now-classic Yoga “Watchband” hinge. It’s a set of four metal rails elegantly pieced together so it can work traditionally as a laptop or as a tablet (or in a tent mode). This hinge deserves every bit of praise it’s received: unlike the Surface Book, the screen sits flush with the body when closed and unlike many other 2-in-1s, it is firm enough to not wobble when you tap and drag directly on the screen.
The downside of this setup is that the electronics required to power this screen have to go somewhere, and that somewhere is at the bottom of the screen. The bezel there is massive, and though I suppose it’s nice to have the screen elevated, it’s still a big, black hunk of glass that I wish could be lit up with pixels.