LenovoChromebook Duet 5-13.3" OLED Touch Screen Tablet - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - with Keyboard - Abyss Blue

Love this snappy Chromebook tablet. Does everything that it should and the battery live is exemplary.

The processor seems to be able to do everything I expect it to do without draining the battery but it is occasionally very slow for no apparent reason. The device is a good size, it fits in my backpack and I don't feel like it needs a case. The kickstand and keyboard should protect the device from damage.The screen is nice especially for use as a laptop. The OLED screen looks good. Videos have good color and contrast with deep blacks and a bright screen, but a Netflix movie looked a washed out when compared to the same video on my iPad mini. That may be due to the Netflix app.When holding the device like a tablet in portrait mode the limitations of the Full HD panel are obvious. I can definitely see individual pixels but a higher resolution screen would probably mean a shorter battery life. The device is meant to be used as a laptop so I don't understand why Lenovo doesn't make a real laptop just like this tablet. The keyboard has fallen off more than once and I'm not sure how much I trust the kickstand to hold the tablet up and protect the screen from breaking. It's too big and heavy to use as a tablet and the screen is not sharp enough to hold up close in portrait mode.Battery life appears to be very good, probably around fifteen hours or more.The speakers are not very good. They do not compare favorably with the speakers on my iPad mini.Video sound syncs well with my Pixel Buds. There is occasional Bluetooth lag between the audio and video.The Chromebook Duet pairs very well with my Pixel phone. It should be able to share cellular data with an Android phone but that feature is disabled by my phone plan.Microsoft has disabled all the Office apps on ChromeOS. I can edit Word documents in the browser only when online or use Google Docs. There may be other workarounds. This is a hassle for me.A headphone jack and microSD slot would be welcome on a device this size but neither is present. I have a USB C headphone jack adapter but 128gb is not enough storage and any external storage besides a microSD card is going to be awkward.I would rather have a conventional laptop with the same screen and processor as this tablet, with the electronics below the keyboard and a thin screen. Lenovo could sell a lot of Chromebooks with specs like this tablet, expandable storage and a headphone jack. I just sent back a Lenovo Chromebook laptop this size with a bad screen and poor battery life.I don't care for the fabric covering the kickstand and keyboard. It's reminiscent of the sweatpants covering that Google abandoned years ago. The device itself looks very nice without these accessories.

Use:I use this as something to take notes on for meetings in the office and traveling around doing client meetings where I only really use the online PowerPoint feature and google keep for notes.(Not great for an all in one of you use resource intensive programs like excel)Cons:Speakers aren’t great.Front facing camera is does the job but leaves some to be desired.Pros:8gb of ram is really all you need. I can take notes and be on a teams meeting with no issues.(I returned the 4gb one to get this)Stunning screenCheap compared to peers with similar hardwareChrome OS makes a lot of sense on these tablet combos

Surprised I didn’t see this in q&a. These tablets have a rep for difficulties in turning on. My new unboxed item powered up as soon as I plugged in the power cord, but after I unplugged to change locations it shut down never to start up again. Even after a full nights charge, the power button gets no reaction. There are many postings online by people having a similar problem. Even Lenovo support couldn’t solve it.

Exactly what we wanted. Small lightweight and fast

Looks amazing, very strong, runs great

Extremely versatile, with removable keyboard, which works very well. Video streaming apps like Amazon Video, Apple TV, etc work great with a terrific display screen, excellent speakers and bluetooth for headsets. Internet works great. I find though that the use of Apps, like X, Amazon Prime Shopping, Facebook, etc work much better if you use the browser to access them. Using them as Apps, like you would use on your phone, does not work very well as these Apps are very buggy on this device and clearly not designed with this type of usage model in mind. Again, they do work well within the context of the Google browser. Generally speaking, I find that turning the tablet vertical to use like a phone is clunky and weird in just about any use case, it is just too big of a device for this to feel natural. Using horizontally, with or without keyboard, is much more natural feeling and comfortable.

I love my Lenovo Chromebook. I'm using it as my primary laptop for writing my third book. I am wondering if anyone has found a replacement for the magnetic back kickstand and keyboard that doesn't have a fabric feel.