Lenovo ThinkBook Plus has 21:10 screen and second screen next to keyboard

Lenovo introduces the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3. The laptop has a wide screen with a 21:10 ratio and next to the keyboard is a second screen with a 10:16 ratio. The second screen can be used to make notes.

Lenovo integrates a stylus into the housing of the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3, which can be used to draw or write on the 8″ screen positioned next to the keyboard. This screen has a resolution of 800×1280 pixels.

The primary screen of the new ThinkBook Plus has a 17.3″ diagonal, but a much wider 21:10 ratio than what is common in laptops. The resolution is 3072×1440 pixels and the refresh rate is 120Hz. According to the manufacturer, the screen has a brightness of 400cd/m².

Lenovo puts Intel Core H processors of the Alder Lake generation in the laptop, combined with up to 32GB of lpddr5 memory and up to a 2TB SSD. The Windows 11 laptop measures 410x229x18mm and weighs ‘less than 2kg’. The housing contains a 69Wh battery.

The ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 will be available from September for a suggested retail price of 1269 euros. The new model differs considerably from its predecessors. The first and second generations of the ThinkBook Plus were regular laptops with an extra E Ink screen on the outside.