HWM Singapore – June 2019

The Yoga C930 is Lenovo’s  agship
convertible notebook and it is a
major shakeup to Lenovo’s line of
premium convertible notebooks.
The key diff erence lies in the hinge.
Past  agship Yoga convertible
notebooks have what Lenovo calls
a “watchband hinge” - an intricate
hinge that we have always felt to
look a little too ornate on a cutting-
edge ultraportable
convertible notebook.
In the Yoga C930,
Lenovo has decided
to do away with the
“watchband hinge”
and instead utilized
a more traditional
hinge design. The end
result is that the Yoga
C930 looks more like a
conventional clamshell notebook.
The new hinge doesn’t impede on
the transformability of the notebook
though. The display can still be easily
folded onto itself, allowing owners
the  exibility to use the Yoga C930 as
a tablet. More impressively, the hinge
also doubles up as a sound bar and
it has a big and authoritative sound
with palpable bass. It won’t replace
your desktop speakers but at least
you can be entertained in your
hotel room if you have to travel
for work often.
Apart from the built-in sound bar,
the Yoga C930 has another trick up
its sleeves. Round the back of the
notebook is an integrated stylus that
is responsive and supports 4,096
levels of pressure sensitivity.
Because of its large 13.9-inch
touchscreen display, the Yoga C930
has a noticeably larger footprint than

its rivals. Fortunately, at just

14.8mm thick and weighing 1.38kg,

it isn’t too cumbersome.

Ports selection on the Yoga C930 is

good too. You get a single USB-A USB

3.1 port and two USB-C ports that

support Thunderbolt 3. However,

battery life was disappointing at just

nine minutes over three hours. Much

of this can be attributed to its power-

hungry 4K display.

Readers who want

more mileage out of

the Yoga C930 should

consider the more

aff ordable variants

which come with

less draining Full HD

displays.

Like the Surface

Pro 6, the Yoga C930

is powered by slightly older Kaby

Lake R processors. It comes in three

con gurations and ours was the

top-of-the-line unit that features

a 4K display with a Core i7-8550U

processor, 16GB of RAM, and a

spacious 1TB SSD. The entry-level

model comes with a Full HD display,

a Core i5-8250U processor, 8GB of

RAM, and a 256GB SSD. The mid-

range model arguably off ers the

best value as it comes with a Full HD

display, a Core i7-8550U processor,

16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.

In our benchmarking tests, the

Yoga C930 was no match for the

Spectre X360’s newer Whiskey Lake

processor. But in the real world, the

two notebooks felt just as fast and

snappy. Unless you are a stickler for

having the latest and greatest, don’t

be discouraged by the Yoga C930’s

benchmarking results.

Excellent build. Great

speakers.

Expensive. Poor battery life.

The active stylus can be neatly

stowed away behind the

notebook.

With a full-size USB 3.1 port and

two USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports, the

Yoga C930 is ready for anything.

ATA GLANCE

DISPLAY

13.9-inch

PROCESSOR

IntelCorei7-8550U

MEMORY

16GB

STORAGE

1TB

PRICE

$3,299

JUNE 2019 | HWM 57