Lenovo India has launched the new gen 10 Lenovo LOQs in India, and these look upgraded compared to the previous generation LOQs, bringing the 245W charger by default on all the models instead of the 170W on the gen 9 LOQs and a better webcam experience. And brings in the RTX 50 series GPUs, while the CPU options remain unchanged for the 15IRX10 and 17IRX10, while the 15APH10 gets a downgrade to a U-class CPU. Let’s discuss all this.
Design
15IRX10 is the first one. 15IRX9, the 2nd one
The new LOQs feature a redesigned keyboard, as Lenovo has altered the key design of the laptop to distinguish it from Gen 9, which shares the same design language. Lenovo claims that they have improved the grey color on the chassis, which is beneficial if it avoids the color fading issues experienced with Gen 9 after prolonged use. Additionally, the laptop now features a 24-zone RGB lighting system, compared to the previous 4-zone RGB, allowing for enhanced color customization on the keyboard. We also get a dual 2W speaker with support for Nahimic software to tune the audio.
Display
The new LOQs don’t come with a new screen; instead, we get our old customization option back, so if you need a better panel, you can make changes on all the Gen 10 LOQs right now. Speaking about the default panel, we are getting a 15.6 in., 1080p panel with a 144 Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB gamut, and 300 nits of brightness, and by default, the LOQ 17 features a 165 Hz refresh rate.
Lenovo also says there’s G-Sync support for the panel, which they also said on the Gen 9 LOQ, but they didn’t get it, so let’s see what happens in the Gen 10 LOQ, and the second panel would be a 1440p panel with a 165 Hz refresh rate and 350 nits of brightness.
Performance
The LOQ 15 uses the same CPU as the Intel Gen 9, while the AMD has a downgrade in CPU performance, moving from a 45W CPU to a 15-30W CPU. The maximum power you can achieve is 70 or 80 watts, compared to the 8845HS, which gets 120 or 140 watts on the laptop. The architecture remains the same, though we get AMD Ryzen 220 and 250 on the AMD and on the LOQ 13450HX, 13650HX, and 14700HX, and the laptop has an AI core that tunes your CPU, GPU, and power allocation depending on the game you are playing.
You are getting Nvidia RTX 5000 series GPUs by default, and you are getting 5050 and 5060 on the loq, which both have 8 GB of VRAM and both come with a 100 W TGP, and you have dynamic boost too and Fn+Q to change modes, and the O button shows the color that represents the power mode you are currently on.
Connectivity and Battery
The LOQ 15 features 3 USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, 2 in the back and one on the side of the laptop, and a USB-C port on the side that supports the USB 3.2 Gen 2 protocol with USB PD charging support of 65W to 100W and has DisplayPort 1.4 support, and you can charge the laptop at 140W, but that requires Lenovo’s proprietary charger, which isn’t available in India, and an HDMI 2.1 port that can output 8K at 60 Hz, a 3.5 mm jack, and a gigabit Ethernet port.
We are getting an improvement in webcam quality, up from 1080p maximum to a 5MP QHD webcam, and it also has e-shutter support, and you are getting a 245W charger, which reduces the battery drain, so Lenovo has fixed one of the issues from Gen 9 here, and we are getting a 60 Wh battery by default, and this chassis allows for 80 Wh upgrades later down the line if you need it.
Software
The LOQ 15 comes with Windows 11 preinstalled out of the box, and we are getting an Office trial, and if you want the full 2024 Office, you need to pay them 1re for the license, etc, and we are getting Lenovo AI now bundled with the laptop if you upgrade the RAM to 32 GB, which has a lot of AI features like the Office AI agent with customization, personalized answers, support made simple, etc., and with this laptop, you are getting an upgrade to the Vantage to the Legion Zone, which has a better UI and UX than the Vantage, which was bundled with the Gen9 and Gen8 LOQ.
Pricing
The pricing of the models starts as the 17IRX10 starts at 97k, the 15IRX10 at 99k, and the AMD one, 15AHP10, at 95k, and yeah, every model is customizable to your needs, but there need to be some upgrades too, like, say, telling the customer that the 80 Wh battery upgrade would be neat, and the 17IRX10 doesn’t have the option for a QHD screen and a 5060, while the 15 in. AMD and Intel can do it, which is kind of limiting for the 17-inch laptop.
The pricing is just neat since the last generation was just so good; this gen doesn’t feel that good, and they didn’t refresh the budget-oriented 15IAX9, either, which says Lenovo isn’t going to be doing the budget series anymore.
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