With tablets gaining popularity, there are many hybrid devices in the market that can be used both as a laptop and tablet. Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is one example. Here are the specs features and price review of the device.

Design And Display

The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix comes with an 11.6 inch full HD 400 NITS display screen, rendering 1920 x 1080 resolution. The tablet dimensions are 296.1 x 187.3 x 11.6 in millimeters. It weighs around 840.8 grams while with clamshell weighs around 1.7 kilograms.

Hardware And Operating System

The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix has three processor variants: the third generation 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7-3667U processor, 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5- 3427U processor and the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5- 3337U processor.

It runs on Windows platform and has either the Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro operating system. It has either 4GB or 8GB of RAM, which is soldered to the system board and can't be upgraded. It comes in 128 GB, 180GB and 256GB memory options.

Features

The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix can be used both as a tablet and laptop. The optional ThinkPad digitizer and pen perform capacitive touchscreen functions like swipe, drag, open and click. It can also convert the users' handwriting into digital text.

Camera

The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix has a 2 MP front facing camera while the back facing camera is 5 MP. The cameras come with features like auto focus and LED flash. The back facing camera can capture videos at 30 fps.

Battery

The battery on the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is a 3-cell Lithium Polymer battery, which allows users up to 6 hours use. The tablet, along with the clamshell, allows for up to 10 hours use.

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Price in Australia

The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Convertible Ultrabook is priced at around AU$1899 and the Ultrabook with mobile broadband is worth around AU$2199 in Australia.