Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i 14 Gen 10 Review: Light, Lovely, and Oh-So-Pricey

Your friends’ laptops have crummy 720p webcams? Ha! The Yoga Slim 9i has a 32-megapixel camera hidden beneath the screen that can take 7,520-by-4,232-pixel stills (though Windows Camera sticks to 1080p videos); its images are colorful and well-lit without noise or static. The webcam supports Camera’s recently added auto framing and background blur, but not Windows Hello face recognition. You can, however, bypass passwords thanks to a fingerprint reader in the keyboard. 

Speaking of the keyboard, I’m never happy to see the cursor arrows in a row instead of an inverted T (with half-height up and down arrows stacked between full-size right and left). I’m also unhappy to see the arrow keys paired with the Fn key instead of real-deal Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys. The 9i has four keys at the right edge of the keyboard that would be fine for those, but Lenovo apparently thinks you’ll want to use other options a lot more often: performance/cooling modes, the low-blue-light screen setting, and music, movie, or game audio presets. (Hint: Lenovo is wrong.)

(Credit: Joseph Maldonado)

That aside, the keyboard works well, with a shallow but snappy typing feel that let me maintain a brisk pace with enough comfort for long work sessions. The smallish, buttonless touchpad glides and taps smoothly, with a springy click. 

Except possibly for its lid, the Yoga Slim’s star attraction is what Lenovo calls a PureSight Pro display, a 4K OLED touch screen with smooth 120Hz refresh and top-tier brightness and contrast. Photos and videos look downright lush, with rich, saturated colors. Blacks are inky, and white backgrounds are as pure as the driven snow. Viewing angles are wide, though the touch glass picks up reflections at extremes, and fine details are flawlessly sharp.

(Credit: Joseph Maldonado)

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Quad speakers (two tweeters and two woofers) produce not overly loud but impressively clear audio, with crisp highs and midtones, and a welcome bit of bass. The sound isn’t harsh or tinny, and it’s easy to make out overlapping tracks. In addition to the presets available via a dedicated key, Dolby Atmos software provides an equalizer with detailed, balanced, and warm options. Other bundled software includes Smart Connect to link your PC and phone (with emphasis on Motorola phones) and Lenovo Vantage for system settings, updates, and Wi-Fi security.