Compared with the ThinkPad Z13 we introduced earlier, the ThinkPad Z16 has a larger field of vision, and both performance and expansion capabilities have also taken a step forward, which can meet more demanding productivity creation and entertainment scenarios.
ThinkPad Z16 can be regarded as an enlarged version of Z13 in design. They are both focused on low-carbon and environmentally friendly. The packaging is made of 100% recyclable and compostable bamboo and sugarcane raw materials. power adapter uses recycled plastic and uses a body made of recycled aluminum alloy, which greatly reduces the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide , perfluorocarbon, and hydrogen fluoride generated during aluminum electrolytic production.
ThinkPad Z16 is available for the time being only available in Arctic gray color scheme, and the leather black version will be updated in the future.
Although ThinkPad Z16 has a large field of view, its thickness and weight are only 15.8mm and 1.84kg, and its portability is still very good. Unfortunately, this product is not equipped with a digital keyboard. The spaces on both sides of the keyboard are used to place speaker openings that sound to the user, support Dolby Atmos, and have an exclusive fingerprint recognition button next to the arrow keys. The TrackPoint small red dot of
ThinkPad Z16 is also re-assigned to a click design based on the original electro-induced ceramic pressure drive of the X/Y axis, which can quickly call out the interactive menu to achieve quick adjustment and setting. For example, when you are outdoors, you can quickly adjust the brightness of screen . When you are in the meeting, you can quickly turn on the microphone noise reduction mode to achieve one-click environment noise reduction.
ThinkPad Z16 is currently the laptop product with the highest screen-to-body ratio (92.3%) among the entire ThinkPad series products, which can create a more immersive vision. There is also a 1080P full HD camera embedded on the top of the screen, which is paired with an IR face recognition camera that supports electronic ThinkShutter hardware protection. It not only allows you to log in quickly in seconds, but also allows you to physically turn on and off the camera through shortcut keys to ensure exclusive privacy.
It should be noted that ThinkPad Z16 provides two screen options. The version priced at 13999 yuan (13499 yuan at the promotion) uses an LCD screen with 1920×1200 pixels, 100% sRGB color gamut, and does not support touch. The 14999 yuan (14499 yuan at the promotion) version has been upgraded to an OLED touch screen, with a resolution of 3824×2400 pixels, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut and supports Dolby Vision, which is perfect in addition to the refresh rate.
ThinkPad Z16 is equipped with AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H standard voltage processor, 8 cores and 16 threads, the maximum acceleration clock frequency can reach 4.7GHz, and is paired with AMD Radeon RX 6500M independent graphics card (performance equivalent to RX 3050), and the graphics computing performance is greatly improved, and it can smoothly run 4K video decoding to meet the design and production needs of professional fields. Standard comes with 16GB LPDDR5-6400 dual-channel memory and 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD.
From the disassembly diagram of ThinkPad Z16, this product adopts a heat dissipation module design with dual fans and dual heat pipes. In addition to the M.2 slot of SSD, it is also equipped with an idle M.2 slot. However, judging from foreign media testing, this slot does not seem to support SSD and can only be used to install WWAN wireless network card, but this machine does not come with any antenna cable and SIM card slots as standard. If the idle M.2 slot of this machine really does not support SSD, it would be a waste of internal space. If you are very concerned about the configuration of dual hard drive , you need to communicate with customer service in advance to confirm the upgrade capabilities of the domestic version of ThinkPad Z16.
In terms of interface, ThinkPad Z16 still does not have a standard USB-A. The three USBs are all C ports, including the SD card reader , 2 USB4s and 1 USB-C3.2 Gen2. The good news is that the 3 C ports all support data transmission, DP video output and PD charging capabilities at the same time, and can all be used with the included power adapter.
In general, ThinkPad Z16 is a thin and light all-round book customized for the Z generation people. It contains an immersive and shocking 4K OLED touch screen, AMD Ryzen 7 standard pressure processor and RX 6500M independent display combination, and an innovative TrackPoint small red dot interactive experience. The highest screen-to-body ratio in history, the practice of environmentally friendly design concepts, and the reliability of fingerprint and face dual safety certification are also its plus points. If you are not interested in touch functions and pursue stronger performance, you can also consider ThinkPad X1 Hermit 2022 or P1 Hermit 2022. They are both equipped with the 12th generation Core standard pressure processor and can be selected as RTX 30 or A-series professional graphics cards.
