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Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11" (2024) Review
Dec 6, 2024
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The new Lenovo Chromebook Duet is here, and much like its predecessor - the Duet 3 - this device upgrades a few things that were absolutely needed, but keeps much of the already-working formula in place. So lets take a look at what's changed and why this latest Duet is without question the best overall Chromebook tablet yet.
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the new Lenovo Chromebook duet is here
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and much like its predecessor the duet 3
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this device upgrades a few things that
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were absolutely needed but keeps much of
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the already working formula in place so
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let's take a look at what's changed and
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why this latest duet is without question
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the best overall Chromebook tablet
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and get signed up now I've said it
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before and I'll keep saying it I love
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the idea of a Chromebook tablet way more
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than the actual thing itself now that's
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not a knock to this form factor but more
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of a critique of my ability to wrap my
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head around what I would actually use a
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tablet for in the first place the latest
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duet does little to change this for
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someone like myself but that shouldn't
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bother any of you who already like
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tablets use tablets and would enjoy one
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that can actually be used used at the
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desk to get some serious work done the
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new duet is 100% that device and the
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upgrades Lenovo packed into this latest
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model easily make it the best Chromebook
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tablet I've ever used first let's
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quickly cover what is basically the same
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the form factor the screen the general
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utility on offer hasn't really changed
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much you're looking at an 11-in screen
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that's 1920 x 1200 16 X10 IPS and nice
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and bright at 400 nits it's gorgeous
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much like the two smaller prior Duets
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that came before and if you've handled
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the duet 3 specifically you know what
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we're talking about here they feel quite
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similar in the hand and that's a good
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thing I loved the bezels the chassis the
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overall build quality of the duet 3 and
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all that stuff stays for this new duet
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you can hold it in one hand really
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easily thanks to the 1.12 lb weight and
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the All Glass all metal body makes it
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feel secure and confident and just like
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last time the keyboard and kickstand
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case come in the box they're wellmade
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and they securely snap into place with
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magnets all around the device both of
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them can be easily removed when you just
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want to kick back with only the tablet
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and this whole Hardware equation simply
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works there's no real need to change it
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up the new duet also comes with USI pen
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support that once again makes a ton of
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sense on a device that's this portable I
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can see lots of people using it to jot
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down notes or sign PDFs or any number of
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things with the pen that's even included
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in certain SK again this was true of the
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last duet and having pen support at the
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core of this device just makes a lot of
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sense now let's talk about the upgrades
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while the duet 3 move the needle a lot
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versus the very first duet this new
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model feels a little bit more iterative
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but it's in all the right ways first up
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the kickstand has been completely
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rethought and it's kind of genius with
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the angle of this hinge the tablet can
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be stood up in either landscape or
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portrait orientations and it just looks
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cool to go along with that new kickstand
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setup Lenovo thoughtfully added a USBC
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port to both the side and the top of the
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tablet so either way you position it you
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have a port sitting down low to connect
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peripherals too it's a nice touch the
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keyboard feels just as good if not a bit
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better than before but now comes with
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some spill resistance so as a device
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that's likely to find itself on coffee
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tables and coffee shops with pretty good
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regularity this is a thoughtful addition
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from Lenovo for sure and coming back
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around to the pin Lenovo not only
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provides a new updated USI 2.0 pin in
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certain SKS of this device but also a
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much better mechanism for keeping up
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with it while the magnet back won't
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charge the pen it keeps it incredibly
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secure and not once did it fall off off
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when putting the duet in and out of my
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backpack multiple times the quad a
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battery should last about a year so I'm
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totally fine with having a convenient
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place to Stow the pen without constantly
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worrying whether or not it's being
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charged while it's there it's a big
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upgrade from the last few duet pen
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holders that's for sure and right near
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that pen spot are the cameras 5 megap up
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front 8 megapix around the back and
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they're both really good the front
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camera makes you look fantastic for
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video calls and comes with a physical
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privacy shutter while the back camera at
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8 me megapixels is the first Chromebook
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camera I'd feel comfortable taking
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photos or videos with while still not
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like on the level of a modern smartphone
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this camera is absolutely serviceable
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and again a huge upgrade over any that
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have come before it and finally on both
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sides of this tablet are some notable
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speaker grills that have some really
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loud speakers now they don't have a lot
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of deep tones but they do project a lot
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of volume that's great for video calls
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or watching like YouTube videos I
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wouldn't rely on them for longer like
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more involved movies or shows but they
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work just fine for the simpler stuff but
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all of those upgrades would be useless
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if this thing was sluggish right
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thankfully the new mediatech compano 838
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inside does a great job of juggling
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battery life and speed giving me a tiny
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tablet that I can actually use at my
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desk to do everything a bigger
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Chromebook would do keeping multiple
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desks open and pushing my QHD monitor to
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120 HZ this tiny tablet barely broke a
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sweat now out and about I never had to
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worry about whether or not it would keep
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up with any anything that I threw at it
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either and I'd happily work all day with
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this device and like a USBC monitor like
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15.6 in monitor in my bag with all day
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battery life easily getting me 10 plus
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hours of use on a single charge this is
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an on thee-o Warrior that you can throw
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just about anything at and then throw it
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in any bag that you so choose our review
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model is the skew with 8 gigs of RAM and
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128 gigs of storage for $399 and it's
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the one I would nudge you towards if
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you're thinking of picking one of these
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up with updates and until June of
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2034 you're going to appreciate that
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extra 4 gigs of RAM you get for that $40
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upcharge and I promise you won't miss
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that money in a few months but I
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guarantee you'll miss the extra Ram in a
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few years and that folks is the new
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Lenovo Chromebook duet in a nutshell
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it's improved in a bunch of small yet
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significant ways and I can say without
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question that this is the best
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Chromebook tablet you can buy right now
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for those of you that love using tablets
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but still want that tablet to be usable
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for some pretty serious productivity
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tasks or if you're just looking for a
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small portable Chromebook with a great
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screen solid performance and great
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battery life this duet is going to be an
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absolute home run for you but that's it
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