Watching videos is excellent - a 16:9 aspect ratio means you don't deal with black bars as you would on the HP x2 11 or Acer Spin 713, and the quad stereo speakers are bright and clear. Great speakers and a better screen make this a killer Chromebook. I've spent lovely mornings reading (or more often playing Microsoft Solitaire) on the Duet 5 while just sitting and enjoying the crisp beauty of a December Florida morning. 400 nits, however, you can take it out and about with ease. A 250-nit screen is usable indoors, but the second you head outdoors or open up the blinds, it washes out. About the only Chromebook to buck that trend is the Acer Chromebook Spin 713, which is almost double the price of the Duet 5.
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It's hard to overstate how much of an upgrade the Duet 5's screen is after years and years and years of 220-250-nit Chromebook screens, especially in the 13-14-inch range.
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There’s nothing even close to the Lenovo Duet 5 in that category, and I’d expect the Duet 3 with the same Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 to perform equally well.Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central (Image credit: Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central) As an additional benefit, I’d imagine battery life will be standout as well. While not the fastest Chromebook in the world, the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 does quite well on Chrome OS (as we saw with the Duet 5) and getting all my tasks done was a snap on this Chromebook. With those input methods and this vibrant screen, all I need is decent performance to get some work done, and the Duet 3 doesn’t disappoint. Though the trackpad underneath is still small, it is smooth and has a fantastic click to it. I typed an entire article on it with no issues at all and came away really impressed. Seriously, the increased key travel and extra space make typing on this tablet a very nice experience. That is simply not the case with the Duet 3 as the slightly-larger 11-inch 16:10 screen makes getting stuff done a lot easier while making more room for a better keyboard. Sure, it was fine for dabbling around with content consumption, but it was not a great experience as a productivity machine. One of the ways the original Duet fell short was in getting work done. Though the device we have in hand is technically pre-production, we can all already tell that Lenovo has put together a much-improved package in this new Duet. We’re looking at a better screen size, a better keyboard, better speakers, a faster processor, and far improved overall build quality.
Here in 2022, the company is back with an upgrade to the original, winning formula for the Chromebook Duet, and from what we can tell at this point, they’ve only improved things. With a bright IPS screen, an attractive build quality, decent performance and the keyboard bundled in the box, Lenovo made the right choices on where to keep and where to cut with the original Duet.
We have two of those Chromebook tablets in my house right now that still get regular use and served us very, very well in the earlier days of the pandemic. The small, well-made tablet brought all the right stuff to the table for the right price and even to this day it sells very well. There’s no denying the impact Lenovo had on the Chromebook world back in 2020 at CES when they unveiled the original Chromebook Duet.
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