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Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15.6" Touchscreen Laptop - 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7- 1080p - Abyss Blue $699.99

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Shipping $9.99, price good through 12/12/2021. $100 off regular price. Was $50 less 2 months ago.

Processor & Memory:
11th Gen Intel® Core i5-1135G7 Processor
16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM

Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 10 Home (64 bit)
Free Upgrade to Windows 11 When Available¹

Drives:
512GB NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive
No Optical Drive

Graphics & Video:
15.6" Touchscreen IPS LCD with LED-Backlit Anti-Glare FHD (1920 x 1080) 300-Nits Display
Integrated Intel® Iris X Graphics

Communications:
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth 5.0
Integrated 720p Webcam with Privacy Shutter

Audio:
2x 2W Speakers with Dolby Audio

Keyboard:
Backlit Keyboard
Fingerprint Reader

Ports & Slots:
1x USB 3.1 Type-C (DisplayPort/Power Delivery)
2x USB 3.1
1x HDMI Out
1x SD Media Card Reader
1x Headphone/Microphone Combination Jack

Battery:
3-Cell 57WH Lithium-Polymer Battery

Screen doesn't have the high gloss touchscreens usually have. It looks matte to me.

Hopefully somebody can address these points: If you use a hub, could you use the same port to charge and send the video to an external monitor? When there were 59 comments on Costco's page for this, two people liked the battery life, one said the hinge is not good, and one asserted there are known hinge problems. jmw1214 found more complaints about the hinge. mpankuj has experienced the hinge problem.



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Created 11-20-2021 at 01:19 PM by jpc
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jmw1214
11-20-2021 at 05:13 PM.
11-20-2021 at 05:13 PM.
I'm not sure what reviews you're seeing. There are 17 1/2/3 star reviews, of which 7 specifically mention the hinge. One of those 7 reports that there are 128 complaints on Lenovo's page directly about the hinge. I was considering purchase, but honestly, that makes me nervous.
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jpc
11-20-2021 at 09:02 PM.
11-20-2021 at 09:02 PM.
Quote from jmw1214 :
I'm not sure what reviews you're seeing. There are 17 1/2/3 star reviews, of which 7 specifically mention the hinge. One of those 7 reports that there are 128 complaints on Lenovo's page directly about the hinge. I was considering purchase, but honestly, that makes me nervous.
Thanks for adding that. Main post updated.
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mpankuj
11-20-2021 at 10:02 PM.
11-20-2021 at 10:02 PM.
Quote from jmw1214 :
I'm not sure what reviews you're seeing. There are 17 1/2/3 star reviews, of which 7 specifically mention the hinge. One of those 7 reports that there are 128 complaints on Lenovo's page directly about the hinge. I was considering purchase, but honestly, that makes me nervous.
It's hinge problem. I have experienced same issue..It has major manufacturing defect.
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FireStalker
11-26-2021 at 10:23 AM.
11-26-2021 at 10:23 AM.
Does Costco's warranty cover the hinge issue for the second year?

Specs are pretty good for the price but hinge has me too nervous to pull the trigger.
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Festisio
12-03-2021 at 12:12 AM.
12-03-2021 at 12:12 AM.
Quote from FireStalker :
Does Costco's warranty cover the hinge issue for the second year?

Specs are pretty good for the price but hinge has me too nervous to pull the trigger.

No it doesn't, stay far far away
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12-03-2021 at 07:49 AM.
12-03-2021 at 07:49 AM.
Quote from Festisio :
No it doesn't, stay far far away

What does Costco even cover?
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Festisio
12-03-2021 at 09:13 AM.
12-03-2021 at 09:13 AM.
Quote from FireStalker :
What does Costco even cover?

The problem is, Lenovo is trying to say this is accidental damage and not covered by warranty, although it is clearly a product defect. I would stay far away. Google for "broken hinge ideapad" There are hundreds with same problem, and many completely out of luck on this one.
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