Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14 Review: Ryzen Up! 

Hence the amdtech in the top left corner

Holy shit thats a huge flex

¿Las bisagras de la pantalla son de plástico?, ¿podría volverse débil?

Is the color accuracy bad?

Hi! Can you tell me if the brightness is good?

For how much?

I just bought this laptop yesterday and I’m waiting for it to arrive. You wrote the review 2 months ago but do you still like the laptop?

Thanks for the update! Really helpful 👍

Would you recommend this laptop for basic usage? Like taking notes, light video editing, media consumption and office stuffs

Thank you!

All of this potential wasted with most laptops having Intel processors....

Does lumetri filter work too?

YEs i think screen is achilles hill here, i dont think it got antireflective coating

Im sure 250nits is enough for most indoor conditions, brighter displays can drain battery quickly alsol. For the price being offered its a great device

Looked at one in Staples, the screen brightness is useable at 100% inside, anything lower is really dim. Yeh 300 nits would be nice.

Disagree. Consider the health of your eyes. I switched to the 'dark mode' on my phone and I wouldn't go back.

@@StarNumbers Guess what? The contrast in dark mode generally screws with your eyes more. Only exception to this is if you have greyish text on a black background.

Thanks!

Yeah, except it would be like a 2cv with a 350hp Ford Ecoboost 4cyl instead of a 2-stroke engine. What a little beast of a CPU.

Did you receive it? Is it as advertised?

Andddd?

don't!!

go to lenovos forum and see the complaints regarding the touch screen🙃 i own flex 5 15. i regret buying it. the touchscreen doesn't work anymore which was the very feature i bought it for.

@@tseringkhando5992 does the touchscreen has problem regarding anti-glare, as i can see screen is reflective and not matte

Same

Do you find the colors on the screen are washed out? I have read reviewers saying they are washed out but I'm not sure

How much did you buy it

Remy B not at all

Clay Munch i got it about 68k

@@rbasi25 same question

what about antireflective coating on screen, missing that feature

Correct, it doesn't show too many fingerprints. Thanks!

I'm typing this on a Flex 14 now. It's _ok_ when it comes to fingerprints. But I will wipe it down with a cloth with diluted pinalen solution. The solid plastic is much better than the kind of plastic that flexes when you type hard on it.

@@danieljeyn9847 hello when you first have it, does it gets hot? Especially on the side where there's no fan

@@somethingintherain796 I only kept that a couple of weeks. The AMD chips of that era did get hot, yes.

@@danieljeyn9847 I have the Lenovo IdeaPad flex 5 ryzen 7 5700u. Whenever I opened it, i think 10 minutes later it will get hot. I only ran OneNote, Spotify, chrome. Is it normal? Then when I bend it up to 170 degrees it will cool down. Really it's hot then it will cool down 😭 It's my 4th day having it btw. Should I call the lenovo warranty?

Agreed!

@@andrewmarcdavid can you run Virtual machines and android studio on flex 5 and tell what is the performance...... somebody told me 2 in 1 laptop have heating issue, not long lasting and cheap performance from CPU..... I'm about to buy a new laptop .... so it will be helpful for me.

Very durable so far

@@andrewmarcdavid Any other ones to look into that you know of?

@@melodyirvine6542 check out the HP Envy X360 with AMD Ryzen 5 I just unboxed recently

So, which one did you get for 2 in 1 laptop?? I've been searching in internet for too many weeks now and kept on changing my mind when encounter other brands 😂

Thank you so much 😀

Nice!!!

Up!

I'm waiting for the slim 7 in the UK. Been waiting months! It's getting a bit difficult to delay my purchase of a laptop now. I will be avoiding HP after my last 2 envy laptops had to have motherboard replacements twice in the short time I owned them. The 4800u is the only CPU I'd buy in a 2020 ultrathin

up!

What is the Lenovo slim 7?

Up !

Does it gets hot?

@@somethingintherain796 No, never. The TDP is only 15 Watts. Very impressiv 👍👍

@@Funhubble mine is Lenovo IdeaPad flex 5 ryzen 7 5700u and it gets hot after 10 minutes 😭 I only ran apps such as OneNote, Spotify, and chrome. Sometimes it will cool down in a certain angle like 170° but mostly it's hot😭 should I call Lenovo warranty?

Thanks @TechRealm The display is very good, just wish it were over 300 nits.

@@andrewmarcdavid Yeah, that's what I was talking about. I forgot to ask - what is the amount of RAM usable? I know that previous Ryzen systems took up 2GB of RAM because of the Radeon Graphics. That would make 8GB, 6GB of RAM. Thanks!

@@tech_realm let me check

@@andrewmarcdavid Have you found anything, yet? Thank you.

@@tech_realm I don't have it with me, I will check tonight for sure.

Good idea Paul!

Same qs

Yes fully laminated

@@andrewmarcdavid Thank you for the information. That is wonderful!

Thanks!!

Thanks Jose!

@@andrewmarcdavid wow it seems to be out of stock!

Thanks really appreciate it 👊

Please help reply when you have a chance. Thank you😊

I appreciate it!

This specific model has 16GB RAM. If you don't plan on upgrading the RAM (8GB) and do not want 2 in 1 I would suggest the Ideapad which was on sale yesterday for $58+student discount only advantage being ideapad (non convertible) has brighter screen. Almost all the other 4500u models have weaker display. On the other hand, if you want to go beyond 16GB (honestly I do not see a need for it on this machine), I would choose HP for it is upgradeability. Personally this 16GB model for $600 is sweet spot. Overall I would suggest this model if usage is manly indoors.

Yes, they seem pretty good, i have been using it for about a month and it seems very durable

@@tanishjain7851 OK thanks

For any sort of video editing I would not suggest intel IGPU, Ryzen Vega is better both in terms of CPU performance and decent 1080p play back during video editing. However what will bother you on this machine is the color accuracy, if that is important to you. If using external monitor then it is not a major issue.

Thanks really appreciate it 👊

-There are several displays, the one with thinner bezel has better color accuracy- The Ideapad 5 does have those

@@finbruan What is the model name with thinner bezel and better color accuracy?

@@manoj238 Gonna edit the comment, I mixed the normal Ideapad 5 and the Flex 5.

I think laptop makers have intentionally added that to most laptops to stop eye strain.

profix25lo I think this is good for anyone that isn’t doing crazy intensive stuff. I am CS major and I bought the 16gb ram version

I just took delivery of the Redmi Book 16 with the Ryzen 7 CPU. I will compare the results very soon to see the difference.

Honestly would depend on what you are doing. The 4700U is 8 cores.

Israel Lewis nothing really heavy, but photoshop, limited video editing (not 4k) and some gaming (no aaa titles).

@@andrewmarcdavid oh wow that one looks appealing. Will it be available in the states?

Does anyone know if this is dual channel? You said seems to be.

@@MtnYaker I saw this review on Amazon Amazing product, a lot of misinformation from Lenovo Rep on Amazon Before I tell you about how good the product is, I have to give feedback on the Lenovo Rep(s). Before the product was available, I asked if the laptop had dual channel and or single channel memory. This is easily the most important specification in terms of performance for AMD laptops because the integrated graphics are very powerful, but you essentially lose half of the igpu performance with single channel memory. The rep told me (and subsequently another person) that the laptop has single channel memory. This is incorrect. I looked up the model number of the laptop on Geekbench and it clearly stated that it is dual channel. I received my laptop and checked with CPUZ, it also says dual channel. Now some people may say "well what are you complaining for? You're mad because your laptop is better than they said it was?" No, I'm upset because the rep's job is to give correct information to consumers so that they can make good purchasing decisions. Incorrect information causes lost sales and it makes both AMD and Lenovo look incompetent. If you look through all of the questions on the Amazon product page, you will see a few other instances of incorrect information. Just to be clear, this is a very good product in my opinion. It comes with a usb-c charger, a stylus, a mechanical shutter for the webcam, a ten keyless led keyboard. The screen is decent, obviously not something you would use for professional graphic design but it is still very good for the average user. The build quality is great, very solid. The 2 in 1 functionality is very cool in combination with the stylus. The performance is in a completely different league from anything else in this price range. AMD's new Ryzen 4000 cpu's are insane. Benchmarked next to my 2500U, this 4500U is about 90% faster in terms of cpu performance. The igpu is up to 50% faster than the Vega 8 graphics in my 2500U. This laptop is ideal for a mixture of office work, consuming media, and light gaming. If you want something to play LoL, Dota, Rocket League, CSGO, etc or random indie games on Steam, then this laptop can do that. For $600 there is nothing you can get from Intel that can match this performance without having a discrete Nvidia gpu. The only thing I dislike is that the SSD is 256GB, but I have a 512GB mini usb that I can use for media so it's fine. My first impressions: highly recommend... but get your stuff together, Lenovo Rep, whoever you are.

@@MtnYaker I've received the machine and I can confirm it is indeed in dual channel mode.

This IdeaPad Flex 5 is a good choice.

Good