Customer Ratings & Reviews

I like the light weight, its specs and the ease of use. It goes everywhere with me. The battery life is awesome. Thanks Lenovo.

This laptop is perfect for someone who travels a lot and doesn't have to worry about the battery life. You can do your basic computer needs with this laptop but if you want more power, you will need to find another laptop than this one

Great device, got it for a great deal, and have it activated on AT&T, even though they say it's for Verizon only. LTE speed was fast, device never turns off, goes into standby and out of standby just like your phone. Battery life had far exceeded by 8-12 hr days of work. I use it for very light work, most are done in a browser, the always on always connected was a perfect fit for me.

It’s a nice laptop with the ability to be on Verizon data plan, battery lasts 8-12 hours depending on how it’s used, which is very handy with traveling situations.

Bought this with high hopes as it is a high end mobile processor and the specs seem good for a laptop for travel. The LTE GSM sim card was a big plus. After having it about a month, am very disappointed. The screen often pixelates which means videos cannot be watched. The computer often freezes and needs to be restarted. Often, the keyboard light will work, but then stop working. The plus is the battery life is great, and the size is good. Weight is decent for travel.

Needed a laptop for the change to school at home. Best Buy had a great deal on it and snapped it up. Runs windows 10, touch screen, and folds back to a tablet. Major problem for me is that it does not accept the regular USB connection. Only takes USB-C and there are only two to connect with, one of which is the power supply. Most people will need to buy an adapter on top of the laptop. Quick start up and easy to use, but that is a major downside for me. I would recommend it as an entry laptop for a now stuck at home virtual student, but not much else.

It’s lightweight and will get most things done for the average student or home use. However I need something that will also handle work as well as online classes and this isn’t measuring up for the price. I’m on my 3rd computer because the 1st one I purchased was a MacBook Pro and while I absolutely love the machine, the trackpad was just too big and in my way that I had to return it. I went with the Lenovo 730 that time and it was the absolute poorest built laptop that I’ve ever seen. The WiFi wouldn’t stay on, the hinges were misaligned and causing the screen to separate when you closed it and then when I returned it I looked at the display and some open box and they ALL had the hinge issue and screen problem! The WiFi issue was a known problem and the driver Lenovo instructed to download failed each time I had tried downloading. This was on sale so I took a chance because being $200 off and coming with a $200 gift card I figured I couldn’t go wrong as long as it worked. Well it works, it’s lightweight enough and does most of the things that I need but today it’s vegan dropping the WiFi like the 730 did and then combine that with not receiving the $200 gift card as stated in the order and it seems that I’ll be returning to look for something else. For the price range there are plenty of other options that aren’t using windows S and have an actual hard drive instead of the Snapdragon processor this one runs. I’m more disappointed in the hours wasted today on the phone with Best Buy customer service trying to track down the digital gift card I never received than the issues with the computer. I was transferred in a loop to every department and each time they said they couldn’t help. An in store purchase might be ok, but I will never recommend an online purchase if it has any digital gift attached to it to anyone after this ordeal.

Very responsive touch screen and overall superior performance. However the Windows on Snapdragon OS does not work with all programs. e.g. FortiClient security software will not install

Good computer. Great battery life. Great for people just going to school, internet surfing and streaming. Not good if you want to download and play around with ethical hacking tools or anything else cool. If you're fine with that, an alternative would be to use VMs from websites such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Service because the computer doesn't have/support hyper-v or anything related to that. Hope this helps

Great computer. Easy to setup and use. Lightweight. No more wi-fi!

I love this Windows pc, it is light and fast. It has the advantages of using Windows 10 and the speed and flexibility of a chomebook. It could use a little more storage, but overall love it. It also has cellular capability, but I don't use it. I recommend it, I bought it as an open-box itme for under $500, a really good value.

Love that Its extremely Then and performs very very well look sleep and can connect to cellphone service so you can take on the go

Functional. Does all of what’s required. Nice tablet format. Lightweight, easy to transport room to room.

I owned a Lenova Yoga laptop for 5 years. It was a great product, easy to use, dependable and light weight. After 5 years if heavy use it finally crashed and I needed a new laptop. I wanted toproduct. Best Buy just happened to have a very similar model at a great sale price.

It is a great laptop/tablet for the office use that I use it as. However the speakers could be louder.

I bought an open box that was marked as in excellent condition. When I opened it there was a sticker on the keyboard stating that a port was not able to be reloaded. Come to find out the left charging usb c port does not work with some usb c connection cable devices. Other than that move the computer just trying to find alternatives that will work with the 64 bit arm drive.

Let me tell I used all types of laptop MacBook 12 love it. Buy this Lenovo yoga is amazing for business users. This not made for gaming its made for email/excel/word and its LTE Verizon. Battery is crazy all day and then some. I say 17hrs of battery. Get it for business and school

Great laptop with amazing better life! Windows S is quick and secure and great for basic use.

What I highly dislike is the battery life and the speakers are very low.

Lenovo’s marketing and promotional material for the Yoga C630 series laptops has been marketed to professionals. Showcasing the laptops in executive environments, these machines are ultrabooks by any other name. Thus one would expect their battery life and ease of use to be key selling points. The C630 WOS achieves an astounding battery life by its use of a completely new set of hardware underpinning the Windows 10 experience, but its limitations become apparent quickly. The platform has incredible future potential, but buyers will need to spend some time with a machine like this to determine if the time is right to buy this or any other Snapdragon-powered Windows computer. - Preamble What makes this machine unique from most other computers on the market is its choice of processor. Nearly every computer sold today comes with an “x86” CPU, and Microsoft has programmed Windows 10 to use it. The Lenovo Yoga C630 instead uses a Qualcomm “Snapdragon” processor; the same kind used in high-end smartphones. It uses the “ARM” core and thus can’t run “x86” Windows out of the box. Microsoft recently rebuilt Windows from the ground-up to support these ARM chips, which means this experience is akin to an early-adopter one with some bugs and compatibility issues that do not exist on the mature “x86” Windows. That said, some technology experts consider ARM processors to be the future of laptops and desktops as they’re extremely power-efficient, using less than a tenth the power of even the most efficient x86 processors at the same level of general performance. To achieve this, software must be written to explicitly support it, and the two types of processors are too different for a quick re-write. This means ARM processors can’t run x86 software, which is the overwhelming majority of computer software that exists in the world. Microsoft cleverly addresses this with an x86-to-ARM translator that works on the fly, allowing older apps to run on these machines, albeit with a performance penalty. - Build Quality The first thing I noticed about this machine is how sturdy it feels even without the use of premium materials. The Lenovo C630 is very much on the thin side and is weighted perfectly. The plastics are dense and smooth, almost giving the air of a metal alloy in the hands. Keyboard flex is nearly nonexistent. The hinges hold the screen tightly yet are easy to set a desired angle. Without any visible cooling ducts, the impressively smooth chassis exhibits nearly zero flex under use. The only area that could use improvement is the screen, which is also plastic. The Lenovo’s plastic screen depresses some to the touch and is not smooth like a modern tablet or cell phone using Gorilla Glass or similar. This complaint is minimal if the machine’s being used primarily as a laptop, but those who opt for the Lenovo Pen intending to use this for graphics and handwriting may find the experience underwhelming. - Keyboard, Touchpad Lenovo’s keyboard is a winner. The backlit keys have a short throw and are a joy to type on with a firm actuation force. These membrane style keys don’t compete with some mechanical keyboards up further in the pricing spectrum, but they feel fantastic in every sense and are very quiet. The layout is a full-size, US standard keyboard with good positioning of function keys. The touchpad is not nearly as impressive, but uses the Windows precision driver set for an accurate, gesture-enabled experience. Physical buttons are set under both lower corners of the trackpad, which did lead to some frustration attempting to right-click in a good number of instances. Detection is otherwise fairly spot-on with no major complaints leveraged. One of the more premium features on the laptop is the fingerprint sensor, which allows use of Windows Hello for a rapid login experience. After about a minute of initial calibration, I came away impressed by the touchpad’s sensitivity, managing to log in with a quick press of the finger at nearly 100% accuracy. The sensor worked from several different angles and pressures, making unlocking the device smartphone-fast and easy. - Screen, Sound The 13-inch, 1080p screen on this device is gorgeous. Colors are vivid and details crisp, and the IPS panel’s viewing angles are excellent. There is no discernable backlight bleed, and ghosting during gaming was minimal. Watching videos on this screen is a great experience. The speakers on this machine are par for course. They don’t get terribly loud, but they are positioned to the sides of the keyboard and are upward-firing, delivering an adequate experience. Bass is lacking, making the sound tinny, but it seems optimized to highlight vocals for web-conferencing. The dual microphones next to the webcam had no issue picking up voices from any direction at a reasonable distance. Certainly bring a conference speaker when you can, but this works well in a pinch. The webcam is also adequate for videoconferencing with a 90-degree field of view to the shot, but the video quality is only passable otherwise. Face detection is average as a result. Again, “workable” best describes it. - Connectivity Physical connectivity is lacking. With only 2 USB-C ports, a headset jack, and a SIM tray, your experience with the device depends heavily on whether you’re using mostly wireless and USB-C devices to connect to peripherals, as the lack of standard USB ports is a dealbreaker for business use cases at this time. Both USB-C ports do support full-speed charging, however. On the other hand, wireless connectivity is fantastic as is expected from the Snapdragon processor with radios for all the major standards and a 2x2 antenna array. Wireless AC support allows insane data throughput, with a very strong WiFi connection as a result that out-ranges all other devices I own. Bluetooth range, similarly, is very long and the signal quality excellent. What makes this laptop unique is the option to remain always-connected via use of a CDMA SIM card. This means data plans from the major wireless carriers, namely Verizon, are available for this laptop that allow for cellular data connections anywhere. I was unable to test the cellular data on this machine, but I have used other modern Snapdragon devices with much smaller radio antenna arrays and always found great 4G speeds and reliable connections. - Performance For all the praise I’ve heaped on the Lenovo C630 thus far, performance is where this ambitious device struggles. The Snapdragon 850 is a powerful processor for smartphones, but the Windows on ARM experience at this time is quite taxing. Using ARM-compiled apps included with Windows or found on the Store, performance is reminiscent of late-life netbooks, where the system is plenty usable but clearly nowhere near as snappy as a full x86 laptop or desktop. The system starts off great with its SSD making boot and app load times minimal, but once under way small hiccups are ever present like the system is hurting for memory. With 8GB of DDR4 onboard, however, it is extremely unlikely that the memory is a bottleneck. While ARM-compiled performance is fine, the app selection is quite limited, but Microsoft mercifully integrated an ARM-to-x86 translator that activates seamlessly when someone tries to run a traditional Windows app. This is quite the feat, as it indeed allows for the seamless use of most 32-bit x86 applications on this Windows build as if they were native, but compatibility is mixed. You’ll want to do some research before leaning on the translation layer. Unfortunately, “passable” ARM performance becomes “marginal” x86 performance. The on-the-fly translation adds a lot of additional overhead and it shows, with most apps taking three to five times as long to perform the same functions they would on an x86 laptop of similar caliber. They do work, however, and thus mission-critical office, mail, and other apps should be usable as needed. The Snapdragon’s integrated graphics chip (the Adreno 630) performs quite well for what it is. Sitting on-par with Intel’s HD Graphics, the DirectX-compatible GPU does a good job rendering low-intensity games and some casual eSports titles without issue. I wouldn’t recommend competitive sessions by any stretch though. GPU support for the latest H.265 video codecs means full-screen 4K video playback is smooth. - Battery Life, Charging The flip side to mediocre performance on an ARM chip means the gains are made elsewhere, and it shows in battery life. This is the longest-lasting notebook battery I have ever used. After a full charge, it took 20+ hours of mixed use (video, office, web browsing, some gaming) at moderate brightness to see a low-battery warning. Lenovo’s 22-hour claim may actually be understated in this regard. Charging times are acceptable using the included AC charger (about 3 hours), but the versatility of USB-C means any charging brick can recharge it, making it very convenient to carry around one less charger when traveling. Speeds may not be nearly as fast, but the convenience outweighs the time in my opinion. - Conclusion A laptop lives and dies by its weakest link, since even the best feature set can be marred by a single glaring issue. With many victories, the Lenovo falls just short of perfection simply due to the Snapdragon processor, as Windows on ARM is in its infancy and isn’t well-optimized for the current offering. This will very likely change as Windows on ARM matures and receives updates to boost performance, but at this time it’s difficult to recommend caveat-free. Early adopters are taking a gamble on this future support, but so long as the performance is acceptable to the buyer I can see this becoming a worthwhile purchase. Spend some time with this one at the store, because if it meets your needs and expectations, you’re getting a quality device with unmatched battery life and connectivity.