matt3o wrote: ↑just for completeness, these are the leaked specs
https://benchlife.info/lenovo-thinkpad- ... -12122016/
14" WQHD display (with touch option)
2x thunderbolt 3
IR Camera option (!?!?!?!?)
7th gen intel
LTE option
15.5 hours battery life (!!!!)
lighter/smaller
It's a really beautiful machine, but the X1 has always been plagued by all kind of issues... honestly the yoga 910 has very similar specs and costs less... I'll wait for CES anyway.
CES is next week, definitely interested to see what is rolled out. Vegas anyone?
That 15.5 hour battery life might come from some kind of external or protruding battery option, as we see on the beefier Thinkpads. The only way you get that kind of battery life in an ultrabook with an internal battery is by filling half or more of the internal space with the battery. It's possible they reduced the size of the motherboard to fit more battery in there.
The X1 Carbon is sort of anomoly of the Thinkpad line. Thinkpads are known for being user upgradeable, reliable, durable, good keyboard feel, and somewhat affordable (if you catch a sale), at the sacrifice of style and size. The X1 Carbon sacrifices ease of user upgrades, keyboard feel, affordability, and seemingly reliability, mostly for thinness and weight savings.
That said, it is an appealing device that I probably would buy if I wanted to drop that kind of coin on a laptop, because no other ultrabook offers the size and weight benefits of an ultrabook with many of the features of a Thinkpad (mil-spec ratings, Trackpoint, plethora of ports, included stowable pen).