Laptops

With a 24 per cent market share, Lenovo took the first place again in Q1 2021, followed by HP at 23 per cent and Dell at 17 per cent. The overall momentum of the PC market was mainly driven by the growth in gaming notebooks and surging demand from the work-from-home and study-from-home segments, which stimulated Chromebook sales, according to Counterpoint Research.

Lenovo Yoga Duet 7i will be available on Lenovo.com and Amazon.in, at Rs 79,999 and IdeaPad Duet 3 will be available at Rs 29,999 on Lenovo.com and online partner platforms from July 12. This ultra-thin detachable 2-in-1 allows users to choose between the tablet mode with or without a kickstand and the traditional laptop mode after attaching the keyboard.

According to AppleInsider, so far, Apple has released only one chip under the Apple Silicon banner, with the M1 appearing in the first wave of Apple's transitional devices. While it is unclear what Apple's next Apple Silicon effort will be, one leaker claims a proper second-generation chip won't be arriving until 2022. An iOS developer claimed on Twitter on Monday that the next-generation 'M2' is "on track for release in the first half of 2022".

Tom's Hardware reports that the plaintiff Robert Felter, who is based in San Francisco, alleged in his lawsuit filed with the US District Court in the Northern District of California that Dell misled customers "to believe that the laptop would be upgradeable, possibly into future generations of components". "Dell's advertisement to the public didn't place any restrictions on the upgradeability of the laptop.

The Galaxy Book Go and the Galaxy Book Go 5G will be the latest additions to Samsung's notebook portfolio powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon compute platforms. The Galaxy Book Go 5G is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G platform, while the LTE version is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 system.

"The Radeon RX 6800M aims to deliver desktop-class performance to power ultra-high frame rate 1440p gaming anywhere," the company said during the virtual 'Computex 2021' tech event. The company also introduced the AMD ‘Advantage Design Framework' to deliver the next generation of premium, high-performance gaming laptops.

At the virtual 'Computex 2021' tech event, the company also introduced its first 5G product for the next generation of PC experiences, called Intel 5G Solution 5000, following the previously announced collaboration with MediaTek and Fibocom. The two new mobile U-series processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics are called Core i7-1195G7 and Core i5-1155G7.

Surface Laptop 4 for consumers will start from Rs 102,999 (AMD Ryzen 5 4680U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.5-inch size) and going up to Rs 151,999 (Intel Core i5-1135G7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 13.5-inch). The device for commercial users will start from Rs 105,499 (AMD Ryzen 5 4680U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.5-inch size), going up to Rs 177,499 (Intel Core i7-1185G7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 15-inch), the company said in a statement.

The company also debuted Victus by HP, its next-generation mainstream-level gaming PC portfolio, with a 16-inch laptop. OMEN 16 will start at $1049.99, while OMEN 17 at $1,369.99. Victus by HP 16 will start at $799.99.

Spin 7, featuring Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G, starts from Rs 1,34,999 on Acer Exclusive store, Acer Online Store and other partner stores. The laptop features a 14-inch convertible laptop designed for modern mobile professionals featuring a magnesium-aluminium alloy body.