{"id":4150,"date":"2020-06-16T20:53:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/verizons-lenovo-flex-5g-is-the-first-windows-10-pc-with-5g-connectivity\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T20:53:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:53:52","slug":"verizons-lenovo-flex-5g-is-the-first-windows-10-pc-with-5g-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/verizons-lenovo-flex-5g-is-the-first-windows-10-pc-with-5g-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon’s Lenovo Flex 5G Is the First Windows 10 PC With 5G Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Verizon’s Lenovo Flex 5G Is the First Windows 10 PC With 5G Connectivity<\/h2>\n

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Verizon has been pushing its millimeter-wave 5G for over a year now, but the multi-gigabit speeds possible with this network is of limited usefulness on a smartphone. A computer, though? You might actually want to use 5G on that, and Verizon has one to sell you now. The Lenovo Flex 5G is the company\u2019s first 5G laptop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the surface, the Flex 5G looks like any number of Lenovo\u2019s Flex-branded laptops. Some of these Lenovo laptops run Chrome OS, but most are Windows 10 like the Flex 5G. It looks almost identical to those laptops, too. The Flex 5G has a 14-inch 1080p display, two USB-C ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a 360-degree convertible hinge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Intel doesn\u2019t have much in the way of 5G integration right now. So, Lenovo built the Flex 5G on the Qualcomm 8cx chip. Announced in late 2018, the 8cx was Qualcomm\u2019s first chip designed specifically for laptops. It has a lot in common with the Snapdragon 850 with four high-power cores, and four low-power cores. The CPU cores, GPU, and other components of the system-on-a-chip (SoC) are all more powerful than what you get in smartphone chips.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ARM-based Windows PCs are still rare because they can\u2019t run all the same software as an x86 system. You\u2019ll have the best experience with programs compiled for ARM. These run natively and should have the best battery life. 32-bit Windows programs will also run, although these rely on emulation. That means the performance won\u2019t be ideal. You can\u2019t run 64-bit programs at all on Windows with an ARM processor. This is just a sacrifice you have to make if you want a 5G-enabled Windows laptop rated for up to 24 hours of battery life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here's the first 5G speed test on the new @Lenovo<\/a> Flex 5G, coming to @Verizon<\/a> on June 18. Big props to Lenovo and @Qualcomm<\/a> for designing a 2-in-1 laptop that consistently cracks 2Gbps when on 5G Ultra Wideband. pic.twitter.com\/aCqzo1GAed<\/a><\/p>\n

— George Koroneos \ud83d\uddff\ud83c\udf79 (@GLKCreative) June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n