The LG Gram line of laptops is entering new territory in 2018. The new models are still thin and light laptops but LG is introducing its first convertible tablet-style model, as well as the first LG Gram laptop with a 17-inch display.
LG hasn’t officially announced the new laptops yet, but a reliable source sent us a few pictures that give us an idea of what to expect.
LG Gram 2-in-1I have the most details about the new convertible, which will be branded as the LG Gram 2-in-1. It’s a 2.6-pound laptop with a 14-inch touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge that lets you use the computer in a laptop, tablet, tent, or stand modes, and support digital pen input.
The 14-inch laptop features two USB Type-A ports, a USB-C port, an HDMI port, and headset jack, a microSD card reader, and a power button on the side of the computer, where it’s easier to hit whether you’re using the LG Gram in laptop or tablet mode.
There’s also a separate port for a power adapter — no USB-C charging for you.
Fewer details are available for the new 15.6 inch and 17-inch models. I can tell you that both laptops have numeric keypads, and neither seems to have a convertible design.
LG Gram (17 inch)Logically it would make sense for the larger laptops to weigh more than the 14-inch model… but I wouldn’t necessarily bet on that.
At 2.6 pounds, the new 14 inches LG Gram 2-in-1 would already be one of the heaviest Gram notebooks to date.
The original LG Gram laptops got their name from their weight — whether you bought a model with a 13.3 inch, 14 inches, or 15.6-inch display you got a laptop that weighed about one kilogram (2.2 pounds). The 15.6-inch model reviewed earlier this year was only a little heavier: it weighed in at a whopping 1.1kg (2.4 pounds).
LG Gram (15 inch)So odds are that the new laptops will weigh around a kilogram, give or take a few hundred grams… unless LG takes a page out of Lenovo’s book and starts to treat the word “Gram” as meaningless branding (Lenovo recently launched its first “Yoga” laptop that’s not a convertible).
There’s no word about the price or specs for any of these new laptops, but I suspect we’ll hear more about the 2018 LG Gram sometime between today and the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
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