联想 聯想 Lenovo Thinkpad Helix

by Ching-Wan Yip

Last Updated: June 13, 2013 2:28 PM

First published: March 28, 2013

release date: April 16, 2013

http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tablet/thinkpad/thinkpad-helix/

http://blog.lenovo.com/products/thinkpad-helix-rip-and-flip-premium-convertible

others

• Lenovo X1 Carbon
• Lenovo T430s
• Lenovo T420s
• Lenovo W520

Doc

datasheet (tech spec) - http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tablet/thinkpad/thinkpad-helix/thinkpad-helix-datasheet.pdf

http://lenovo.com/psref/

HMM

2013/01/08

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/helix_hmm_en_0c10337.pdf

Service Training

UG

2012/12, 2013/03/25

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/helix_ug_en.pdf

System service parts

no Self-service CRUs or Optional-service CRUs other than Tablet Digitizer Pen

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?DocID=PD026781

keyboard dock

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?DocID=PD026782

Forums

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/bd-p/X_Series_Tablet_ThinkPads

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/When-is-the-Helix-release-date/td-p/1047985/page/35

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/ThinkPad-Helix-educator-presenter-corner-I/td-p/1096643

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/Helix-Digital-Pen-Pressure-Sensitivity-issue/td-p/1092963/page/2

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thinkpad-edge-x1-x100e-x120e-sl-l/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo/715595-thinkpad-helix-3.html

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/lenovo-ibm/

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/lenovo-ibm/53433-thinkpad-helix-looks-promising-67.html

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/lenovo-ibm/56461-flipsteady-case-cover-stand-thinkpad-helix-2.html

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=106922

Videos

LenovoVision - Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Tour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSxszPf91b8

LenovoVision - Lenovo Unboxed: ThinkPad Helix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4pglhhS6T8

LenovoVision - ThinkPad Helix: Incredible Engineering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uDZvNrpoVY

Spec

M/T: 3697, 3698 (TopSeller - SMB), 3700, 3701, 3702 (OnSite - Global Models Plus (GMP) )

• 11.6" 1920 x 1080 AUO VibrantView (glossy) IPS 170° wide-view 1080p 350 nits (used to said 400-nit) 800:1 IPS 10 finger multitouch Corning® Gorilla® glass display (some models have digitizer LCD, support pen input) "One Glass Solution"? x-rite i1profiler said it is B116HAT03_2, not listed, i assume still WLED backlit, probably similar to B116HAN03 http://www.auo.com/?sn=149&lang=en-US&c=34 -> http://www.auo.com/?sn=149&lang=en-US&c=34&n=293 or B116HAT01.0 http://www.panelook.com/sizmodlist.php?order=panel_id&by=desc&pagesize=30&sizes[]=11.6&brand_family=AUO&resolution_pixels=19201080 unless it is custom panel just for this machine
• 4/8GB max soldered PC3-10600 1333MHz DDR3L (memory controller up to 1600MHz)
• 1.8 (1.73/1.84) lbs tablet, 3.8 (3.54/3.75) lbs with keyboard/clamshell (depends on which webpage/PDF)
• originally "Up to 10 hours battery life" (clamshell or Tablet+ mode?), now tabook said 8 hours, Simplo instead of the usual Sanyo/Panasonic
• processor - Intel Core 3rd geneartion 1333MHz FSB IVB - Turbo Boost 2.0 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost , http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html , http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-029908.htm Maximum frequency depends on active core(s), may not be attainable under normal use
  • i7-3667U 2 cores, 2.00GHz, 4MB L3 cache, Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 (Max. 3.20GHz), HT - http://ark.intel.com/products/64898
  • i5-3427U 2 cores, 1.80GHz, 3MB L3 cache, Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 (Max. 2.80GHz), HT - http://ark.intel.com/products/64903
  • i5-3317U 2 cores, 1.70GHz, 3MB L3 cache, Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 (Max. 2.60GHz), HT - http://ark.intel.com/products/65707
• 180GB Intel, Micron/Toshiba (secondary) 128/256GB mSATA SSD - http://www.micron.com/parts/solid-state-storage/ssd/mtfddak128mam-1j1
• NFC on some models
• 2MP 1080p front, 5MP 1080p rear cameras - Out camera primary - CHY/secondary - LTN, low light sensitivity, face tracking
• Realtek® ALC3202 codec
• stereo speakers, 1 watt x 2
• spill-resistant keyboard (6-row) (not backlit?)
• MultiTouch glass touchpad w/ 5 integrated buttons ClickPad
• rotation lock switch, reset switch
• Mobile Intel QS77 Express Chipset - http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/mobile-chipset-qs77.html
• Intel Centrino® Advanced-N 6205S, 2x2 PCIe SFF (Small Form Factor) http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-advanced-n-6205.html
• Bluetooth 4.0 wireless - Foxconn or Liteon instead of usual Broadcomm in Thinkpad
• Intel Active Management Technology (iAMT) - some models
• Intel vPro - some models
• Trusted Platform Module, TCG 1.2-compliant
• Qualcomm® Gobi™ 4000 chipset, LTE (4G), PCIe TFF (Thin Form Factor) Mini Card, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, GPS; Ericsson C5621gw WWAN LGA, Sierra EM7700
• Carrier - AT&T 4G
• 45W AC Adapter
• Digital microphone
• Dolby® Home Theater® v4
• Ethernet USB (2.0) dongle (optional?)
• SIM card slot
• Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro Single Language, Windows 8 (China Only?)
• Intel HD 4000
• tablet - 11.65" x 7.34" x 0.45"
• clamshell - 11.7" x 7.4" x 0.8"
• Dolby Home Theater v4
• combo audio/microphone jack

Accessories

http://www.lenovoquickpick.com

http://www.lenovo.com/accessoriesguide

• ThinkPad Helix Digitizer Pen73 (0A33910)
• 3M ThinkPad Helix Privacy Filter (4-way) (4Z10A23288)
• 3M ThinkPad Helix Anti-glare Screen Protector (4Z10A23289)
• Lenovo Mini DisplayPort to VGA Monitor Cable (0A36536)
• Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort Monitor Cable (0B47091)
• Mini-DisplayPort to Single-link DVI Monitor Cable (0B47090)
• Lenovo USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapter (0A36322)
• Lenovo® Slim USB Portable DVD Burner (0A33988)
• ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock (0A33970)
• TrackPoint Cap Collection (73P2698)
• Lenovo Essential Notebook Stand (45J9292)
• USB 2.0 Lenovo Modem (43R1814)
• Lenovo USB Soundbar (0A36190)
• ThinkPad 45W AC Adapter (0B47030)
• 90W Ultraslim AC/DC Combo Adapter (41R4493) Requires the Lenovo Slim Power Tip (0B47048)

• ThinkPad In-Ear Headphones withmicrophone (57Y4488)
• ThinkPad® Ultralight™ Backpack (0B47306)and Topload (0B47307)

Good

• 1080p IPS finally
• dual batteries
• wacom digitizer pen with slot (it is tight, i guess it is a good thing)
• ambient light sensor - capella CM3218
• G-sensor/ eCompass - 3D accelerometer and 3D magnetometer module, STMicroelectronics LSM303DLHC
• gyroscope - 3D gyroscope, STMicroelectronics L3GD20
• NFC - some models

Bad

• keyboard not backlit
• the lid of the dock is really flimsy, not complete flush either, it is going to break off easily
• the fans are noisy - 49dB!! (use tpfancontrol at your own risk - http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html)
• middle mouse button doesn't work like X1 Carbon, even a newer driver, still no way to change from scroll (synatic generic 16.3.15.1 works http://www.synaptics.com/resources/drivers instead of Ultranav 16.3.1.13 or http://users.v-lo.krakow.pl/~mwrobel/programs/tpmiddle.html ?)
• the tablet upper right corner gets warm, almost uncomfortable to the touch - 43°C!!
• the keyboard is smaller than 14" T430s and X1 Carbon. Insert key is doubled onto end key, Prtsc is smaller also
• there is a lip on top and on bottom of new ClickPad, it is not flushed
• hinge is tight (i guess that's a good thing), but it doesn't go all the way back to lay 180 degree, doesn't go very far pass vertical
• it is stable, not tipping over by itself, but definitely top heavy.

• pen only pressure sensitive in some Metro apps? http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/Helix-Digital-Pen-Pressure-Sensitivity-issue/td-p/1092963
• no longer listed as up to 10 hours batteries - Tablet - Lithium Polymer 3-cell battery, 42Whr; Keyboard Dock - 4-cell battery, 28Whr. http://bapco.com/products/mobilemark-2012 $749.95-$1049.95+ MobileMark® 2012: Tablet only: up to 5.6 hr; Tablet with Keyboard Dock: up to 8.0 hr
• ULV processor
• only USB 2.0 on tablet
• tablet with keyboard dock 3.54 lb. (vs X1 Carbon 2.99 lb., T430s 3.78 lb (w/o optical) Tablet is only 1.73 lb.
• non user replaceable RAM, SSD, batteries.
• mSATA? not M.2 NGFF like T431s (no worse than X1 Carbon Intel 521, not a big deal)
• Magnesium + PC/ABS (PolyCarbonate/Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene), not carbon fiber?
• 45W AC adapter - no RapidCharge? Delta/Secondary - Liteon/Chicony
• no optical, Ethernet, VGA as usual
• no fingerprint reader

Drivers

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS034630

Test Model

3701 CTO

• Win8 64
• Intel CA-N 6205 SFF
• 2x2WL NoWW 3cell Batt (LiPolymer)
• KYB US Eng 4c/mDP/U3
• Intel i5-3317U 4GB (PC3-10600 DDR3L)
• 11.6FHD DT&Pen
• 128GB Micro SSD SATA3
• CM F:2MP R:5MP/1080p HD
• Security Chip
• 45W AC Adpt2 Us (2pin)
• No NFC
• No WWAN

Firmware - BIOS, UEFI

first boot - configuration changed, reboot itself even Esc to Startup Interrupt Menu and F12 to boot alternative device. Fxx keys are hightlighted with gray now

2nd boot to Acronis 2013 with hotfix - the UEFI text meny is shifted to right

Intel VT and VT-d disabled by default, Secure Boot On, Intel Rapid Start enabled (enter after 3 hours?)

firmware update SCT Flash Utility by Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

Device Manager

Solution Center said 2 missing unknown devices - false report - http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/System-Health-shows-two-unknown-devices-DevMgmt-MSC-shows-none/td-p/1021949

Disk

76.7GB free of 100GB, C400-MTFDDAT128MAM

39.98GB used pre-boot. 5 partitions

CrystalDiskInfo 5.60 x64 cannot show info (pending 5.62)

Task Manager

Processes

Startup

Users

ClickPad

occasionally drag all the way to right

cursor froze (keyboard still work) and crash completely try to shutdown, cannot shutdown once

new software still cannot change middle click property like Windows 7. cannot change to click from scroll.

CPU-Z

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

1.63.0 (pending 1.64)

GPU-Z

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

0.7.0

Thermal

FLIR i7 thermal camera - http://www.flir.com/thermography/americas/us/view/?id=54156

front

37.3°C

back

43.2°C

Acoustic

Pyle PSPL05R - http://www.pyleaudio.com/sku/PSPL05R/Digital-Sound-Level-Meter-With-recording-Function

49 dB on top of dock cover, 52 dB if open cover

Audacity 2.0.2 Frequency Analysis spectrum plot - sample MP3 of the noise (normalized) recorded Sony PCM-D50 http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-audio/resource.latest.bbsccms-assets-cat-audio-latest-pcmd50.shtml

LCD Color/brightness

cross check with old GretagMacbeth eye-one monitor (x-rite i1 Match) v3.6.2? pending

x-rite i1display pro i1profiler 1.4.2- http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=1454

adaptive brightness off

crash if ADC on, compare profile also crash

Datacolor Spyder4Pro 4.5.4 - http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder4pro/

default - adaptive brightness on

70% sRGB

50% NTSC

53% AdobeRGB

LCD Viewing Angle

pending

Battery rundown

pending

Wireless

802.11n disabled by default in driver, enable before can connect to both bands

TRENDnet 450Mbps Concurrent Dual Band Wireless N Router TEW-692GR
1.0.2.0, 18-May-2012
2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n mixed mode
Auto 20/40MHz
5GHz 802.11n only
Auto 20/40MHz

cannot connect to WPA2 Enterprise PEAP without manually create profile and disable certificate verification first

pending

SSD

Benchmarks

WEI

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/products/features/windows-experience-index

WinSAT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_System_Assessment_Tool

Time

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/use-windows-7-event-viewer-to-track-down-issues-that-cause-slower-boot-times/3253

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspfe/archive/2012/09/19/measure-boot-performance-with-the-windows-assessment-and-deployment-toolkit.aspx

ADK assessment

pending

SunSpider

http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider/sunspider.html

pending

HWINFO

http://www.hwinfo.com/

4.16 - no info of LCD

PCMark

http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark

• 4501 - Helix - v7 v1.4.0 Advanced Edition PCMark suite
• 4698 - X1 Carbon
• 3093 - T430s
• 3427 - T420s HD 3000 i5-2520M 3GB RAM W7E64 SSD

PassMark

http://www.passmark.com/

v8.0 1016 (pending 8.0 1020)

SiSoftware Sandra

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/

pending

AS SSD

http://alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?download_id=9

CrystalDiskMark

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html

1000MB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=Disk_Benchmark

HD Tune Pro

http://www.hdtune.com/

pending

HD Tach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Tach

pending

Bitlocker

pending

USB 3.0

pending

IntelBurnTest

version 2.54, 419.83s, 2.40GHz max. (2.60GHz only if one core active?)

HandBrake

http://handbrake.fr/

pending

TrueCrypt

http://www.truecrypt.org/

3DMark

http://www.3dmark.com/

3DMark 11 Advanced Edition 1.0.5.0 - 1280x720

P580 - driver not approved

• Graphics 540
• Physics 2886
• Combined 475
• GT1 2.95
• GT2 3.01
• GT3 3.17
• GT4 1.25
• PT 9.16
• CT 2.21

pending - new bundle 2013 & PC Mark?

Maxon Cinebench

http://www.maxon.net/products/cinebench/overview.html

pending

FurMark

http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

pending

VMD

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

pending

NAS Performance Toolkit

http://www.intel.com/products/server/storage/NAS_Perf_Toolkit.htm

pending

DPC Latency Checker

http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Firefox

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/

about startup

pending

Ethernet

pending Belkin USB 3.0 adapter

WiDi

http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/iwd/sb/CS-031109.htm

pending PTV3000

Chimera

http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/benchmark/benchmark.html

pending

*nix

pending

dual boot http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2013/03/12/dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-12-04-in-uefi-mode/

Windows 8 OEM

Start menu

Norton Studio?

rara.com?

Extras

Traditional Desktop apps

• Lenovo® Solution Center
• ThinkVantage System Update
• Password Manager
• Lenovo Cloud Storage by SugarSync
• PC Device Stage
• Nitro PDF Reader
• Microsoft Offi ce 2013 preloaded; purchase product key to activate
• Intel Small Business Advantage

Windows Store apps

• Lenovo Settings
• Lenovo Experience
• Lenovo Support
• Lenovo Companion
• AT&T® All Access
• Norton™ Internet Security 2013 (30 days of virus definitions)
• AccuWeather
• Evernote® Skitch (MultiTouch models)
• Skype™
• Amazon Kindle

Programs

Pricing, Options

pending

Reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Helix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad#ThinkPad_Helix

Reviews

pending