The declining tablet market has not deterred Lenovo, as the company launched a new range of tablet devices to the South African market.
According to figures from the International Data Corporation's (IDC's) Quarterly Tablet Tracker, the tablet market in the Middle East and Africa declined 8.8% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015 to a total of 4.05 million units.
Last night, however, computer technology company Lenovo defied market conditions and unveiled top-of-the-range tablet devices in the X1 family series.
The X1 family includes new additions such as the adaptable ThinkPad X1 tablet, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga, and a thinner and lighter ThinkPad X1 Carbon.
Lenovo is also catering to desktop users by launching a new ThinkCentre X1 All-in-One (AIO) device for any office. ThinkCentre X1 AIO will be available at a starting price of R20 000.
Graham Braum, GM for Lenovo Africa, says today's customers are progressive, open-minded, energetic and enthusiastic tech influencers who seek technology that will help push the boundaries.
"Our expanded X1 family stays true to the ThinkPad's heritage, which has been designed and engineered for these forward-thinkers. Brilliantly adaptable, with super-thin and ultra-light premium designs, these new products will help professionals embrace cloud computing, mobility and security to build companies of tomorrow," he says.
According to Lenovo, the modular design of the ThinkPad X1 tablet boasts features such as more battery life, a presenter module with a pico projector and HDMI port, as well as a 3D imaging Module with its rear-facing Intel RealSense camera.
The full-size ThinkPad keyboard with the trackpoint has three adjustable typing angles and recreates the classic ThinkPad keystroke feel. The keyboard and tablet combined weigh just one kilo for an ultra-light laptop experience.
The ThinkPad X1 is also the first Windows tablet with LTE Advanced support for superfast connectivity from virtually anywhere. The ThinkPad X1 tablet will be available at a starting price of R 26 500.
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga is thin at just 0.66 inches and light at only 1.3 kilos. With a patented lift-and-lock keyboard that retracts keys in tablet mode, the X1 Yoga also features an active pen for highlighting and writing notes directly on webpages. The pen is also housed and charged inside the system so it won't get lost.
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga will be available at a starting price of R29 000.
Lenovo says the tablet devices as well as the ThinkCentre X1 AIO will go on sale in May.
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