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Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013)

Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013)
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alaScore 83

426 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 426 reviews of Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013). The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the portability and keyboard. The price and usability also get good feedback. Views are divided on the image quality, and there are some critical comments about the touchpad and energy efficiency.

performance, usability, price, keyboard, portability

battery, energy, touchpad

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013)

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 33 user reviews of Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013) from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the design and performance. The keyboard and portability are also appreciated. The battery and sound get critical views.

price, portability, keyboard, performance, design

durability, sound, battery

76% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013)

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 36 user reviews of Lenovo Essential G505S (15.6-inch, 2013) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the design and usability. The portability and price are also appreciated. Reviews are divided on the image quality. Some have doubts about the reliability.

performance, price, portability, usability, design

reliability

83% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by : Till Schönborn (notebookcheck.net)

Review Update Lenovo G505s-20255 Notebook

 

Wasted potential. An affordable multimedia laptop featuring a quad-core APU, 16 GB of RAM and Crossfire graphics - that sounds almost too good to be true. In fact, Lenovo's G505s looks like a virtually unrivaled price-performance bundle on paper, but...

24 month warranty; Generous working memory; Speedy system start; Low noise development

Viewing angle dependent TN screen; Middling casing quality; Extreme CPU throttling; Virtually no performance gain through dual-graphics; High power consumption

Among the direct contenders, we find Toshiba's Satellite C855, Acer's Aspire V5-573G, HP's Pavilion g6-2253sg and HP's Pavilion Sleekbook 15-b004sg.

Oct, 2013
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Expert review by : Sascha M?lck (notebookcheck.net)

Review Lenovo G505s-20255 Notebook

 

Caught in the middle. Lenovo chose AMD APU's Richland generation for the new G505s series. In addition, there is also a dedicated Radeon GPU in the notebooks so that the two graphic cores are working in a Crossfire connection. It sounds like Lenovo is...

24-month warranty ; Very little noise ; Nice harddrive

Low contract screen ; For Lenovo standards it contains a bad keyboard ; Gaming performance is limited despite dual graphics

A better display and a better keyboard

Aug, 2013
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Expert review by : Cliff Joseph (techadvisor.co.uk)

Lenovo G505s review

 

You're not going to get anything fancy for that sort of price, but the G505s gets all the basics right. The laptop's case is made out of plastic, but it has a smart matte-black finish and feels sturdy enough to withstand the occasional bump in a...

The limited battery life is disappointing, but that's not a fatal flaw since a large laptop like the G505s isn't going to spend a lot of time out and about anyway. Other features, such as performance, screen quality and the comfortable keyboard, are...

Nov, 2013
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Expert review by : Digit Laptops Anirudh Regidi (digit.in)

Lenovo Ideapad G505s Review

 

The Lenovo Ideapad G505s is a great laptop from Lenovo and while we don't have any real complaints about the design and build quality (other than the lack of a touch-screen), we feel that it's let down by its poor battery performance and easily...

Lenovo's trademark ergonomics ; High graphics performance

Only 300GB HDD space ; No touch screen ; High price

Feb, 2014
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Expert review by : Digit Laptops (digit.in)

Lenovo Essential G505s 59-379987

 

Lenovo Essential G505s 59-379987 laptop runs on Windows 8 (64 bit) OS and has AMD A8 2.1 GHz Quad core processor. The laptop has AMD Radeon HD 8570 graphics processor with 2GB DDR3 dedicated graphics memory. The Lenovo Essential G505s 59-379987 laptop...

Oct, 2013
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Flimsy+terrible keyboard layout

 

Just Don't Buy it. I wish i had went with an Acer or Asus or anything other than this Piece of ****

Got it for $500 (although i feel it's worth less than this) ; Hasnt crashed on me yet.... had it more than 2 years now

Flimsy, feels like i could break it in half with little force, and it not like it light weight or anything to justify such flimsiness ; And the KEYBOARD. don't get me stated on the **#$&@! keyboard ; Every key i push feels like im caving the frame into...

Oct, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Dissapointed with life

 

it was a decent laptop, but crashed after only 1 year and 10 months of use.

great specs for the price

hard drive died after 1 year and 10 months ; couldn't play battlefield 4 even though it came with it

Oct, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Decent computer, but pixels died

 

About a month after receiving it, clusters of bad pixels started appearing. Lenovo told me I damaged the screen and wants $400 to fix it. So much for factory warranties.

good price. fast enough

screen went bad almost immediately

Jan, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Decent computer, but pixels died

 

About a month after receiving it, clusters of bad pixels started appearing. Lenovo told me I damaged the screen and wants $400 to fix it. So much for factory warranties.

good price. fast enough

screen went bad almost immediately

Jan, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Lenovo G505s (59RF0979)

 

I bought tones of refurbished things from newegg but lately it's mostly broken staff, I think I'm done with that practice

came in correct package

camw with bad baterry. If something like that failes QC imagine what could they miss :)

Dec, 2014
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