Lenovo IdeaPad 710S (13-inch, 2016)

Thin, lightweight; Bright, vibrant display; Comfortable keyboard; Strong audio; Speedy SSD; Runs cool

Below-average battery life; Undersized right-shift key; A bit pricey

Thin and light design; Bright, vivid display; Decent multitasking performance; Strong audio ; Confusing keyboard layout; Annoying bloatware; Slow SSD ; The Lenovo Ideapad 710S is a light 13-inch notebook with a great display and solid performance for a...

Confusing keyboard layout; Annoying bloatware; Slow SSD ; The Lenovo Ideapad 710S is a light 13-inch notebook with a great display and solid performance for a good price.

The Lenovo Ideapad 710S is a light 13-inch notebook with a great display and solid performance for a good price.

Slim bezels ; Clean design ; Great display ; Comfortable keyboard ; Stereo audio is great for a laptop

Multiple preinstalled applications ; Touchscreen only on more expensive model

The Lenovo IdeaPad 710S Plus is proof that great laptops don’t have to come with a massive price tag. With a starting price of $639 USD on Lenovo’s website, this ultrabook falls within the affordability range of many consumers, and no doubt will find...

light and slim ; solid, very well-built casing ; stylish-looking surfaces ; fingerprint resistant ; good input devices ; TPM, fingerprint scanner ; bright and high-contrast screen with lots of elbowroom ; no PWM ; GeForce 940MX with GDDR5 ; good WiFi...

counterforce needed to open lid ; few interfaces ; external screen only via USB Type-C ; reflective screen ; not suitable for image editing ; gaming-unsuitable response times ; GeForce 940MX with reduced clock rates ; fan starts to whistle at medium...

Unlike its almost perfect predecessor, we discovered some minor manufacturing flaws in Lenovo's new IdeaPad 710S Plus. However, only the poorly installed touchpad will be significant here. The overall superb screen would have been even better with a...

Beautifully thin metal design ; Excellent quality IPS, anti-glare display ; Great battery life ; Quiet cooling fans ; Solid-sounding speakers

Minimal port selection, and no USB-C ; Keyboard layout quibbles ; Top-tier configurations are pricey ; Touch display not offered

bright display backlight; near complete sRGB coverage ; small, lightweight, and attractive design ; aluminum and magnesium build ; relatively easy serviceability ; user-upgradeable M.2 SSD ; quiet system fans ; good battery life ; large touchpad

keyboard keys with soft feedback ; no glossy or touchscreen options ; limited gaming performance ; non-upgradeable RAM ; no USB Type-C ports ; weak display lid

Perhaps the most noticeable advantage of the Ideapad 710S over the Yoga 900, Spectre 13, MacBook Air 13, or XPS 13 is its lower cost. Its base SKU like the one we have here offers a very lightweight and small package due to its narrow bezel for...

light and thin ; sturdy aluminum case with great build quality ; very nice and noble surfaces ; fingerprints not visible ; good keyboard ; bright and high-contrast display with wide viewing angles ; extremely fast SSD ; GPU with eDRAM ; quiet and cool

different models with the same designation ; lid cannot be opened with one hand ; no maintenance hatch ; very meager port selection ; Mini-HDMI ; rather weak WLAN performance ; bad gliding capabilities of the Clickpad ; PWM at 50 % brightness and less...

The compact featherweight Lenovo IdeaPad 710S-13ISK left a great impression during our review and did not really reveal any serious drawbacks. A big part of this impression comes down to the convenient aluminum-magnesium case, because we think it looks...

Attractive and sturdy design with a 180-degree hinge, excellent bright display with good colors and a thin bezel, very good performance for the money, great keyboard, very good speaker system, solid battery life

Lacks a touchscreen, comes with too much bloatware, SSD is on the slow side