Lenovo Ideapad Duet Chromebook (25.65 cm (10.1 inch) 4 GB, 128 GB, Wi-Fi Only) with Keyboard, Stand Cover, Dual Tone Design, MediaTek, Chrome OS, Fast Boot up of 8 Seconds

This device is the definition of value for money. It's great for writing, emailing, video calling, and media consumption companion - and is able to provide some decent gaming and drawing as well. I use this as a secondary device (to my work laptop) and it's perfect for this - or even a primary device for someone who travels frequently and needs access to the above functions. The finish is really good as well, it's solid and has some weight to it. This is precisely what I was looking to invest in a device like this and it give you great value out of that price tag. Im a fan.

This is a computer that can handle almost any work given. So if you are looking for a device that is dumb enough for just netflix and games, go for the other tablets out there as this device has a small learning curve.So i wanted to get a device through which I could read my pdf textbooks and make written notes. Initially i wanted to buy a regular tablet but then decided that instead of adding another device to my bag, what if i could find something that would work as a laptop + phone + tablet. After much research I found this device and it does just that. It has fully replaced my windows laptop and does almost everything my phone can do except LTE calling.The build of this device is very sturdy. It has a beautiful blue color at the border. It comes with a magnetic back cover that has a kickstand and a detachable keyboard. My first impression of the keyboard was that it would be very small for daily typing but after a little usage i totally got used to it. In Fact i type much faster on the chromebook keyboard then on my laptop. The keys have a nice travel. I used the Ipad smart keyboard before and it was not comfortable to type on, but this keyboard is much better. The back of the keyboard is anti slip and just the thought of putting this feature makes this device more interesting.The screen is very clear and color rendering is good. Just one drawback is that it is not gorilla glass and soon it started to get scratches. It was also difficult to find a tempered glass or screen guard for this device, but finally found one seller online.The speaker are clear but a little soft.Webcam is very basic.It has only one USB TYPE C port that you can use for everything (and when i say everything i mean it). You can plug printers, pen drives, Projectors, hard disks, external monitors and many more peripherals to it. I purchased a USB type C hub from Pibox that has a hdmi port etc.For writing I purchased the HP USI pen as that was the only USI pen available at that time in India.One drawback i found in the build was that the keyboard does not have a magnetic attachment to the screen, unlike the type cover of the Microsoft Surface tablets and the Ipads. So when you shut the keyboard on the screen, it does go into sleep mode and switches the screen off but the keyboards moves on the screen a lot, causing scratches and possible damage to the pogo pin connection of the keyboard. It was impossible to find a folio cover like Ipad and galaxy tab for this device (but you do not need one as a back cover comes with it). I found a felt sleeve case by THEONE and it does a good job.Also once the keyboard and back cover is attached, the total weight is a little more than expected.Now coming to software and performance:First you must know that this is a CHROMEBOOK. You have to do a little homework on chromebooks otherwise you will never appreciate the potential of this device. As told above this device can replace your phone as chromebooks have a layer of android installed through which apps from Google Play Store can be installed.As being a chromebook, this device is very fast and doesn't require much high end specs to remain fast.

As a tablet it’s great. Got a good bright display, good speakers and very responsive real world performance. All the android apps I tried worked flawlessly.The build is great. The kick stand is also great and attaches to tablet well. It’s really strong magnets. I only wish it had smoother edges. Feels a little rough in hand in tablet mode.Now the keyboard, it’s very small to comfortably type. It will get a lot of getting used to. Especially I had trouble with tab key and commas.The touchpad works great. It was so predictable and two finger clicks worked 100% times for me.Now the Linux capabilities, it works, but not great. I was able install idk, IntelliJ and run a hello world maven project. Extracting packages took a lot of time. Building the smallest mvn project takes more time. I won’t be using this as a development machine, though it can manage in emergency.I was also able to install gcloud, kubectl, bq etc and able to work with google cloud. Again installing components takes ages which I guess due to slow extraction speed.Overall I found it suitable to use as a tab and for light tasks like sending emails and editing documents. Though it can work as a development machine , the processing power is too slow to make a code build or running heavy Linux apps.

There is 0 star option. It is not even worth of 1 star. Worst ever product purchased. It is too slow like the era of 90s eventhough it has 4GB RAM with basic applications installed. After reboot, doesn't display enter button when you put password to start it.

Unless you specifically need the full chrome browser for some reason, you are way better off with an android tablet.It has the full chrome browser, a good keyboard and great battery life.Speakers sound ok, the screen has auto-brightness, a decent microphone with a bad front camera.Never buy this for its stylus support. It has pathetic palm rejection. You will be opening menus, drawing out the shelf and switching windows if you try to write with your palm on the screen. The tablet knows a stylus is on the screen so it's a software issue that they refuse to fix. You are better off with a Samsung or Apple tablet. Also Microsoft has ended support for its one note android app on Chrome OS and play store wont let you install it. You can't sideload apps unless you want to deal with the developer menu every time you boot up the device. And you don't get to control when the device shuts down so it happens a lot.No headphone jack, though music shuts down when the tablet sleeps anyway.I haven't had any issues with bluetooth connectivity so far though the "mobile data" function that shares your mobile data via wifi easily only works half the time so you'll take out the phone and turn on its hotspot anyways.USB C to HDMI connection is limited at 30fps in 1080p and the FPS really is probably lesser than that so it looks terrible on an external screen. It's worse on USB C to DP(monitors with native type C ports), where it refuses to display 1080p even. So forget connecting an external monitor to this device.