Lenovo IdeaPad 330S i3 14in price in United Kingdom starts from £754.00. This 7th gen Intel Core i3 powered by Notebook laptop is an absolute workhorse and loved by many professional users and students in United Kingdom due to its 30 Wh battery with very decent battery life and 4 GB DDR4-SDRAM memory.
Let's have look at some of the Key Pros & Cons of this laptop model to compare if this is really worthy of £754.00
Design and Built quality
This Lenovo laptop is well built with premium quality Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Aluminium, Polycarbonate finish. From top view, the laptop is 323.1 mm of width and 234.8 mm height and total thickness of 18.9 mm. being in those dimensions the laptop weights only 1.67 kg
Display
Lenovo IdeaPad 330S i3 14in has a very nice and compact 14 inch display which makes it perfect for everyday business professional who are always on the run. Having a 14 inch Full HD display with 1920 x 1080 pixels is good for portability and affordability, but for the most part if you want to get the best out of this, you will have to use an external display.
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Performance
Processor :
2.3GHz 7th gen Intel Core i3 i3-7020U has adequate performance for most of the applications or games that is available inUnited Kingdom. Using Lenovo utility software, you can boost the processor speed up to 2.3GHz.
Having 2 cores with 3MB cache memory would be ok for running 2 or 3 applications simultaneously.
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RAM :
Having just 4 GB, this Laptop doesn't have sufficient memory to run most of the heavy applications or games. even the newer version of operating systems requires more than 3GB memory. DDR4-SDRAM means that it requires less power consumption than DDR3 or other RAM types. 2133 MHz is average clock speed for most of the RAMs. which means it can store and retrieve data much faster than other RAM types. when Graphics card built in memory is insufficient, system uses RAM for memory. Having a faster Clock speed will make syncing that data much faster.
This Lenovo laptop has 1x SO-DIMM RAM slots on the board, so you can upgrade memory up to 12 GB.
Graphics :
This Laptop doesn't have a dedicated Graphics card. it has on-board Intel HD Graphics 620 graphihcs chip with which you can do usual light work. but for gaming or any heavy graphics oriented work. this laptop is not the best.
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Storage :
Primary disk of this laptop is a 512 GB SSD. This is also compatible with M.2 storage. It doesn't have a buit-in CD/DVD Rom so you will have to use an external device if you plan to use CDs or DVDs.
ports & Connectivity :
Laptop comes with Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth version 4.1 connectivity. with WIFI 5 (802.11ac) You would get around 3.5Gbps but now that understand that there are laptops with WIFI 6 which can transfer Data more than 10Gbps. This laptop doesn't have an Ethernet Port so you will have to use a converter if you need to connect using Ethernet.
It has 2 USB Type-A ports which is nice as most of the USB devices use this type of ports.
This Lenovo laptop doesn't have any USB Type-C ports which can be adeal breaker for some people who are looking for that extra power. It doesn't have Thunderbolt supported ports. Thunderbolt 3 lets you transfer data at up to 40Gbps.
It has an HDMI port for video output so you can easily connect your monitor or a projector. Laptop is charged using port.
Camera :
Built-in camera in this laptop is a 1 MP HD with image resolution. Which would be decent enough for your video calls.
Battery :
30 Wh is not a big battery capacity so you will not be able to use the laptop more than 2 or 3 hours on battery power. Lenovo IdeaPad 330S i3 14in has a Lithium Polymer (LiPo) battery which weights around . Battery is charged with 65 W power adepter using port. It takes around to fully charge the battery.
Price Analysis
The best and lowest price for Lenovo IdeaPad 330S i3 14in in United Kingdom is £754.00 from backmarket.co.uk, Bromley , which is £13.00 (2%) less than the highest price listed here for Lenovo IdeaPad 330S i3 14in, price from currys.co.uk, London which is at (£767.00) .. You can find Lenovo IdeaPad 330S i3 14in for the above stated price range in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Edinburgh, Leicester in United Kingdom
