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what happens when you take Qualcomm's expertise in mobile and you put it in a laptop you get an always on always connected PC that's sips power Lenovo sent us their C 630 always-on Snapdragon based PC and in this video we're going to test it out and let you know if it's any good let's get to it as I hinted the c6 30 uses what is essentially a phone processor but clocked a bit higher to keep up with the demands of PC apps the SOC is the Snapdragon 850 which is similar in a lot of ways to the Snapdragon 845 power and most of the flagships from this year it's available in your choice of 4 or 8 gigs of RAM and 128 or 256 gigs of ufs 2.1 storage the unit I'm reviewing has 8 gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of storage it has the Qualcomm X 20 modem which offers fantastic data performance the touch screen is 13.3 inches and at a resolution of only fhd it's another place to see 630 saves power the display is an IPS LCD panel which isn't the brightest or the most colorful and I think the display is probably the weakest part of the laptop but for most people it'll be ok at the end of the video I'll share with you just what kind of battery life you can expect one of the ways Lenovo can tap 25 hours of battery life with its 60 watt hour battery is if you keep it in Windows 10 S mode which only lets you run apps from the Windows Store naturally so that I could use any app that I wanted I switched the laptop to Windows 10 home which is free and only takes a few minutes that way you can run any app you want including Chrome and although you will have a slight hit in battery life because you're running full windows apps it's not that big of a deal the hardware on this laptop is really fantastic it's lighter than a macbook air and thinner too and the entire laptop is covered in a smooth but creepy soft touch plastic in a dark gray color lenovo calls iron gray but the frame is metal so it feels very sturdy and since it's a yoga the screen can flip around to go into tent mode or you can lay it flat to use in tablet mode using it in tablet mode means that your fingers rest on the keyboard on the other side which is not comfortable but in that situation the keyboard is disabled so you don't miss press I spent most of the time using c6 30 in tablet mode if you get the optional $25.00 Lenovo active pen you can take advantage of stylus input with Inc there are two speakers flanking the keyboard which can get pretty loud and clear the trackpad isn't that big but it's spacious enough to do three and four finger gestures in Windows 10 to the right of the trackpad there is a fingerprint sensor which I found to be very fast and accurate to unlock the laptop with Windows hello or you can use your face to unlock the backlit keyboard has more travel than a MacBook Air and like the rest of the laptop that's a nice grippy texture that makes typing very enjoyable my unit came with an activated Verizon SIM but I also tried using AT&T and t-mobile and in all cases I got very impressive data speeds in some cases near 100 megabits per second down plus outstanding reception no matter where I was the C 630 even has an e SIM which lets you buy cellular service right from the laptop it's shocking that every laptop doesn't have a SIM slot and Isom capability like this one does with an always active data connection on this PC like your phone certain apps and services will update in the background and be ready for you without refreshing when you open the laptop again I'd mix results when testing this for example my Google Calendar and Chrome would automatically update after making a change to my calendar from another device but I couldn't get this to happen with my Gmail and Chrome or using windows calendar I think this is because always on PCs are new and while Windows supports ARM processors in a hacky way most apps haven't been updated to take advantage of this new experience it'll get better in time the real benefit to a laptop that's always connected is that you're never waiting for a connection whereas a lot of other cellular devices take a couple of seconds to reach out to the phone towers and to register your device when you open the C 630 it's already connected and ready to go another benefit of using a Snapdragon SOC on a laptop is how cool it stays since heat is not a problem the C 630 has no fan and so the laptop is always silent and cool of course one of the main downsides to running what is essentially a phone processor in a laptop is that performance isn't that great for basic tests like web browsing and using Windows Store apps the C 630 Chuck's along just fine it can even run full office apps Photoshop or whatever you need but when you push it hard with many tabs open in Chrome or by installing big apps the C 630 can feel slow but obviously this computer is more for the road warrior who wants epic battery life nice hardware and the utility of an always-on computer not for the person looking to do photo or video editing hinted at it several times so let's talk about battery life on the c 6:30 it's incredible to give you an idea I started using the c6 31 week on a Friday I used it almost every day over the subsequent seven days using it for a mix of watching videos making spreadsheets and using a whole lot of Chrome all while on both cellular and Wi-Fi and then it wasn't until the following Friday that I needed to charge that's right in my usage in your situation will vary I was able to get about a week of use on this laptop with its amazing battery performance in comparison on my new MacBook Air which I use in a similar way I have to charge two or three times a week but the C 630 goes for an entire week without needing a charge in my usage that's amazing and when it's time to charge the C 630 charges of her USBC with the included 45 watt charger and that will top off the laptop from 0 to 100 in about 4 hours I wish the trackpad was better on this laptop the first unit I got from Lenovo had a problem with the touchpad which was probably hardware related with the touchpad would become inoperable the replacement unit they sent has been fine that said the palm rejection on the C 630 isn't great and while I wish the trackpad was bigger Windows 10 actually has a terrific gesture support that worked great on this laptop I loved being able to do four finger swipe to move between desktops or three fingers swipe to toggle between open apps overall I have to say that this trend of always on always connected pcs is super interesting the lenovo c 630 is a little bit early and as such performance isn't that great however if you want a thin and light laptop with epic battery life that's always connected it's a really good option you can get it for about 700 bucks from Best Buy which is about a hundred dollars less than the surface laptop so it's a pretty good value give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw and make sure you subscribe to our channel for more you could follow me on twitter at brandon 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