Lenovo is showing nearly as much new PC hardware at MWC 2025 as it did at CES 2025. This time, though, the company is emphasizing its ThinkPad roots.
Eight new ThinkPad and ThinkBook laptops are part of Lenovo’s MWC outpouring, but let’s focus on two highlights: the ThinkPad X13 Gen 6, and the ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1. These two fresh laptops represent a particularly potent advancement for the ThinkPad X13 line, and a whole new form factor for the ThinkPad T14 series: its first 2-in-1 laptop. The ThinkPad X13 Gen 6, starting at $1,139, and the ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 at $1,719 to start, will both land in June.
Here’s everything else I know so far about these two new laptops, along with a photo tour of each.
The 2025 ThinkPad X13: New Levels of Potency
The 2025 ThinkPad X13 Gen 6 looks about as close as you can get to a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 while spending around half as much. In fact, the X13, at just 2.05 pounds, is even lighter than the 2.17-pound Carbon.
Of course, the X1 Carbon is the thinner, at only 0.56 inch thick, though the X13 isn’t far behind at just 0.7 inch. I immediately jumped into weight and size comparisons here because, otherwise, this is simply a ThinkPad through and through.
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Lenovo’s peerless ThinkPad keyboard, replete with the signature TrackPoint interface, is also here, housed in a shell made of carbon fiber, magnesium, and aluminum. The company also kept the camera “bump,” the extended portion of the screen lid to position the 5-megapixel IR webcam without cutting into the screen’s real estate.
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South of the webcam, Lenovo’s 13.3-inch display will support 1200p resolution, touch control, and up to 400 nits of brightness. It’s rated for 100% of the sRGB spectrum and will feature a low-blue-light option.
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Unlike the Carbon, however, this model features top-firing speakers for better-positioned audio backed by Dolby Atmos tuning. Next to the right speaker, you’ll find the power button with a built-in fingerprint reader.
Lenovo is packing the X13 Gen 6 with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one USB Type-A 3.2 connection, one HDMI 2.1 port, an RJ-45 Ethernet jack, and a standard audio jack. The laptop will also have a host of key wireless options: Wi-Fi 7, optional Sub6 5G, Bluetooth, and an NFC reader.
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This sixth-generation revision’s magic is inside, with the option of Intel Core Ultra 200H or 200U processors and AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300-series chips. Lenovo is intent on increasing the X13’s power profile, and this is the way to do it.
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However, it’s important to note that Intel’s H- and U-series Core Ultra processors, with 13 trillion operations per second (TOPS) on the neural processing unit (NPU), have fewer resources dedicated to AI processing than AMD’s Ryzen AI Pro 300-series chips, with 55 NPU TOPS. So, while these two options might be comparable in raw throughput, the AMD chips will simply be more effective at AI tasks that lean on the NPU.
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Lenovo will support those silicon options with up to 64GB of soldered LPDDR5x memory and as much as 2TB of solid-state storage. This will all be powered by your choice of a 41Wh or 54.7Wh replaceable battery, but Lenovo hasn’t revealed any figures yet around the projected battery life.
All told, the new X13 looks like your path to the ThinkPad X1 Carbon experience on the relative cheap.
The ThinkPad T14 2-in-1: Popular Fleet Machine Turns the Bend
This brand-new 2-in-1 laptop version of the ThinkPad T14s doesn’t have all that many convertible-design kin in Lenovo’s ThinkPad product stack. Still, it’s a ThinkPad to its core. The new T14s 2-in-1 does look, uncannily, like the X13 I just detailed.
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In a metallic shell (not carbon fiber like the X13), the T14s features the same screen-lid bump containing a similar (if not the same) 5MP IR webcam, as well as top-firing speakers—not to mention the same TrackPoint interface on the laptop’s keyboard. The T14s even includes a fingerprint scanner in the power button that looks nearly identical to the X13 model’s implementation.
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However, this laptop has a slightly bigger 14-inch, 1200p glass touch screen with 500 nits of brightness, 100% sRGB color coverage, and EyeSafe blue-light protection. Lenovo will sell an optional magnetic Yoga Pen for more precise handwriting and drafting alongside the laptop.
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Being a 2-in-1 laptop, the ThinkPad T14s is naturally thicker and heavier than comparable ultraportable clamshell laptops. However, at 0.9 inch at its thickest point and weighing 3.28 pounds, the T14s is not pushing it as a hyper-portable laptop.
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Lenovo took advantage of the additional Z-height and weight, equipping the T14s with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A 3.2 connections, one HDMI 2.1 port, RJ-45 Ethernet, and a standard audio jack. Like the above system, this laptop connects wirelessly using Wi-Fi 7, optional Sub6 5G, Bluetooth, and an NFC reader.
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Inside, Lenovo stuck with similar Intel Core Ultra 7 200H- and 200U-series processor options, though the company hasn’t been more specific than that. You can expect decently high-end performance from those chips, but their AI performance will be lacking compared with AMD’s latest options. (The focus here is on efficiency and overall performance, rather than AI muscle.)
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Lenovo will support those processors with up to 64GB of soldered LPDDR5x memory and as much as 2TB of solid-state storage. The system will rely on a user-replaceable 58Wh battery, but the company hasn’t issued any battery-life claims for the T14s 2-in-1.
Lenovo Fills Out Its AI-Ready Work Machine Portfolio
Lenovo’s MWC announcements here might excite independent contractors and fleet managers, with a decently priced alternative to the company’s flagship business laptop and a brand-new kind of ThinkPad T14. Expect both products to drop in June, with our complete reviews not far behind.
However, Lenovo has several more ThinkPad and ThinkBook products lined up for 2025. Here’s the whole stack, with release timings followed by Lenovo’s projected price for the base model:
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Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6: June 2025, starting at $1,139
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Lenovo ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1: June 2025, starting at $1,719
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Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6: June 2025, starting at $1,674
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Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 6: May 2025, starting at $1,359
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Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4: May 2025, starting at $1,623
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Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 7: Q2 2025, starting at $849
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Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3: Q2 2025, starting at $859
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Lenovo ThinkBook 14 2-in-1 Gen 5: Q2 2025, starting at $1,374
Save for a few potential outliers we could see launched later into Q3 and Q4 of this year, Lenovo appears to have all bases covered on the business front for 2025, from top-end flagships to midrange or budget-priced (but potent) clamshells and 2-in-1s for work. Come back in the spring and early summer for tested reviews of a number of these laptops for the office.
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About Joe Osborne
Deputy Managing Editor, Hardware
