That’s one area I wish it hadn’t followed the lead of the iPad. There’s no 3.5mm audio jack and no included adapter - that’s a bummer, limiting you to connecting a headphone or speaker via Bluetooth. One disappointment is the single USB-C port serving as the only connection. It’s a conservative design that’s neither boring nor outlandish, landing it right in the Goldilocks zone of good looks. The Duet is also an attractive tablet in its Ice Blue and Iron Gray color scheme that’s carried over to the cloth covering on the kickstand cover (the gray at least). You have to upgrade to the much more expensive iPad Pro and add on the Magic Keyboard to get a touchpad built into the keyboard cover. Note that both the Duet and the Surface Go 2 solutions include a touchpad while the iPad’s does not. That’s thicker and heavier than the Surface Go 2 with its integrated kickstand and $130 Type Cover and the iPad with its $159 Smart Keyboard. In that case, the Duet becomes quite chunky at 0.71 inches thick and 2.03 pounds. Things change a bit when you add the rear kickstand cover and keyboard. PC gamers are flocking to Windows 11, new Steam survey says It will also play videos like a champion. It’s still an excellent tablet, especially if you’re looking for something that will outlast an intercontinental flight in terms of battery life. But, as it turns out, it’s not what I wanted. The Chromebook Duet 5 is almost exactly what I asked for in a sequel to the original Duet. While the folding, removable kickstand is fine at what it does, it makes the whole thing far less comfy to use on a couch or a bench. This is a real bummer because the need to use a kickstand for “real work” with the keyboard limits its utility.
Combined with the thin bezels that make it cumbersome to hold, these design choices push the Duet 5 much closer to laptop territory than, say, an iPad Pro or a Surface Go. I suspect that Lenovo is saving money by repurposing a laptop OLED panel for this tablet design - the aspect ratio and resolution is a dead giveaway.
The 13-inch Duet 5 compared to the iPad Mini 6 and Pixel 5.
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