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Would I like to see that part cleaned up a bit? Sure. Yeah, the trackpad is a little cheap feeling, but this is a device that invites touch interactions more than most, so it hasn’t been a huge bother. This tablet just entices you to pick it up and use it, and that’s what I think has been missing for me in the Chromebook tablet space. While the quad speakers didn’t blow my mind, they are very good and positioned alongside this fantastic screen, it all makes you want to watch content on it. When you mix that sort of battery life, this amazing, punchy screen and this thin, ultra-light form factor together, you start seeing why this is such a great companion device. There’s always at least a bit of battery left and I’ve honestly become confident in charging it only here and there, knowing there’s likely always enough juice left in the tank to get me by.

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When I crack it open at home, I never end up with a randomly dead tablet on my hands. During the day, I generally leave it sitting on my desk and grab it as I head out of the office. Even in standby, it holds battery charge like a champ, too.

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And when I did, it was full and ready to go in under an hour. In one span, I saw about 14 hours of actual use before I needed to hook it up.

It charges up fast and lasts for a very long time.

Then there’s the battery life that is, quite frankly, unlike any Chromebook I’ve ever used. With the performance being solid, I don’t have to worry about crashes or hangups when I’m actually trying to get work done either, so that’s nice. I still prefer to do longer form articles from a table setting, but I’ve typed quite a bit with this tablet in my lap on the couch and it is actually usable that way.

The keyboard is actually decent to type on and since it is so wide, typing in my lap doesn’t feel awkward or floppy. The back part of the cover that acts as the stand is super thin, but sturdy enough to make the Duet 5 feel solid on a table or on my lap. And you know what? It’s been pretty great. I just grab this tablet and it’s keyboard cover when I’m headed out. With it’s larger 13.3-inch screen and this performance, I’ve been taking it home each evening as my only device. Regardless, this Chromebook doesn’t feel like it is slogging through tasks and that makes a big difference in daily use. Part of that is the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2’s higher clock speeds, but I think the lower resolution of the Duet 5’s screen (1920×1080 vs. I suppose there are a few factors at play, here, but this tablet feels SO MUCH FASTER than the HP x2 11 I just reviewed. Sure, this Duet 5 is the Gen 2 of that same Snapdragon 7c chip, but does that really make much of a difference? Finally, an ARM Chromebook that doesn’t feel so slow

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With ARM chips, I really expect better performance from Android apps even if Chrome OS doesn’t run the best. The Acer Chromebook Spin 513 and the HP Chromebook x2 11 both disappointed me in the performance department, running Chrome OS pretty slowly without a whole lot of upside in the Android app department. First off, I wasn’t real excited by the prospect of another Snapdragon 7c Chromebook. Specs rarely tell the whole story, however, and I’d argue that this is truer more than ever with this tablet. As is usually the case, the cameras work OK, but don’t expect too much, here. On the front is a 5MP camera and there’s an 8MP on the back. The tablet is super thin and feels cool and premium in the hand, weighing in at only 1.5 pounds and measuring in at only 7mm in thickness. The screen – as I mentioned before – is a stunning FHD OLED screen that gets very bright at more than 400 nits and is flanked by a quad-speaker setup, two USB Type C ports, a volume rocker and power button.

The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 comes packing the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal eMMC storage. That’s what I really want to talk about with this one, so let’s get some spec stuff out of the way so we can do that. And though there are some issues I have with the trackpad and the odd way Lenovo chose to support a pen slot around back to hold the not-included USI stylus, the overall experience with this tablet has completely won me over.