LG Gram 14 laptop launched at CES 2017, claims 24 hours of battery life

LG has launched its new Gram 14 laptop at CES 2017. The device has already grabbed eyeballs for all the wrong reasons. The South Korean company claimed at the launch that the new Gram 14 laptop offers battery life of close to 24 hours. This claim is not only better than the previous variant but it is also a shocking claim. However, the benchmark test method used by the company for this claim is almost 10 years old.

of the Senate according toThe benchmarking tool MobileMark 2007 used by LG came under severe criticism about eight years ago. The report states that the result of this tool is based on the assumption that users will use the laptop without Wi-Fi and at very low brightness levels. Since the requirements have completely changed over the years, the LG Gram 14 battery is expected to last up to 20 hours with the latest benchmark tools.

LG’s new Gram 14 laptop weighs around 980 grams like the previous variant. But now it also comes with a touchscreen variant. The laptop sports a 14-inch Full HD (1080×1920 pixels) IPS display and is powered by Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processor. It has 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage. In terms of connectivity, the phone has two USB 3.0 ports, a USB Type-C port, a microSD card slot, an HDMI port, and Wi-Fi 802.11 ac. The laptop also boasts of fast charging feature and comes with a fingerprint sensor for Windows Hello support.

However, the actual usage may differ as claimed by the company. So it would be better to say that this laptop will get more battery life than the previous variant. the verge The MobileMark benchmark tool for 2014 says that the LG Gram 14’s battery will last at least 17 hours, as reported by TechRepublic. As per the report, LG says that the battery life on the laptop has been improved due to the reduction in weight of the Material Design. The credit goes to the carbon magnesium alloy and new display technology.

The company has priced the new Gram 14 laptop at 1,420,000 Korean Won (about Rs 80,900) in South Korea. But the company has not yet given information about the price and availability of this laptop outside its domestic market. This device will be available in Snow White and Metal Pink color variants.