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We recently covered a ton of new Malaysian laptop launches from Lenovo and discovered something you need to know along the way. When you buy a new laptop from the company, you need to take special care to ensure that you are buying the exact model / SKU you are looking for, depending on whether you are purchasing the laptop from the official Lenovo website or authorized online retailers.
For example, the recent Lenovo Yoga 9i was announced for the Malaysian market a couple of days ago and is expected to be available sometime in January 2021. However, there is some confusion surrounding the actual specifications of the device. On the one hand, the global launch information indicates that the Yoga 9i will feature 10th generation Intel Core processors, with configurations that also include a dedicated Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti GPU.
Meanwhile, press materials shared with us by a representative from Lenovo Malaysia indicated that the Yoga 9i will come with 11th generation Intel Core processors, coupled with integrated Intel Xe graphics. However, the same representative informed us that the Malaysian version will, in fact, run on the 10th generation processor, contrary to the information on the official Lenovo Malaysia website (screenshot attached below).
We are told that this discrepancy is due to differences in the way Lenovo handles retail versus e-commerce. Retail includes authorized resellers, while e-commerce segment is basically Lenovo’s official website. The official site is run by an overseas team (not Lenovo Malaysia, specifically), with stocks coming from overseas as well. As such, the specs you get when buying a laptop on the website differ from the specs you get when buying from an authorized retailer.
In general, it creates a lot of confusion, both for users and for the media. As far as we know, Lenovo Malaysia no officially declare that the models you get from the authorized retailers may be different from the ones you get from the official website. Does this mean, referring to the Yoga 9i example, that you would get the 11th Gen Core processor with purchases on the website? Or would you get it from the authorized retailer?
It is also worth mentioning that the differences between a 10th generation processor and an 11th generation processor are very significant. Also, there may be other spec differences between the laptop and component generations and generally makes shopping very confusing.
As such, it would be wise to check the exact specifications that you are looking for every time you buy a Lenovo laptop, either from the official website or from authorized retailers.
