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Back in 2014, Digital Trend's “Best of Computing” award at CES went to a laptop called the LG Ultra PC, a shockingly slim system that introduced a thin bezel display a full year before Dell's XPS 13 debuted. We were as surprised as we were impressed, beca...
Featherweight chassis, Excellent keyboard, High-contrast, thin-bezel screen...
Feels flimsy, Mediocre battery life, Expensive...
A laptop is probably the most difficult consumer electronics device any company can build. Not only because it packs incredibly powerful hardware into a small form factor, but also because profit margins are razor-thin. The trend has been for companies...
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LG is a name you usually see attached to home appliances and big-screen HDTVs, but the company also makes computers—and high-end ones, at that. The South Korean multinational released its previous-generation Gram 14Z950 in early 2016. When we reviewed it...
Sharp-looking touch screen, Almost 16 hours of battery life, in our testing, Exceptionally thin/light design, Good keyboard, touch pad...
Staid design, Weak speakers, No built-in biometric features, Funky Webcam placement...
LG's feathery 2017 update of its 14-incher gets a lot right, with an attractive display, solid input devices, and can't-kill-it battery life. Just know the minor sacrifices (audio, Webcam placement) you'll make for going this light. Read More...
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The LG Gram 14Z950 is a 14-inch notebook priced at $1,299 with a fifth-generation Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of memory, and a 256GB solid-state drive. There's also an $899 model with a Core i5 processor and 128GB SSD, along with 13.3-inch and (soon, LG promis...
Remarkably thin and light, Bright and vivid 1080p display...
Weak and wobbly feel, No backlit keyboard...
LG Electronics joins the U.S. laptop market with a 14-inch Core i7 system that's lighter (2.16 pounds) than most 11.6-inch notebooks. Can it be too little of a good thing? Read More…...
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Ever since Apple launched its first MacBook Air , we've seen PC vendors try to out-thin its ultraportable with their own premium laptops. Now LG, which has never released a notebook in the U.S. before, is making an aggressive entry in this category. Only...
Thin design, Long battery life...
Lid feels flimsy, Flat keyboard, Dimmer than average display, Poorly placed webcam...
The Gram packs plenty of power in a thin, light body, but its short battery life and hollow keyboard take away from its beauty...
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The unbearable lightness of being an LG laptopLG is one of the most innovative companies in the world, but you wouldn't know it by looking at its products. Forever oscillating between frumpy, plasticky, and gimmicky, LG's industrial design is characterize...
The most portable 14-inch laptop around, Very good display, Windows 10, unadulterated...
Dire battery life, No backlit keyboard, Flimsy construction, Screen wobbles as you type...
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
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