Lenovo 80R40011US Flex 3 1580 80R4

Keyboard was not backlite

What an absolute piece of junk. This was purchased a year ago and it has had to be sent to Lenovo twice. Once the key board went out and the other was the machine wouldn't turn on. Here is the big problem though, I purchased 7 of these for our company through Tigerdirect. I have had to already send two back and now that the warranties are up, they all seem to be having power issues, screen issues and so on. The machines at work were purchase at the same time. Lenovo should just issue a recall and ask for their garbage back.

it gets frozen few times a day, i need to restart it again and again

More computer than I need. Have to learn windows 10

This laptop worked pretty good for 4 years then today it will no longer boot. At first I thought it was a hard drive problem but now realize it's something else. It turns on and starts to boot for about 5 seconds then shuts itself off. I'm in IT and have gone through all the troubleshooting steps I know with no luck. Checked the web for similar experiences and am mostly finding others calling it a junk laptop 2 or 3 years ago. I've also tried what Lenovo recommends and nothing is working. It's not going to be worth going any further given it's 4 years old. It's sad, would have hoped to get a couple more years of use out of it.

Because I like and trust reviews written by folks who actually paid for the item being reviewed, I want to say upfront I purchased this laptop, and am beholden to no one. With that said, and emphasized, on to my review.I am also an owner of the first series of Lenovo Flex laptops (Flex 15 w/128 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM), and because I generally like this nearly four year old computer, I figured why not look at an improved model, two generations newer to serve as my new go to laptop. I had considered the new Yoga 710, and Think Pad Yoga, but when I found this new in the factory sealed box Flex-3 for an extremely attractive price, I pulled the trigger without having ever seen this model. This laptop was made in China, with a production date of 12/11/2015. You can see the features listed on specs page, but one I want to make sure to mention, is it definitely has a back-lit keyboard. This is a nice feature I did not have before, and one I would have to have for now on.Like the original Flex, this model has an aluminum keyboard deck which looks and feels premium, a numeric keypad, and volume and brightness can be adjusted without having to hold down the function (FN) key and the appropriate up/down key. Both the Cap and Num lock keys have tiny LED lights that glow when locked, which is a nice touch. The touch pad can be toggled on and off which I find handy at times. The keys feel pretty snappy and have a good feel, with some (especially lower LH side), flex, but is generally minimal. I really like having a lot more ports than the new Yoga 710, this includes an Ethernet port, and full size HDMI. Also unlike the Yoga 710, you get a volume control rocker on the LH side, which I do use and like.This particular Flex-3 model comes with a Ramaxel, RTNMB256VBM8EWXL, 256 GB SSD. Ramaxel??? Never heard of it before, but read that it is a very large maker, and seemingly reliable. Start-up boot speed seems a bit slow at 16 seconds, with almost nothing running at start-up… By comparison, my ancient Flex 15’s factory installed Samsung made 256 GB SSD running W8.1, fully boots in about 6 seconds.Now for a pros, cons, and niggles:PROS:- Lots of ports compared to current Lenovo offerings in a similar price/performance range- Full 360 degree range of screen motion- Full HD 1080 IPS display that is crisp, with good contrast for its brightness, with very good viewing angles- Intel dual core i7 chip, with HD 520 graphics- Nvidia Geforce 940M discrete graphics chip- Back-lit keyboard with off/lo/hi settings (color is bluish white)- Uses a more traditional power delivery system, not the new Mega block that blocks many outlets- Dual band Wi-Fi using an Intel AC 3165 adapter- Nice build quality, feels and looks good, hinges feel smooth and strong- Thin and light for specs, feels lighter than is stated to me/good balance- Pretty nice sound, especially after you play with the Dolby sound properties. Louder than expected- Touchscreen operation work fine, and is responsive- Track-pad cursor movement seems fine, and accurate enough- Like that the power port and speaker/headphone jack are on the same side.- Price to spec ratio for $$$ spent (<$575 NIB) is crazy good.CONS:- The Samsung SDC3752 (LTN156HL09401) display panel should be much brighter- Display is extremely reflective, despite anti-glare film- Touch pad is rattly, no real buttons, and clicks feel very hard to push and feel not so good- Power button location allows unintentional shutdowns, and sticks out too far- No removable external battery, and to get inside the laptop takes the removal of 11 screws- 8 GB max for RAM, in one bank- Std sized SD card will stick out very far from LH side- No room AFAIK for a second driveNIGGLES:- At a decent brightness level (95+), battery life is only about 2.5 hrs or so surfing, playing videos, etc.- Arrived with a couple stuck pixels- Display back-light bleed while not terrible, is enough to notice at times- Speaker output holes on the bottom front, can become muffled/covered easily- Count on a lot of driver updates upon arrival, a lot!- Fan runs way too much for conditions, and despite an energy management driver update, persists.- Old Flex 15 had an almost rubberized exterior, where this one is much more slick.- Every screw on the bottom was loose, some very- Can’t say/quantify exactly why, but it does not seem as “fast” as specs and expectations would suggest- I can only guess how much better the display would be, if the anti-glare film were not there – brightness I’m sure would improve to help cut through reflections, not to mention color accuracy from the box. I had to skew the blue brightness levels a lot, to get the display to be even close to normal, so perhaps it acts as a “blue blocker” too?FINAL THOUGHTS:For what I paid, I love it. It represents a lot of good, but is now a few generations behind current models. Does it really matter; not to me if the price is right, but something to consider. I’m hoping reliability is good, as my original Flex 15 had “ghost touches” on the touch screen very early on, then when out of warranty, the digitizer failed. If this laptop had a display that was just a bit better, I would be totally satisfied. I like too that I can use my Flex-3 power adapter with either laptop, as it retains the Lenovo square input, and is 20 volts (higher amps than Flex-15 @ 3.25A). If you are new to Windows 10, I strongly recommend downloading classic shell to have W7 type usability/interface, and to also download Winaero Tweaker, to tweak things to your liking.One last thing to mention - since it does not come with a CD/DVD drive, or any back-up software, I would strongly suggest if you already don't have one, investing in a good external drive. This way, you can save a system image/clone to avert potential disaster in the future. I would also strongly suggest making a recovery drive, using a 16 GB USB thumb drive too. This way should your system become compromised, and unable to boot, you can use this to boot the system. Both of these procedures are simple as pie, in Windows 10. Thank you for your time, to read my review, and please ask any questions you may have.************************************* UPDATE 19 Jan 2021 ******************************************About a year ago or so, the laptop creaked very loudly when opening, and I could tell something was wrong. Rapidly it deteriorated into the hinge mounts (brass inserts that retain the screws) pulling out of the plastic frame inside the laptop, making the sides pop-open, and rendering the unit basically unusable. Also, the plastic bottom cover had developed cracks as well.Mind you the laptop was never dropped, abused, banged around, nothing. Sure was a letdown, and soured me on Lenovo products. It was replaced with an all metal bodied HP ENVY x360, which after a year+ still feels very solid. I did not expect solid steel construction; just the same opening and closing a laptop should not ever have this type of catastrophic events happen.

This is Laptop is pure garbage. It will hold up for about a year. After that, corners will pop out and break, there will be keyboard and power/battery issues. I purchased about 8 of these and about 3 have actually held up without issues; apart from ALL their hard drives being extremely slow. Avoid Lenovo. Quality control has disappeared across the board on their technology.

Please Google what the laptop actually sells for. You can buy it for half the price