Lenovo expands IdeaPad Slim 3i line with 16-inch model featuring Intel Wildcat Lake platform

Lenovo launches a new 16-inch IdeaPad Slim 3i in select markets, offering upgraded performance and display options, with a wider global release anticipated later this year.

Lenovo has added another 16-inch laptop to its IdeaPad Slim range, this time built around Intel’s Wildcat Lake platform in the IdeaPad Slim 3i 16IWC11. The new model sits alongside the earlier IdeaPad Slim 3i 16IPH11, which used Panther Lake chips and launched earlier this year at $1,069, according to Lenovo’s product information and Notebookcheck’s reporting.

The company is already selling the new machine in Australia, the UK and parts of the eurozone, while its PSREF database says a wider global release is planned. Lenovo has not yet said when the laptop will reach Africa, the Americas, much of Asia or the rest of Europe.

Pricing starts at A$1,549, €1,599 and £1,350, which the original report equates to about $1,805. In Australia, the entry model pairs an Intel Core 3 304 processor with 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage, while higher-end options can go up to a Core 7 350, 32GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, a 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD and Wi-Fi 7. Notebookcheck says Lenovo is also offering 50Wh and 60Wh battery options, with claimed video playback life of 22 hours and 27 hours respectively under a 1080p test.

Display choices vary by market. Australian buyers get a 1200p IPS panel with a 60Hz refresh rate and 400 nits of brightness, while European configurations come with a 1200p OLED screen that is said to offer better colour reproduction, although brightness is lower at 300 nits and the refresh rate remains 60Hz. Notebookcheck notes that one European configuration combines a Core 7 350 chip, 16GB of memory, 1TB of storage and a 50Wh battery. The new 16-inch model joins 14-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch versions in Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 3i line, which the company expects to ship more broadly later this year.