LenovoThinkPad T490 comes with an Intel Whiskey Lake processor. Users can choose Intel UHD 620 or NVIDIA GeForce MX250 discrete graphics card according to their needs, it supports up to 32GB (16GB expandable +16GB onboard) memory, and 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD.

Both SSDs can be fit into a T470. The 42mm limit only applies to the WWAN slot. The proper M.2 slot, which replaces the HDD, can take up to 80mm. However, as you ordered the HDD version, you'd need to buy the proper part, which fits in the 2.5' slot and provides the M.2 connector.

  • Lenovo released new ThinkPad series of products this year, including the ThinkPad T470, T series has been a classic 14-inch business notebook. And the new T470 in the succession of the classic at the same time, but also bring thinner, dual batteries, dual hard drive, and a whole new experience.
  • ThinkPad 1TB PCIe NVME TLC OPAL M.2 SSD supporting PCIe 3.0 interface standard up to 4 lanes shows much faster performance than previous SATA SSDs. This SSD Option backed by a 1 year warranty.
  • 1x 2280 PCIe NVMe (M key) RAM. 2x 4GB DDR4, 2133 MHz OS. More Lenovo ThinkPad T470 configurations - 102 laptops.
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon™ X7 LTE-A (Sierra Wireless EM7455), M.2 card. Micro-SIM card slot, opt Verizon LTE (US) or Lenovo Connect (EMEA) SIM card Dimensions Weight Case color Case material WxDxH: 13.03' x 8.93' x 0.67-0.74'; 331mm x 226.8mm x 16.9-18.8mm Starting at 2.9 lb / 1.32 kg Black or Silver Display cover: CFRP Hybrid; Bottom: Magnesium.

ThinkPad T490 features a ThinkShutter, which can physically close the camera. The Infrared camera and fingerprint recognition module are also optional.

The laptop supports up to 14-inch WQHDIPS screen, and covering 100% Adobe RGB wide color gamut, with IPS wide viewing angle technology, even in bright light can see the content. The frame on both sides of the screen has a thickness of 8.6mm.

Lenovo ThinkPad T490 weighs of 1.49Kg and has a thickness of 18.9mm. It supports fast charging technology and charging 80% in 1 hour, the battery lift up to 13.6 hours.

I have seen a lot of users have gotten and upgraded the memory and SSD for their T490, here to share with you the experience of upgrading memory and SSD.

The first thing to do is unscrew the screws that secure the bottom cover, and then insert a thin plastic tool under the bottom cover. The bottom cover has many hidden latches fastening it to the palmrest. You need to move the thin plastic tool along the side and unfasten all latches.

With the bottom cover removed, you can get access to the battery, SSD, CMOS battery, RAM slot, cooling fan, heatsink, and motherboard.

ThinkPad T490 comes with an 11.52V, 4345mAh, 5Wh Li-ion battery. The part number is L18M3P73, 02DL008. The most significant difference between the ThinkPad T490 and the ThinkPad T480 is that the T490 cancels the external battery and retains the built-in battery.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T490 comes with 8GB memory onboard and has a free RAM slot. This slot can support up to 16GB DDR4 2400 MHz memory.

The laptop comes with a Samsung 256GB PM981A PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. Of course, you can replace the SSD by a big capacity SSD. It supports up to 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD.

Here’s the WWAN 2242 M.2 slot of the T490. I saw that someone installed a PCIe SSD to this slot, but the system does not recognize it. This is very regrettable.

Lenovo t470 m.2 slot laptop

Of course, this can be solved by updating BIOS. I hope Lenovo will update BIOS to make ThinkPad T490 support 2242 SSD.

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The ThinkPad T470s has a 14-inch touchscreen. This laptop’s screen has outstanding picture quality (1080p), and therefore should be very good for entertainment. 16:9 is the most widely used aspect ratio. This means that for every 16 pixels of width, it has 9 pixels of height. You can calculate this ratio by looking at the 1920 x 1080 resolution.

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This laptop is ideal for travel compared to other laptops with displays in the 13-14 inch range, as it is thin and low-weight. The laptop has dimensions of 13.03 x 8.92 x 0.74 cm. The ThinkPad T470s weighs of 2.9 pounds. When compared to other 2-in-1 laptops it’s slightly lighter than the average of 3.08 pounds.

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Lenovo ThinkPad T470s does not have the service cover to access the upgradeable parts. If you want to upgrade the memory and SSD, you need to remove the entire back cover.
The whole bottom panel of the ThinkPad T470 is very easy to remove. You just have to loosen five screws, and there are no annoying plastic clips.
Under the back cover, we can see the batteries, WWAN module, Wi-Fi module, SSD, cooling fan and heat sink.
The laptop comes with an 8GB DDR4-2400 MHz RAM onboard, and also has a spare RAM lost, you can add an 8GB or 16GB RAM, the laptop support up to 24GB RAM.
The WWAN module beside the Wi-Fi card, it is covering by black tape. The 512GB M.2 2280 PCIex4 SSD comes from Toshiba, and you can use the full potential of fast NVMe drives.

The back cover manufactured by Foxconn, there are some graphite heat stickers on the back cover.

Lenovo T470 M.2 Slot Monitor

Lenovo ThinkPad T470s cooling fan module

Lenovo T470 M.2 Ssd

11.4V, 24Wh Li-ion battery, Lenovo P/N: 00HW023.

11.46V, 27Wh Li-ion battery, Lenovo P/N: 01AV406.

Lenovo T470 M.2 Slot Computer

The WWAN slot of the T470S does not recognize the SSD, which is very regrettable. If you need a large capacity SSD, you can only replace your existing SSD.

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