Tag: LG Gram

LG will present its new Gram laptops in South Korea on December 16, the company has confirmed. The event will commence at 18:00 KST (UTC +9), according to a post on the dedicated LG Gram website. LG is yet to announce anything globally, which suggests that the December 16 event will be limited to South Korea. Nevertheless, LG will probably release its new Gram laptops outside its home market, so the launch event will be relevant to international audiences.

Based on recent findings, LG plans to upgrade its Gram series to Intel’s new Tiger Lake architecture. The timing of LG’s event hints that it will continue to use U-series processors in its laptops, rather than the upcoming Tiger Lake-H series. Currently, LG sells 14-inch, 15.6-inch and 17-inch versions of the Gram, but the company may have added a new model into the mix for its latest refresh.

The FCC and KCC have confirmed that the new 14-inch and 17-inch models will be called 14Z90P and 17Z90P, respectively. LG has recently certified a 15Z95N in South Korea and with the FCC, so a new 15.6-inch model appears to be also on the way. Additionally, LG has registered the model number 16Z90P, which implies that the company plans to release a 16-inch version of the Gram, too. There are hardly any 16:9 and 16-inch displays, so a 16-inch Gram will probably have a 16:10 aspect ratio, like the current 17-inch model.

In short, it seems that LG will release 14, 15.6, 16 and 17-inch versions of the Gram this month. However, the Z95N model number of the 15.6-inch SKU insinuates that it will differ from the 14, 16 and 17-inch variants somehow.

Traditionally, LG has announced new LG Gram laptops in early December and later showed them to the public during CES in early January. 2020 might be a little different in a lot of ways but LG seems to be sticking to its usual schedule. So far we have not seen any official information regarding the new LG Gram series of 2021 but leaker cozyplanes has recently stirred our interest in the upcoming lightweight laptop models by posting a picture of what he says is next year’s 14-inch LG Gram with model number 14Z90P (see below).

Later, twitter user @bhuvnesh_bagri also posted a slightly different picture of the same laptop from a different angle (see above). Mr. cozyplanes later also mentioned a new 16-inch model with a bigger trackpad so with the assistance of Google we managed to dig up three new model numbers in the FCC database that point towards the LG Gram lineup of 2021:

LG Gram 14 14Z90P

LG Gram 16 16Z90P

LG Gram 17 17Z90P

15-inch LG Gram may evolve into a 16-inch with 16:10 display

We did not find model numbers for new 13-inch or 15-inch models, so we fully expect LG to release a trio of redesigned 14-, 16- and 17-inch Grams in a few weeks. The leaked pictures of the 14-inch laptop appear to show a device with a slightly redesigned chassis with two USB-A ports plus microSD-slot on the right side next to a Kensington lock. This is a slightly different selection compared to the previous 14-inch LG Gram of 2020, however it clearly shows that LG is not ready to ditch traditional ports just yet, even in ultra-low-weight notebooks.

The most interesting of the bunch will of course be the new 16-inch model that, most likely, evolved from the current 15.6-inch Gram 15Z90N by changing into a 16:10 form factor. While this is pure speculation at this point, it does make sense. The 17-inch LG Gram 17Z90N already offers the slightly taller screen and a higher resolution so we expect LG to go down that road with the 16-inch model as well. The pictures also show EVO certification, so we would bet on Intel Tiger Lake internals and at least one Thunderbolt 4-port on the left side.