Link not working, this should work
http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-u31-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb8gb-hybrid-storage-133-inch-full-hd-laptop-white/1600022403.prd?_requestid=186172

pretty decent deal actually, 1920 x 1080 is a welcome addition. low power i5 (i5-5200u) but should be fine for general use but an SSD would be a useful addition, should be fairly cheap to add one. heat

Finally a FHD posted

Any thoughts on running Photoshop on this?

Hot! I've been looking for a small form laptop with FHD all weekend!

If you want to run photoshop then you might consider looking for something with a larger screen and dedicated graphics... It'll most likely cost you a bit more though.

There's two on the website. ...look the same but one has a hybrid drive.

Is that the only difference? Surely that is the better option? Am i missing something?

I assumed that was the better option

Looks like a seriously good bargain, and nice and stylish too.
Core i5 (dual core plus hyperthreading, though not to confuse with a desktop-class quad core).
1.5kg - this will feel light in the hand.
A 1TB hard drive, though with 8GB of flash, so will feel faster than a crappy 5400 standard hard drive in regular windows use (though of course file transfer is going to be slow).

One of the best laptop deals i've seen this week, if you value portability and design as well as function.

The screen is 1080, the screen is 1080, order has been restored in the Uneee verse! A little song I made up for this special occasion.

The 1TB + 8GB SSD is the same price £399.00. Links see M to take you to Very homepage. Just type in Lenovo u31 in the search menu.

Seems a scorching price!

Also, keep in mind this is NON-TOUCHSCREEN according to the very website.

Think it would be wise to check some reviews on it. But for the money it seems solid!

*link seems to take you

How do you edit a comment on the app?

1Tb (1000Gb) + 8Gb SSD hybrid storage

Hard Drive Storage: 120 GB

wonder which it is..?

Hi x would this be OK for minecraft / mods - etc plus other gaming ?, my son wants to make videos & u tube as well - any good ??? X im having daily nightmares over what to buy him x many thanks in advance for any help xxxx

Looks good.

I paid the extra £29.99 to extend the warranty to three years,seems quite reasonable.

Just ordered the hybrid one. Cheers op.

Wow, I've been looking into smaller netbooks / laptops the last week or so. 11-13" was a must, but I couldn't really find a suitably priced machine in that size that actually had some umpf behind it too, at this price I just have to bite. That size and specs is amazing for the price. Thank you very much OP.

Also got another £30 off using this code.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers/30-off-when-spending-60-more-new-customers-very-2330930

essentially you just click the credit account option at checkout, then setup your very account to that (it's not a proper credit check, just a very fast informal process), then you can use that code. It took less than 30 seconds to do, a couple of minor options to pick. Also then you have the option to pay within 3 months interest free. So if you want to get this but can't afford it with xmas, you could pay it off (369.99) + a couple quid for delivery in full in January/February with no interest. The minimum payment is covered by the £30 off coupon, it's applied as a payment made to your account. Loophole much. So either pay it off by credit/debit card on your very account at 124.66 a month, whenever you want to make a payment. Or pay it all off at once by card (373.98) as soon as order has gone through. Or wait a month, two months etc to pay in full. Very flexible.


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I've been waiting for a while now to get a new 13 Inch laptop.
Almost bought the Asus Zenbook UX305 (a great little machine) when it went to £500, but decided to wait for the new versions (which should be around £600 when they hit the shops).

But this Lenovo is an absolute steal at £400 and the small amount of reviews I could find (e.g. http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbPbXu7qVx4) suggest it's a good bit of kit.

I'm hoping that my TopCashBack New Account 10.5% cashback will track saving another £40.

I've always been suspicious of VERY as a company, but decided to try them out and used the Buy Now Pay Later, so don't even have to pay for the laptop for 12 months (interest free).

Crossing my fingers that all the deals work as hoped and the laptop is as good as it looks.

Big thanks to the OP for the post!!

Cheers, Derek

3.99 delivery ?

I've read some comments about bad battery life (around 2 hours) ...anyone with experience of using this model confirm or deny?

How does this compare to this:
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-u41-14-laptop-silver-10126500-pdt.html#srcid=11026

Wondering if there is much benefit for the higher spec, it's just for browsing, Microsoft suit work some picture editing and limited video editing.

Essentially the same, same CPU, same hybrid HDD, same RAM. Form factor separates them. Considering that one is bigger in size and costs MORE, it just makes this one look even more of a steal, especially with the extra £30 off.

I've just noticed the other one is not full hd 1920 x 1080. Only 1366 x 768. So, overall that's a lesser machine.

£50 more expensive, weaker screen but it does have the benefit of the additional graphics card which makes it a pretty decent offer too.

Is the keyboard backlit?

bought one , with 12 months option

Where does it state that U41 from currys has additional graphics card?

This is a bargain.

Buy it now.

Do either of these have DVD players? I can't see it in the spec? TIA.

Looking for cheap laptop for my parents for Christmas. £400 too much but if I can replace mine, I will give them my old one. Link is below. Doesn't seem a massive upgrade in performance? Does this have a backlit keyboard?

Asus X555LA

Has anyone tried to price match with John Lewis ? as am bit nervous buying from Very ...

Nice to see a laptop on HUKD that doesn't have an optical drive (and is therefore slimmer). I can't remember the last time I user a CD/DVD in my laptop; and I have an external drive for those rare occasions.
Some links to help you decide (not that there will doubtless be variations in the spec):
Lenovo
http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/lenovo/u-series/u31/
LaptopMag review:
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/lenovo-u31-mini-review
PCMag review (but i7):
http://uk.pcmag.com/laptops/67171/feature/133-inch-lenovo-u31-1080p-laptop-now-just-749

Wondering how easy it would be to upgrade the HDD on these

I'd want to stick an ssd in mines

Thanks

I'm a bit confused, I haven't ordered this laptop but I've been set up with a Very account with £300 credit.
Does this mean that I've got a loan and will need to make repayments on this £300 or will I only have to pay them back once I buy things from the website?
Thanks for the help

Any one know where to get a larger sized battery for this? 6cell or something? Or even replacement batteries. Thanks.

Thank you for your help, does that mean the £300 will just sit there if I don't decide to buy anything.
Or have I effectively taken a loan from them where I have to pay them £300 back whatever happens?

so tempted. created account & got £1500 limit. added to basket. added discount code.
just couldn't complete transaction.
Prefer the UX305 so hoping it drops to £400 in January. I can wait. My 7 year old Acer struggling on with Windows 10

so does topcashback track with this??? anyone know?

Slightly confused on this one.

When you search on the MPN: 80M500C7UK number it comes back as this spec on lambda-tek.com

Lenovo U31 I5-5200U 8GB 128GB SSD W10

So is it the 128GB SSD or 1Tb+8Gb Hybrid Storage?

dat crappy battery life...no goer for me.

Does this come with Windows?

I think you missed the point of ultrabook.

Good Ultrabooks can do a whole day of work outside without charging. They can be used just as a normal laptop. But they are suit more for people travelling business trips, commute and make best use of their time. That is why Ultrabook tend to be more expensive as they need to be slim, lightweight and use components with low battery consumption to preserve battery life which is another reason why they are normally not powerful. By being not powerful, less heat, no fan, less noise and lower power consumption again.

Like XPS 13, if you open its cover, almost half of it is a big battery which is why it can last around 10 hours use. Everything else are all closely put together on the other half of space

I agree with you. The u31 has a terrible battery life, I mean at times 2-3 hours on full charge. XPS is way better but double the price.

I work on laptops outside of the office. for many hours a day unfortunately.

Can this be used for software development ? would like to use it for Visual studio and .Net development .... Hope someone can help me on this please ?

looks awesome but I don't know what id use a laptop for nowadays. can do pretty much everything I used to on a cheap tablet and WiFi stick

I'd like to point out i have ordered to laptops from very and the spec has differed from what's listed I have a feeling the people who enter the details aren't to savy, I remember ordering a Samsung machine that was listed as a top end model but turned out it was the lower end machine, they took it back and refunded me pretty quickly mind. Still tempted by this not sure if i'd prefer the SSD over the 1TB.

​thank you x still undecided though !!!!! X lol x

​hmmmmm yes that may b right - hadn't actually noticed the screen size ! thank u for drawing my attention to it x now even more confused x sob x sob Sob x

Mmm best get the spec I've ordered


Although what's better the smaller ssd or larger 1tb hard drive hybrid ?

Code 6LJJ6 not working for me

Have you seen a 13" screen? It's not small

It has to be your first order of any kind from Very not just your first credit order

My tablet is 2560x1600 at 8.4", 1080p on a 13.3" is perfectly fine.

Have you made orders on previous accounts?

Been looking all week and this has probably been the best i5 package for my budget I have seen. 375 ain't bad at all. Although I have my reservations.. The 8gb ram is capped to 8gb, Bit of mystery on the listing to what the hard drive is. I would prefer the ssd tbh but does anyone have experience with hybrid hard drives? Can you run Windows 10 on the 8gb flash?

I ordered this on Friday and it arrived today. Suspicions in this thread were correct, it is actually the red model with a 128GB SSD. I'm not complaining however (a bigger SSD is going in it anyway), but the colour difference and reduced capacity may put some people off. Excellent little laptop so far. Currently removing all of the preinstalled Lenovo rubbish...

Yep. They're the only differences.

Can anyone confirm if this is the same quality laptop as I am intrested in the larger 15.6 screen?

http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-z51-intelreg-coretrade-i5-processor-8gb-ram-1tb-8gb-hybrid-storage-156-inch-full-hd-laptop-with-amd-meso-xt-2gb-graphics-includes-mcafee-livesafe-and-optional-microsoft-office-2016-white/1600022423.prd?crossSellType=item_page.recs_1

Mines been dispatched today really not sure about the reduced storage looking at the prices for 1TB SSHD compared to 128gb SSD there is a £30~ price difference. Think I'd prefer the 1TB hybrid.

Gutted. I can deal with a smaller SSD, it's easy enough to swap out for a larger SSHD, but there's nothing I can do about the red casing. I imagine I'll be sending mine back. Might see if they'll exchange it for the other Lenovo u31 listed (which was also £400 when I placed my order).

nice deal...

thanks

Does this have an backlit keyboard?

so can I buy the one with the 1tb hybrid drive for this price from very? if so anyone got a link?

Actually that's a pretty good idea. Thanks!

An sshd doesn't have a patch on an ssd. If you really need 1tb then there is a 1tb version available also but it is sata only "really slow". Yeah it has a really good backlit keyboard going by one of the reviews. I am in agreement if it is in red it will probably get sent back

Well mine has turned up this morning.... 128gb SSD.... Don't know about the colour as I'm at work and the Mrs just read the label to me over the phone.

Don't know whether to move my 250gb Samsung SSD to it from the laptop I'll be selling and use the external 1tb like I have been doing or send it back. Ideally I wanted what I'd ordered so all my data was all in the same place!

The other variation is still in stock.

Mines arrived this morning. Red and 128GB as others have discovered.

Mine has arrived. Red and 128gb SSD. Wish it was white. Will ponder what to do, machine is nippy, trackpad a bit hypersensitive.

Just phoned Very, They said "Oh somebody must have packed the wrong one", seemed a bit surprised when I asked how they had done that when they don't list this one for sale (not that I could find anyway).

Anyway, I said there appears to be a lot of these that have arrived wrong and to "save them the cost and hassle if a return what can they offer me to keep it"

They will phone me back LOL

It's purely because the manufacturers number is wrong on the listing, and I guess that's what they send to the supplier.

Well there are quite a few people out there that are going to get the wrong one and if say half of those took a small offer in exchange to keeping them then it might make sense is what I'm thinking.

I had a fridge from them last year that had a dent in it, they offered me 10% to keep it, a refund or a replacement so who knows? :smiley:

Half is an assumption by the way, I'm just thinking if they gave me around 10% off I'd keep mine

I was told by them on the phone they would not be able to replace this one with a white one as none in stock, although I'm not entirely sure she understood that the model number was what differed from the listing page, so infact she may have been referring to the incorrect page again. Anyway I guess I'm going to keep this, 370ish is too cheap to get too upset about colour, was expecting some kind of gesture after I explained I would then rather keep this wrongly described laptop, but to no avail.

I'm assuming mine is going to be red, rather the white not sure if the colour bothers me to much, anyone know if the warranty will be voided by upgrading the SSD?

has anyone actually bought a hybrid one with 1TB? wonder which colour is it?

I just checked on the status of my order and looks like Very has cancelled it, saying "no longer available"! I was fully expecting the red 128 ssd, as I ordered the 1tb+8gb hybrid, and would have kept it too. But looks like I don't even get that now. Gonna have to call them up to see what's up, but I suspect I have no grounds as they are within their rights to just cancel the order.

Not sure if I should get the pure 1TB offering, as it is still on the site for £399? Anyone think that is still worth it, I can still use the £30 discount I guess?

I ordered the U31 that is on the Very site just in case. It's still showing for £399, and if you drill down to tech specs tab, you will see "Lenovo U31-70 80M5 - 13.3" - Core i5 5200U - Windows 8.1 64-bit - 8 GB RAM - 1 TB Hybrid Drive".

So there is a chance that this is the actual hybrid version.
Having said that, if you google the MPN: 59444458, you will find this:
https://www.lambda-tek.com/Lenovo-59444458~sh/B2109197

which is a

Y50 I7-4720HQ 16GB 1TB SSHD BLACK

So I have no idea what I'll get, (if anything, as they might cancel this second order of mine!)

Has anyone actually received this other version? Is it red 128gb also?

** As an aside note, the site did not let me use the £30 code for my second order, even though the first order I used it on was cancelled. I will call them up later to try to get this code reinstated for my second order I think **

What a bunch of ****. I took the day off work to sign for this (daughter's Xmas) delivery and at 7pm phoned customer service to find out where it was. I was told that it was out of stock and that I needed to order an alternative item! VERY ****.

Just got off the phone with Very (had to wait 20 mins, second time successful, since first time got cut off when I got through to an advisor!). They could not tell me the reason why the first order was cancelled! Nevermind, they managed to reinstate my £30 discount though, so that's good.

Time will tell if I actually get the second order dispatched.

Order cancelled too after non delivery yesterday

Paid in full not on account - and they charged card surely that's a breach of contract isn't it ?

I took a punt and ordered both laptops listed and thought I'd send the worst one back, like some of you guys, one was cancelled (which others received as the lower size HDD in red). The one that did arrive was indeed 1TB with the 8gb, so glad I took the chance on ordering both.

I checked the status the day before, order ready for delivery. Now they had my email and my mobile, why couldn't they contact me? Even when I called them there was no indication online that the order had been cancelled. I'm well p***ed off with them.

I never got any updates either...

I see £579, and also out of stock.

579 ye
I had got then to agree to reduce down to price match the previous price, was showing in stock then and told delivery in 11th Dec
Now showing also not avail on my account. Waiting for customer service call back after all the faff

Yep it is the white one and delivered as on the day they said.

I also had my order cancelled without any notification - spoke to customer services and they said they would honour the original price when more stock comes back in but they didn't know when this would be. They agreed to knock a further £10 off the price too when I expressed my disappointment

Has anyone else been sent the wrong laptop from Very?

I ordered the U31 in white but been sent the U31 in bright RED and am struggling to get Very to authorise a return as I opened the box.

So annoyed with Very customer service.

Please let me know if you have also been sent the wrong model.

Thanks mate. Agree it's a good deal and has a smaller SSD drive but not sure if the colour works for me.

Just to add my two cents,

I too ordered one of these, already knowing that it most likely wasn't white or the right ssd. I felt like it was a great deal anyway and went for it.

Only to receive no notification that my order had been cancelled, finding out instead the day before the due delivery date by an email from PayPal saying I'd received a refund.

I'd waited all year for the Black Friday/cyber Monday sales to purchase a laptop, only to be let down by very.co.uk with little warning and now I have no chance of getting a deal like that again for the foreseeable future. I'm leaving the country in the new year for a good portion of time and this laptop was to use during my trip. Now I most likely won't have time to find a deal like that in the time I have left.

Also hearing how people want to send theirs back and very.co.uk won't accept it. Whilst I was one of the unlucky ones that got nothing and would've been find with the white or red, hybrid or ssd is pretty disappointing. Oh well, what can you do? Even if they agreed to price match it for me when they get stock I won't be around to take advantage. Sucks.

They've offered me 10% to keep mine.

Maybe, I'd definitely be interested in talking to someone that is. But even that's a bit of a long shot now. I can't even send pm's on this site yet so couldn't send messages to the people talking about sending them back even if I wanted to.

I don't think they can deny to take them back legally they haven't sold you what you ordered I did receive mine and I've complained that it wasn't the system I ordered saying that it is a good deal system seems solidly built not actually powered it on yet mind

I ordered the white/1tb model last week but received the red/128gb model from Lenovo. Fortunately i didn't open it and Very accepted it as a return and has sent me a replacement white/1tb model which has just arrived today.

I originally ordered the 1tb+8gb hybrid white version. As I found out later, this was actually the red 128 ssd version. Luckily very cancelled that order so I took a punt on the other version described as the 1tb normal hard drive version. It arrived today and I'm writing this comment on it right now. turned out to be the 1tb+8gb white hybrid version!

so am quite happy now, even though it was a round about way to get here!

I'm pretty sure it was just a wafty description disguising the specs, if you went to the more detailed info tab on the product page, it was the same.

Guess it depends on your viewpoint. Whether you prefer the SSD but can live with the smaller capacity and colour, or like the larger capacity of the hybrid drive but compromised hard drive speed.

For me, the increased disk space and colour are plus points. I've not noticed any speed problems, as the 8GB internal flash seems good enough for this price point. Plus hybrid drive of 1TB+8GB is more expensive than a 128GB SSD, so in terms of value, it is better too.

I'm gonna update to Windows 10 tonight, as it came with 8.1. Hopefully, this should give me speed improvements too.

Thanks. Let us know how win10 is on this laptop. I've been avoiding upgrading but accidentally clicked upgrade on an older laptop last night. Going to test it today.

I updated my white/1TB model to windows 10 no problem last night. I first created the windows 8.1 recovery file according to the Lenovo instructions, then downloaded and installed the windows 10 update.
I then downloaded all the latest windows 10 bios, drivers and software from Lenovo and they also all updated OK.
Don't bother with the Display brightness registry update as it makes the display very dim by default.
I downloaded the latest Chipset, rapid storage technology and HD display drivers direct from Intel.

All done now. Windows 10 does feel more snappy and certainly looks better too. Still early days but no issues yet.

windows 10 was installed on the red one I got, arguably I think you get around £10-20 more for your money with the hybrid version as those cost about £10-20 more than a 128SSD and I think the white ones are a more desirable colour.

Hi there, I hadn't opened my parcel until I saw this and now I have found I have the red one and the 128gb ssd. Not too bothered about the colour but checking that the 128gb ssd will be ok. I specifically ordered the white one due to the 1TB storage however I asked a friend who works in IT and he said he would rather have the 128ssd any day due to speed and just get a portable external hard drive.
What does everyone think? This is a pressie for my husband so can't really ask him. Doesn't look like very are offering the U31 in any guises now anyway.

i have got 1TB white one. I was hoping that SSD version would get back in stock, so I have not opened the box yet, it is still returnable. I am happy to swap for the red 128gb SSD version.

128ssd is fine for every day use. If he is going to need storage for lots of pics and downloading, then you will need an external hdd or save to the cloud.

Alternatively someone offered a swap on this thread.

I have a hybrid drive on my old laptop and from my experience its still sluggish like a regular hdd.

I've just ordered a 2tb portable Seagate slim external drive which looks nice and small so hopefully this will be ok! :smiley:

Just noticed that very are offering a chance to win one of the u31 White hybrid drive laptops on their Facebook page. As someone that was told they wouldn't be sending me one and would have to be happy with a refund as they have no stock I'm not ashamed to say it **** me off.