LG Gram Pro 16" 16Z90TP White Review

The LG Gram Pro 16 is impossibly light and boasts one of the best OLED screens we've seen, but its reliability is worryingly low. If you can find it on sale and treat it gently, it's a travel dream — otherwise, the risk might not be worth it.

LG managed to make a 16-inch laptop that weighs less than a MacBook Air. At just 1.2kg, this thing is absurdly portable, and the 2.8K OLED screen is genuinely stunning — vivid colors, inky blacks, and a buttery 120Hz refresh rate. On paper, it's the ultimate travel companion for anyone who wants a big screen without the backache.

Under the hood you get Intel's latest Core Ultra 7 255H, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. LG throws in a bunch of AI marketing fluff with 'gram chat' on-device and cloud, but the real story is the reliability score sitting in the 9th percentile. That's a red flag for a machine you'll probably depend on daily.

The Core Ultra 7 255H delivers a genuine productivity punch — it's well above average for CPU-bound tasks, so Excel, code compiles, and photo edits all fly. Storage speed is solid too, landing in the top 20% of our database. The integrated Intel Arc graphics are enough for light creative work, but don't even think about modern gaming; the GPU percentile is middling, and framerates in anything demanding will be rough. 16GB of soldered LPDDR5X RAM is fine for now, but it's just average for the segment and not future-proof.

Pricing for the Gram Pro 16 is all over the place, with some vendors listing it around $1,400 and others apparently trying to sell it for a comical $354,491 (likely a data glitch). At the real-world price, you're paying a premium for the featherweight design and that glorious OLED panel. But given the reliability concerns, it's hard to call it a great value unless you catch a deep discount — Black Friday shoppers got it right. The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro offers a similar OLED ultralight experience with a better track record, which makes the Gram a tougher sell at full freight.

Set next to the Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro, the Gram Pro 16 is even lighter but loses out on long-term trustworthiness. The MSI Prestige is another thin-and-light OLED rival, though it's usually pricier and not as travel-friendly. Apple's MacBook Pro M5 Pro is in a different league for performance and reliability, but it's significantly heavier and more expensive. The ASUS ROG Flow and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i are gaming-first machines that crush the Gram on graphics but are nearly twice the weight — not competitors for the same buyer.

If you need a laptop that will survive years of daily abuse or you can't afford downtime, skip this one — the reliability percentile is among the worst we've recorded. Gamers and anyone who relies on a sensitive touchscreen should also look elsewhere; the integrated GPU and quirky digitizer will frustrate you.

Buy the LG Gram Pro 16 if you're a frequent traveler who values portability above everything else and you're willing to gamble on reliability. The screen alone makes spreadsheets and Netflix a joy on the road. Just don't expect to game on it, and if you need flawless touch input for note-taking or art, keep looking.