It was solely a matter of time earlier than we noticed a foldable show on a laptop computer and it’s no shock to see Lenovo do it first.
At MWC 2025, the laptop computer large and Motorola proprietor has proven off one other in an extended line of fascinating idea gadgets. Final yr we noticed a clear display on a laptop computer and now it’s folding – and this makes far more sensible sense.
The ThinkBook Flip AI PC Idea primarily takes the sort of display we’re used to seeing on some outward foldable telephones, just like the Huawei Mate Xs and Honor V Purse, makes it so much larger and attaches it to a laptop computer chassis.
Lenovo calls it the “business’s first outward-folding pocket book” and the pretty easy concept is that there are a whole lot of alternative ways you should utilize the display. It’s doubtlessly a brand new type of the convertible 2-in-1 laptop computer.
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You should use the ThinkBook Flip in Pill, Learn, Clamshell, Share and Vertical modes, with all of the completely different positions you’ll be able to place the display. In conventional laptop computer mode, it’s a 13-inch show that may be unfolded to a full 18.1-inch.
I like the concept of the pill mode to observe content material in cramped conditions like on a prepare desk, and the curve of the show when it’s folded over can be utilized as its personal strip – a bit just like the Contact Bar on outdated MacBooks or the sting of the Samsung Galaxy Notice Edge.
The versatile OLED show appears fairly good with specs corresponding to a 120Hz refresh fee and 400 nit brightness. It’s touch-sensitive, too.
General, I fairly like the concept however there’s clearly work to do nonetheless earlier than this laptop computer is able to ship to prepared consumers.
The software program is janky and encountered quite a few errors and glitches whereas I used to be on the Lenovo sales space looking.
I additionally fear so much concerning the gadget’s sturdiness in its present kind. The outer show is uncovered if you ‘shut’ the laptop computer as you’d a standard mannequin, there’s an enormous bulge alongside the crease when the display is in Vertical mode, and it topples over all too simply.
Nonetheless, that’s why gadgets like this are proof of ideas and I applaud Lenovo once more for making an attempt issues out.
Whether or not the ThinkBook Flip involves market or not, and the way a lot it’s going to fetch, stays to be seen however it’s definitely some of the memorable gadgets I’ve seen at MWC 2025.