Lenovo's ThinkBook Flip Puts an Extra-Tall Folding Display On a Laptop (theverge.com)
(Monday March 03, 2025 @11:52AM (msmash)
from the pushing-the-limits dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/03/1529214/lenovos-thinkbook-flip-puts-an-extra-tall-folding-display-on-a-laptop
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/622380/lenovo-thinkbook-flip-concept-laptop-foldable-mwc
Speaking of [1]some concept devices that Lenovo has unveiled , the company today teased its ThinkBook "codename Flip" AI PC Concept at Mobile World Congress, featuring a flexible 18.1-inch OLED display that can [2]transform between three configurations : a traditional 13.1-inch clamshell, a folded 12.9-inch tablet, or a laptop with an extra-tall vertical screen.
Unlike the motorized ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 expected in June, the Flip uses the display's flexibility to fold behind itself, eliminating motors while gaining 0.4 inches of additional screen space. Users can mirror content on the rear-facing portion when folded or enjoy the full 2000x2664 resolution display in vertical orientation. The concept also features a SmartForcePad trackpad with LED-illuminated shortcut layers. While still in prototype phase, Lenovo has specs in mind: Intel Ultra 7 processor, 32GB RAM, PCIe SSD storage, and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity.
[1] https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/03/03/0028222/lenovo-teases-solar-powered-and-foldable-screen-laptops-in-latest-concepts
[2] https://www.theverge.com/news/622380/lenovo-thinkbook-flip-concept-laptop-foldable-mwc
Unlike the motorized ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 expected in June, the Flip uses the display's flexibility to fold behind itself, eliminating motors while gaining 0.4 inches of additional screen space. Users can mirror content on the rear-facing portion when folded or enjoy the full 2000x2664 resolution display in vertical orientation. The concept also features a SmartForcePad trackpad with LED-illuminated shortcut layers. While still in prototype phase, Lenovo has specs in mind: Intel Ultra 7 processor, 32GB RAM, PCIe SSD storage, and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity.
[1] https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/03/03/0028222/lenovo-teases-solar-powered-and-foldable-screen-laptops-in-latest-concepts
[2] https://www.theverge.com/news/622380/lenovo-thinkbook-flip-concept-laptop-foldable-mwc
Bless their hearts (Score:2)
Weird-screen laptops never catch on, but kudos anyways.
A laptop base just has to be a certain size to fit a keyboard good enough to justify it over a phone. If you make the base that wide, and in normal proportion, you have something close to a rectangle. So if you double that height, you get something awfully nonsquare - like this lenovo for example.
And I'm sure the suitability of this screen for today's close-pitch airline seating will be noted....
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It's funky, but I could see some specific use cases for it where a few people would be thrilled to have it. What I need is a laptop where a second screen folds out horizontally, so there are two normal 16X9 horizontal displays side by side, 4K each, or one super-wide horizontal display I suppose. I presently have Lenovo's huge 17" laptop as a desktop replacement as I am on the road a lot. I am considering getting a matching portable 17" external display (there are a number of them out there) for when
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Yes at some point simply adding nice thin add-on displays has to be the way.
I too have a relatively huge 17" Dell Precision laptop, I have a smaller one too, but if you actually have to sit down and use the peripherals and computation that the box provides, the big Precision just slaughters. Sturdy too.
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I worked on a [1]dual screen tablet [newatlas.com] that opened like a book, nice metal frame and an innovative hinge mechanism. But it weighed over a kilogram because it turns out screens and the necessary structural support are heavy. Technical flaws aside, licensing books is what killed it. But it also wasn't going to be a very popular device in its release state.
[1] https://newatlas.com/kno-digital-textbook-announced/15390/