Lenovo’s code name is another wildlife on a flexible laptop screen
Lenovo has not even released his S But this did not stop the company from taking the main components of this notebook and remixed it into a whole new thing on MWC 2025.
Officially called Codename Thinkbook Flip Ai Proof of Concept (yes, this is its official name and is a real mouth), the laptop uses the same flexible OLED presented in his role brother, except for this time, instead of disappearing inside his chassis, the display folds out. This allows what is usually a 13-inch panel to double in size up to 18.1 inches at a time of notice. More special, since the flip screen bends instead of sliding in and out of the lower half of the system, Lenovo can use the full area of ​​the panel as opposed to Thinkbook Rollable, which can only extend to 16.7 inches.
In its vertical regime, this provides a lot of additional space for documents or multiplicity. However, the screen can also be folded back into tablet mode or something similar to a 2 -in -1 tent mode for moments when you may want to share your display with someone on the other side of the table.
It is somewhat impressive that the fantastic monitor is not the only trick a flip has. Below Lenovo creates what he calls an intelligent Forcepad, which has a three -layer -lit dashboard that adds personalized controls and icons to its surface. This is a pure trick that expands what the main touchpad can do, although it is not exactly a huge jump from what we have seen on rival machines from and others. Finally, inside, Flip must have solid performance thanks to the inclusion of the Intel Core Ultra 7, 32GB RAM and PCIe SSD storage processor.
As a fan of everything with a flexible screen, it is fascinating to see how quickly Lenovo managed to take the components used in the Thinkbook Plus Gen6 Rollable and turn them into something else. This was said because it was a very early prototype (a Lenovo representative said it was only one of the two in the world at the time), there were some obvious problems that need to be smoothed before something had ever come to the official release.
The first is that for a system with a screen that is tall, his hinge was not completely in line with the task of maintaining everything stable, as even a light tap would make the whole panel swing back -back in a disturbing way. The model I used was also missing this stand, which appeared in some of the promotional images of Lenovo, which would further increase its strength.
However, the largest potential flip problem can be difficult to deal with as it is inherent in its main design. When the laptop collapses in the travel mussel, the way its screen folds, reveals the flexible display of elements that can scratch it. And while it is possible to circumvent this by using a laptop sleeve form, it looks a little too dangerous, even for someone like me who has been using folding phones for half a decade. After a further consideration, I would not be surprised if this design challenge is a big reason why Lenovo decided to bring the Thinkbook Rollable to the market instead of a flip.
Lenovo currently has no plans to bring a flip to full production, but even so, it’s nice to see what a company can come up with when it is not afraid to show unfinished devices.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/lenovos-codename-flip-is-s-Another-wild-take-a-flexible-screen-laptop-2005149
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