Lenovo unveils a concept model of a rollable laptop

From Monday, February 27 to Thursday, March 2, the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC 2023) will take place in Barcelona, ​​Spain, in which Lenovo will present a conceptual model of a rollable laptop.

the website of Ubergizmo was able to see a demo of the device, a hybrid between the dual-screen Lenovo Yogabook 9i laptop and LG Signature OLED R roll-up TV, ahead of the event’s opening.

Lenovo’s prototype rollable laptop has a 12.7-inch screen with a 4:3 (2024 × 1604) aspect ratio when the flexible screen is fully retracted below the keyboard. Activated by the button located on the right side, the motor expands the 17.9mm thick flexible screen into a tall 15.3-inch vertical screen with an 8:9 aspect ratio (or two 16-inch screens). :9, 2024×2368).

The entire expansion process takes a few seconds, which is fine for a laptop, but can be a bit long for a phone.

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better productivity

During the demo, Tom Butler, CEO of Lenovo, shared the company’s foldable display innovation vision that aims to bring the best productivity to enhance work and life by delivering a unique roll-up display experience in a laptop. .

“We took a standard laptop and scaled it up horizontally or vertically to give you more productivity on the go,” Butler said.

The arrival of these types of computers with these screens makes sense, especially since remote work has become a normality in the world. Large flexible displays improve the quality and performance of workers in the digital age.