Lenovo demos laptop that rolls from 13 to 15 inches with the flip of a switch
Enlarge / A 12.7-inch screen unrolls from under the keyboard to grow to 15.3 inches. (credit: Lenovo/YouTube)
Lenovo's laptop with a screen that can roll from 12.7 inches to 15.3 inches is just a proof of concept, but it looks like a pretty serious one. The company first teased the versatile OLED laptop online in October but showed it off in person before the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona this week. Marked by an OLED screen usable in two different sizes and resolutions, it's described as subtle looking and decently polished.
As a proof of concept, Lenovo may never release a rollable screen PC like this. However, the company told Windows Central that it prefers developing "concepts that we have a hope of selling." Plus, Lenovo is no stranger to releasing laptops with alternative screen designs. Its 2020 ThinkPad X1 Fold was the first to attempt the foldable PC and will be succeeded by the 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold this year. This year should also see the release of the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i, which connects two 13.3-inch OLED screens by a hinge.
The Yoga Book 9i is an actual product set to come out this year. (credit: Scharon Harding)
In its current form, the rollable-screen laptop prototype "looks and feels like a regular laptop," Android Authority reported. The publication also backed Lenovo and called the prototype "polished" enough to show off in person. It even thought the system looked less clunky than Asus' ZenBook 17 Fold, a 12th-gen Intel-based foldable PC currently going for $3,500.