Lenovo enters the foldable PC space with new ThinkPad X1 Fold
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold hybrid PC. [credit: Lenovo ]
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Let's talk about the look and feel of the device first: final images of the ThinkPad X1 Fold look nearly identical to the prototype we saw last year. It's a 13-inch tablet with chunky black bezels that measures 7.8mm thick when laid flat and 27.8mm thick when folded. Weighing less than 2.2 pounds, it's not a particularly svelte device when compared to other flagship laptops and tablets, but it's not cumbersome, either. When opened, the prototype device I spent a few minutes with felt like a slightly thicker-than-usual tablet, and while the thick bezels are jarring to look at, they serve a purpose on a device that's meant to be moved and folded often.
The final display on the ThinkPad X1 Fold is a 13.3-inch, 2048i-1536, pOLED panel with a 4i-3 aspect ratio that Lenovo partnered with LG to include on the device. Since this device falls under the ThinkPad umbrella, Lenovo made a point to emphasize that the Fold has been put through the usual ThinkPad durability tests in addition to folding cycle tests. Supporting the foldable display is a multi-link torque hinge that Lenovo developed to make the opening and closing of the Fold as seamless as possible.
Lenovo is billing the ThinkPad X1 Fold as a device for those who frequently use a laptop, tablet, and smartphone and want a device that can combine some of the features of all of those devices into one. You can use the device as if it were any one of those devices-it acts as a tablet or a large smartphone when open, or as a makeshift laptop when folded in a 90-degree angle (there's an integrated kickstand on the back to better support it in this laptop-esque mode).
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