It looks like Lenovo's next ThinkBook Plus laptop will have a rotating screen. Judging by the images Lenovo's sixth-generation ThinkBook Plus will feature a slide-out, rotating display based on the company first introduced in 2022.
The leaked images show the laptop with a traditional, albeit slightly above average, display that can slide out and unfold until you essentially have two screens stacked on top of each other. Lenovo's images show an open video call at the top of the display and what looks like a PowerPoint presentation at the bottom, but one can imagine the possibilities for using the extra screen space are pretty endless. Blass didn't share any other technical details about the new ThinkBook Plus, but A few weeks into January, it's highly likely that the new laptop could soon officially launch.
Lenovo has been experimenting with the concept of a rollable laptop for a few years now, and this new ThinkBook Plus seems to be a direct descendant of the company's earlier concept device. Lenovo is also no stranger to making strange laptops. from CES 2024, a display was presented that could rotate and fold on its own, and starting in 2023, two separate touch displays are combined to give owners even more screen real estate for gaming.
Up to this point, retractable displays have mainly existed in smartphone concepts and so if Lenovo can sell a laptop with a unique screen at an affordable price and guarantee that it won't have any hardware issues, it could be a blow to its hand. Again, the previous fifth generation — a Windows PC if you connected a keyboard, and an Android tablet if you didn't — started at $2,000, so it would be wrong to expect affordability.