Lenovo is always good for a few concept devices at a trade show like Mobile World Congress, and that’s no different this year. One of the more popular concept devices that Lenovo is showing off this year is the ThinkBook “Codename Flip” AI PC.
This laptop essentially has a 13-inch display, that then unfolds to provide a 18.1-inch portrait-style display. Essentially allowing you to have two 13-inch monitors on top of each other. Making it really awesome for travel, particularly for those that love to use dual monitors.
I got to spend some time with this ThinkBook ahead of Mobile World Congress this week, and while it was an early engineering sample, I was quite impressed with this form factor. Though, I think I still prefer the rollable laptop that the company showed off at CES back in January.
Lenovo’s Flip concept is incredibly thin
The display folds outward, a lot like the early foldable phones from Huawei, and even their Mate XT trifold device. Which made me wonder, how the display would be protected when you’re carrying it around, maybe taking it to a Starbucks to get some work done, and it’s just sitting in your bag. Well, Lenovo has developed a cover, that is similar to a tablet cover, that goes over the display but doesn’t quite cover the hinge with the exposed display there. This is an early sample, so that is something that Lenovo could add, or change in the future, however. But that cover also folds back, and works as a stand behind the laptop. That’s actually pretty necessary, with how thin and tall this laptop is, when it is fully unfolded.
Talking about the thinness, it is incredibly thin. I was quite surprised at just how thin it was. The entire laptop is only about 17mm thick, which is rather impressive for a folding display, and a base that houses all of the laptop’s components. Including an Intel Core Ultra 7, 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, and PCIe storage. It’s a pretty high-end laptop, however, Lenovo doesn’t yet have any plans to sell this. That makes sense since this is still a pretty early engineering sample. In fact, one of the models that I used in these pictures didn’t have a working touchscreen.
The Lenovo ThinkBook “Codename Flip” AI PC Concept is something I could definitely see me rocking when I travel. Especially since it is already lighter than my MacBook Pro 14, and offers a lot more screen real estate. I can’t wait to see the final product in a few years (as long as Lenovo doesn’t give up on it).
