The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus extendable laptop was unveiled ahead of schedule.
Information has leaked about the upcoming Lenovo ThinkBook Plus laptop, and it appears that it will feature an extendable and rollable screen.
Lenovo is about to launch its next ThinkBook Plus laptop, which will feature a rollable screen. According to images leaked by well-known informant Evan Blass, this sixth generation of the ThinkBook Plus will incorporate an extensible display that expands on the concept of rollable laptops that the company first introduced in 2022.
The revealed images show a laptop with a conventional screen, but slightly taller than usual, that has the ability to extend and roll out, effectively allowing for two overlapping screens. In Lenovo's illustrations, a video call is depicted at the top of the screen, while what appears to be a PowerPoint presentation is at the bottom, although the possibilities for utilizing the additional space are practically endless.
So far, Blass has not provided any other technical details about the new ThinkBook Plus, but given the proximity of CES 2025 in January, it is highly likely that it will be formally announced at that event. The idea of a rollable laptop has been under exploration by Lenovo for several years, and this new model seems to be an evolution of previous conceptual devices from the company.
Lenovo is no stranger to creating innovative laptops. For example, the Lenovo Auto Twist presented at CES 2024 featured a screen that could automatically rotate and fold, while the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i from 2023 combined two separate touchscreen displays to offer even more usable space.
Until now, rollable screens have mainly appeared in concepts for high-cost smartphones and televisions, so if Lenovo manages to market a laptop with this feature at an affordable price and ensures that there will be no hardware issues, it could be on the verge of success. However, it is important to note that the previous fifth-generation ThinkBook Plus, a Windows computer that combined a keyboard and an Android tablet when not in use, had a starting price of $2,000, so it may not be wise to expect this new model to be necessarily affordable.
