Foldable smartphones that swept the floor at Mobile World Congress this year, bringing innovative designs and futuristic technologies have now a competitor in the big screen space. Chinese tech giant Lenovo has unveiled a preview and demo of the world’s first foldable PC – ThinkPad X1. And yes, this is not a phone, tablet, or familiar hybrid; this is a full-fledged laptop with a foldable screen.
While we all want, and are constantly looking to access to a large comfortable screen even on the go, but travel can most of the times, make this inconvenient or impossible. According to the media reports, the remote work increased 140 per cent from 2008 to 2016, with more and more employees taking time-sensitive, media-intensive projects with them everywhere.
The ThinkPad X1 comes with OLED 2K display made in collaboration with LG Display that can fold in half and reduce its width by 50 per cent. The foldable PC is powered by the Intel processor and runs on Windows.
- Here is what foldable ThinkPad X1 do
- Wake up, fold it into a book, and start the day scanning your social media feeds in bed.
- Walk to your kitchen, unfold it, and stand it up for hands-free viewing of your top news sites.
- Hit your commute on the bus or train and morph it into a clamshell to catch up on emails.
- Get into the office, dock it into your multi-monitor setup and get to work.
- Go into meetings, take notes with its pen, and write on a full screen tablet.
- After lunch, set up the stand and use its mechanical keyboard to type out a few work emails.
- Open it up and stream your favourite shows.
- Relax in bed, fold it in half and enjoy your latest read before going to sleep.
The space-saving ThinkPad X1 combines laptop productivity with smartphone portability into a compact device never before.