From 14 inches to 16.7 inches in about 10 seconds! Lenovo is showing the ThinkBook Plus Gen6 Rollable AI with a rollable display at CES.
There are many new notebooks to see at CES, but truly innovative new products; are rare. One exception is the ThinkBook Plus Gen6 Rollable AI from Lenovo. As the somewhat bulky-sounding name suggests, it is a notebook with a roll-out display.
In its normal state, the display has a size of 14 inches, but with the push of a button, it can be extended upwards to 16.7 inches This looks really impressive and a little unreal in the pictures.
120 Hz OLED panel from Samsung
The resolution of the OLED screenis 2000 × 1600 pixels in the 14-inch initial state, which becomes 2000 x 2350 pixels when the display is extended. The panel is apparently to be manufactured by Samsung.
According to Lenovo, the panel achieves a maximum brightness of 400 nits and a refresh rate of 120 hertz. With 100 percent coverage of the DCI-P3 color space, the display is also suitable for professional applications.
Our colleagues at The Verge were able to take a closer look at the device at CES and found out that it takes about 10 seconds to fully roll up and unroll the display.
Durability
With such a complex construction, you probably wonder about the durability. Lenovo employees stated in this regard that the hinge of the lid is designed for at least 30,000 opening and closing operations. In contrast, it should be possible to roll the display up and down at least 20,000 times.
The highlight of the ThinkBook Plus Gen6 Rollable AI is clearly the display, while the other hardware is much less spectacular. Lenovo installs a 1 TB SSD for storage and 32 GB DDR5 RAM. For the processors, Lenovo relies on Intel’s Core Ultra CPUs of the 2 series and their integrated Arc graphics unit.
In terms of connectivity, Lenovo only provides the device with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, but at least it has a WiFi 7 module. The battery capacity is 66 Wh according to the manufacturer.
How much does it cost?
With regard to prices, there are different reports. The Verge speaks of$3,499 (around €3,390) and availability sometime in the first quarter, but it is unclear which configuration is meant.
On the other hand, they want to have learned at Hardwareluxx that the entry-level model 2,799 euros should cost. Regarding availability, the beginning of August is mentioned.
What do you think of the roll-out screen on this laptop? Would you be interested in a function like this? Or are there other innovations you would like to see in notebooks? What do you think of the prices announced so far? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
