Lenovo ThinkBook 'Flip' AI laptop features a foldable screen
Lenovo has been pioneering IT innovation since 1984 — and today, the tech giant has 18 research and development sites and holds 33,000 patents and patent applications. Last year (January 2024), Lenovo showcased many new products and solutions at the 2024 international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, USA.
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March 2025, Lenovo introduced its mega-2-in-1 ThinkBook Flip AI and some nifty snap-on Magic Bay second-screen prototypes. The Chinese firm’s latest laptop is perhaps its most bizarre creation yet. The ThinkBook ‘Flip’ AI PC might look like a normal laptop, if it weren’t for the massively extended screen twice the size of the base.
Almost comic in size, the screen measures 18.1 inches vertically — more than a bowling pin or the width of an extra-large pizza. But the screen also folds backwards across the middle, letting the user share the display with the person across from them. Lenovo says this quirky design feature and in-built AI assistant makes the device perfect for workplace meetings, enhancing “business collaboration.”
And if the user wants to watch Netflix or just doesn’t need the keyboard, they can fold down the screen flat, covering up the keyboard. “The ThinkBook codename Flip AI PC Concept exemplifies our vision for the future,” said Eric Yu at Lenovo Intelligent Devices Group. He added: “AI-powered devices [will] drive efficiency, personalization, and collaboration like never before.”
Lenovo says the eye-catching laptop is a concept device, meaning it’s unlikely to make it to market anytime soon. When the ThinkBook ‘Flip’ AI PC screen is at its fullest extent (18.1 inches) users can have one big display or instead opt for split screen for two smaller displays.
When they fold it back to share the screen for someone opposite, the display flips around so that the other person isn’t looking at it upside down. Alternatively, users can fold the top half of the display right back and leave it blank — making the user experience more like a conventional laptop.
Despite only being a concept for now, Lenovo is tapping into a consumer preference for extra-tall screens. More and more workers prefer vertical displays for rolling newsfeeds, long email chains and TikTok-style mobile videos which are portrait rather than landscape.
At MWC two years ago, it showed off a similar laptop with an extendable screen, which gradually gets taller and taller at the flick of a switch. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable AI PC’s 12.7 inch screen takes just 10 seconds to become a 15.3 inch display.
Reference: Lenovo laptop features a foldable screen that stretches out 18-INCHES
