Lenovo ThinkBook Plus with rollable screen leaks out — display expands from 14- to 16.7-inches with a user keystoke or gesture

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Expect this at CES 2025 – and at a pretty price.

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable
(Image credit: Evan Blass / Lenovo)

New details and images of Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable have leaked. Legendary electronics leaker Evan Blass shared the above image on Christmas Day, as well as a smattering of details and specifications. Of course, the main attraction is the rollable screen, which motors from a pedestrian 14-inch to an expansive 16.7-inch diagonal.

According to Blass, the photos and details he shared are of a device that will be launched at CES 2025, which kicks off in under two weeks. Blass also notes that the upcoming ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable is a consumer-ready version of a concept device showing off rollable screen tech at MWC 2023. Of course, the core tech of the laptop will have moved on several generations since then. Moreover, we are sure Lenovo will have worked hard to make the rollable screen less fragile than it looks, so it is ready for the moderately rough handling of a general factotum.

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Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable
(Image credit: Evan Blass / Lenovo)

Lenovo's rollable screen technology expands the usable display area from one of the smallest commonly available display sizes to one of the largest. However, the result is what most would describe as a portrait display. Whether that fits into your workflow, depends, but it is probably worth some thought about how the extra space will benefit your day-to-day laptop tasks.

Since his first Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable pictorial a few days ago, Blass has some interesting, but not surprising new details. Still focused on the display, the leaker says that it expands and contracts via a keyboard hotkey or gesture.

Inside the new ThinkBook Plus is an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, it is claimed. Sadly, we don't have any specific generation / model detailed. There will also be 32GB of RAM in this "Copilot+ PC with dedicated NPU," comments the fabled leakster.

Lenovo has something of a history of adopting rather cutting-edge tech with its ThinkBook Plus line. For example, it debuted the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Windows/Android 2-in-1 hybrid earlier this year, and previous iterations had extra screens on the top lid (e-ink) and installed beside the keyboard deck.

Stay tuned for our CES 2025 coverage, with close-up hands-on time with devices like this ThinkBook.

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6 Comments Comment from the forums
  • hotaru251
    and the e-waste product begins :|

    anything motorized is doomed to failure before device is outdated due to dust/debris getting inside or the motor straight up failing.
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  • User of Computers
    hotaru251 said:
    anything motorized is doomed to failure before device is outdated due to dust/debris getting inside or the motor straight up failing.
    I wouldn't say 'anything'...
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  • Notton
    it's only e-waste if you can't repair it.
    I like portrait screen size.
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  • wr3zzz
    The motorized screen almost certainly means this 14" notebook will be heavier, and likely a lot more expensive than most 16:10 16" notebooks. Modern day 16" can fit in standard briefcase/backpack so I highly doubt typical white collar workers like the photo in the article will want it.

    I've seen another never heard of brand in China with a similar product recently but it is using a flip hinge. The marketing material has the machine targeted at industrial users. Is regular 16" too wide for rack inspection works, or is there that much demand for extra vertical display in industrial applications where enough users are willing to pay the premium? Data centers have been popping up like mushroom. Both Asus and Acer have been teasing similar concepts as well while notably absent are Dell and HP.
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  • wr3zzz
    hotaru251 said:
    and the e-waste product begins :|

    anything motorized is doomed to failure before device is outdated due to dust/debris getting inside or the motor straight up failing.

    My OnePlus7Pro uses motorized camera to avoid the hole in the screen. In 5+ years of constant use it still works like new. Modern day consumer motors have come a long way since the days of Walmart VCR. Engineers, mostly in the Chinese supply chain, have made huge advances in miniaturization, costs and reliability.
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  • subspruce
    Notton said:
    it's only e-waste if you can't repair it.
    I like portrait screen size.
    I'd say it's more square than vertical
    Reply