Lenovo launches notebook with roll-out OLED screen
At the touch of a button, the ThinkBook Plus Gen6 extends the screen upwards so that one and a half times the display area is available if required.
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At CES 2025, Lenovo is presenting the sixth generation of the ThinkBook Plus series, which has always been unusual: First there was an e-ink display on the outside of the lid, later a second screen in the palm rest – and last year a hybrid device with Android and Windows. The new 2025 ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable model is now making a name for itself with a rollable OLED panel.
By default, the screen has a diagonal of 14 inches (ca. 36 cm) in 5:4 format, but at the touch of a button, a motor extends the lid upwards. Part of the OLED screen, which was previously rolled up invisibly in the housing, is then pulled out. The screen then has a diagonal of almost 17 inches (ca. 43 cm) and is slightly taller than it is wider (aspect ratio 8:9). The additional screen area corresponds to around half the height of the previously available 14-inch screen. Extending and retracting the panel is accompanied by both an animation on the screen and an acoustic background – and yes, users can deactivate this, which practically every journalist present asked Lenovo. However, the manufacturer has not yet revealed any details about the resolution.
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Contrary to initial fears, the ThinkBook Plus remains stable on the table even when the extended lid is folded far back. And you can also close it without having to retract the lid first. However, it then protrudes far over the front without protection, and you can't fit the notebook into standard backpacks.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen6 uses processors from the Core Ultra 200V (Lunar Lake) series; at almost 1.7 kilograms, it is very heavy for a device with 14-inch dimensions. The notebook is due to go on sale in August and will cost at least, 2800 euros.
ThinkPad X9
The ThinkPad X9, which comes with both a 14-inch and 15.3-inch screen, is a new addition to the ThinkPad family. It is explicitly intended to appeal to users who have previously avoided ThinkPads. Lenovo is therefore doing a few things differently here: there is no iconic black casing with a soft coating, but one made of metal that feels the same. For long-time users, it may seem like an outrage that the keyboard here is also “like others”: you have to do without a track point as well as large cursor keys.
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The screens are exclusively OLED panels. Two panels with different resolutions are available for the 14-incher (1.21 kilograms, from 1850 euros): 1920 × 1200 pixels and “2.8K”, whereby the lower resolution without touch only achieves 60 Hertz. 120 Hertz is only available for the touchscreen. The 15.3-inch model (1.45 kilograms, from 2010 euros) is only available with a “2.8K” resolution and 120 Hertz, but still with or without touch. Both variants are set to arrive in stores in February and are powered by Intel's Core Ultra 200V CPUs.
Yoga Slim 9i
With the Yoga Slim 9i, Lenovo's consumer department has also brought a technically exciting device to CES: the webcam is located under the screen (14-inch, OLED, 4K, 16:10, 120 Hertz), making its edges very slim all around. When the camera is switched on, a circle with a diameter of around one centimeter is switched to black at the top center so that the camera does not record the screen content, but the user and their surroundings in front of the notebook.
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Nevertheless, the pixel grid in front of the lens has a visible effect on the image quality: light sources fray strongly and the colors are generally rather washed out. In this respect, the question arises as to what exactly the benefit is supposed to be. Lenovo has not even taken the opportunity to retire the wide hump at the top edge of the lid, which was once introduced to give webcams more space: As a design element, the pill is still prominently placed on the outside – it just doesn't protrude as far over the edge here as on other current Lenovo notebooks.
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The Yoga Slim 9i weighs just under 1.9 kilograms and is powered by Core Ultra 200V processors. It will be available in February at a price of at least, 2200 euros.
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