Neglect flip telephones, Lenovo’s newest idea is a flip laptop computer

Lenovo has a historical past of displaying off bizarre and attention-grabbing new product concepts at commerce exhibits. Bear in mind the laptop computer with the rollable show from just a few years in the past? This yr at MWC it is doing the identical factor, with a bunch of distinctive, enjoyable, and downright foolish concepts, a few of which may inform designs and choices for future merchandise.

There are just a few themes for Lenovo at MWC 2025. In traditional Lenovo trend, a few of them need to do with discovering methods to offer you extra display screen actual property whenever you’re utilizing a laptop computer. Others have extra to do with eco-friendliness, whereas others nonetheless, as you would possibly anticipate, are constructed to make the most of generative AI.

Give me extra display screen

The central theme to most of Lenovo’s idea concepts has to do with getting extra display screen from a standard laptop computer. Maybe essentially the most distinctive idea for that comes within the type of the ThinkBook Flip AI PC Idea, which could seem like a traditional laptop computer from the entrance however has a complete second display screen that may fold up from behind the primary one. Primarily, that turns the highest of your laptop computer display screen right into a hinge that connects the 2 sides of the display screen. When folded out, the display screen has an enormous 18.1-inch show – and whereas it’s just a little unsteady on a desk, that could possibly be fastened with just a little kickstand or one thing.

The fold-out show can be utilized in different methods. For instance, it may be used as a second display screen to indicate others what you are viewing in your laptop computer, or it means that you can use the laptop computer as a pill when closed.

It wasn’t the one display screen extension idea that Lenovo confirmed off. The corporate additionally confirmed off a dual-screen attachment that connects to its Magic Bay connector. The attachment principally provides two extra screens to the laptop computer, with one on both facet of your important laptop computer display screen. A smaller model of this idea provides one 8-inch show to the facet of the display screen, excellent for issues like chat apps.

A Tamagotchi in your laptop computer

My private favourite idea, nevertheless, had nothing to do with getting extra show house out of your laptop computer. As a substitute, it leverages the Magic Bay connector used for that dual-screen accent so as to add a tiny companion gadget known as Tiko to the highest of your display screen.

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So what can Tiko do in addition to simply look cute? Properly, not a complete lot – wanting cute is form of the purpose. However it will probably use your webcam to work together with you whenever you do issues like wave at it or give it a thumbs up.

Nevertheless, if you happen to’re on the lookout for usefulness, maybe extra acceptable is the Tico Professional accent. This accent eliminates the traditional Tico gadget’s cuteness and exhibits always-on data by way of widgets on the display screen. It will probably show a clock or calendar occasions, nevertheless it can be used as a teleprompter or to indicate notes for a gathering.

Different idea

Different Lenovo ideas revolved round completely different concepts. For instance, the corporate confirmed off a laptop computer with a photo voltaic panel on the lid, which it says is among the many most power-efficient photo voltaic panels and can provide you two hours of video playback after charging. There are challenges related to this concept, like warmth, particularly if you happen to put your laptop computer in direct daylight, which might impression its longevity and efficiency, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a cool method so as to add some eco-friendliness to a laptop computer.

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Final however not least, Lenovo additionally continued to indicate off 3D screens. Nevertheless, new for this yr is the truth that it has developed a know-how that means that you can place each 3D and 2D content material on the display screen on the similar time. That signifies that except you are viewing 3D content material, the display screen will simply seem like a traditional show. However with 3D content material on the display screen, it’s going to add extra depth to that content material. 3D and 2D content material may be on the display screen on the similar time, so you may have a window of one thing in 3D alongside all of your different regular 2D home windows.

No matter if any of those ideas make it to client merchandise, I’m glad Lenovo continues to be displaying off its experiments. I simply want extra corporations had been keen to take action