The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable is a crazy concept made real

A little more than two years ago Lenovo teased a concept laptop with a rollable screen that could expand and contract with the touch of a button. And now at CES 2025, the company has turned that idea into a reality with the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. Remarkably, Lenovo’s new device looks incredibly similar to what the company demoed in the past. The laptop features a flexible 14-inch OLED display that can unfurl itself to become a 16.7-inch panel at the touch of a button.
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[@deeznattz]

I think this is the first ever rollable tech that you can actually buy. Very cool

[@dyrnenorka]

no you can not buy this LENOVO ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable (its only a concept a total prototype)

[@stone34]

Cool idea, I love more vertical space. I'd be worried about the motors inside breaking that raise the screen. And the keyboard doesn't look that great but I'd have to get my hands on it first to decide.

[@dafly46543]

That's pretty cool and actually useful. I'm sure theirs a lot of bugs they need to work out of this, but that's pretty impressive.

[@stavothegoose721]

Make it detachable like the surface laptop with its own integrated battery and be able to use in landscape with a kickstand then it would be ideal.

[@mpweddingfilms1]

This screen is perfect for video editing

[@anfas184]

cool ASF for coding, mate. I am gonna give it a go

[@ashwinsri]

Landscape rollable display would be more useful rather than this portrait implementation dont you think ?

[@CherlynnLow]

personally would prefer that, yes!!

[@njdotson]

For me, I think it might be better vertical because browsing and writing in documents is usually better vertically. I think split screens will look more normal on this vertical display compared to a wide one

[@jcfawerd]

@@njdotson Agree, I like to program on vertical screen

[@MrJB8383]

no

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

A laptop with a rollable screen? Perfect for those who want to check their emails like a royal decree-just don't forget the court jester to read them aloud!

[@mohamedfayed8013]

first laptop to be happy you touch it . 😂

[@thomasb427]

Awesome!

[@theachilles96]

It’s a cool concept, but I’m sure they are just testing this out to implement a landscape feature instead . Definitely would be useful for extending horizontally especially for smaller laptops .

[@SubstituteRealitiesChannel]

In my mind, I kind of wish it goes a little higher so that we can have a mobile pinball or play some TATE mode games. haha

[@emremutlu44]

Weird. Tell me about life expectancy of that mechanism.

[@Regirs]

All for it but it would need to be waaayy wider for it to be sensible

[@bromoboy]

it looks like it increases almost twice the display size but only 14 inch to 16 inch ??????

[@afterglow5285]

I can only imagine the faces of my coworkers when, in the middle of a meeting, my screen suddenly enlarges. =====D

[@bradavon]

It would've better if ut rolled horizontally instead of vertically.

[@kaibrunnenG]

No. Most people don't use laptop for gaming. Stretching your screen horizontally won't make your video any larger.

[@ashwinsri]

@@kaibrunnenG agreed but it would help in eliminating top and bottom black bars giving the screen more beautiful look when consuming multimedia

[@hakim6933]

Why?

[@a_pifagor]

When you prefer to watch KZbin shorts instead of working.

[@arthurs7882]

WHY IS THIS MOTORIZED?

[@TheDanielsweden]

100% that thing tracks your eyes to se where you look and for how long to sell. the IR sensor on that is going nuts

[@chrishb7074]

Or is it just pleased to see you

[@jocelynsimmons]

It's a fun experimental showpiece, but I wouldn't pay actual money for it.

[@geew140]

It glitch in this video..hmmm

[@nicollokhumalo2826]

I can't help thinking, 'who asked for this?'

[@TheBossStudioZ]

People who wants more screen estate, people who buys dual screen laptops this is innovation my friend

[@SirW0nka]

@@TheBossStudioZ it's clearly not. Rollable displays have been around for a few years already and this is by far the worst implementation I've seen. Anyone needing a large screen can just get an LG Gram, which still packs a larger screen while still being thinner and lighter, and with a larger battery size, and cheaper. You're even getting an OLED touchscreen on some models. And that's just one example.

[@TheBossStudioZ]

@@SirW0nka your reasoning is same as getting a bigger phone rather buying a fold. People want small physical device, rather than carrying a bigger one. This is first-gen product, I think we odd to be more open minded to innovation, shouldnt we?

[@MichaelGGarry]

Programmers.

[@MichaelGGarry]

@@SirW0nka The LG Gram is *Wider*, people like programmers want *taller*.

[@8bitchiptune420]

Autobots, ROLL OUT!

[@ThePaper1]

*undertale lesser dog meme* looking laptop 😂

[@M.i.L.F_and_Coffee]

I need more quality working RAM, if possible 40 core build in it, BUT not a fycking chewingum display, WTF ?

[@jingwang4652]

This looks so odd and useless to me, plus rolling means more mechanics, more weight and less reliable. Why not spending $100 and get a decent 14"/16" portable display?

[@bradavon]

Can you also mention metric weights, only the USA uses Pounds in this way.

[@bradavon]

Men made this 😂

[@randallmckenny5194]

I can imagine the repair shop’s nightmare when these show up with the screens stuck, unable to roll.

[@abu5shm617]

for real its useless and does not worth 3500$

[@dotcomGone]

Concept.

[@bradavon]

1.6Kg is a tonne.

[@8bitchiptune420]

No, 1.6kg is 3.5 pounds.

[@andydj261]

utter bs screen

[@oommcc]

Is this good for pornhub? Let's face it, internet is about google, youtube and pornhub. Someone told me that apparently there are other websites... yeah right...

[@adonisbrom9654]

Абсолютно бесполезная хрень!