A MWC 2023 (Mobile World Congress) takes place between February 27 and March 02, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. Aimed at launching and displaying new products that should hit the market soon, many brands are participating in the face-to-face edition that took place again after 4 years. One of them is Lenovo, who showed off his new notebook that has a roll-up screen which changes from 12,7 inches to 15,3 inches in just one second. 4mv3j
The company also took advantage of its age to also display a smartphone concept with the same type of screen, but both still do not have an expectation of arrival on the market. See the first details right now.
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Called by its manufacturer Lenovo Rollable Laptop, was quoted during a presentation to journalists from the MWC 2023 that your concept has a 4:3 aspect ratio when “normal” size. The screen magnification time is 10 seconds. Check out:
When the screen is completely unrolled, this changes to 8:9, which is basically two 16:9 aspect ratio screens, one on top of the other. These are resolutions and sizes: when it is at its normal size: 12,7 inches with 2K resolution (2024 x 1604). In moments with the expanded screen, the size goes up to 15,3 inches with 2,5K resolution (2024 x 2368).
The roll-up screen is provided by Sharp and the mechanism can be activated by means of a button located on the right side of the notebook for the to define the best size for the activity he is doing at the moment. The screen only rolls upwards and not sideways. Resistance data were not reported by Lenovo, but this should be disclosed when the model hits the market definitively.
The finish is made of metal and when its screen is “normal size”, it can easily be seen as a traditional notebook.
This isn't the first time that Lenovo has innovated in the notebook market. During CES 2023, the company presented the ThinkPad X1 Fold Gen 2, the first notebook with a flexible display that measures 16,3 inches when fully opened.
O Lenovo Rollable Laptop still does not have a certain date to be released on the market, but it is expected to be sold soon. The price is another question about the device that we still don't have an answer to, but it is expected that more information will be released over the months of 2023.
Motorola Rizr resurfaces in smartphone with roll-up screen 1s4r5y
The line Rizr from Motorola was on the international market between 2006 and 2008 as an alternative to the line's Razr and, at the time, it had a button that slid the keyboard for sending messages and other activities. In 2023, the Lenovo decided to revive the model by presenting a smartphone with a roll-up screen that changes the screen size from 5 to 6,5 inches at the push of a simple button. See this GIF:
The concept is very simple: just press the button located in the right corner and wait for the screen to increase in size. Lenovo also put in a feature that changes the size of the display depending on the application that is playing at the moment. Whether this will be customizable or not remains to be seen, but we hope so.
The aspect ratio of the screen, when unrolled, is 22:9 and details about the resolution were not shared by the company. Already talking about the camera and speaker, both items are “hidden” under the screen in the upper region when the display is unfolded. The rear has two rear cameras and the model also fits in the palm of the hand.
Data on resistance, amount of “unrolls” the screen s and price were not shared. In fact, the company pretty much avoided any question that talked about a possible launch of this smartphone with a rollable screen on the market.
The company is using MWC 2023 to test its new products to find out how the public will accept them and, in a second moment, to study the launch of the presented concepts. We can only wait for more information.
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With information: The Verge l PC Mag
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