Lenovo’s foldable PC is the ThinkPad X1 Fold, starts at $2,499

In May at IFA 2019, Lenovo previewed what it called “the world’s first foldable PC.” But the product didn’t have a name, price tag, or ship date (just 2020). We only knew it was part of Lenovo’s flagship ThinkPad X1 line and that it would arrive in 2020. At CES 2020, Lenovo shared a bit more. It’s called the ThinkPad X1 Fold. Lenovo is claiming the device is “the first fully functional PC with a folding OLED display.” The ThinkPad X1 Fold will start at $2,499, but we still don’t have a ship date — Lenovo is now saying “mid 2020.”

Foldable PCs already exist — they’re called laptops. Lenovo is of course describing a PC where the screen itself can be folded, similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huawei’s Mate X smartphones. CES 2020 is full of these PCs as hardware makers have decided that this is the year they’ll start to show up.