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At CES 2026, Lenovo is announcing yet another new concept laptop with a transforming screen: the ThinkPad Rollable XD Concept. It’s a ThinkPad, complete with its iconic red TrackPoint nub, but it features a flexible OLED display that wraps around to the outer part of its lid. Slide your finger along the folded spin of its touchscreen, and the laptop vertically expands from a 13.3-inch display to a taller 15.9-inch screen — offering more screen real estate for productivity work. It’s a bit like Lenovo’s already released ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 rollable, but the screen and motors are all in the lid as opposed to tucking the display into the chassis.
By wrapping the screen around the lid, you get a bit of usable exterior-facing workspace. When closed, the ThinkPad XD can display touch-friendly widgets on its lid. And giving it a knock will extend the display slightly, lengthening the lid to make opening it easier. The glass covering the outward-facing touchscreen and curved spine at the top of the lid is made of Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, and the seethrough portion of the lid showcases the mechanics of the rollable screen.
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