The first ever Windows foldable is due this summer for $2499, and Lenovo has gone all out to prove that the ThinkPad X1 Fold won’t follow in Samsung’s footsteps<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foldable phones have been grabbing headphones for so long that they almost feel like old news, but folding PCs have gotten a lot less attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That makes a certain amount of sense \u2013 computers haven\u2019t made the same transition to full-screen devices that phones have, and regular laptops have technically covered folding pretty well for a decade or two anyway. That won\u2019t stop companies from wading in and doing their best anyway, and the first to actually bring a foldable PC to market looks to be Lenovo with the ThinkPad X1 Fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We got the chance to play with it at CES 2020 to find out whether Lenovo is ready to raise, or if it\u2019s time to fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Price and availability
\nThe X1 Fold is due out in summer 2020 \u2013 which is still pretty vague \u2013 and will cost the princely sum of $2,499. That\u2019s undeniably an awful lot of money, but with foldable phones like the Galaxy Fold and Motorola Razr hovering around $2000 themselves, dropping two and a half grand on a PC-sized equivalent begins to sound almost reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Design and build: A Fold that won\u2019t fail
\nIf there\u2019s one thing that Lenovo is keen to push with the X1 Fold, it\u2019s essentially that it doesn\u2019t want to be associated with Samsung\u2019s phone of almost-the-same-name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That made headlines for all the wrong reasons when it launched, promptly broke, and had to be re-launched a few months later. By contrast, Lenovo\u2019s message is clear: this thing is sturdy, it\u2019s safe, and it\u2019ll last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s part of why it\u2019s a ThinkPad (Lenovo\u2019s business line) and not a Yoga (the consumer side of the business). ThinkPads are designed for durability, and so the engineering team was able to leverage that expertise here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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