Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold (13.3-Inch, 2020)

Innovative design ; Feels robust ; Beautiful OLED screen ; Highly portable

Cramped keyboard and touchpad ; Clunky performance ; Accessories cost extra

Bendable screen works Keyboard has surprisingly comfortable keys

Very expensive Keyboard costs extra and saps tablet's battery Windows sucks without a keyboard and cursor Mode switching is finicky

I’m having a hard time recommending anyone buy the X1 Fold. I don’t want to diminish Lenovo’s achievement here -- it’s impressive that the company managed to make a foldable PC that it’s ready to roll out to the public. But as is the case with many...

Let’s recap the basics of the ThinkPad X1 Fold. Announced at CES 2020 (in those last, innocent weeks before the United States went into pandemic lockdown), it is still the world’s only foldable PC.

Foldable screen! ; Beautifully built and durable ; Vibrant 2K OLED display

Poor battery life ; Keyboard and touchpad are tiny (and cost extra) ; Starts at $2,499

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold is the world’s first foldable PC. It’s a beautiful, super cool product with plenty of potential — but it has a few issues, and it also costs $2,499.

Revolutionary foldable screen ; Nifty optional wireless keyboard with inductive charging ; Luxurious built-in leather cover ; Integrated kickstand ; Optional LTE connectivity ; Meets MIL-SPEC durability standards

Expensive ; Sluggish computing performance ; Clumsy, limited software ; Some awkward design elements ; Mediocre battery life ; Lacks a rear camera

Lenovo's durable ThinkPad X1 Fold, with its detachable keyboard and revolutionary foldable screen, is the most futuristic Windows device of 2020—though far from the most practical one.

Truly innovative design ; Luxurious, durable materials ; Superb build quality ; Breathtaking flexible OLED display ; Supports stylus and a clever mini keyboard

Poor battery life ; Middling performance ; Some annoying software quirks ; It costs $2,500 without the accessories

The ThinkPad X1 Fold, the world's first foldable PC, ushers in a new era of computing

Anyone who sees the ThinkPad X1 Fold will be impressed. It's like nothing else out there. It's a revolutionary piece of kit. But it might not always be practical due to the the reflective quality of the POLED display, the small-scale design and the...

interesting concept stable folding mechanism good image quality high color-space coverage optionally with 5G modem operation is almost always silent

OLED with low brightness and PWM low performance poor input devices cumbersome to use poor software support from Windows short battery life no maintenance options expensive

The concept of the new ThinkPad X1 Fold certainly has its charm: Versatile use as a tablet, laptop, or folded as a book. Both the (thick) magnesium alloy case and the folding mechanism leave a very stable impression, and you can't see the crease in...