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At CES 2023, Lenovo announced its latest take on the rotating display laptop, with the ThinkBook Plus Twist.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Twist does exactly what it sounds like. The display can twist around and be used with the laptop closed. It has a rotating dual display. With one side being a 2.8K OLED display, an an e-ink display on the other side, which could be good for taking notes.
Lenovo thinks that this can reinvent the flexible workstyle that we’ve come to adopt since 2020. Whether you’re working at home, in the office, or elsewhere.
The ThinkBook Plus Twist sports up to 13th Gen Intel Core processors, up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, up to 1TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD and Intel Integrated graphics. It also sports a 13.3-inch 2.8K OLED display with touchscreen. With a 12-inch e-Ink touch screen on the other side that does support pen. It also has a 56Whr battery inside.
The ThinkBook 16p (Gen 4) is the most powerful ThinkBook yet
Lenovo is also announcing the ThinkBook 16p (Gen 4), which the company claims is the most powerful ThinkBook yet. It’s also the first redesign of the portfolio’s performance models and has been designed with a better end user experience in mind. That includes support for Magic Bay solutions.
The specs for the ThinkBook 16p (Gen 4) include up to a 16-inch 3.2K IPS 120Hz display with Dolby Vision support. There’s also up to 13th Gen Intel Core H-series processors inside, up to 32GB DDR5 RAM, up to 2x 1TB PCIe SSD, and NVIDIA GeForce Next Gen for Graphics.
There’s plenty of ports on this one too, with two USB-A, two USB-C a HDMI, SD card reader and a headphone jack.
Lenovo’s new Magic Bay products are pretty neat
Rounding out this announcement, Lenovo has also announced a few new products in the Magic Bay line. This includes the Magic Bay 4K Webcam, Light, and LTE. Basically, the ThinkBook 16p (Gen 4) has pogo pins at the top of the laptop. Which allows you to attach any of these accessories to them. Giving you an easy solution for grab and go, for virtual meetings, and even a hotspot for when you’re traveling.
The Magic Bay 4K Webcam is able to stream in 4K 30fps, giving you a pretty good video quality, also great for using with streaming over Twitch, or YouTube. The Magic Bay Light can help give you better lighting for virtual meetings. And of course the Magic Bay LTE, will give you LTE internet when you’re on the go.
Pricing & Availability
Lenovo has announced that the ThinkBook Plus Twist will start at $1,649 and be available starting in June 2023. While the ThinkBook 16p Gen 4 will be available starting in May 2023, and start at $1,349.
The Magic Bay accessories are going to be made exclusive to the ThinkBook 16p Gen 4, and prices have not yet been announced. Nor has the availability, but we’d expect it to be available around May, around the time of the ThinkBook 16p Gen 4 being made available.