This wild new Lenovo laptop has a screen that folds in half and a magnetic keyboard

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This wild new Lenovo laptop has a screen that folds in half and a magnetic keyboard
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Lenovo announced the first Windows laptop with a foldable display on Monday. It's called the ThinkPad X1 Fold and will launch in mid-2020 starting at $2,499.

that will launch before the holidays this year, but has a single display instead of two side-by-side.When it's unfolded, you can use the ThinkPad X1 Fold just like a regular tablet. But, when you need to use it like a laptop computer, you can fold the screen upward and attach a magnetic keyboard. Or, you can just type on a digital keyboard that appears when it's in laptop mode. It also lets you run two apps side by side.

Lenovo said it's using a plastic OLED screen from LG, which means it should be strong enough to fold without being damaged. Still, as we saw with the first iteration of the , sometimes sharp objects can easily damage the fragile folding screens. But, Lenovo is confident enough in the screen that it also supports an Active Pen stylus for drawing or taking notes on the display.The ThinkPad X1 Fold will launch in mid-2020 starting at $2,499. It will also offer 5G support, though wireless connectivity typically costs extra. A special version of

Windows, called Windows 10X that's designed for folding displays, will be released for it "at a later date," Lenovo said.

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