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This month, meet the first folding tablet, LG’s 48-inch OLED TV, and the world’s finest

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Lenovo is preparing to launch what it’s touting as “the world’s first foldable PC”. The result of a four-year collaboration with LG Display, and first unveiled as a prototype last summer, the ThinkPad X1 Fold is a (literally) flexible device that marries advanced multimedia capability with smartphone portability.

Built with lightweight alloys/carbon fibre and sheathed in a smart leather cover, it can be folded out flat into tablet form, its vivid 13.3inch OLED display and Dolby Audio technology making it a dream for watching movies or box sets on the go. Or, if you need to do some work, you can fold it into a right angle, flip down the optional Fold Stand and use it like a laptop, Lenovo’s mode-switching software automatically adapting to your changing needs.

You can split the display between apps for multi-tasking – for example, you could take a video call on one side and type a Word document on the other. And for added convenience, there’s even a wirelessly charged Bluetooth keyboard built in, so you can still type easily even when you have it opened flat, to use the full 13-inch space for documents.

As yet, Lenovo hasn’t shared the full spec, but we do know that the ThinkPad X1 Fold is powered by Intel Core processors, always connected (hopefully with 5G), and offers around 11 hours of battery life. Will it be a success? It’s no open and shut case, but we’ll be able to judge for ourselves when it releases..

“The ThinkPad X1 Fold will hopefully be the best of both tablet and laptop in one very cool body” Matt Bolton

If you want to create a full home office set-up, you can connect a full-size keyboard, and mouse to the X1 Fold, and even a monitor via its two USB Type-C ports. Plugging Lenovo’s device into a monitor will charge it at the same time.