{"id":7216,"date":"2023-02-26T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/26\/lenovos-rollables-are-a-compelling-unfinished-pitch-for-the-future\/"},"modified":"2023-02-26T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T23:00:00","slug":"lenovos-rollables-are-a-compelling-unfinished-pitch-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/26\/lenovos-rollables-are-a-compelling-unfinished-pitch-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo\u2019s rollables are a compelling, unfinished pitch for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The last time I was at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2019, foldables were the new hotness in town. Samsung had announced<\/a> \u2014 but not released \u2014 its first Galaxy Fold, and Huawei showed off a foldable of its own at the show \u2014 the Mate X<\/a>. Four years and one pandemic later, and Lenovo is back at the same show to make a pitch for a subtly different kind of future, one where laptop and smartphone screens alike can gradually expand to offer more screen real-estate, rather than needing to be completely unfolded like books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I was treated to a first-hand look at both devices, which were first<\/a> teased<\/a> by the company last October. There\u2019s a rollable laptop, and a rollable smartphone which Lenovo is currently branding as a Motorola device (Lenovo acquired the phone brand almost a decade ago in 2014<\/a>). But Lenovo is emphasizing that both are early proof of concept devices, and representatives wouldn\u2019t answer any of my questions about when they might be released to the public, or how much they might cost when they do. I didn\u2019t even get a chance to hold the devices for myself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But both of them offer an interesting glimpse at how transforming screens might influence the future of phones and laptops alike, and highlight the kinds of functionality that might be possible once you leave behind the idea of a screen as an immovable flat object.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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