The price is worth a couple inches - Lenovo ThinkPad Gen 6 Rollable

Quick Overview

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable laptop is a gimmicky but ultimately compelling device whose main outcome is that its unique 16.7-inch extendable OLED display functions well for productivity tasks, achieving 9 hours and 17 minutes of battery life in a retracted state, though it performs poorly in demanding gaming scenarios like Cyberpunk 2077.

Key Points: The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable features a 14-inch 2000x1600 (5:4) display that mechanically rolls out to become a 16.7-inch 2000x2350 (8:9) display. The device is powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor (8C/8T, 4P+4LPE cores) and includes 32GB of LPDDR5X memory at 8533MT/s. Battery endurance testing showed 9 hours and 17 minutes in the retracted screen mode and 9 hours and 14 minutes in the extended screen mode, significantly outlasting the ASUS Zenbook Duo (8h 06m) in video playback tests. Gaming performance is weak; Cyberpunk 2077 on 'Best Looking Preset' (DX11) achieved 128 FPS average (101% 1% Low) when the display was retracted, but performance dropped to 52 FPS average (47% 1% Low) when fully extended. The keyboard is shallow, which the reviewer disliked, but the 2x 2W stereo speakers tuned by Harman Kardon sounded surprisingly good, vibrating slightly at peak volume. The screen's rollable mechanism utilizes a tiny string/ribbon cable wrapped around a wheel underneath the mainboard to manage the extension, and the reviewer found the resulting crease in the display noticeable when viewing content like video. The laptop is priced at $3299 for the configuration reviewed.

Context: The video provides a hands-on review and teardown of the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable laptop, a novel device featuring a unique mechanical rollable display that expands the screen size from 14 inches to 16.7 inches. The reviewer, Linus Sebastian, unboxes the device, examines its internal components during a partial teardown to assess repairability and component layout, and performs initial performance tests focusing on display usage, battery life, and gaming.