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Eighteen months. That’s how long ago Lenovo announced the ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 Gen 1 – or the X1 Fold Gen 2 as it was then called – at IFA 2022. That was at roughly the same time that Asus’ Zenbook 17 Fold (see issue 338, p50) went on sale for £3,300.
Anyone who appreciates fine engineering, however, won’t care a jot. Close the bendable 16in screen and it snaps shut like an Audi door, and the hinge is so sturdy that it always stayed locked at my chosen angle.
As the photos here make clear, the X1 Fold 16 doubles as an all-in-one PC courtesy of a separate stand, can be oriented in portrait or landscape, and works as the world’s most ridiculous tablet. The only thing it can’t do is operate as a standalone monitor.
