I mean, that demo model looks like a hot mess of ripples and artefacts from this angle.
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Was wondering when someone would finally do it. Rollable phones next, please?
Ever since the first foldable screens were announced in the 2010s, I've had this idea for a cylindrical tube-shaped phone. Tube contains the battery, cameras, buttons, and ports. Pull on a tab and the screen rolls out. Pull a little more, and now the screen is tablet-sized. Like unraveling a roll of film. I could see this design replacing foldables.
The only part I haven't figured out yet is how to make the screen rigid enough for use. Maybe using some sort of chain-link latching system?
Looking forward to the HTC Torah
Maybe get that patent sorted out quickly?
I have a better idea: a laptop screen that is legible on a sunny day
I have an even better idea: A built in webcam that has more an 2 damn pixels
Honest question. Why do you need a selfie camera on a laptop that's more than 2MP? I don't even think Teams/Zoom/Jitsi/etc can stream that much anyway.
I've had times where I need to take a photo of a piece of paper to turn in online for school. You can't read the text if you hold it up to the camera, atleast on my modern laptop.
Also just because it was literally like ~850 bucks (iirc), it should be able to take a decent photo for that insane of a price.
You'd probably be better off using your phone for taking photos of papers. Better camera, better angle/lighting, generally better editing options (with default photo apps, imo Photoshop is overkill for taking a picture of a document, generally I only adjust brightness and contrast). The only downside is needing to get the photo to the laptop, but there's about a million ways to do that depending on your setup.
The built-in cameras use cases are video conferences, so they use the "afterthought" cameras (cheapest they can). I understand your use case, and I agree that the camera quality is shite, never mind the MP count. My 2005 phone shouldn't have had a camera better than my 2024 laptop. Period.
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What the fuck do you even do on a tall scree... Oh its basically a portable vertical monitor
I use dual monitors one on top of each other. If I had this I would simply stack 2 windows.
How expensive is it anyway isn't it just better to get a second monitor if you have to?
Can you make it more ugly and prone to mechanical failure for no gain.
slaps screen
you can fit so much “AI” in this bad boy
More like:
Slaps Screen:
Screen flashes in colors only a Mantis Shrimp can see before folding in half and going black...
A lot of current laptop designs are leaving free space around the battery so more AI can be poured in at a later date, through a dedicated nipple presumably.
The no gain part I'll argue against. Having two browser windows open and getting to see both would be really nice a ton of times. Or one browser and a document/pdf whatever.
Like having a Netflix show running up top while doing work on the bottom half. Or writing a paper while having reference material open and visible. Or simply just reading an article without having to scroll as often.
Usage wise, a tall screen would have tons of usage. I just wouldn't pay an extra $2,000+ for the privilage of it. I'd definitely pay like an extra 20% or so to have it, though.
I have a lenovo external usb-c monitor.
I love it. Use it every day. It's great.
I'd never buy this rolling screen gimmick.
I'd never want to carry around a 2nd monitor or find a place to set it when using a "lap"top. A 2nd monitor is great for a desktop.
That's fine, you do you and all that.
The thing is, laptops haven't been "lap"tops for many years. Many workplaces have infrastructure where you carry your laptop around and dock it into your desktop monitors & peripherals at your desk.
I personally really like to work at our public library. In my backpack I have the laptop, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It's a really great set up and I can be just as productive as I am in my home office.
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Bring back the trackpoint you bastards !
They didn't take the TrackPoint away, did they?!
Edit: They really did... Way to kill a brand guys. I blame every goddamn tech journalist who wanted it gone, fuck you so much.
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And the three buttons!
I want a laptop with a trackpoint, keyboard with good (like Model M) key travel and resistance (and water resilience too), color e-ink display (preferably 5:4 or 4:3 screen ratio) with good refresh rate, everything removable, 5G modem, GPIO, additional SSD slot, good set and amount of interfaces (not an Apple fan), and - important - chassis and hinges not made of shit.
Just in case somebody from Lenovo is lurking here.
like Model M
Imagine a laptop with a low-profile buckling spring keyboard... just click-clacking away in Starbucks, annoying everyone around you but you don't care because you have the greatest keyboard ever
They can be silent too, so not even that problem.
Also where I sometimes go with a laptop, nobody will hear the click-clacking.
Not to mention it would weigh about 2kg more than a normal laptop due to the steel plates.
I totally wouldn't mind that. My daily driver keyboard is an XT Model F lmao
Can they make laptops with hinges that don't break?
To be fair, Lenovo also made the ThinkPad. You could throw those down a flight of stairs and they wouldn't break
Source: I once dropped a thinkpad down a flight of stairs.
Thank you for reminding me of Thinkpads. I'd like to track down a used or refurbished one for home use to survive kiddos
Meh I reckon 75% of that was IBM. I also had an ideapad that would survive literally nothing
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Seems like a cool idea, but those screens aren't really ready for this type of prime time.
Foldable phone screens have been around for 5 years, flexible screens longer than that. The tech has been around and ready there's just not heavy adoption yet.
It seems ideal for wristwear.
It's been around, and is ready for some implementations, but it's not ready for prime time, and, IMO, a $3400 laptop is prime time.
Lenovo is really good at turning the coolest technology into absolutely useless laptops.
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