Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Twist Gen 4 convertible review: E-Ink and OLED hybrid

[Redaktion]

What if you could have both a convertible laptop and an eReader all in one? The ThinkBook Plus Twist is a dream come true for bookworms as long as you can accept some caveats.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkBook-Plus-Twist-Gen-4-convertible-review-E-Ink-and-OLED-hybrid.745202.0.html

[Faris Hanafiah]

Normally, I won't care about having 16:9 screen on a laptop. But being a convertible, I don't mind having a 3:2 screen. 3:2 screen might be cramped compared to 16:9 in Landscape mode, but its shorter height in Portrait mode makes a lot of sense for one-handed reading.

[Jonathan Smith]

It's a shame that the reviewer did not include a comparison with the Thinkbook Plus Gen 2.  This is a direct successor of the Gen 2, which also had a 13.3" colour screen and a 12" e-Ink screen, similar battery size, and the same ports.

Key differences include:
- the obvious change in processor
- different approach for switch screens: twist rather than flip
- OLED instead of IPS screen
- colour e-Ink rather than B&W.  It would have good for the reviewer to include the technology used - e.g. is it kalaido 3 ?
- heavier

[Big Bubba]

Wish it was a Thinkpad instead of a Thinkbook. Would be nice to have more ports too. Definitely interesting to see the twist make a comeback, but I struggle to see the use case for this device?

I can't see someone seriously using this as a daily driver given the competition. Feels too gimmicky and more something you buy to play around with or show off hoping for a "wow" factor over the dual screens, but that's just my opinion.

[trivik12]

I would love to own this product but its too expensive. 2800 with 1335u. Hopefully we get this option in future. Would love to have eink screen to read.

[Swizzy]

This is an overpriced toy

[Logoffon]

Any word on other main display configurations for this laptop? OLED and needlessly high resolution are considered a hard pass for me.

[MJ]

There could have been more evaluation on how the e-ink display performs for office productivity work. Many of us have difficulty with regular LCD, and need to use e-ink for all computer tasks.

Personally I have Onyx 12" tablet + Thinkpad X1. The thinkpad can drive the onyx as a second screen, but it does not work that well (underl Linux anyway). What works for me is to use the Onyx and open applications remotely from the PC with X-forwarding.