Typically when I travel I have two devices, a laptop for my series work and a tablet for watching movies, etc. The reason is that my laptop needs to be small enough for the tray table, but give me adequate performance to get some work done, and of course a tablet takes up far less space so I can enjoy a snack or drink while watching a movie. Lenovo wants to solve that problem with their ThinkPad X1 Fold 16, which essentially is a 16-inch OLED tablet that you can fold into a 12-inch laptop. This is made possible by the foldable OLED display, which seems pretty futuristic the first time you fold it up. Under the hood we have an Intel Core i7-1260U processor, 32GB of memory, and a 1TB hard drive. Is this the ultimate 2-in-1 device or does it fall short? Read on as we find out!
Special thanks to Lenovo for providing us with the ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 to review.
ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 Specifications
CPU: Intel Core i7-1260U
Memory: 16GB LPDDR5
Graphics/GPU: Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics
Display: 16.3-inch diagonal 2560×2024 folding OLED touchscreen
Storage: 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD
Webcam: 1440p webcam with IR camera
Connectivity: 2x Thunderbolt 4, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2
Networking: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, optional 5G mobile data
Biometrics: Windows Hello facial recognition, fingerprint reader
Battery capacity: 48 watt-hour + 16 watt-hour dual battery (base model has single 48 watt-hour battery)
Dimensions: 6.94 x 10.87 x 0.69 inches (folded, screen only).
Weight: 2.89 pounds (screen only) up to 4.27 pounds (with keyboard and kickstand)
Price as Tested: $3899.99
Prices start at: $1902.40
Packaging & Accessories
The ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 came to us in a pretty simple box that just said ThinkPad on it. Opening it up we found some accessories inside as well as a smaller box that actually has the X1 Fold 16 inside.
As far as accessories go you do get the keyboard and kickstand combo, a power adapter, Lenovo Precision Pen, battery for the pen, a USB-C to USB-C cable for charging the keyboard, and a quick start guide. For those wondering the power adapter is 65W so if you had a smaller 65W wall adapter you could use that as the power connection is Type-C.
The keyboard looks very much like your standard ThinkPad keyboard with its chiclet-style keys. It is quite thin though so do not expect a lot of key travel. The touchpad is very small too. For all of those ThinkPad purists out there you still get the red ThinkPad trackpoint and there is an integrated fingerprint reader. The keyboard attaches to the stand magnetically and the stand of course is made to support the X1 fold in both horizontal and vertical orientations.
The Pen that comes with the X1 Fold 16 is the Precision Pen which offers 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity for natural writing and sketching, along with a 400 days battery life. It magnetically attaches to edge of the X1 Fold 16 quite easily.
