MWC 2024 – Lenovo unveils a laptop PC with transparent screen

Like CES, MWC provides manufacturers with an opportunity to showcase their technological know-how. For this 2024 session, Lenovo hit hard with a product that leaked a few weeks ago: a laptop with a transparent screen.

Named ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept, this new monster of innovation is equipped with a 17.3-inch Micro-Led panel. Totally transparent, but also without borders, the latter blends completely into the landscape.

By combining high color saturation, a “exceptional contrast” and a brightness of 1000 nits, the brand claims to be able to offer a “optimal visibility” at all times, whether indoors or outdoors.

Still at the prototype stage, this atypical screen concedes a first weakness: a display limited to 720p. Lenovo promises to redouble its efforts in this area, and indicates that it is working on a model with 2K definition.

However, the company is not limited to this innovation. Indeed, the area bringing together the keyboard and the trackpad is also original. We end up with a simple touchscreen glass surface, which can also be used as a graphics tablet using a stylus.

The brand’s press release ends with a brief mention of artificial intelligence: “AI, combined with transparent displays, will open new ways of interacting with data and applications, providing the opportunity to develop new features and form factors”.