Announced at MWC 2026, Lenovo’s ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept has modular ports and an interchangeable secondary display that attaches with magnets.
One of Lenovo’s big laptop concepts for MWC 2026 is a modular ThinkBook with two screens. Officially called the ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept, the proof-of-concept is a 14-inch productivity machine with two plug-and-play interchangeable ports and a second 14-inch display magnetically attached to the rear of its lid.
The second display is removable, and can be propped up on a magnetic kickstand and plugged in via USB-C. But this concept PC has one more trick: removing the keyboard / trackpad deck and replacing it with the second screen, turning the whole thing into a dual-screen laptop you use with the keyboard and trackpad connected via Bluetooth — like the Asus Zenbook Duo. This whole concept had me at modular ports. The options Lenovo showed off for this concept included USB-C, USB-A, and HDMI options — not nearly the expansive ecosystem that Framework has established. But, if this ever comes to market, it’s at least a start. Unlike Framework, the hotswap ports use an M.2 interface to connect to the laptop, instead of USB-C. But they were super easy to pull out and pop back in, and Lenovo also showed a cute little carry case to bring a couple ports with you. Aside from the two modular ports, the ThinkBook concept has one permanent USB-C for charging or plugging in the second monitor. The ports seemed cool enough, but Lenovo pulled a Lenovo and got wacky with all these second-screen theatrics too. Those screens are both touch-compatible OLEDs with 16:10 4K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 500 nits of brightness. Other prospective specs include an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H Arrow Lake processor, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Who knows if this will ever get made, but I have one inkling of why it might not: the battery. The ThinkBook Modular has just a 33Wh battery to power all this hardware. That’s significantly smaller than even a 13-inch MacBook Air, and it’s got not one but two high-res power hungry OLEDs. I’m concerned this laptop would have anemic battery life, at least in this current thin-and-light incarnation . But maybe Lenovo could surprise us in another year or so, and release one of these with a bigger battery or a chip that sips power. Even if it ditched the second OLED, it’d still be intriguing — because who wouldn’t want to pick their own ports? Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
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