Lenovo’s Latest Wacky Concepts Include a Laptop With a Built-in Portable Monitor

Julian Chokkattu Gear Mar 1, 2026 6:01 PM Lenovo’s Latest Wacky Concepts Include a Laptop With a Built-In Portable Monitor At MWC 2026, the company also showed off a dual-screen Yoga Book with 3D capabilities, and the Legion Go Fold—a gaming handheld with a folding screen that converts into a mini laptop. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Save this story Save this story Do you like having a second screen with your computer setup? What if your laptop could carry a second screen for you? That’s the idea behind Lenovo’s latest proof of concept, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Lenovo is never shy to show off wacky, weird concept laptops. We’ve seen a PC with a transparent screen , one with a rollable OLED screen , a swiveling screen , and another with a flippy screen . At CES earlier this year, the company showed off a gaming laptop with a display that expands at the push of a button . Sometimes, these concepts turn into real products that go on sale (often in limited quantities). At MWC 2026, Lenovo trotted out three concepts. While it’s unclear whether any of them will become real, purchasable products, there’s some unique utility here, and a peek at how computing experiences could change in the future. A Laptop With a Built-In Portable Screen As someone with a multi-screen setup at home and a fondness for portable monitors, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC appeals to me the most. At first glance, it looks like a normal laptop. Take a look behind, and you’ll notice there’s a second screen magnetically hanging off the back of the laptop, like a koala carrying a baby on its back. The screen is connected to the laptop using pogo-pin connectors, so you can use it in this state to display content to people in front of you, say, if you were making a presentation during a meeting. Alternatively, you can pop this second screen off, remove a hidden kickstand resting under the laptop, and magnetically attach it to the 14-inch screen so that y...