HP Working on a 17-Inch Laptop With Foldable OLED Display: Report

HP might reveal this laptop later this year or during CES 2023.

By Siddhant Chandra | Updated: 19 April 2022 17:29 IST

HP Working on a 17-Inch Laptop With Foldable OLED Display: Report

Photo Credit: Lenovo

Lenovo recently released the laptop that has a foldable display

Highlights

HP will source the OLED screen from LG Display
SK IE Technology will supply the PI film for these displays
This rumoured HP laptop might have a limited release

HP is allegedly working on a 17-inch laptop that will sport a foldable OLED display. This laptop could debut later this year or arrive in time for CES 2023. A new report from South Korea suggests that SK IE Technology has acquired the exclusive order for supplying the flexible polyimide (PI) films to HP. These films are expected to be used to cover the flexible display of the rumoured HP foldable laptop. The PI films were first utilised by Samsung to protect the screens of the original Galaxy Z Fold handset.

According to the report from The Elec, SK IE Technology has bagged the deal to be the exclusive supplier of the PI films to HP. These films will be used by LG Display in foldable OLED panels that it will manufacture for HP. SK IE Technology is expected to supply up to 10,000 units of the films with LG planning to deliver thousands of foldable LEDs to HP starting from the third quarter of 2022.

As mentioned earlier, this supposed HP laptop could sport a 17-inch OLED display which would fold down to 11 inches. The display might have a 4K (3,840x2,160 pixels) resolution. The flexible OLED display which might be used for this laptop was revealed earlier this year during CES 2022. It is a touchscreen that also supports stylus input. The limited order of OLED displays and its stylus support is believed to indicate that this rumoured HP laptop could see a limited release aimed at creative professionals. HP has not released any official information regarding this laptop.

The foldable laptops market segment is relatively new and has seen only a few releases so far. A couple of notable foldable laptops in recent times include the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold and the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold.

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Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED UX9702 Laptop

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Value for Money

Good
Good build quality
Excellent OLED display
Very good speakers
Snappy system performance
Flexible usage modes

Bad
Very thick when folded, a bit heavy
Flimsy Bluetooth keyboard, no backlit keys
Very expensive

Read detailed Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED UX9702 review

Display size 17.30-inch

Display resolution 2560x1920 pixels

Touchscreen Yes

Processor Core i7

RAM 16GB

OS Windows 11

SSD 1TB

Weight 1.65 kg

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold Laptop

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display size 13.30-inch

Display resolution 2048x1536 pixels

Touchscreen Yes

RAM 8GB

OS Windows 10

Weight 1.00 kg

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