PC Magazine - USA (2020-02)

Thanks to its larger size, though, Horseshoe Bend’s key
feature is its ideal blend of portability and desktop
usefulness. Less than a decade ago, 17-inch desktop
monitors were considered large—now we’ve got the
potential for a 17-inch monitor with an entire PC
behind it that can fold down into the footprint of a 12-
inch tablet.

PROPPING UP
To facilitate this propping up, the Horseshoe Bend
prototype has an integrated kickstand that extends out
from the back. The kickstand runs the full width of the
device, making it appear more like the Microsoft
Surface Pro 7 than the ThinkPad X1 Fold, whose
triangle kickstand is a small part of the protective
leather cover.

Horseshoe Bend uses an OLED display that’s similar to
the smaller foldable screens on the X1 Fold, the Concept
Ori, and even the Samsung Galaxy Fold phone. During a
brief demo at CES, we noticed a bit of discoloration on
the display near where it folds, but that discoloration
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wouldn’t let us bend the Bend ourselves.)

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