Lenovo debuts VertiFlex rotating laptop and Smart Motion stand at IFA

Lenovo on Thursday used IFA 2025 in Berlin to unveil two experimental pieces of hardware that rethink how laptops are used: the ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept, a 14 inch notebook with a screen that can rotate from landscape into portrait, and the Smart Motion Concept, a motorized laptop stand that can track a user and reposition a laptop in real time.

Lenovo said the VertiFlex is a proof of concept designed to give users a taller aspect ratio for tasks such as coding, reviewing documents, editing vertical media or browsing social feeds. The company described the prototype as an ultraslim clamshell about 17.9 millimeters thick and roughly 1.39 kilograms, or about 3.06 pounds. Lenovo also highlighted Smart Connect software that can tether phones to the VertiFlex for mirroring or quick drag‑and‑drop file transfers when the display is used vertically.

The Smart Motion Concept, presented by Luca Rossi, president of Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group, is a multidirectional stand that Lenovo said uses a laptop’s camera, microphone and speakers to enable face tracking, voice control and ergonomic reminders. Company materials describe three precision motors that move the stand up, down and...