Lenovo’s Flex line makes the jump to full hybrid, folds all the way

Lenovo’s Flex line of laptops has always been a bit of a head scratcher. Like the Yoga line that clearly inspired it, the first two generations of Flex featured a dual-hinge design that folded back past 180 degrees. But unlike the Yoga, which could fold all the way over and form a tablet shape, the Flex rather conspicuously stopped at 300 degrees. It was a laptop that could bend backwards into a kiosk mode, but no further.

Frankly, the only real justification for that design seemed to be funnelling buyers into the more expensive Yoga products. That said, the Flex actually made for an excellent budget laptop with decent components, if you ignored its half-hybrid hinge.

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