The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, the Asus Zenbook 17 OLED Fold, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold—it’s pretty clear from their names that these are all foldable devices. Which is perhaps why the Nokia PureBook Fold is such an oddity, as despite the naming scheme, it’s not actually a foldable device, and pretty far from it too.
The Nokia PureBook Fold is instead an entry-level 2-in-1 laptop, with the only reason I can imagine justifying the ‘Fold’ moniker being the fact that it can be ‘folded’ to use in tablet mode—you know, like almost any other 2-in-1 laptop that doesn’t call itself a fold. Silly naming scheme aside, the laptop screen does indeed have a 360° hinge so you can use it as a tablet, laptop or propped up as its own display for watching content.
And speaking of the display, the PureBook Fold comes with a 14.1-inch, FHD IPS touchscreen display with a peak brightness of 250nits, running at a standard 60Hz. Under the hood meanwhile is an Intel Pentium Silver N6000 processor, a Jasper Lake-era processor that was already pretty weak when it launched early last year. However, what it has going for it is its low power consumption at just 6W TDP.
This gets mated to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of the unfortunately slow eMMC storage. At the very least, there’s a microSD card slot for additional storage. It also comes with Windows 11 out of the box. Powering it all is a 38Wh battery, and you’ll find a 45W power adapter in the box too. The entire chassis weighs roughly 1.66kg and measures 18.6mm thick. Elsewhere, the PureBook Fold also features a 1MP webcam, a pair of 1W speakers as well as two USB-C 3.2 ports, a USB-A 3.0 port and a 3.5mm audio jack.
It’s perhaps worth mentioning that despite the Nokia branding, it’s not exactly a Nokia device. Instead, the PureBook Fold is made by OFF Global, a French company that holds the international license to manufacture Nokia laptops. That also perhaps explains why the PureBook Fold is only available in France for now, priced at €549 (~RM2,446.51). It’s not particularly powerful but it is somewhat cheap, though if you don’t need the 2-in-1 convertible feature you could definitely find more capable laptops at that price range.
