[prmoustache]

I'd argue that given the max angle of the screen it cannot be used on your lap comfortably unless your eyes are on your navel. Hence it would be a battery powered portable pc and not a laptop.

[shakna]

The TRS 80 Model 100 is regularly called "the first laptop". You'd disagree with that.

Where's the line? Is a CHIP or M5 Cardputer portable or laptop?

Is it the hinge needed? In which case is a folding phone, a phone, laptop, or tablet?

(Not meaning to be aggressive. Curious about the fuzzy definition. Wanting to be convinced.)

[reaperducer]

I'd argue that given the max angle of the screen it cannot be used on your lap

I'd argue that the two years I spent using it as a laptop, largely on my lap, says it works fine.

I also used it balanced on my knees, curled up in a window nook.