Lenovo Legion Phone Officially Launching on July 22 to Rain on ROG Phone 3’s Parade
Jul. 9, 2020What is better than one souped-up gaming phone? Two gaming phones. Yeah, Asus is already scheduled tolaunch the ROG Phone 3 globallyon 22nd July. Lenovo has today decided to rain on ROG Phone 3’s parade by announcing that it’s first Legion-branded gaming phone will launch on the same day.
Lenovo hadearlier revealedthat the Legion gaming phone will arrive in July but had not shared a concrete date. Now, Lenovo hastaken to Weiboto officially confirm that theLegion phone launches on July 22. The company has also confirmed that the device will come equipped with the Snapdragon 865+ chipset – the same as the ROG Phone 3.
Snapdragon 865+ wasannounced just recentlyand brings a slightly overclocked CPU and GPU, both of which get 10% boost. The chipset supports 144Hz display, Bluetooth 5.2, and WiFi 6E via the new FastConnect 6900 suite.
Legion Phone Rumored Specs
The Legion Phone will be the first smartphone to come with Snapdragon 865+ in the company’s portfolio. Arecent AnTuTu benchmark listingfor the phone revealed that the chipset will be coupled with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of built-in UFS 3.1 storage. Legion Phone gets a total score of 648,871 points.Image Courtesy: XDA
The design of the Legion Phonesurfaced onlinea couple-odd months ago, sporting a 20MP pop-up selfie camera on the front and a dual-cameras on the rear. It will include a 64MP primary camera and a 16MP secondary camera. The unique thing here, as you can see in the image above, is that thepop-up camera will be placed on the edgeinstead of the top. The dual rear-cameras will also be placed at the center.
The Legion Phone is also rumored to include a 144Hz display, just like the ROG Phone 3 that’s launching on the same day. It is also said to boast a massive 5,000mAh battery and 90W super fast-charging. So, which gaming phone launch are you most excited about?
