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Lenovo Legion Y90 Gaming Smartphone launched, with SD 8 Gen1, RGB lighting, & more

Sean — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:54:43 +0000

Lenovo has just launched a highly anticipated gaming smartphone in China. It is the Legion Y90, which features top notch specifications and features. The company is known for its Legion series of gaming laptops and now, it has announced a high end gaming phone. So let’s have a look.

Design & Display

Being a gaming smartphone, the Chinese brand placed an emphasis on offering a robust cooling mechanism to ensure that the device performs at an optimum level for longer periods of time. Under the hood, the Legion Y90 features over 1600mm² of heat dissipation material not including the 3520mm² large VC cooling plate and its dual fans that feature a fin design for better in take of air for improved cooling. The rear features a very unique look, with its iconic “Y” Legion branding camera module in the center.

This oval shaped island module is raised and even has RGB lighting as well on its logo. It also houses vent cutouts that lead to the two physical fans. Other notable gaming feature is the four shoulder mounted buttons that are also customizable. Arriving at the front, it sports a 6.92 inch E4 AMOLED display that features HDR10+ support, 2460×1080 pixels resolution, and a high refresh rate of 144Hz and 720Hz touch sampling rate, which would be handy for mobile players playing competitive titles like PUBG Mobile. The front has a noticeable chin and notch but negligible bezels on the sides. This panel also supports HDR10+

Specifications & Features

The Lenovo Legion Y90 gaming smartphone arrives with Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SoC. This is coupled with 18GB of RAM (supports 4GB virtual RAM expansion) and up to 512GB of internal storage. Notably, the top end model even features 128GB of SSD storage as well, which forms a RAID 0 system with the UFS 3.1 storage for improved memory read and write speeds. The rear camera module comprises of a dual camera setup, including a 64 megapixel primary sensor and a 13 megapixel ultra wide angle lens.

On the other hand, the front features a lone 16 megapixel selfie shooter. The device is powered by a large 5,600mAh battery pack that supports up to 68W fast charging. This enables the smartphone to be fully charged in just 38 minutes. Other features include OTG support, Wi-Fi 802.11ax, Bluetooth v5.2, and two USB Type C ports.

Pricing & Availability

The Legion Y90 will be available in three storage configurations, so here are there pricing:

12GB + 256GB – 3,999 Yuan (roughly 633 US Dollars)
16GB + 256GB – 4,299 Yuan (roughly 681 US Dollars)
18GB + 640GB – 4,999 Yuan (roughly 792 US Dollars)

The Legion Y90 will be officially launched in China on March 10.

Lenovo Legion Y90 teased again, features RAID 0 storage for 50% faster memory speeds

Sean — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:54:10 +0000

Over the last couple of weeks, Lenovo had teased the arrival of its highly anticipated Legion Y90 gaming smartphone. Recently, we got the official launch date for the device, and now, we have some additional information regarding its specifications.

For those unaware, the Chinese brand is gearing up to launch the Legion Y90 for a while now. It was initially believed that the company would launch this gaming smartphone last month in January, but just recently, Lenovo announced the February 28 release date for the Legion Y90 and Y700 tablet; and in the latest teaser, the company shared a new video in which it showcased some of its key specifications, which revealed that it even features SSD (Solid State Drive) storage as well.

The video showcases the design of the smartphone and also highlights the internal specs. This includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC paired with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. However, the UFS 3.1 storage wasn’t alone, as we can also observe an SSD storage as well. The video was shared on Weibo (a Chinese microblogging website) with a caption that said that the device features “UFS+SSD” in a RAID 0 storage. Through this, the Y90 will see a boost of 50 percent in terms of memory write speeds.

Legion Y90

Talking about the device’s other features, it will sport a 6.92 inch Samsung E4 AMOLED display with a 2460 x 1080 pixels resolution. Since it is a gaming handset, the display will offer 144Hz refresh rate and a 720Hz touch sampling rate. It has a unique design with the iconic RGB “Y” branding on the rear, which is also where the middle camera module and fan is housed for cooling. So stick around, as we will be covering the launch event later this month.

Lenovo Legion gaming smartphone leaked, features a side popup camera

Sean — Tue, 05 May 2020 07:29:59 +0000

Recently, reports regarding Lenovo launching its first Android gaming smartphone had been making rounds online. The company is expected to launch a gaming device under its popular Legion lineup of gaming products and will mark the series expansion to mobile. While there were rumors up until now, a new leak has granted a more detailed look at the upcoming Legion smartphone, which is said to feature a side popup camera along with a higher refresh rate and more.

Over the last few months, Lenovo had been teasing its first gaming smartphone, especially through Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website. One of the most interesting ones was the fact that the device can fast charge at rates up to 90W. And now, a new report has shared screenshots of an unreleased teaser video that reveals more tidbits regarding the Legion handset.

Looking at the screenshots, Lenovo teases its 90W fast charging technology again, which will be supported through two USB Type C ports (on the bottom and one of the sides during gaming). Through this image, we can observe that the rear panel has an LED flash right in the middle just below its dual camera setup which is also placed uniquely near the center of the back panel. The overall aesthetics of the device hints at gaming with angular designs that simulate speed and power through 3D textures.

Among the leaked screenshots, a few other details were also revealed. This includes Lenovo Legion’s new uEngine technology, which is its symmetrical dual X-axis linear vibration motor and hints at the device’s cooling and audio capabilities. The gaming phone will reportedly feature a 3D cooling tower structure with dual heat pipe partitions for long-lasting cooling. For audio, it will sport positive stereo sound from its full symmetrical 65mm dual speakers, dual 0.6mm amp speaker system, and 1.4cc large sound cavity.

Notably, the Legion logo can also be observed on the back on top of which a side mounted popup camera is also housed. The selfie camera’s placement is quite interesting, to say the least, and the company probably made the move for a full front display design. Furthermore, the report also revealed that the device carried the model number L79031 and is codenamed “moba.” Unfortunately, this has yet to be confirmed officially so stay tuned.

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Lenovo Legion Gaming Smartphone: fast charging will surpass 55W

Habeeb Onawole — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:16:32 +0000

It is no news that Lenovo is entering the gaming smartphone segment. The announcement was made a few weeks ago and it was revealed the phone will launch under Lenovo’s Legion gaming brand. Today, a new poster has been released and it teases the phone’s fast charging technology.

A rough translation of the words on the poster asks “Is 55W (fast charging) really enough?”. It seems that Lenovo is taking a shot at the iQOO 3 5G that launched today and which has support for 55W fast charging support.

Based on the above, one can deduce the Legion Gaming Smartphone will have support for fast charging that exceeds 55W.

The other text on the poster asks fans to guess what the battery level will be after charging for 15 minutes and also how long it will take to reach 100%.

So far, 65W is the highest power rating we have seen on a commercially available smartphone, and since the poster doesn’t ask if 65W is enough, we are sure the power rating for the Legion phone will not surpass that.

It has been confirmed that the Legion Gaming Smartphone will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor. We expect it will have the Snapdragon X55 modem for 5G too.

The phone will launch first in China and there is a possibility of a global release since the Legion brand is not limited to China.

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