Lenovo’s next gaming phone has leaked, with a design that looks like a Michael Bay Transformer and a merged gaming PC. It is unlike anything I have seen on a phone before. I’m not sure I like this.
Photos of what appears to be the phone were shown on the social media service Weibo recently, and I am at a loss for words. Specifically, the dual camera configuration is located in the center of the phone and an active cooling fan is integrated. It reminds me a lot of a Transformer, as you can see in the photo below.
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Image: Weibo
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Image: Weibo
Now, Lenovo is not the first company to put a cooling fan on a gaming smartphone. In 2019, Nubia’s Red Magic 3 had a cooling fan installed inside the device. The Black Shark FunCooler Pro is an external fan designed for people who play on their phones. Not to mention Asus’ AeroActive Cooler 5, an external fan designed to cool your ROG Phone 5 Ultimate gaming phone.
But the biggest concern I have with the recent images of the alleged Lenovo phone (which is supposedly called Legion Phone 2 Pro) is that gaming phones may continue to include more ridiculous designs. Lenovo’s first gaming phone, launched last year, already had an absurd design by placing a pop-up camera on the side of the phone. But the new model seems to scale things up even further.
According to the leaks, it is rumored that Lenovo’s Legion Phone 2 Pro will be launched on April 8 first in China, but it is not clear whether the phone will be launched elsewhere.