Lenovo's new smartphone is the Legion Y70 gaming phone, but it lacks the panache that's associated with gaming phones. While Lenovo has been making phones for more than a decade now, under both its own brand and Motorola, the company only entered the gaming smartphone market two years ago. Its gaming smartphones are launched under the Legion name, which is also the brand used for the company's gaming PCs and gear.
Earlier this year, Lenovo announced the Legion Y90, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 smartphone with a 6.9-inch display, up to 18GB of RAM, and a top model that has a 512GB UFS + 128GB SSD dual storage system. Alongside the Y90, Lenovo also launched the Legion Y700, an Android gaming tablet, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 870 processor.
The Legion Y70 is unlike its rivals within the gaming smartphone segment. There are no fancy customizable LEDs, no see-through back, nor a dot-matrix display on the back like with Asus' ROG Phone 6. Instead, it looks like every other glass and metal slab out there. In spite of this, its boring design may appeal to those who do not fancy the ostentatious look of its rivals. The Legion Y70 is available in red, black, and white.
The Legion Y70 Has A 144Hz Refresh Rate
In terms of specifications, the Legion Y70 has a 6.67-inch FHD+ OLED display with a centered punch-hole for the front-facing camera. The flat display has a 144Hz variable refresh rate (48z to 144Hz), a 1500Hz touch sampling rate, DC dimming, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and a peak brightness level of 1000 nits. The Legion Y70 replaces the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor inside the Legion Y90 with the more powerful Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and pairs it with 8GB, 12GB, or 16GB of RAM. While buyers will be able to purchase the phone in 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage options, there's no support for storage expansion.
On the back of the Legion Y70 are three cameras - a 50MP main sensor with OIS and EIS, a 13MP ultrawide angle camera with a 120-degree field of view and 2.5 cm macro capability, and a 2MP depth of field camera. Up front is a 16MP camera for video calls and selfies. Lenovo's phone packs a pretty large 5100mAh battery with support for 68W fast charging, and Lenovo claims that the battery will retain 80% of its capacity after 1200 charge cycles. The company also mentions the phone has a bypass feature that draws power straight from the adapter rather than the battery during gaming. Lenovo says this feature should reduce heating. Speaking of which, there's a large vapor chamber to help with cooling. Lenovo also sells an optional cooling fan and a protective cooling case. Elsewhere, the phone has stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos and ships with ZUI 14 based on Android 12. For now, the Legion Y70 is exclusive to China and can be pre-ordered on Lenovo's website at a starting price of ¥3299 (~$484).
Source: Lenovo