Lenovo Legion Y70 arrives as the corporate’s first telephone with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

The Legion Y70 is formally the primary Lenovo smartphone with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. The flagship is a part of the Legion gaming household however comes with extra easy aesthetics with out skimping on top-tier efficiency.

Lenovo Legion Y70

The display is a 6.67” OLED with a 144 Hz refresh price and as much as 1500 Hz contact sampling price. There’s a single punch gap within the heart for the selfie digicam and whereas Lenovo is saying nothing in regards to the fingerprint scanner positioning, we will assume it’s embedded within the energy key.

Eradicating the sensor from beneath the display allowed Lenovo to make the Y70 extraordinarily skinny – simply 7.99 mm in its base. The corporate managed to cram “as much as 10 layers” of cooling options, together with a number of graphite sheets and the largest VC in the marketplace – 5,047 sq. mm, which is simply 0.55 mm thick by itself.

Lenovo Legion Y70 options

The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset is a pure enchancment over the non-Plus variant within the gaming Legion Y90. It’s coupled with UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 RAM and Lenovo presents the Y70 in three mixtures – 8/128 GB, 12/256 GB, and 16/512 GB.

The cameras on the again of this telephone are additionally spectacular – the principle one is 50 MP with a 1/1.55” sensor, the secondary is a 13 MP ultra-wide-angle with 120-degree FoV and there’s additionally a 2 MP depth sensor. The selfie digicam is listed as 16 MP.

The battery of the Legion Y70 is 5,100 mAh and helps 68W quick charging. Lenovo additionally launched some good options that monitor the cell’s life and charging patterns to guard the battery for an extended time. The software program is ZUI 14 and we will solely hope it has Android 12 beneath – Lenovo remained silent on the main points.

The Legion Y70 being a part of a gaming household means it will get some cool equipment as nicely – Lenovo launched a protecting case with cooling capabilities, an air cooler just like Asus’ AeroActive product, and attachable shoulder triggers.

Lenovo Legion Y70

Lenovo Legion Y70 is up for pre-order on the firm web site in China in three colours – Black, White, and Pink, however the latter is simply out there with the costliest reminiscence selection. Costs start from CNY3,299, which is about $485. The telephone is more than likely remaining unique to China however we will hope for a shock from Lenovo.

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