Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Tango Smartphone Launched in India

Project Tango has arrived in India finally after Lenovo launched its first Tango smartphone - the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro on Thursday. The smartphone maker announced the availability details of the smartphone for the country and has priced the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro at Rs. 29,990 and will be going on sale online exclusively via Flipkart from Friday.

The Phab 2 Pro is the first commercial product from Google's Tango team that was working on machine vision in mobile devices. The smartphone bears a camera and sensor setup to enable motion tracking, depth perception, and area learning. All this is meant for augmented reality (AR) applications like indoor navigation, search, and gaming.

Announcing the new Phab 2 Pro, Bhaskar Choudhuri, Director, Marketing, Lenovo India said, "Lenovo has always been at the forefront of innovation bringing differentiated products to consumers. With the introduction of Phab 2 Pro, a first-of-its-kind device in its category, Lenovo aims to revolutionise the way smartphones are used. Our approach to innovation is to ensure we're constantly evolving and understanding how technology can be infused in everyday lives of consumers. We believe that the Phab 2 Pro is truly a game-changer that will seamlessly integrate into varied lifestyles."

On the specification point of view, the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro features a 6.4-inch QHD IPS display with a total of four cameras - an 8-megapixel front camera, a 16-megapixel rear RGB camera, a depth-sensing infrared camera with an imager and an emitter, as well as a motion tracking camera. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 SoC built for exclusively for Tango, along with 4GB of RAM. It comes with 64GB inbuilt storage and supports expandable storage via microSD card up to 128GB. The dual-SIM device supports two Nano-SIMs.

The Phab 2 Pro bears a 4050mAh battery that's promised to deliver a 15-hour battery life and supports fast charging. It also sports Dolby Atmos audio technology for its speakers, apart from Dolby Audio 5.1 Capture technology for recording 3D sound. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box and is available in Champagne Gold color.

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Moto M Launched in India; Prices start at Rs. 15,999

Lenovo has launched its all-metal body, Moto M smartphone in two variants in the Indian market. The base variant, which has 32GB internal storage and 3GB of RAM, is priced at Rs. 15,999, while the model with 64GB built-in storage and 4GB RAM costs Rs. 17,999.

Both the Moto M variants will be available exclusively via Flipkart and will go on sale at 11:59pm on December 14. Lenovo is offering Rs. 1,000 discount on Citibank and Rs. 2,000 off on exchange of an old smartphone. Additionally, the company is providing a discount on the Moto Pulse 2 for the Moto M buyers.

Moto M has a 5.5-inch IPS display with 2.5D curved glass and full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution and is powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core MediaTek Helio P15 processor, which is backed by 3GB/4GB of LPDDR3 RAM. The dual-SIM Moto M runs the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system and comes with 32GB/64GB of built-in storage, and supports microSD cards of up to 128GB capacities; to use the microSD card, you will have to use the second Nano-SIM card.

On the imaging front, Moto M has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Phase-Detection Autofocus (PDAF), and an 8-megapixel front camera for selfies. For connectivity, the Moto M includes Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS/ A-GPS, 4G VoLTE (with support for Indian LTE bands), USB Type-C (USB 3.1), NFC, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Moto M's battery is rated at 3050mAh and supports fast-charging; the smartphone measures 151.35x75.35x7.85mm, weighs 163 grams, and  Other key features of the new Moto M smartphone are fingerprint sensor and Dolby Atmos support.

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Lenovo launches its Latest Range of Intel 7th Generation Powered laptops

With the festive season approaching, Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Monday launched a new range of consumer laptops in India that offers a faster and more powerful experience.

The models: Ideapad 510s, Ideapad 710s, Ideapad Y700, Ideapad 310, Ideapad 510 and Miix 310, which will further strengthen Lenovo's attempt to offer innovative and breakthrough technology to its customers, the company said in a statement.

"Lenovo believes in listening to its consumers to create products that address evolving consumer tastes, and at times also leading them to new form factors," said Rajesh Thadani, Head and Executive Director, Consumer, Online and E-commerce, Lenovo India.

The Rs 51,090 Ideapad 510s, which in addition to being thin and light, enables users who are on-the-move to be productive and entertained with lightning-fast charging and a Harman Kardon audio system. The new Yoga 510 comes with fast charging capability and is priced at Rs 40,990.

The Rs 73,390 Ideapad 710s is ideal for those who are looking at lightweight laptops that offer heavy-duty performance. It packs a 13.3-inch full HD IPS panel and is equipped with a high-speed PCIe solid-state drive and quick-charging facility. The Rs 128,090 Ideapad Y700 is a desktop-class gaming laptop that caters to growing demand for gaming PCs in India.

The highlight of the device is the hard-bundled gaming kit worth Rs 19,496 which gamers can buy at Rs 2,999 only and includes an armoured back-pack, mechanical mouse, gaming mouse and a special headset.

The Ideapad 310 comes with full HD touch screen display and 7th Gen Intel CPU along with NVidia graphics capability and is priced at Rs 28,390. The all-new ideapad 510 comes with Harman Kardon audio, 7th Gen Intel processors, IPS panel full-HD display and 4GB NVidia discrete graphics and is available at Rs 61,690.

Weighing just 580g, Miix 310 (priced at Rs 17,490) offers consumers choice of a 2-in-1 detachable featuring a full HD display, 64GB eMMC storage and 4GB of RAM.

Lenovo products can be experienced at Lenovo Exclusive stores and outlets such as Croma, Reliance Digital and Ezone.

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Moto Z to launch in India on 4 October

Motorola recently announced the budget friendly Moto E3 Power for its Indian consumers and now it is all set to launch its flagship smartphone. The Moto Z will be officially making its way on 4 October in India as the company has sent out invites confirming the launch day.

The company's first ever modular smartphone made its debut at the Lenovo Tech World conference in June earlier this year. The smartphone currently has three variants; the Moto Z, Moto Z Force and Moto Z Play, but there is no confirmation if Moto will launch all three of them.

The main attraction of the Moto Z lineup is the 16 magnetic connector pins at the back where one can simply snap on 'Moto Mods'. These Moto Mods are modules which add or enhance the capability of the smartphone. Some of them include battery packs, a JBL speaker, a Pico projector and a high-end Hasselblad camera. The mods are also expected to launch with the smartphone.

As far as the specs of the smartphones are concerned, the Moto Z features a 5.5-inch QHD (2560×1440) AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM, 64GB of internal memory which is further expandable via microSD card, 4G LTE connectivity, a fingerprint scanner. In the camera department you get a 13MP unit at the back with with an f/1.8 aperture, laser autofocus, OIS and dual LED flash while on the front there is 5MP camera. Running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow the battery is rated at 2,600 mAh battery. Oh, and you don’t get a 3.5mm audio jack, so audio is routed via the USB Type-C port.

The Moto Z Force is pretty much similar in looks and design, it is slightly bulky and offers the shatter-shield protection just like the Moto X Force. Other differences include a larger 3.500mAh battery and a better 23MP camera on the back.

On the other hand, the Moto Z Play is a more nimble version and features a 5.5-inch display with a full HD resolution (1920×1080 pixels), a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor with 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage, a 16MP primary camera with dual-LED flash and a 3,510mAh battery.

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Lenovo Z2 Plus with Snapdragon 820 launched in India; priced Rs 17999 onwards

Lenovo has launched the Snapdragon 820 powered Z2 Plus in India. The phone is a re-branded version of the Zuk Z2, which was recently launched in China. The Lenovo Z2 Plus comes with a Snapdragon 820 SoC paired with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM and either 32GB or 64GB of storage which can't be further expanded.

The devices boasts of a 5-inch, FHD screen developed by Sharp. Connectivity comes in the form of dual-SIM support (nano-SIMs) in a 4G+3G configuration. The usual assortment of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS options are present. The phone apparently runs a close-to-stock version of Android 6 with the Google Now.

Lenovo claims to have implemented an "alloy rollcage" to give the phone rigidity, this is encased in fibreglass. A U-Touch 2 fingerprint sensor doubles as a home button. The phone apparently supports gestures via the fingerprint scanner. The rear camera is a 13MP, f/2.2 unit with a 1.34 micron pixel sensor. The front camera is an 8MP unit.

Also launched is a U-Health app which is functionally similar to Apple's Health app. Lenovo claims to have worked hard on the app to ensure that it consumes as little power as possible while harvesting as much health-related information as possible from you. The app will track steps, running, distance covered and other such information.

The 3GB model with 32GB storage is priced at Rs 17,999 and the 4GB variant with 64GB storage is priced at Rs 19,999. Both models will go on sale this Sunday, 25 September, at midnight exclusively on Amazon.

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Moto Z to Launch in India This Festive Season, Lenovo Confirms

Chinese technology company Lenovo will bring the much-awaited modular smartphone Moto Z to the Indian market this festive season. The Moto Z, which was unveiled globally in June this year, allows users to attach a set of accessories called Moto Mods to the back of the device that adds various functionalities to the device.

"We will launch 8 new devices, of which six we have already announced, in this festive season... This includes the Moto Z," Lenovo India Executive Director Mobile Business Group Sudhin Mathur told PTI.

While Mathur declined to comment on the timeline of availability of Moto Z in India, sources say that the product could be launched in the first or second week of October.

Moto Z is currently available in markets like the US, the UK, and Latin America in three models (Moto Z Play, Moto Z, and Moto Z Force).

Lenovo, which had acquired Motorola from Google in a $2.9 billion deal in 2014, is betting on India to contribute significantly to its global growth. Last year, Lenovo's revenues from India grew about 90 per cent while its overall revenues were up 68 percent.

According to research firm Gartner, smartphone sales are expected to slow down in 2016 globally, rising only seven percent compared to double-digit growth seen in previous years. This is on the back of slower sales growth in mature markets like Europe and Japan. India, on the other hand, remains an opportunity and presents the highest growth potential, Gartner said.

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