Lenovo owns Motorola now , and that means the Formosan electronics ship’s company could have a substantial impact on smartphone culture in the United States . So what ’s the next big thing from China ? How about the selfie flash ?
Okay , okay , we do n’t necessarily know that it ’s the new hotness , but Lenovo ’s unexampled Formosan flagship sure as shooting is n’t mess up around when it comes to self - picture taking . Not only does the fresh $ 500 Vibe X2 Pro come with a front - facing 13 - megapixel autofocus tv camera with gesture controls and “ selfie beautification tools , ” you’re able to also legitimately grease one’s palms a $ 30 plug - in light-emitting diode halo flash to illuminate your face as you baffle . It drink down right into the handset ’s headphone jackfruit to synchronise its eight blank LEDs with the camera shutter , and offers 100 shots on a guardianship .
While the Vibe X2 is n’t of necessity on the haemorrhage border of tech in other ways , it ’s no slouch either , with a 5.3 - inch 1080p filmdom , 4 gm LTE datum , and Android 4.4 KitKat running on an octa - core Snapdragon 615 chip — all housed within a violent , white and dreary layered metallic element body that ( middling ironically ) wo n’t be available in the United States .
By the direction : if the selfie trice is n’t your approximation of cool , do n’t worry that Lenovo will impel one on you anytime presently : IBM ’s vaunted ThinkPad has scantily changed in 20 + years , even though Lenovo bought the brand a decade ago . And Lenovo has a recent account of picking another component that has n’t caught on in the United States : Intel chips for smartphones . The Modern $ 369 Lenovo P90 ( below ) uses a new 1.8GHz 64 - bit quad - core chip from Intel .
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