Lenovo Legion just leaked — and it could be the ultimate Twitch gaming phone

Lenovo Legion merely leaked — and information technology could be the ultimate Twitch gaming phone

(Epitome credit: Lenovo)

Gaming phones are interesting blends of high-perfamcne specs, angular pattern, and normally one gimmick, the latest beingness the side-mounted pop-up photographic camera on the Lenovo Legion smartphone. Simply this is a gimmick Twitch streamers should capeesh.

We've already seen the Lenovo Legion teased on Chinese social media, only a new slew of teaser videos and details have popped upwardly on Lenovo's Weibo business relationship, and they confirm at that place will indeed be a 20MP pop-upwardly selfie camera mounted on what would announced to be its right edge. And Lenovo envisions information technology being used as a ways to provide game streaming on the go.

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While we've seen strange cooling attachments and affect-sensitive trigger buttons on gaming phones before, but this oddly located selfie camera is a first.

But it likewise makes a lot of sense, as you'd normally expect to hold a gaming phone horizontally to take full advantage of its widescreen display. In this case, the Lenovo Legion telephone has a rumored half-dozen.6-inch screen with a 144Hz refresh rate. As such, a sideways pop-up camera would exist a good way for you to snap selfies or capture video of your face while gaming without needing to flip the telephone into portrait mode.

Going by a teaser video, the pop-up camera could be used as a way to record faces while gaming, with potential for it to be linked to streaming services. That means people could set upwards game steams without the need for external camera equipment; we could run into this being particularly bang-up with game streaming services such as Google Stadia.

For people concerned near how durable such a camera will be, it Lenovo has said it will automatically retract in 0.v seconds if the phone detects it's been dropped. And a metallic backplate should aid its durability.

Lenovo Legion gaming phone — (Paradigm credit: JD.com)

The Weibo posts also requite a more detailed look at the design of the Legion phone, which Lenovo appears to call it the "Rescue Gaming Mobile Pro", though that could exist a proper name reserved for the Chinese market.

Non simply practice the posts evidence off a red and black color for the Legion, they likewise show how it volition have angled edges; very in-keeping with the then-called 'gamer' aesthetic of such gaming-orientated devices. The renders of the Legion phone too reveal that it will have a pair of rear cameras, comprising a 64MP principal sensor and a 16MP ultrawide sensor.

The Legion telephone also reportedly has Air triggers on both sides of the phone, which are basically touch-sensitive controls on the phone's edges that we've seen with the like of the Asus ROG Phone. The teaser videos also confirm the Legion phone volition use Qualcomm'southward Snapdragon 865 Plus fleck and volition come up with 90W fast charging.

All that could make it a strong rival to the Asus ROG Telephone iii, which is expected to have an impressive spec list that will position gaming phones as contemporary powerhouse rivals to premium phones like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 20.

Samsung'south adjacent flagship phone is set to use the Snapdragon 865 Plus chip in the U.S. but only the Samsung Milky way Note 20 Ultra is expected to become a loftier refresh-rate display. Fifty-fifty then information technology will be a 120Hz panel, similar those of the Galaxy S20 serial, meaning if you want the very fastest smartphone screen yous'll demand to opt for a gaming phone.

Pre-orders of the Legion phone are already live on Chinese site JD.com and Lenovo's first gaming phone is set for a total reveal on July 22. So we'll shortly get an thought whether it will be the gaming phone of selection or a device with an odd gimmick.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom'southward Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's also got an interest in cars. When non at his desk Roland can be constitute wandering around London, oftentimes with a look of marvel on his face.