Lenovo Gets Serious, Intros The LePhone S2 and LePad S2005 5″ Tabletphone

November 29, 2011

Lenovo Gets Serious, Intros The LePhone S2 and LePad S2005 5" Tabletphone 4

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Lenovo has decided to join the party once again with a couple of contenders in the mobile market. The company has introduced their LePhone S2 device, and while other than its single core 1.4 GHz CPU, the device has a lot to offer for the average consumer. And then there's the LePad S2005 “Tabletphone” topping the charts at 5-inches to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Note.

The LePhone S2, while firmly dedicated to the phone category, offers a 3.8-inch 800 x 480 TFT display with a single core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 CPU, Android 2.3.4, 512 MB of RAM and 8GB ROM or 1GB of RAM with 16 GB ROM (no sd card for expanding on either device). There's an 8 meg CMOS camera that supports 720p and it's all charged and ready to go housing a 1500 mAh battery under the hood. The device comes in at 10.9 mm thin which isnt' too bad. No word as of yet on a release date but stay tuned for that. In addition, the folks over at Engadget received word that starting today the S2 will be sold for RMB 2,990 ($470) unsubsidized. Furthermore, a TD-SCDMA variant is in the works for a future release on China Mobile.

Now, on to the Tabletphone. the LePad S2005 was unveiled in China and sports Android 2.3.5, comes with a 5-inch 800 x 480 LTPS display and a 178-degree viewing angle. Under the hood can be found a Qualcomm dual-core 1.2 GHz chip, 1GB RAM, a 1080p capable 5 meg camera and 1.3 meg front facer. In addition, there's a 1680 mAh battery to power it all. The device will also come sporting a micro-USB port, micro-HDMI out port and come with HSPA+ radios on board (China Unicom's Network). All of this comes jam packed in a 9.95 mm thin casing weighing no more than 198 grams. Like the LePhone, no pricing is available as of yet but we should hear something within two day's time. What do you think? Got room in your arsenal for one of these? Stay tuned to see if any of these devices will be compatible with US bands for those looking to smuggle one into the country.

[via Engadget 1,2]

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Joe was born in New Jersey and spent most of his childhood moving around from state to state. He eventually made his way to Pennsylvania where he met his Portuguese beauty and made her his wife. He now has three great kids and full access to all of the Portuguese food he can eat. Joe's love for mobile technology began when he bought his first Palm Pilot, a Palm M130 and left it on top of his car, driving off, causing it to smash into a thousand pieces. Forced to buy a new device, he quickly discovered that specs were changing so rapidly he was buying a new device every six months just to keep up. Since then, he has constantly felt the need to have the latest and greatest. When the "smartphone" revolution began and integrating cell phones and PDA's was the norm, he quickly jumped to Windows Mobile for several years until the first Android device was launched, the T-Mobile G1. Joe began appreciating all of the free utilities Google provided and sold his soul (his precious data) to Google long before they got into the mobile OS business. So, there was no hesitation at all for him to jump on board and ride the Android train as an early adopter. And boy has it been a blast. Joe now works in the Engineering & Operations dept for a major mobile carrier where he remotely troubleshoots cell sites and loves being an Editor for TalkAndroid.

1 comment

Guillermo Martinez says:

November 30, 2011 at 7:00 AM

I wonder if these phone will be released worldwide. I hope they will also be updating these devices into ICS.

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