Lenovo IdeaPhone P770 stuffs 29-hour battery and Jelly Bean into a lower-cost smartphone
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Motorola may face a new contender to the Droid RAZR MAXX HD’s battery capacity crown. Lenovo’s quietly introduced IdeaPhone P770 at least theoretically challenges its American counterpart by cramming a 3,500mAh lithium polymer battery into a thicker 11.9mm (0.47-inch) body. That’s 200mAh more than Motorola’s energy champion, and enough for the company to flaunt a 29-hour talk time. That’s not quite as long as Motorola’s claimed 32 hours, but Lenovo has done something its American rival seemingly can’t — launch a phone with Jelly Bean. Motorola might rest easier in knowing that the the P770 is an unrepentantly budget-focused behemoth, carrying a 4.5-inch qHD display, a (possibly MediaTek-made) 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 4GB of built-in storage, an 8GB microSD card and both 5-megapixel rear as well as VGA front cameras. For the ¥1,699 ($273) Lenovo is asking for an off-contract model in its native China, the P770 could still be the first pick of many local phone owners on long-haul trips. It’s just a shame that the lack of 4G (and Lenovo’s domestic-first mobile strategy) likely means we won’t see a launch in the US.
[Thanks, FT]
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Lenovo
Via: Unwired View
Source: Lenovo (translated)
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As smartphones start to incorporate more and more functions into each iteration down the road, it goes without saying that battery life would be one of the first to suffer. Well, we have seen some monster batteries for smartphones recently, such as the RAZR Maxx and the RAZR Maxx HD which tops out at 3,300mAh – but here is a new king of the hill, with the soon-to-come Lenovo P770 Android-powered smartphone which will carry a 3,500mAh battery.