Re: Lenovo Legion Might Be The First 5G Gaming Phone
Nasha Goodridge
Hi everyone! I'm new to the space, and as someone who wants to get a Lenovo Legion Go, I'd like to ask about the possible things someone new has to know about the Legion Go, I get its basically just a PC but I'd still would love to know more about this fantastic piece of software!
Hey Ima! I don't know if you're into mmorpg type games but Diablo is a great series to play. I just got my legion go last Saturday and the first game I played was Diablo 4. Also, if you're interested in setting up games with the best performance check out this site on how to do so. They have a lot of tutorials and tips and tricks there.
I went through and replayed games I had played before and new i loved just to make sure I had a solid baseline for the machine. I replayed Spiderman, Cyberpunk 2077 and GTA5. That gave me the ability to know what I thought of the experience on handheld. Didn't want to bias my opinion of it with a new game that i might not like.
So, although I enjoyed myself thoroughly at the Lenovo launch event, 10-year-old me was prepared to throw a full-on temper tantrum, rolling on the floor, screaming and crying. Luckily for my fellow journalists and the fantastic folks at Lenovo, there was no need for such theatrics, as those who attended were given review units as we left, and I played it cool, but deep inside, as it was handed to me, 10-year-old me breathily whispered my precious." Yes, this thing is fantastic and makes it onto our best handheld gaming devices page.
After saying my goodbyes, I dashed home, calmly riding the R train. However, ever watchful of others, as the Legion Go was mine, and mine alone, and yes, I am ready to fight to keep my precious all to myself.
Once I arrived safely, I exchanged hellos with my beloved Krystal, showed her the Legion Go, charged it up, and ignored her for the rest of the evening. I mean, sure, I answered her questions and feigned interest in what was on the television while the Legion Go charged.
What would I name it? It is a Windows 11-based gaming device, running a full-fledged version of the OS, and as you know, like all Windows devices, it seeks a name during setup, so once that was figured out, and it was fully charged, I set up my gaming services, and downloaded Madden 24 and my goto, Borderlands 2, and got to work.
The audio quality was solid and even better with my earbuds in. The Lenovo Legion Go takes a little getting used to. There are a ton of buttons, triggers, a gamepad, joysticks, and a trackpad, it has more options than a new car when it comes to interacting with it. You can even disengage the right-side controller, put it into a holder, and use it as a wireless mouse. I even found a scroller; Lenovo thought of everything.
During gaming, all the sticks, triggers, and buttons are well placed, so it feels natural, and the game controls are super responsive, making for a slick overall experience. It does take some adjustment, especially since I am primarily a keyboard gamer, but after a short time, the transition went smoothly.
I can see myself snuggled up in bed with the Legion Go for weekends on end, gaming, streaming content, replying to emails, and answering phone calls because, thanks to Windows 11, it connects to my OnePlus Open and allows me to take calls and send and receive texts. I could lay there thoroughly entertained, ordering food and ignoring the entire universe, especially my kids.
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The news is hardly surprising, given that we heard rumors about Lenovo shutting down its gaming smartphone business for a while. On March 29, 2023, the company announced that it was shutting down its gaming business and committed to exploring different form factors to support gamers.
Lenovo entered the gaming smartphone market at a very challenging time, when most companies faced shortages and shutdowns due to the raging pandemic. Despite the economic downturn and difficulties, Lenovo seemed to have achieved some success with its first Lenovo Legion Pro and Duel smartphones. The company even revealed their successors a year later.
Lenovo failed to establish itself as a key gaming phone player in the industry, and it was often hard to find its devices on shelves in European and North American markets where it was supposed to be available. Gamers often had to result to importing devices, introducing additional tax and other legal fees that made the phones more expensive.
By the end, Lenovo dropped most of the features in favor of a more classic design. The Lenovo Legion Y70 looked like a standard smartphone and failed to stand out. The phone was also limited to the Chinese market and never left the country.
The unknown phone lineup and the low demand have likely contributed to Lenovo's decision against releasing its recent gaming phones to a wider audience. The Lenovo Legion Y70 was only available in China, and it was never released in Europe or any other markets.
Roland is a technology enthusiast who loves to tinker and geek out about the latest smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wearables and gadgets. He aims to provide honest reviews and thoughts about his experience to help people make smarter purchasing decisions. Roland is also a content creator, better known as "Techusiast".
A lot of that has changed for me in the past few years with the increasing availability of portable handheld gaming devices such as the Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, and most recently the Lenovo Legion Go. These handhelds each brought access to PC gaming storefronts and decently beefy graphic power to a form factor I could sit and play in the living room with my wife, in social spaces I more readily associate with relaxation. These devices, which bring PC gaming away from a traditional PC, have been a big part of me properly falling in love with PC gaming over the past two or so years.
On the surface, there is a lot that I love about the Legion Go. The 8.8 inch screen might not sound that much bigger than the 7 inch screen found on the Steam Deck, but that size difference in practice feels very substantial. The right detachable controller can be used as a standing wireless mouse, and as much as I thought the feature was a little silly at first it has made the idea of playing emulated DS games on the TV that require touch inputs with my wife a lot more appealing.
For a while this was how I played Game Pass titles when I wanted to have them on a portable. It mostly worked fine enough, but it was always a somewhat compromised experience. If someone was streaming something on the TV, or downloading a file for work, or I was sitting in slightly the wrong place, the experience could get less than reliable.
We have known this thanks to the publication of an image on Weibo by the brand, which confirms the launch of its first gaming smartphone and will also do so under the same name as its computers intended for games: Lenovo Legion. They have also confirmed one of the characteristics that we will have inside.
If there is something that makes a mobile gaming attractive, it is that you make sure that it has the best of the best in terms of features to get the best performance in your games and the best experience in them. Therefore, it was expected that the first Lenovo Legion gaming mobile arrived with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, as confirmed with its promotional poster.
Unfortunately, there is no more information about it, not even a date of presentation of this device. But now it is clear that a brand of computers has become interested in the smartphone market, as has already happened with Asus or Razer.
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