- Xiaomi and Lenovo both announced upcoming gaming phones
- In Lenovo’s case, this will be its first gaming phone in years
- However, there is a good chance that they will only be sold in China.
Gaming phones have always been niche, but there were a decent number of them released every year. Today, many brands have either stopped making them altogether or have pulled out of certain markets. Lenovo was one such case, having officially stopped making gaming phones in 2023, but has now reversed course.
On the Chinese website Weibo (via Android Authority), the company announced the launch of a Lenovo Legion Y70 New Generation.
This will be Lenovo’s first Legion gaming phone since 2022, and the publication suggests it will be released as early as May, although no concrete details have been shared yet. That said, a leaked photo shared by Innogyan shows what appears to be a Legion phone with three cameras on the back, so it’s likely this is the upcoming handset.
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It’s not alone
And it’s not the only gaming phone coming, as Xiaomi (via NotebookCheck) has also shared details of its upcoming Redmi K90 Max – a phone you can see at the top of this article and is scheduled to launch on April 21.
It is already confirmed to have a high-end Dimensity 9500 chipset and a 6.83-inch 165Hz display, which can apparently maintain a 144Hz refresh rate and “ultra HD” resolution for four hours of gaming. Honor of kings.
So this is also a gaming focused phone, but there is a problem with both of these devices because so far they have only been confirmed for China, so they might not launch globally.
Still, the fact that they’re arriving suggests that there’s a renewed appetite for gaming phones, so hopefully it’ll only be a matter of time before new models start launching globally.
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