San Francisco: Lenovo has launched a smartphone with Tango technology from Google, which is the world’s first smartphone that senses and maps its surroundings.
The Lenovo PHAB2 Pro is priced at $499 (Rs. 33,000 approx.) and will be launched globally in September.
The smartphone features a 6.4-inch intelligent Assertive display with quad-HD (2,560 x 1,440) resolution, capable of optimising image quality based on ambient lighting and content. PHAB2 Pro is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor, has 4G LTE connectivity, along with time stamping and camera and sensor processing capabilities.
The smartphone also comes with a Dolby Audio Capture 5.1 with Dolby Atmos playback capabilities to help capture life's moments on video with great quality audio and packs a 16MP camera.
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It has a three core technologies which brings Tango experiences to life: motion tracking, depth perception and area learning. Through motion tracking, the PHAB2 Pro's "eye" sees its own location in 3D. Area learning tells the smartphone its location.
With Tango technology, the PHAB2 Pro can even begin to change the way people think about mapping indoor spaces to create new experiences like future augmented reality museum tours via the GuidiGO app.
"Put simply, we wanted to take what was an amazing concept and transform it into a commercially viable mobile device," Jeff Meredith, Lenovo's Vice President and General Manager, Android and Chrome Computing, said in a statement on Thursday.
"Tango enables our devices to sense physical motion and space and, as a result, has the power to change how we interact with our surroundings. We believe that devices with positional tracking functionality will be pervasive and are happy that the PHAB2 Pro will introduce these new capabilities, making your phone even more useful,” said Johnny Lee, Engineering Director, Google, in a statement.
