Lenovo’s S-series smartphones announced at Mobile World Congress have screen sizes from 4.7″ to 5.3″, but none of them have LTE.
The S860 has a 5.3″, 1280×720 pixel screen and a high-capacity battery that can provide 24 hours of 3G talk time and 43 days’ standby time, Lenovo said. The smartphone weighs 190g and has a quad-core processor, 16Gb of storage, an 8MP rear camera and a 1.5MP front camera.
The S850 has a 5-inch screen with a 1280×720 pixel resolution. It also has a quad-core processor, 16Gb of storage and 1Gb of RAM. With a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera, the handset is good for photography. The device weighs 140g.
The $S660 has a 4.7″ screen that can display images at a 960×540 pixel resolution. It has a quad-core processor, 8MP rear camera, 0.3MP front camera and 8Gb of storage. It weighs 151g.
The smartphones run on Android 4.2 and have dual SIMs.
The new smartphones expand Lenovo’s growing handset lineup. Lenovo late last month announced it had agreed to acquire Motorola from Google for $2.91 billion, which will aid the expansion. Lenovo in January also announced its first LTE smartphone, the Vibe Z.
Lenovo is well-established in PCs and tablets, but sees a big growth opportunity in smartphones. Lenovo’s smartphone shipments grew by 78% in 2013 compared to 2012, but a majority of its smartphones were sold in China.
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
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