LENOVO LEGION PHONE DUEL 2 UNBOXING REVIEW

 LENOVO LEGION PHONE DUEL 2

we have a new challenger in the monster category of smartphone this thing is coming for the crown crazy how powerful smartphones are getting 2021 i mean this is just out of control man if you wanted to be a mobile game streamer this is it look at this with the camera this in front of me is the legion phone duel 2 from lenovo and i have two of them in front of me right now on my left is ultimate black and on the right is titanium white we're talking about a dual battery setup 90 watt charging we're talking about a 144 hertz display like i said it's coming for the champion status i mean this is a serious unboxing experience it makes it feel as if you have purchased like a laptop or something of course you're gonna have a snapdragon 8 in there dolby atmos also listed i assume audio performance is also going to be a focus of this device and actually if i flip this around here you can see the spec on this one is 16 gigs of ram 512 gigs of storage look at this oh baby all right how about that for an unboxing experience it all lifts up it elevates into two pull tabs how many times you think the average person is going to complete this task right here i don't know for me i'm good for a dozen savage inside whoa all right so here is the device what a beast look at the cooling look at the fan i've been told this is the world's first dual fan design inside of what i feel like i can call this a super phone at this point like what an absolute beast this thing is you can see we have different indications of what is everywhere so touch key l1 touch key l2 so haptic inputs for a variety of games that support it turbofan 2 this is your power switch which has a texture on it you know i'm a fan of that plus you have your pop-up front camera which is landscape you saw this on the previous version this is so you can actually live stream play your games and capture your face camera at the same time so that's an innovative way of dealing with that from landscape mode over on the other side over here we have our touch key r1 and r2 of course that's the same on the right hand side as the left hand side turbo fan number one is down here and this is built in no separate attachment necessary type c connector which is in landscape mode as well so you can get full power to your unit while you are gaming a landscape game you have your volume rocker up above that but here's the bonus you've also got your usb type-c connector down on the bottom when you're using the device in standard portrait mode as you would a smartphone so a couple of different type c connectors to choose from imagine that your smartphone with two separate type c connectors your sim card tray is down there as well i'm going to put this to the side from it look at the camera let me put this to the side for a moment and look at the other items in the box stylish outside of course we have a custom case which is going to allow for all the necessary cutouts for cooling as well as your variety of ports and controls that's a key with this device it might be difficult to find a case for it since it has this variety of unusual inputs so it's nice that the manufacturer takes care of you straight in the box also in here we have a type c to mini jack and last up in here we have our sim card tool and they carried the legion logo over onto the sim card tool now inside this next box where it says savage inside i presume we're going to see our power components oh my goodness gracious this is our power brick this is a dual type-c charger 90 watt fast charging through the dual type c connectors i recall this from the previous version you can actually use the various ports in tandem to feed even more power through to the 5500 milliamp hour battery which is in there in two separate cells so that is some very fast charge 90 watt charging a couple of cables it is two usb type c cables what's cool here is there's actually a little styling touch on this see the red color red and black it has a five amp indication on there as well so two of those included in packages all right let's remove the wrapper now and check out the finish on this device crazy how powerful smartphones are getting 2021 i mean this is just out of control whoa so you know right away you're dealing with something different here the entire form factor i mean it feels like a serious piece of machinery it has some more weight to it as you'd expect with this advanced cooling but it does it feels surprisingly balanced all things considered you have a lot of the weight here in the center and actually a nice little resting point for your index finger up along top look at that thing that is so futuristic that is uh that's some neo tokyo looks to it wow boom now of course you have rgb on the back as well you have a dual camera setup by the looks of it you have obviously your flash module and a real fan over here and also over here that is crazy now as far as the finish is concerned it's a slick touch to it it does have some texture along different areas we have this metallic look and then the white on the inside at least for this model however if you opt for the light model you're not going to have any fingerprints they just won't show up on there as far as installing the case is concerned it's going to go like this and that's pretty much that so it leaves generous cutouts for the variety of sections that you would need cutouts for this display by the way is 6.92 inches amoled 144 hertz capable now obviously the other accessories will be the same in this package here is the black phone now i'm a bit conflicted as far as which one is preferred normally i would go for the black model but this phone has so much going on that i you know i feel that if you splurge on something like this you kind of want to show it off and in some ways this one accentuates th uniqueness of this particular device with this central section here with the fan unit and the rgb if you want to keep it a little bit more subdued you have this option although it's hard to call it subdued because it's still got a special look to it still rgb in the middle you have this glossy blackish bluish almost in fact if you look around the edge of the device and maybe i hope we can pick that up right there you see this chamfer this blue metallic chamfer which your eyes will catch at a particular angle and that travels like a border around the entire device so i don't know you guys tell me are you gonna go for the black model or the white model if you had your choice all right so there's our display as mentioned 144 hertz capable so you can be in 60 and then switch to 144 as you go into game mode you have 90 hertz for a slightly smoother effect with battery savings 120 and then the ridiculous uh 144 which i'm gonna switch it to right now because i like it to be ridiculous and then and then look i mean then we are just it is instantaneous wow okay cool now the one thing i want to check out is this camera popping up because it is so unusual look at the way they bake it in i mean if you didn't know this device you wouldn't even know that it was hidden in there i'm gonna switch to the front-facing camera and look at that holy cow look at that come up motorized which is cool enough but to see it in landscape is something truly unique in the segment over here so i'll put it down and just one more time look at this boom wow it never gets old having a little motor on your device there's a lot of thought that went into this unlike in the past where they were just trying to get rid of the notch for the extending portrait style front-facing camera this one serves a purpose beyond that which is if you're playing a game and streaming your face camera having your camera elsewhere is a real problem you're gonna cover it with your hand so even if you had a hole punch design somewhere up in the corner over here and even if you were able to not cover it with your hand it's going to be a weird angle this is optimal this is exactly where you would put a webcam on a laptop and they've found a way to integrate it here in this gaming device so i'm gonna go ahead and snap a photo might as well oh yes okay so there we go that's the field of view you get it is a very comfortable location for a face camera you can see the beard hair test is passed as far as the selfie is concerned as well but remember the main focus there the incentive there is for game streaming or for landscape based face interaction so this is obviously a unique phone and it's always fun to check out something that's a little bit different with a slightly different target and this device i mean it obviously has a very direct target this is about gamers and i really like the fact that they took into account the fact that many gamers want to do live streaming and so they put this 44 megapixel front autofocus live stream specific camera that hides away when it's not in use that's an f 2.0 camera with an 84 degree field of view and it's capable of 4k recording as well on a front-facing camera which is a nice little touch obviously these shoulder buttons are a key as well and they really are an advantage in game and you'll see when we get to the gameplay portion here just how much it helped me out as far as keeping my fingers my thumbs on the screen and maneuvering while i was capable of well pressing the trigger the capacitive touch trigger at the same time as something that's usually reserved for a dedicated controller but not the case with this particular smartphone now the display is mentioned 6.92 inches 144 hertz amoled and you can see here some of the configuration options for the rest of the device around back you can have the colors and rgb sync to your game you can have the fan light up as well in any color it can match the remainder of the rgb now this display as mentioned 6.92 inches 144 hertz amoled 720 hertz sampling rate very vibrant 1300 nits peak and that's going to give you up to 144 hertz you do not need to use all the way up there if you want to preserve battery life though this does have a big battery in it and it does recharge insanely fast with that 90 watt dual charger which i'll show you more in a moment but yeah so you can toggle it down all the way to 60 hertz if you want a battery preference and then there's some other options in between but you know it's kind of fun to have that super fast refresh as far as the processor goes of course it's a snapdragon 88 that's what you'd expect to find in here you can also get up to 18 gigs of ram on this super phone i mean it's out of control in a good way so here's that charging functionality this might be my favorite feature i know it's weird i'm into some weird things here but the dual turbo charge 90 watts dual turbo i mean come on just you see the two plugs go in you need to boost up the charge quickly it's kind of nice now don't get me started on the sound the sound here is banging it's loud oh they do things a little bit differently the battery is not going to be quite as big but it's going to charge faster it's time to play some games finally and the first one is up here is gangstar 4 and as you can see this one's capable of up to 90 fps so the display can go to 144hz depending which game you're playing you may be able to take more or less advantage of this you can configure everything as far as gameplay is concerned in the drop down menu man if you wanted to be a mobile game streamer this is it look at this with the camera the whole world does it the whole world do you understand what i'm saying okay now i'm dead now the hit is out for sure i didn't take the dive scrambled out muscle car gangsters coming for me las vegas a couple desert eagles here you can see a live stream scenario where my face cam is activated via the landscape pop-up camera and it's super comfy to have the whole setup is in a completely portable package i'm just playing the game i'm broadcasting it's got integration with youtube and twitch so you could have your whole rig up and going and then you're you know then travel with it put it back in the pocket it's uh it's kind of incredible now playing a little bit of racing her  with the lights off you get a much better sense for the vibrancy of the display it's just popping out of the darkness and also you can get an appreciation for the sound here now the key thing with this phone is these triggers they call it octa trigger with dual haptics console controller like experience and here you can see me mapping out my l1 and r1 to different sections of this particular game called knives out and so this allows me to have a controller like experience where i can have the crosshairs pop up with the left shoulder and then i can go ahead and fire with the right shoulder and that lets my two thumbs keep me moving and dodging other gunfire now this is going to map out differently depending on the game but you saw how quick it was to take that virtual overlay and just apply it to this particular game or any game for that matter i want to show you so this does a good job of demonstrating how well this works you can see i'm kind of just moving side to side as they attempt to fire at me and because i have the extra buttons i can just remain focused on pulling that trigger and never standing still but here's the crazy part it's not just two extra buttons up there you've also got buttons behind there so on the right hand top edge there's two buttons and on the left hand top edge there's two buttons so you could map those for other things whether it's to launch another weapon or to crouch or something like that it's just so much more effective for gaming there it is final kill bood bp just when you thought you saw everything there was to see in smartphones the legion phone dual 2 hits you with a motorized landscape camera and a ridiculous spec sheet i think it's going to impress the mobile gamers out there and also those that just want a powerhouse smartphone with a dominant championship status spec sheet.