In red or blue, but in any case with a very unusual chassis design, the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel comes to your home. Even the packaging is unusual: It consists of several triangles that you open to reveal the phone, accompanied by a machine sound that comes from a small speaker including a battery in the package. That is pretty cool, but of course questionable in terms of the environment.
The metal and glass chassis feels high-quality and refracts the light at the back, which looks good. The Legion lettering and the large logo in the center glow in different colors. The positioning of the main camera and the flash is unusual; both are in the center of the smartphone. However, this actually corresponds to the positioning of a conventional camera. Overall, it is noticeable that Lenovo has optimized the smartphone for a landscape orientation of the screen, and one of the two USB-C ports is located in the center of the long side.
The smartphone comes with either 12 or 16 GB of RAM and 256 or 512 GB of UFS 3.1 storage. This puts it on a similar level as Asus' ROG Phone 3; Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra cannot keep up here. 5G is installed, the audio signal is output via USB-C, and an adapter for 3.5 mm jacks is included in the smartphone.
WiFi 6 is also available, but the Legion Phone Duel ranks rather behind in the comparison. The Wi-Fi is not slow in our test with the reference router Netgear Nighthawk AX12, but it is a bit slower than in other smartphones in the price range.
The software is based on Android 10, but is specially adapted. It offers a very good user manual including videos, but it is not always perfectly translated and the security patches were completely outdated at the time of testing.
For real gamers, there are two touch-sensitive areas that can be used as shoulder keys that can be customized for different games. Physical buttons would have been more suitable here, but they serve their purpose.
There is a fingerprint sensor behind the screen. It is a bit far down for our taste, but it is reliable. It is not active when the screen is turned off, and you at least have to activate the always-on display. Thanks to the 144 Hz screen and the fast processor, the smartphone can be operated quickly and feels very responsive.
The rear camera offers two lenses: The main camera with 64 megapixels, which increases the light yield via pixel binning, but then also only takes pictures with 16 megapixels, and a wide-angle lens.
The photos of the main camera are rich in detail and colorful. However, there could be more detail in dark areas in low light and high contrasts. The sharpness also decreases slightly towards the edges.
Videos can be recorded in a maximum of 4K resolution. The picture quality is also convincing here. The autofocus reacts quickly and precisely, but the brightness adjustment could be a bit more elegant.
The front-facing camera extends centrally from the casing's long side, which is also unusual at first glance, but not that bad in everyday use. The camera also takes detailed pictures and has no problems with fine structures like hair.
The screen's resolution of 2,340 x 1,080 pixels is usual, but 4K gaming is not possible. The brightness is solid, but lower than all comparison devices. The color reproduction is quite accurate; we measured in the "natural" color mode.
With its 144 Hz frame rate, the screen feels very smooth in operation and can reproduce scrolling well. Although not many games support such high frame rates yet, that should change in the near future and then you can get small advantages in fast shooters due to the fast screen.
The AMOLED screen flickers as usual at brightness levels below 100%, but the frequency is quite high.
Of course, you expect a lot of performance from a gaming smartphone in the first place, and thanks to the Snapdragon 865+, this is also given in Lenovo's Legion Phone Duel. The performance remains constant even under longer load, as the 3D Mark Wild Life stability score of 99.2% shows.
However, the smartphone gets quite warm during operation; we measured 45.7 °C. However, this warming cleverly occurs in the center of the smartphone, where the hands are not in landscape mode.
The stereo speakers of the Legion Phone Duel are directed to the front and get averagely loud. On maximum power, they seem a bit overpowered and emphasize trebles very strongly. At 3/4 of the maximum volume, the sound seems rounder overall. Overall, the speakers are OK, but there are definitely better systems in the high-end sector.
Lenovo has divided the battery into two parts. It has a total capacity of 5,000 mAh. This has the advantage that both batteries can be charged simultaneously via the two USB-C ports and the charger with two cables. Thus, the Legion Phone Duel achieves ingenious charging times: Approximately 40 minutes from 0 to 100%. If you do not have the charger at hand, you can of course only use one of the two USB-C ports, but both batteries are still charged. The smartphone lasted 14:11 hours in our Wi-Fi test. That is not a record, but quite good and much longer than Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra.
Lenovo's Legion Phone Duel is a good gaming smartphone that can actually be used very smoothly thanks to its 144 Hz display and is future-proof for games. The manufacturer often goes unusual ways, such as placing the camera in the center of the casing or the centrally extending front camera. However, after a short familiarization phase, we actually find these quite good.
Whether you like the case is a matter of taste, but it is certainly not restrained. It is stable and ergonomic. We also like the cameras. The picture quality is convincing and the front-facing camera takes good selfies. The battery life is good and the smartphone charges extremely fast thanks to the dualbattery and the dual charging port. However, the heavy charger has to be accepted in return.
Lenovo's Legion Phone Duel is a gaming phone with a fast screen, many clever details and a few minor flaws.
The screen could be brighter, but the display is convincing and the system's performance is also more than sufficient for current mobile games.
All in all, Lenovo has come up with some clever details, which makes the Legion Phone Duel appealing not only for gamers. In other areas, especially the localization of the software, the final touches are missing and Lenovo should urgently release a software update for the security patches.
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. It costs 899.99 Euros with 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage and 999.99 Euros with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage.<br />"Smartphone" - Google News
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