Motorola’s Lenovo ThinkPhone was the first announced at CES earlier this year. Motorola is known for its well-thought-out line of affordable phones, while its parent company has made a name for itself with its line of ThinkPad laptops. This is one of the reasons why ThinkPhone is so compelling as a product. It combines Motorola’s deep history of making Android phones with Lenovo’s wisdom for Windows.
ThinkPhone targets business types that value productivity and workflow. It is now available to enterprise customers through Lenovo’s business sales channels. The unlocked ThinkPhone will also be on sale to consumers starting April 28th for $700 (which roughly converts to £565, AU$1,060) at Motorola website Beside Lenovo website.
My colleague Patrick Holland tested the ThinkPhone, and you can read his hands-on impressions of it here, with the original article appearing below.
Hands-on with Lenovo ThinkPhone
ThinkPhone runs on a light skinned version of Android 13.
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I’ve been using a ThinkPhone for the past several days, and so far I’m impressed. For a new phone that’s likely the first in a new product line, it’s pretty mature. The phone’s design definitely mimics the business feel of the ThinkPad. On the back, there’s even a Motorola ThinkPhone badge in the lower right corner of the phone like the ThinkPad logo on Lenovo’s laptop. The slanted aramid fiber inlay on the back gives the phone a sophisticated look.
ThinkPhone comes with a small plastic case and a 68W wall charger. And this charger might be my favorite part of the phone so far. In addition to having a massive 5,000mAh battery, the ThinkPhone can charge quickly. I plugged it into the wall and it went from empty to 92% battery in 30 minutes, making it one of the fastest charging phones sold in the US. For perspective, the similar iPhone 14 only added 42% in price in the same time period.
The main camera is especially good in bright light. There is a drop in quality when shooting in dim environments, but the shots still look decent. I still have more tests to do with the cameras, but take a look at some of the pictures below.
The main camera captures good details. Note the names of the books.
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Dynamic range is decent, but the ThinkPhone definitely crushes shadows. Note the seating area.
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The phone nailed the colors in this image.
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But the most exciting thing about the ThinkPhone is the seamless way it works with the Lenovo ThinkPad. For example, I can copy and paste text and images from the phone to my laptop or use the 50MP camera in my ThinkPhone to video call my ThinkPad. While the cross-platform compatibility features aren’t unique to Motorola and Lenovo, they do work more closely to what Apple does with its iPhones and Macs than it does with other Android and Windows devices. I still have a lot to explore, but check back for my full review.
Lenovo ThinkPhone features and design
ThinkPhone combines Android and Microsoft Windows with select Lenovo features.
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The ThinkPhone has similar design aesthetics to the popular Lenovo ThinkPad Laptop line, all the way to the red signature button. Motorola and Lenovo focused on three specific areas for the business-focused ThinkPhone: security, durability, and productivity.
Among the ThinkPhone’s most interesting features is the customizable red key, which can be used to launch specific apps or features, such as the Walkie Talkie function in Microsoft Teams. It looks similar to a programmable button XCover6Pro from Samsunga phone also developed for enterprise and industrial uses.
It’s a business-oriented device, so the ThinkPhone unsurprisingly includes a variety of productivity features that make it easy to connect the phone to your computer. Many of these features are already available through Motorola’s existing Ready For program, which you can find on previously launched phones like the Motorola Edge 20 and Edge 20 Plus. This includes the ability to use the ThinkPhone as your laptop’s webcam for video calls, automatic connection to your Windows laptop over Wi-Fi when nearby, drag-and-drop file transfers between ThinkPhone and your Windows PC, and a unified clipboard. However, the difference is that you can access some of these features using the ThinkPhone’s red key, which makes it stand out from other Motorola devices.
A Motorola ThinkPhone next to a ThinkPad laptop.
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Motorola also positions the ThinkPhone as ideal for storing sensitive work-related information. The device has a separate processor called Moto KeySafe, which isolates PINs, passwords, and other sensitive data. ThinkShield and Moto Threat Defense software from Lenovo and Motorola can also be found on the device. ThinkPhone also has tools that allow IT departments to manage lock screen settings, network alerts, and other aspects of the device.
The ThinkPhone is MIL STD 810H certified and made of aramid fibers that Motorola says is stronger than steel. It also has Gorilla Glass Victus and should be able to withstand falls from a height of up to 1.25 metres. Like most modern phones, the ThinkPhone has IP68 water resistance.
Many other specifications of the ThinkPhone are similar to those of standard flagship smartphones. The phone has a screen size of 6.6 inches. Android 13 It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor. There is a 50MP main camera and a 13MP ultra wide angle camera along with a 32MP selfie camera.
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