back to article Lenovo adds rugged ThinkPhone to appeal to ThinkPad users

Lenovo has unveiled the ThinkPhone, an Android smartphone the company is positioning as a business device alongside its ThinkPad laptops, with a number of features designed to make the two devices work better together. lenovo thinkphone The ThinkPhone is the product of Lenovo's Motorola division, which it acquired back in …

  1. Jurassic.Hermit

    Been there and done it

    Seems similar to what Microsoft tried years ago with their 950XL phone?

  2. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge
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    Rounded Corners are too Big!

    The rounded corners do not match the proportions of a ThinkPad. They should be of a smaller radius.

  3. Sleep deprived
    Joke

    Not a word about key feature?

    I expect no less than a Thinkpad-grade keyboard feel!

    1. Roj Blake Silver badge

      Re: Not a word about key feature?

      I demand a red nipple in the middle of the keyboard!

      1. spold Silver badge

        Re: Not a word about key feature?

        >>>I demand a red nipple in the middle of the keyboard!

        ...more likely to get a bit of a tit in front of it.

      2. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Not a word about key feature?

        You freak! TWO nipples! In the middle of the screen.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    rugged device thanks to a lightweight aramid fiber that's "stronger than steel,"

    I smell bullshit pouring out of my bullshitmeter. Perhaps it's meant to be 'office-rugged'?

    1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge

      Re: rugged device thanks to a lightweight aramid fiber that's "stronger than steel,"

      I'm sure the phone casing is very strong. But strong phones aren't the problem. It's the massive fuck-off glass bit on the front that breaks. Hence calling a phone rugged is stupid, unless you've done something to protect the glass. At least a rubber bumper round it, so only a direct drop onto a non flat surface is required to break it.

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