It’s 6.4 inches, it’s got a crazy new depth-sensing camera system and it may actually arrive next month. Lenovo’s big Phab2 Pro was originally scheduled for retail release this summer, a date that eventually got pushed back to a fairly vague fall timeframe, casting some doubt on whether the first handset to leverage Google’s Tango system would ever see the light of day.
Now, a day after the announcement of several key pieces of Google hardware, the mythical phablet has gotten a slightly more definite timeframe. Google VR head Clay Bavor has confirmed that early adopters will finally be able to get their hands on the Lenovo device come November.
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At last mention, the handset was set to be priced at $499 unlocked here in the US, which seems like a fairly reasonable ask for a massive phone that’s the first to properly leverage Google’s long awaited computer vision system — a system that could have some interesting implications for mobile augmented reality.
We got a look at the phone when it was announced earlier this summer. That pre-production unit boasted some promising new features, but this release will surely provide a key test of the platform’s future.
