Lenovo confirmed killing its Legion series smartphone lineup โ€“ after rumors of the same started surfacing on social media.

Talking to Android Authority, Lenovo said the decision was part of a wider business transformation and gaming portfolio consolidation. Well, the company didnโ€™t mention how this could affect the current team working on Legion mobiles, Legion laptops, and the future support for existing mobiles out there.

The End of Lenovo Legion Smartphones

In a world where video gaming is mostly dominated by consoles and PCs, mobile OEMs have entered with robust smartphone offerings โ€“ putting the gaming experience almost parallel to other hardware. One among them is Lenovo, which came up with its first gaming smartphone series called Legion in 2020.

The company offered a powerful piece of 144Hz display, two haptic motors, a strong processor, a hefty battery, and RGB lighting effects โ€“ making it a good deal. Though consumers ignored it utterly, Lenovo continued with its second Legion โ€“ the Duel 2 in 2021 โ€“ that has a landscape-mounted pop-up camera added to updated specs.

Yet, the brand didnโ€™t pick up well in this space. This hit the company to rethink its smartphone strategy while shelving plans for a possible โ€œLenovo Legion Play,โ€ an Android-powered handheld. Well, today, Lenovo confirmed to the Android Authority that itโ€™s suspending the whole Legion mobile lineup for good!

โ€œLenovo is discontinuing its Android-based Legion mobile gaming phones as part of a wider business transformation and gaming portfolio consolidation.โ€

Further, the company says itโ€™s โ€œcommitted to advancing the gaming category across form factors, as well as focusing on where it can bring the most value to the global gaming community.โ€ Itโ€™s unclear what effect this move could have on the Legion laptop business โ€“ which is doing fairly well.

Also, we donโ€™t know what happens to the current Legion phones in the market โ€“ about their software support in the future.

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