Lenovo is pulling the plug on its gaming smartphone enterprise, says a report by Android Authority. Lenovo’s Legion lineup of gaming smartphones with options like SSD RAID storage and pop-out cameras had been well-received out there, however now, the handset maker is making the transfer as ‘a part of a wider enterprise transformation and gaming portfolio consolidation’.
The firm is prone to shift its focus to the Motorola line of gadgets.
“Lenovo is discontinuing its Android-based Legion cell gaming telephones as a part of a wider enterprise transformation and gaming portfolio consolidation. As a pacesetter in gaming gadgets and options, Lenovo is dedicated to advancing the gaming class throughout type elements, in addition to specializing in the place it may deliver essentially the most worth to the worldwide gaming neighborhood,” an organization spokesperson was quoted as saying by the report.
It ought to be famous that way forward for gaming smartphones does not appear nice. Handset maker Xiaomi, which owns the Black Shark line, has been struggling and has reportedly laid off tons of of staff at its facility. However, Asus, with its ROG sequence of gaming telephones remains to be going sturdy.
To recall, earlier final month, Lenovo Group posted its income of $15.3 billion and a web revenue of $437 million within the third quarter (Q3) of FY2022-23, signalling sturdy momentum for its companies and options enterprise. The firm witnessed sturdy development in India and logged a complete income of greater than $400 million throughout all portfolios within the nation in Q3.
The world income from non-PC companies reached a excessive of 41 per cent whereas its diversified development engines of Solutions and Services Group (SSG) and Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) grew income to file highs of $1.8 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively, up 23 per cent and 48 per cent year-on-year (YoY).
The firm additionally hinted at job cuts in future as a part of the general price discount, says a report by information company Reuters.