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==Introduction==
[[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro ]] is a smartphone developed by Lenovo in collaboration with Google. It was announced during the Lenovo Tech World 2016 event in San Francisco by Yang Yuanging (Chairman and CEO of Lenovo). It is the first consumer facing product with Google’s Tango included. It is one of three new Lenovo Phab phones that will arrive to the US in 2016, complementing the Lenovo Phab 2 and the Lenovo Phab 2 Plus <ref name=”1”> Gadgets 360 Staff (2016). Lenovo Phab 2 Pro ‘Tango’ Smartphone With 4 Cameras, 6.4-Inch Display Launched. Retrieved from gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/lenovo-phab2-pro-tango-smartphone-with-4-cameras-64-inch-display-launched-847304</ref>.
According to Yang Yuanging, the smartphone is intended to make “AR and VR as pervasive as GPS”, augmenting the world we already live in. To achieve this it will utilize Tango, and make use of an array of cameras, sensors and software to map spaces in three dimensions. Even though it is the first consumer product that will have Tango, it is not the first device that comes with it. The first Tango device was a reference design tablet made by Google for developers. The companies worked together in order to give the Phab 2 Pro a smaller design than a tablet but still able to accommodate all the technology necessary for Tango to function, such as the sensors, cameras and other hardware. The result is a smartphone with a 6.4-inch Quad HD screen. It can be describe as a phablet since it is almost a small tablet in terms of size <ref name=”2”> Gokey, M. (2016). Hands On: Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. Retrieved from www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/lenovo-phab-plus-pro-hands-on/</ref> <ref name=”3”> Holly, R. (2016). Lenovo PHAB 2 Pro Tango preview: Consider Our Minds Blown. Retrieved from www.androidcentral.com/lenovo-phab-2-pro-early-look-consider-our-minds-blown</ref>.
