Lenovo has been experimenting with new features on smartphones in an overall market which is slowing, as device makers look to differentiate their products from rivals. The Chinese firm recently unveiled an augmented reality smartphone. Samsung is also reportedly working on bendable phones which could be released in 2017, according to Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources.
It comes as Lenovo - which also owns Motorola - faces intense competition from younger Chinese upstarts such as OPPO and Vivo. Lenovo, which was in the top five list of vendors by market share at the end of last year, got knocked out by these new rivals, according to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
The company is now trying hard to ramp up its market share to compete with the likes of Samsung, Apple and Huawei - the three biggest smartphone players.
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