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Lenovo will announce its second-gen gaming smartphone this week. The phone which is expected to arrive as the Lenovo Legion 2 Pro will pack significant upgrades over its predecessor. Today, Lenovo has confirmed one of the features that have been upgraded is the front-facing camera . According to a Weibo post by the official Legion Gaming Phone account, the Legion 2 Pro will have a 44MP front-facing camera . That is a big jump from the 20MP camera of the Legion Duel/Legion Pro. The attached poster also reveals that the front-facing camera will be a motorized pop-up camera that slides out from the side just like on last year’s model. Lenovo ’s new gaming phone is not the only phone with a 44MP front-facing camera this year. The Vivo S9 and the recently announced ZTE S30 Pro both have 44MP front-facing cameras too. So far it has been confirmed that the Legion 2 Pro will have a 6.92-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate and a 720Hz touch sampling rate...

Although HMD Global has a launch event scheduled for Thursday, April 8, it appears the licensee isn’t the only one that has a Nokia -branded product launch set for this week. A promotional page on Flipkart has revealed that a pair of Nokia TWS earbuds will be announced tomorrow. RichGo Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is the manufacturer behind several of the Nokia TWS earbuds currently on the market, so there is a high probability that it is the one behind this new product albeit in partnership with Flipkart . According to the promo page on Flipkart, the earbuds can be worn in the rain and for working out which means it is designed to prevent water/sweat from getting in. One of the teaser videos actually confirms it has an IP67 rating. It also mentions that it can be used in crowded places. This, along with the second of the teaser videos (below) hints at the new Nokia TWS earbuds having noise cancelation. Last but not least is support for gaming which should mean that the...