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tango it's finally here and boy does it take augmented reality to the next level hey guys john be here with android authority and we're checking out Lenovo's brand new fab 2 line that consists of these three new smartphones that are coming here to the US that's pretty important for them just because for the longest of time there they've only targeted markets abroad so yeah it's largely uncharted territory for them we have three smartphones in this new line the Lenovo fab two the fab 2 plus and finally the tangle ready fab 2 Pro they pretty much share the same fundamental design language following that best better good strategy they're big phones with 6.4 inch sized screens now the main difference between them are the materials used for their bodies and their specs now being the entry-level the bunch the fab 2 has a plastic body a 720p IPS screen and a media tech 80 735 processor next up the fab 2 plus swaps the plastic body for an aluminum alloy one while also adding a fingerprint sensor dual rear cameras a 1080p screen and a slightly better media tech 87-83 trip and finally you have the fab 2 pro which boasts a unibody metal design a quad HD screen the fingerprint sensor and a Snapdragon 820 chip we would say their original looking since they look like many of the other metal phones we've seen released this year already but it's a nice distinction from its Motorola stuff the BAP to pro is by far the most intriguing of the trio since it has the hardware that makes it tango ready technically there are three major components that validate it being tango ready so that's a fisheye camera lens to get a wide view of the space there's an RGB camera that helps in sensing what's around the room and then there's also an IR emitter that sends an IR grid to measure the time of flight or in layman's terms it just helps to measure distance while augmented reality is nothing new let's work with project tango goes the extra step by giving freedom to augmented reality so you no longer are restricted to just a static experience now we check out a cool few tango experiences with the fab 2 pro like an upcoming Lowe's app that provides conceptual ideas of what your future kitchen might look like by just simply visualizing appliances right where you intend on putting them and then there's another demo it's a first-person shooter which maps out a room with its sensors and allows us to move around the room to shoot down these aerial drones now it's pretty neat because it makes us think about the possibility of one day seeing maybe a tango ready phone strapped into a headset like Google cardboard but rather than having a stationary experience you're going to be able to move around in the space overall the tango experience is here with the fab 2 Pro establishes a new direction for augmented reality as more developers get onboard we can only imagine things getting better and you'll have more meaningful experiences as well price-wise they all have their value at $2 you're getting a mighty big phone that should be ample for most users with the fab 2 now going up from that you have 299 for the fab 2 plus which benefits from having a metal body the fingerprint sensor and slightly beefed up specs and lastly there's the $499 fab 2 pro which is still not too shabby given that has the same specs as any contemporary flagship right now but it's the sole device on the market that brilliantly showcases what tango is all about although should be available globally by September but they might come here to the US a lot earlier and those are all the brand new phones coming to Lenovo so if you guys want to learn more about any of them you could check out our website Android Authority comm this is John Velasco signing out