Gadgetory

this is the first phone to have Google's augmented reality software built right in and it is truly something to behold the software is called tango the phone is the Lenovo fab to pro and the two together are an early look at how AR on a phone could make the app to use so much cooler by interacting with the world around you in weird and wonderful ways the problem is that tango isn't very developed on its own and the phone itself makes a lot of compromises to make tango work for example it's really big and heavy it should be because there's a huge battery in it and lots of processing power and you need both these things to run the kind of intensive programs that scan and track the real world around you and then place things in it but battery life drains really quickly on the phone with its huge 6.4 inch screen is very bulky and awkward to use apps you can download will make you feel like Zeus on high as you kill innocent villagers or preview how good a lamp or appliance might look in your room the possibilities are endless here and the platform is just waiting for developers to dive in but unfortunately most of the apps so far are either unintuitive inaccurate or simply poorly made when air gets good enough that virtual dominoes fall off the table and onto the floor then we've truly made strides for now though they just hang in the air and that's a problem even if you're curious about AR and like the fab to pro size and price it just isn't a stellar phone camera quality is so so and it takes way too long to process a photo I ran into issues here and there with buggy software and drop calls to as excited as I am to see a our cameras and ir sensors together on the same phone this just isn't the right combination right girl bottom line if you aren't a developer trying to experiment with AR apps the fab to pro isn't a good buy despite its cutting-edge promise