Lenovo has announced the launch of its new dedicated brand for gaming – ‘Legion’, in India. Legion enters India with two new powerful gaming laptops, Lenovo Legion Y520 and Y720 designed for casual and performance gamers who are on-the-go. These laptops support VR, Dolby, optional backlit keyboards, FHD IPS resolution and optimised cooling. Both laptops are equipped with up to 7th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU and the latest NVIDIA discrete graphics cards.
Legion Y520
It is designed for portability seekers, the Legion Y520 has an aluminum-brushed body and weighs around 2.5 kgs. The device allows gamers to custom tune audio with the 2 x 2W Harman speakers and Dolby Audio Premium. Since most gamers prefer gaming at night, the Legion Y520 laptop has an optional red backlit keyboard that provides 1.7 mm of key travel for crisp, accurate, and responsive keystrokes. The laptop comes with up to 128GB of PCIe SSD storage, ideal for reducing the boot-up time and in-game loading, or 1TB of HDD storage, perfect for storing your entire gaming collection. Gamers can also enjoy hybrid storage, effectively getting the best of both worlds.
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Legion Y720
This laptop is built from the ground up in an all-metal cover, the Legion Y720 laptop is the world’s first Dolby Atmos Windows based PC bringing an enhanced sense of depth and detail to the overall gaming experience. It makes the game’s world come alive with immersive sound providing amazing precision and realism. With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics, the laptop is the India’s first Oculus certified VR-ready machine. It also comes with Thunderbolt 3, the fastest port available on a PC today to plug and play at lightening speeds. The display is supported up to FHD IPS anti-glare display on the device. The Legion Y720 laptop comes with the option of an integrated Xbox One Wireless receiver, which can support up to four controllers simultaneously for gaming with friends. This also comes with optional backlit.
Other features:
- Gamers can easily customise settings such as audio, active keys, cooling, and network priority. Lenovo Nerve Sense allows them to record highlights for replaying or uploading to streaming sites.
- The devices have been designed with optimised thermal engineering to combat heat even during the most resource-intensive gaming session. The engineered fans and vents are strategically located close to the graphics card and processors to keep hot air moving while the rear-placed thermal vents remove that heat. The Extreme Cooling shortcut within Lenovo Nerve Sense can be used for gaming firefights that require an additional push of cooling.
- As part of the Legion gaming kit, gamers get a Y gaming armoured backpack to enjoy mobile gaming wherever they go. The Y gaming optical mouse and Y gaming stereo headset are also available at an additional cost.
Pricing and Availability
Both products will be available on Flipkart and the www.thedostore.com, Lenovo India Official Online Store; pre-bookings open on May 19, 2017.
- Lenovo Legion Y520 starts at INR 92,490
- Lenovo Legion Y720 starts at INR 149,990
Offers
- Additional 2-year onsite warranty worth INR 4999 at INR 999
- EMI offers at zero cost
- Exchange offers on Flipkart and www.thedostore.com: Flat exchange offer of INR 20,000 on pre-booking on Flipkart
Bhaskar Choudhuri, Marketing Director, Lenovo India said, “We are extremely excited to bring the Legion brand to our fast-growing community of Indian gamers. Gaming continues to be our strategic focus area and the new brand further enhances the Y series portfolio in India. The new Lenovo Legion laptops address every gamer’s demand for a superior and immersive experience with VR and outstanding audio capabilities.”
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