Intel has announced its first long-awaited smartphone in collaboration with Lenovo and Motorola. The Lenovo’s K800 phone will launch in China in the second quarter of 2012, while Motorola will wait till the regulatory approval comes in summer. Then, it will launch across Europe and America.

Photo: the Intel-powered smartphone, from www.telegraph.co.uk

With this move, Intel challenges the smartphone dominance of British company Arm, whose chips power many of the world’s most popular phones, says The Telegraph. In addition, the smartphones will successfully complement Intel’s its new ultrathin laptop line.

The smartphones feature improved battery life, while also keeping standard features such as a camera of up to 16MP and rapid web browsing and graphics capabilities. Devices accept existing software.

The smartphone were presented in China during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

«The smartphone is the biggest segment in the mobile Internet market, and both Lenovo and Intel have invested aggressively in this area,» said Liu Jun, president of Lenovo’s mobile division.