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The Lenovo Phab2 Pro scans the world around you with a 3D depth-sensing camera (pictures)

The world's first Project Tango phone is here and it's from Lenovo. Here's what it looks like.

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This is the Lenovo Phab2 Pro, the word's first ready-to-buy Tango phone. "What's Tango," you ask? Tango is a depth-sensing 3D camera developed by Google that can scan the world around you, and help place virtual objects in the real world.

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It's the dual 16-megapixel fast-focus 3D-sensing cameras with Tango depth sensor and motion tracking that makes Project Tango possible.

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The Phab2 phone line comes in three models, including the Phab2 Pro, Phab2 Plus and regular old Phab2.

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Not the thinnest phone in the world, but definitely not what I'd call thick, either. Fairly typical-looking volume rocker and power button, though.

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The Phab2 Pro augments reality and delivers those images to your phone screen.

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No USB-C here. Just a traditonal Micro-USB connetion.

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You don't see dual SIM slots on too many phones in the US these days. And you don't actually see them here, but trust me, they're there.

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The Project Tango development kit tablet (left) and the Phab2 Pro on the right, but you probably knew that by now, didn't you?

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