Lenovo to team up with Ashton Kutcher on a range of new phones

Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 12:49, by Alan F.

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Lenovo to team up with Ashton Kutcher on a range of new phones

Steve Jobs is teaming up with Lenovo on a new range of handsets. Ok, it really isn't Steve Jobs, but is Ashton Kutcher, the actor who portrayed the late Apple co-founder in the movie "Jobs". You might recall that the Chinese manufacturer signed the television and film star as a design engineer back in October, to work on the company's Yoga Tablets.

Lenovo Chief Marketing Officer David Roman said on Friday that Kutcher won't be designing the actual circuitry that goes into the phone, but the UX of the device will certainly have his fingerprints all over it. The actor is known to be a savvy tech investor with a lifelong love of technology. Besides playing Jobs, he also portrays internet billionaire Waldon Schmidt on television 's "Two and a Half Men".

"I know on one level, it sounds corny, but it is real. He not only sees himself as an engineer, but he is an engineer. If he sees a problem, he wants to solve it."-David Roman, CMO, Lenovo

Kutcher, who has been seen on Nikon camera ads, co-founded VC firm A Grade Investments, which was an early investor in Foursquare, Airbnb and Uber, among other companies.

The Kutcher designed phones will be launched later this year.

source: re/code via Engadget

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posted on 28 Feb 2014, 13:59 1

1. williamdroid (Posts: 125; Member since: 19 Jan 2014)

Looks like Kelso did okay for himself hahaha

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:15 7

3. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)

Can't wait to see the final product... Notification sound: BUUURN!!

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:35 2

6. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4746; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)

That comment goes in my top 10 favorite comments sir.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:44 2

8. papss (unregistered)

I agree❕❕

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:42 1

16. trickster_qc (Posts: 107; Member since: 18 Jun 2013)

and the sound alarm for when you misplaced your phone:

Duuude, where is your phone?

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:03

2. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 2195; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)

this guy is gonna punk us all with his with ux designs..got punked?

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:09 5

11. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)

Wrong, he's going to secretly sabotage Lenovo on launch day by pulling out his iPhone 5S and Macbook. And, then, he'll ruin Lenovo just like he did "2 and a Half Men".

*TRAGIC*

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:19

4. AfterShock (Posts: 3698; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)

I don't expect great things from this union.
Just another hole to throw cash down I bet.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:22 7

5. bdclark (Posts: 13; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)

By that reasoning, HTC should bring in Vanilla Ice.

"If there was a problem, Yo, I'll solve it. Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it."

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:15 1

12. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)

... lol +1

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:42

7. TechFreak123 (Posts: 85; Member since: 25 Feb 2014)

Lenovo, he is just playing Steve Jobs, he isn't the real Steve Jobs!

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:46 3

10. Dthawk (Posts: 42; Member since: 11 Feb 2014)

oh let him play! He has to redeem himself somehow after that 'Jobs' fiasco.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:17

13. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)

Hey, "don't hate"! That movie grossed over 1 MILLION DOLLARS!!

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 16:04 7

19. Dthawk (Posts: 42; Member since: 11 Feb 2014)

Wow, that's almost as much as Flappy Bird!

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 18:53

24. Scott93274 (Posts: 5347; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

Where they expecting it to gross as much as Social Network?

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 14:45

9. papss (unregistered)

This makes me feel good about the house that bought Moto..

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:23 2

14. Yubnub (Posts: 100; Member since: 23 May 2013)

Nooo, I hate Ashton! give me back my Mila Kunis

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:38 1

15. JewBakaUCFG (Posts: 176; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)

Well, then. Guess I will not be at all interested in a Lenovo phone. I've met Kutcher. He was a jerk.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:43

17. trickster_qc (Posts: 107; Member since: 18 Jun 2013)

Hopefully for Lenovo, he'll be more successful than Alicia Keys was with Blackberry.

or Robert Downey Jr with HTC...

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 15:46 2

18. GoBears (Posts: 454; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)

Hopefully he's a better designer than an actor.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 16:08

20. varunrawal (Posts: 10; Member since: 04 Oct 2011)

bad idea!!!just coz he acted as steve jobs doesn't make him steve jobs….lol….next year news update lenovo mobile division up for grabs!!

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 16:16 2

21. linaresx (Posts: 101; Member since: 13 Jun 2013)

The fake Steve Jobs and the fake IBM.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 16:18

22. DomChavez (Posts: 1; Member since: 28 Feb 2014)

Yeah, these aren't iPhones and he isn't really Steve Jobs.

posted on 28 Feb 2014, 18:46

23. Scott93274 (Posts: 5347; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

Well, they have the money, let them throw it away on a publicity stunt. Who knows, he might actually design a good phone... Also "I can shoot chocolate milk from my nipples."