Lenovo plans to launch more than 60 smartphones in the China and overseas markets in 2014, with 50% of models to support 4G, China-based it.sohu.com cited company vice president and China general manager for Mobile Business Group Zhang Hui as indicating.

Lenovo aims to sell 80 million smartphones globally in 2014, with 60 million units in the China market, the report noted.

Lenovo has more than 1,000 hardware R&D engineers and over 1,000 software R&D staff in China, the said. In addition, Motorola Mobility's 2,000 R&D engineers will join Lenovo.