Lenovo releases transparent EL panel-totting S800 mobile phone,which was announced last year and has been reportedly made available for retail in China recently.

According to a report published by a Japanese IT website known as ITmedia, the Lenovo S800 mobile phone sports a transparent, 2.4-inch organic EL display which which is capable of a maximum resolution of 240 x 320, but allows only up to 40% of incident light to pass though the screen. Apparently, this was done to ensure some degree of user privacy, as ITmedia claims that it prevents other people from clearly seeing what is being displayed on the screen from the screen’s rear.

ITmedia claims that the S800 also sports a variety of standard features such as a camera, Bluetooth connectivity and an FM tuner. Unfortunately, no information about the S800′s price and hardware specifications have been made public yet, so do check back for updates.