Lenovo Vibe P1 review: Goes big on battery life, but that’s about it
The Lenovo Vibe P1 was announced alongside the P1m in India last year. The Vibe P1 packs in some mid-range hardware, but its highlight is clearly the 5000mAh battery which is where it gets its ‘Power Player’ tagline from. The Vibe P1 is the bigger sibling compared to the Vibe P1m and certainly comes with better specs and a higher price tag of Rs 15,999.
Motorola clearly popularised the budget segment with the Moto G but with handsets like Xiaomi’s Redmi series and the recently announced LeEco Le 1s, it is getting really hard to stand out in this price competitive segment. So does the Lenovo Vibe P1 with its 5000mAh battery, metal body and fingerprint reader stand out from the rest of the competition? Let’s find out.
Build and Design: 7/10
When the smartphone was announced, we did have a lot of expectations from the Vibe P1. More so, it looked pretty good from afar with its metal back that also hides the large non-removable battery.
On the front we have a black front face with a 5.5 inch display at the centre sporting a 72% screen-to-body ratio. The top bezel area contains the receiver, notification LED, front-facing camera and the ambient light and proximity sensors. The bottom area of the bezel features two capacitive buttons for the recents menu and the back key. The home button in the center also houses the fingerprint reader and can be pressed down to get to the homescreen.
The slider button on the left is used to turn on the Ultra Power Saver mode, that switches off most apps.
After using Vibe P1 for a while we have come to the conclusion that fit and finish could have been a bit better. The metal finish is not as smooth as we wanted it to be but that’s really not the problem. The problem with the design is the use of plastic inserts at the top and bottom. The cutouts (shown above) look shabby at best and jut out killing the seamless look of the back cover. We did wish that Lenovo went with directly accessible SIM card and microSD card trays instead of hiding them under a plastic cover on the top. It does take some time to figure out where you put in the SIM card and microSD card if you haven’t referred to the manual already.
While we appreciated the big battery it does come with some heft at 189 grams.
Features: 7.5/10
The Lenovo Vibe P1 is definitely better than the P1m even though it lacks the nano coating feature that makes the latter splash-proof. The P1 packs in a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Inside sits the now ageing Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC clocked at 1.5GHz and an Adreno 405 GPU.
The handset packs in 2GB of RAM, that seems a bit less considering its price tag (and the competition) but makes up for it with 32GB of internal storage and 128GB of expandable microSD card support.
While we liked the colour reproduction of the display, something that was not so impressive were its brightness levels. This in turn affected its outdoor performance and left us cringing to read notifications and messages in direct sunlight. Adding to this was the tricky Auto-brightness that forced us to turn it off most of the time.
On the Vibe P1m we found a vibrant display that was brighter than that on the P1 but lost out due to bad viewing angles.
Performance: 7/10
The massive 5000mAh battery aside, the Lenovo Vibe P1 delivers as expected. This would bring it in line with the Motorola Moto G Turbo that packs in similar hardware. We saw a bit of dropped frames and a some stutter while scrolling in apps but not something that would hamper the user experience and this only happened occasionally.
Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus to be launched in Nepal on 15 March
Lenovo is all set bring its newly launched Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus in India soon. The smartphone will makes its way into India this month on 15 March. The company has started teasing the launch of new smartphone on its social media channels.
Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus sports a 5 inch Full HD (1920 X 1080 pixels) IPS Display. It is powered by a 64 bit 1.5 GHz Octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 Processor with 2GB of RAM. For Graphics it has a Adreno 405 GPU.
Lenovo K5 Plus comes with a 13 Megapixel rear camera with LED flash. For selfies, It comes with a 5 Megapixel front camera. It comes with 16GB in-built storage which can be expanded upto 32GB using MicroSD card.
Its connectivity options include 4G, LTE, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS/AGPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi Direct, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB OTG, and Micro-USB. It supports both FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE bands. It packs a 2,750 mAh Battery.
Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with a layer of Vibe 2.5 UI. It is a dual sim(LTE+LTE) device with dual standby support.
Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus price in India will be around Rs. 12,000. It comes in Gold and Silver color option. It will be launched in India on 15 March.
Lenovo Vibe Alpha design with comprehensive specs
We spend a lot of our time at Phones Review covering new smartphones but occasionally we like to take a look at concept designs to tease ourselves with possibilities. Today we’re showing a Lenovo Vibe Alpha design that comes with comprehensive specs. The designer particularly focuses on the display technologies that are used for this idea.
This Lenovo Vibe Alpha concept is a good-looking handset as you can see in the image below. We feel the reverse of the handset in carbon fiber with a brushed aluminum camera strip and engraved logo is especially appealing. It’s built with an anodized aluminum frame with nicely chamfered edges. It also meets IP67 certification standard with nano-coated ports and acoustic vents. It has been designed by DeviantArt member r4yNTv who has put a huge amount of work into an extremely comprehensive specs sheet for the smartphone.
For example rather than merely telling us it has a 5-inch display with Full HD display resolution of 1920 x 1080, we’re informed of many of the finer details such as 1500:1 contrast ratio and 90% NTSC color space. Add to that display enhancements such as MediaTek’s MiraVision Display engine, SmartScreen, color tuning, ClearMotion 60 fps interpolation, and MiraVision HQ 1080p upscaling, and you begin to see just how much effort has gone into this Lenovo Vibe Alpha idea. Oh, and don’t forget display protection with Asahi Dragontrail-X Cover Glass.
Further specifications include a 2GHz MediaTek Helio X10 64-bit octa-core processor and Vulkan API-ready G6200 graphics. There’s 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD to 200GB), and a 3400 mAh non-removable battery. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Samsung Britecell sensor, f/2.2 aperture, phase detection autofocus, and 4K video capture. Up front there’s an 8-megapixel shooter with f/2.2 aperture, 80-degree wide-angle lens, and 1080p video capture.
The Lenovo Vibe Alpha is a dual SIM dual standby smartphone with 4G LTE connectivity, dual front-facing speakers, fingerprint sensor, and USB Type-C port. It’s running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with a guaranteed update to Android N. Approximate dimensions are 138mm x 69mm x 8.2mm with a weight of around 130 to 140g. The designer even gives a price of around $199. An extra suggestion is a larger Lenovo Vibe Alpha Plus with 5.5-inch display and other improved specs for around $229.
We rarely see as much work go into a concept design as this one, so we urge you to check out the source link below for the full gamut of specs. Now we’d like to hear what you think of this Lenovo Vibe Alpha design. Would you like to see Lenovo produce something similar to this concept?
Source: r4yNTv (DeviantArt)Via: Concept Phones
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