ZUK Mobile reportedly shutting down in the coming weeks

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Lenovo’s ZUK Mobile is reportedly shutting down after two years, according to Chinese analyst Pan Jiutang, who revealed this when a weibo user @Old Cool mentioned that ZUK will not reveal Z3 smartphone as the successor to ZUK Z2. Lenovo already announced that it will move all its sub brands under the Lenovo Moto umbrella. Continue reading “ZUK Mobile reportedly shutting down in the coming weeks”

Zuk Edge 2 special edition with curved display, dual camera setup surfaces

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Lenovo’s sub-brand Zuk introduced Zuk Edge smartphone in December last year without much fanfare. Having said, that the renders of the Zuk Edge 2 Special edition have surfaced online that is themed around Luo Tianyi, a Chinese Vocaloid character. Continue reading “Zuk Edge 2 special edition with curved display, dual camera setup surfaces”

ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro ZUI 2.5 Android 7.0 Nougat update rolling out starting from China

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Lenovo has started rolling out ZUI 2.5 update based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) for the ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro smartphones in China, as it had promised last month.  ZUI 2.5 brings custom lockscreen themes, split-screen or multi-window feature, professional camera mode, game recording option, info cards for text messages and more. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro ZUI 2.5 Android 7.0 Nougat update rolling out starting from China”

ZUK Edge with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 821, 6GB RAM, Android 7.0 announced

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Lenovo’s ZUK has announced ZUK Edge, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 86.4% screen-to-body ratio and 1.63mm narrow frame, is powered by Snapdragon 821 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with ZUI 2.5 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and PDAF + CAF dual focus modes for quick 0.1 second auto focus and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZUK Edge with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 821, 6GB RAM, Android 7.0 announced”

ZUK Edge with Snapdragon 821, 6GB RAM, hidden fingerprint sensor to be announced on Dec 20

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Lenovo’s ZUK Edge, upcoming smartphone had already surfaced on TENAA and some benchmark listing. Live images of the phone surfaced recently revealing narrow bezels, even ZUK CEO shared official image of the smartphone along with the box and accessories last month, today the company has confirmed that the phone will be introduced at an event in China on December 20th.
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ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro to get ZUI 2.5 Android Nougat update by Jan 2017, Z1 to get closed beta soon

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Lenovo’s ZUK at an event in China announced a 600 yuan price cut for the Z2 Pro exclusive version with 6GB RAM and 128GB Storage that was introduced earlier this year. The ZUK Z2 Pro that was introduced for 2699 yuan will now be available for 2099 yuan (US$ 304 / Rs. 20,690 approx.). The ZUK Z2 that was introduced for 1799 yuan has received a 400 yuan price cut and will be available for 1399 yuan (US$ 200 / Rs. 13,790 approx.). Continue reading “ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro to get ZUI 2.5 Android Nougat update by Jan 2017, Z1 to get closed beta soon”

ZUK Edge official image revealed by CEO, announcement next week

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ZUK Edge, the company’s upcoming smartphone had already surfaced on TENAA and some benchmark listing. Even some live images of the phone surfaced recently revealing narrow bezels. Now ZUK CEO Chang Cheng has shared the first image of the smartphone along with the box and acessories, and also confirmed that it will be introduced in an event next week without revealing the exact date, as rumored earlier.

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ZUK Edge with Snapdragon 821, 6GB RAM, Android 7.0 surfaces in benchmarks, expected this month

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ZUK Edge (Z2151) received TENAA certification in China recently and also surfaced in a live images that revealed Snapdragon 821 processor and narrow bezels for 5.5-inch 1080p curved glass display. Now it has surfaced on AnTuTu that reveals 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and will run Android 7.0 (Nougat), even though the listing on certification site said it will run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “ZUK Edge with Snapdragon 821, 6GB RAM, Android 7.0 surfaces in benchmarks, expected this month”

ZUK Edge with Snapdragon 821 surfaces in live images, shows narrow bezels

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ZUK Z2151  received TENAA certification in China recently, now the smartphone has surfaced in a live image that shows its curved display with narrow bezels. This also shows Snapdragon 821 processor mentioned in the about page of the smartphone along with the phone’s name. Continue reading “ZUK Edge with Snapdragon 821 surfaces in live images, shows narrow bezels”

Lenovo Z2 Plus Unboxing

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Lenovo launched the  Z2 Plus, successor of last year’s Z1 in India last week, which went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Amazon.in starting at Rs. 17,999 with several launch offers. It is the same ZUK Z2 smartphone that we had unboxed back in July, but this has Google Now Launcher by default instead of ZUI’s launcher. Check out the unboxing below.

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ZUK Z2 Rio Edition with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820 announced

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Lenovo’s ZUK has announced ZUK Z2 Rio Edition in China, just in time for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. It has similar specifications as the standard Z2 smartphone that was unveiled in May that includes a 5-inch 1080p LTPS 2.5D curved glass display, quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZUI 2.0 on top, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, PDAF and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, but this has 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage compared to 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage in the original Z2. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 Rio Edition with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820 announced”

ZUK Z2 with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

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Lenovo’s ZUK has announced Z2, the company’s latest high-end smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 5-inch 1080p LTPS 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZUI 2.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) with quick focus in just 0.1 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”