Emerging markets and China have resulted in an uptake in global smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2014, according to a latest report from Trend Force. The market research firm says that smartphone shipment worldwide hit 266.9 million units and improved by 1.13% in the first quarter of 2014.
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Lenovo Vibe Z, the Chinese company’s flagship smartphone, was launched in India for a price of 35,999 a while back. The phone, also know by its codename K910, is the successor to Lenovo’s K900, the flagship from last year. We had reviewed the K900 and found it to be a really good flagship at that point in time, and it’s not surprising that the Vibe Z is modeled off the same. With improvements on the outside in terms of design and build and on the inside in terms of internals, is the Vibe Z Lenovo’s best offering yet? How does it compare to the newer breed of flagships from other companies? Here is our detailed review of the Lenovo Vibe Z aka K910 to answer those questions.
While India might’ve just received the Moto X, rumors are already swirling around the next generation version. Word surfaced a while back that the successor to the Moto X would be called the Moto X+1. To be the first device after the sale to Lenovo, it looks like the Moto X+1 will take customization to yet another level. Continue reading “Moto X+1 to have 25 custom backplate options”
First announced in August 2013, the Moto X finally made its way to Indian shores and hit retail last month. The phone uses a unique chipset that is called the X8 Mobile Computing system that allows it to be contextually aware. Powering the phone is a 1.7Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC with an Adreno 320 GPU. This is paired with two separate co-processor units that are responsible for Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Contextual Awareness. These coprocessors give the Moto X its always listening capabilities that really come into life when combined with Google Now’s contextual capabilities. There’s 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage built in. At the back, the phone has a 10.5MP camera with a 1/2.5″ 1.4um sensor. Continue reading “Moto X Photo Gallery”
Lenovo and Yahoo have something in common – both of them won’t stop until they have bought out everything and everybody. The difference between them though is that Lenovo has went after big names like IBM ThinkPads, IBM Servers and Motorola while Yahoo is buying early stage startups.
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Lenovo introduced three new smartphones as part of their S lines of phones here at the Mobile World Congress. The Android handset brings mid range specifications to a budget price point. We take a brief look at the specifications and how the device feels in the hand. Continue reading “Lenovo S660 Hands On, Photo Gallery”
Lenovo introduced a range of products here at the Mobile World Congress. Some interesting, some decidedly less so. The Lenovo S850 falls in the first category because of its interesting mix of hardware design and generally decent performance. We spent some time with the handset and here’s what we thought about it. Continue reading “Lenovo S850 Hands On, Photo Gallery”
Here at the Mobile World Congress we’ve seen a wide range of products being introduced by all major brands. Indeed Lenovo was no exception as it brought out its range of mid range products with a focus on build quality and hitting the right price point in exchange for super charged internals. This is the Lenovo S860 and here are our first impressions of the device. Continue reading “Lenovo S860 Hands On, Photo Gallery”
Hot on the heels of the news that Google might be planning to offload Motorola to Lenovo comes the official announcement. Google today revealed that Lenovo plans to acquire the Motorola Mobility smartphone business for $2.91 billion. Google had acquired Motorola for a whopping 12.5 billion dollars which makes the sale price seem suspiciously low. That said, Google will retain control of Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio which seems to have been the intention all along. Lenovo will receive a license to get access to this patent portfolio. It remains unclear if this will be an exclusive license however, Lenovo will also receive over 2,000 patent assets as well as the brand and trademark portfolio for Motorola Mobility. Continue reading “Google makes it official: sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91bn, retains patents”
Lenovo, the world’s no. 1 PC maker and one of the top 5 Smartphone vendors in the world, is reportedly buying out Motorola’s Mobility division from Google for close 3 billion USD, reports Reuters. With final talks between Lenovo and Google going on, Reuters adds that the Motorola mobility division is the one that makes the Moto X and the recently launched popular budget device, Moto G. Lenovo will also be getting its hands on certain patents as a part of the deal, reportedly. Google created a lot of flutter, not long ago, when it announced that it will acquire Motorola’s mobility division for a whopping 12.5 billion USD. It was assumed that the money was for all the patents, but Motorola(under Google’s leadership) announced the Moto X and the Moto G, with very few tweaks and modifications, which possibly signaled more Google intervention than ever, but it looks like that was not the case then, nor is it now.
Lenovo and Google have just made the acquisition official, read here for more details.
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The Lenovo S650 and Lenovo A859 are two mid-range Android smartphones that Lenovo announced and showcased at the CES 2014. Both the devices fall in the mid-range Android smartphone category. We have separately seen the Lenovo S650 and the Lenovo A859, so we decided to do a hands on comparison video with the two phones and you can check out the video right below.
Among its Windows Laptops and Tablets, Android tablets and smartphones, Lenovo has introduced its Lenovo Beacon. The Lenovo Beacon aims to be your personal cloud and media streaming device in your digital home for your digital needs. We have a first look on this device and you can check out the video right below.
That 70s show, Jobs and Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher has been hired by Lenovo as its new Product Engineer. While the job title might be reaching, Ashton’s role in the Chinese company seems far more detailed than the other celebrity associations in the past have been. Lenovo is fresh off the announcements of its new 8 inch and 10 inch Yoga Android tablets, with a refreshing design and an affordable price point, and they actually did a live stream from YouTube Space LA with Ashton Kutcher playing host. There was a promo that played during the live stream which clearly wanted to showcase Kutcher’s geek chops, which is not surprising, having known for being a tech investor.
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Lenovo is one of the few companies that is doing good in both the PC and smart devices industry. As a fruit of its efforts, it has had a very successful first quarter in 2013, which ended June 30 with a revenue of US$8.8 billion which is a ten percent increase year-over-year. Also the company’s pre-tax income grew to US$215 million which is a 16% increase year-over-year and earnings grew by 23% year-over-year to US$174 million.
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IDC has yet again released a marketshare analysis of all the smartphone vendors for the period of Q2 2013. Interestingly, the action is slowly shifting away from the top two, Apple and Samsung. In the event of stiff and challenging competition from other smartphone vendors such as LG and Lenovo, Apple and Samsung have lost a chunk of their smartphone and haven’t been able to keep up with the rapidly expanding smartphone market. The overall smartphone market has seen a 52.3% YoY change and Apple has lagged with only 20% growth while Samsung has almost kept up, with 43.9% growth rate. Samsung is not in a bad position though, going by their recently revealed numbers.
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