Category: Lenovo

Lenovo introduces Vibe S1 with dual front cameras for $299

Lenovo at its IFA press event in Berlin has introduced Vibe S1. The smartphone is designed to impress the selfie enthusiasts with its two front facing cameras. Lenovo Vibe S1 also has an attractive curved glass back design.

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The dual selfie camera setup consists of an 8 megapixel primary front camera that captures images and a 2 megapixel secondary front camera will analuze the depth of field information, which will try to replicate human binocular vision. Continue reading “Lenovo introduces Vibe S1 with dual front cameras for $299”

Lenovo Chromebook 100S with 11.6-inch HD display, Intel Celeron N2840 processor announced, price starts at $179, coming in October

Lenovo has announced Chromebook 100S at IFA 2015. Powered by Chrome OS, the notebook sports a 11.6-inch HD display and is powered by a Intel Celeron N2840 processor.

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Lenovo sends invites for September 8th event, second generation Moto 360 expected

After a number of leaks and rumors, we finally have know when Motorola will launch its new Moto 360. Lenovo has issued invites for an even on September 8th where it is expected to make the second generation Moto 360 official.

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Lenovo Phab Plus with 6.8-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in China

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Lenovo Phab Plus, the company’s latest phablet is now on sale in China. It packs a 6.8-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own Vibe UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone is just 7.6mm thick and has uni-body metal build. Since it is a phablet, it comes with software features for comfortable one-handed usage.
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Motorola to design and develop Lenovo smartphones, both brands will remain separate

Lenovo which acquired Motorola Mobility from Google in January last year, has made an important announcement regarding its smartphone division. Motorola will now design, develop and manufacture smartphones for Lenovo.

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Lenovo A2010 India’s most affordable 4G smartphone launched for Rs. 4990

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Lenovo has launched A2010, as expected. It is currently the most affordable 4G smartphone in India. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity with support for both 1800 MHz (Band3 ) and 2300 MHz (Band 40) for India. Continue reading “Lenovo A2010 India’s most affordable 4G smartphone launched for Rs. 4990”

Lenovo and Motorola kick start manufacturing smartphones in India

Lenovo and Motorola are the latest smartphone makers that have started manufacturing smartphones in India. The Chinese smartphone maker who owns Motorola Mobility, has teamed up with contract manufacturer Flextronics for the same.

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Lenovo A2010 could be India’s most affordable 4G smartphone

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Lenovo launched A2010, a budget smartphone with 4G support in Vietnam earlier this month. Now the company is planning to launch it in India as the most affordable 4G smartphone, according to a report from The Economic Times. The ZTE Blade Qlux 4G was launched back in June at Rs. 4999 as India’s cheapest 4G smartphone. Phicomm launched the Energy 653 with better specifications at the same price in India last week. Continue reading “Lenovo A2010 could be India’s most affordable 4G smartphone”

Lenovo reports $10.7 billion revenue for Q1, FY 2015-16, cuts 3200 jobs

Lenovo has reported $10.7 billion in revenue for Q1 ended June 30, 2015 for FY 2015-16, a mere three percent increase year-over-year. The company’s net income declined 51% year-over-year to US$105 million.

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Lenovo K3 Note vs Xiaomi Mi 4i

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Lenovo launched the K3 Note in India on June 25th this year and started sales on Flipkart on July 8th via Flash sale method. The Mi 4i was launched on April 23rd this year and started sales on April 30th through Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.

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ZUK Z1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, USB 3.0 Type-C, 4100mAh battery announced

 

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ZUK Z1, the first smartphone from Lenovo-backed startup ZUK has been introduced in China. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with ZUI. It has aircraft-grade aluminum metal frame. The main highlight is the reversible USB 3.0 Type-C port that would offer up to 10 times faster data transfer compared to USB 2.0. Continue reading “ZUK Z1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, USB 3.0 Type-C, 4100mAh battery announced”

Lenovo announces open sale for K3 Note on Aug 10th and 11th after selling over 2.5 lakh units

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Lenovo has announced that the K3 Note smartphone will be available without registrations through open sale on August 10 and 11th exclusively from Flipkart. The company launched the K3 Note smartphone on June 25th. It sold 47,440 units in the first flash sale on July 8th, 49,800 units (30,000 units in black and 19,800 units in white) in the second flash sale, 45,000 units (27,000 units in black and 18,000 units in white) in the third flash sale and 62,000 units in the fourth flash sale yesterday. Continue reading “Lenovo announces open sale for K3 Note on Aug 10th and 11th after selling over 2.5 lakh units”

Lenovo Vibe X3 spotted on GFX benchmark

Lenovo was reported to be working on four smartphones –  Vibe X3, Vibe P1, Vibe P1 Pro and Vibe S1 at the beginning of this year. Images and specs of all these phones were leaked in February. Now, one of these phones viz, Vibe X3 has appeared on GFX benchmark.

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Lenovo K3 Note vs Xiaomi Mi 4i – What’s Different?

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While these two devices aren’t direct competitors and they have quite a few differences, they still are quite closely priced to each other and they also have a few similarities. We get quite a lot of different requests from readers asking to compare various devices and their specs and we’ve been asked to compare these two as well and that’s what we’re doing in this post. Let’s compare both of them in detail.

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