Lenovo, which is one of the leading smartphone makers in India will introduce Windows Phone 8.1 device later this year. Lui Jun, President of Lenovo’s Mobile Division, confirmed the news in an interview with the German website mobilegeeks.de.
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Lenovo has reported its Q4 FY14 financial results and the full 2013/14 year that ended March 31, 2014. It has reported revenue of US$9.4 billion for Q4 FY14, up 19-percent year-over-year and the full-year revenue of US$38.7 billion, up 14-percent year-over-year. Its profit stands at $817 million, up 29% YTY. This is the all time high revenue for Lenovo in an year. It shipped a total of 115 million devices in the year that includes, 55 million PCs, 9.2 million tablets and 50 million smartphones. Continue reading “Lenovo reports record $817 million annual profit, 50 million smartphone shipments”
Lenovo has announced that it would start rolling out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for both Vibe X and Vibe Z smartphones in the Vibe series starting from the last week of May in India. It launched the Vibe X, the first phone in the Vibe series in India last year for Rs. 25999. It has received a price cut and would be available for Rs. 22,999. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X and Vibe Z getting Android 4.4 from May-end in India, Vibe X gets a price cut”
Lenovo has launched the Lenovo S860, the company’s latest smartphone in the S Series in India. It was announced at the MWC 2014 earlier this year and packs a 5.3-inch HD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Lenovo’s custom UI on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.6-megapixel fixed-focus front-facing camera. It has two speakers and has brushed-metal exterior that is resistant to scratches and fingerprints. Continue reading “Lenovo S860 with 5.3-inch HD display, 4000 mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 21500”
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.
Lenovo has launch the S660, the company’s latest smartphone in the S Series in India. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona earlier this year and packs a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Lenovo’s custom UI on top. Continue reading “Lenovo S660 with 4.7-inch display, 3000 mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 13999”
The downward slide of PC shipment continued even in the first quarter of 2014 after constant decline throughout entire 2013. Global PC shipments dropped to 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7 percent decrease from the same period last year, according to Gartner. Gartner attributed the slump in PC shipments to Microsoft’s decision to end support for Windows XP operating system.
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Ranbir Kapoor, the critically acclaimed Bollywood actor slash rom-com hero, who incidentally used to be the brand ambassador for Lenovo’s PC products, will now promote the company’s smartphones too. As the company slowly moves away from its focus on PCs to Smartphones, Ranbir Kapoor too will move along to promote the Chinese company’s smartphones as well as tablets in India. The deal includes TV commercials, online advertising and so forth, which will eventually be released in some time to the Indian media.
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Lenovo has announced that it has acquired a huge patent portfolio from NEC Corporation. You might have seen the NEC Medias W Android Phone with dual screens. NEC Corporation is mainly popular for providing information technology services and products in Japan. This patent portfolio has over 3,800 patent across several countries that includes patents for 3G and LTE technologies and other technologies used in several smartphones, said the company. Continue reading “Lenovo acquires more than 3800 patents for 3G and LTE from NEC”
Lenovo has launched the Lenovo A526, the company’s latest smartphone in the A-series. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo A526 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 9499”
Lenovo has announced four new Android tablets, A10-70, A8-50, A7-50 and A7-30 in the A-series. The A10-70 has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) display, A8-50 has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) and both the A7-50 and A7-30 have 7-inch displays. All these run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Lenovo A10-70, A8-50, A7-50 and A7-30 Android tablets announced”
We had earlier taken a look at the photo gallery and hardware walkthrough of the Vibe Z and even saw how the camera on the latest Lenovo flagship worked, in our camera review. But, as with any camera, there is always a bit of a learning curve, and over the course of traversing that path, some options become more apparent and useful. On the same note, we did find some really useful tips and tricks, involving workarounds for minor issues and overall knowledgeable execution of the camera, so here they are, the top 5 tips and tricks for the Lenovo Vibe Z’s camera.
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Ever since phablets launched, there has been a push for scaling and an increase in the information density on those screens, irrespective of resolution. There has been a push to adopt the, initially clunky, Multi Window system that allowed an user to have two different apps, or more recently, two different instances of the same app. all on the same screen. It made sense for some tasks such as using the calculator and having your expense notes on the same screen, or a voice recorder and a notes page for quick typing of notes on the same screen. It all makes sense if you specifically perform those tasks, and they work great. Other manufacturers have been giving it a go and Lenovo too has followed suit with its own implementation on its flagship smartphone, the Vibe Z. Here is a video demo of it –
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We are back with our askFA discussion and live chat after a while. This week’s askFA discussion is about the recently launched Lenovo Vibe Z. Lenovo launched the Vibe Z, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India last month and it went on pre-order on the official store for Rs. 34,999 earlier this month.We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the camera review of the device. You can also check out the gaming review over at our YouTube Channel. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z Live Chat and Discussion”
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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