Friday, July 10, 2015

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $ 180 and its competitors – Mobile Forum – MForum.ru

The announcement of Lenovo K3 Note held in March of this year, and even then it attracted my attention quite good combination of functionality and low price of $ 149. Of course, the price for the domestic market. Outside China, the PHABLET expensive. Russian Internet shops offer to purchase Lenovo K3 Note 10-12 thousand rubles, and recently appeared on the Russian market JD.com this smartphone is priced at $ 176 with free delivery to our country. According to the current exchange rate is also the order of 10 thousand rubles.

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

Basic specifications:

  • Network: GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G, 4G LTE (Cat. 4)
  • Operating system: Android 5.0 with a proprietary shell
  • The number of SIM-slots: 2 format, SIM-cards – microSIM
  • Display: 5.5-inch, 1920×1080 pixels (FullHD)
  • Processor: 8 cores , MediaTek MT6752, 1,7 GHz
  • RAM: 2GB
  • Data memory: 16 GB, a slot microSD (up to 32GB)
  • Camera: rear – 13 megapixel front – 5 megapixel
  • Data: LTE Cat 4 (FDD-LTE 1800/2100/2600 MHz, B1 / B3 / B7), Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0
  • Battery: 3000 mAh
  • Other: accelerometer, proximity sensor, light sensor, FM-radio
  • Dimensions and weight: 76,2×152,6×7,99 mm; 150 g
  • Price: 10 … 12 thousand rubles

In terms of specifications Lenovo K3 Note – typical average, which is not enough stars in the sky. Skate Lenovo K3 Note in the other – it’s a balance. Given the price tag of 10 thousand rubles, this smartphone is perfectly balanced and it may come to those who seek an inexpensive smartphone with a set of advanced features.

  • Package:

  • Smart
  • Battery charger
  • USB-cable
  • Documentation

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

In case Lenovo K3 Note there is now a popular metal, glass or other tech materials. The main body material Lenovo K3 Note became polycarbonate. By the way, I personally have a positive attitude to this material – it is extremely practical. Especially that Lenovo K3 Note only 150 grams. Another “trick” Polycarbonate – wide range of colors. In particular, this approach, we have repeatedly seen in smartphones and phone Nokia / Microsoft. However, for Lenovo K3 Note the available color options much less – available yellow (lemon) and white (pearl) options.

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note : PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

Thus, those who think the yellow telephone caller can choose the more relaxing color. And the only difference is a removable rear cover, the front panel of both variants – black.

In addition, Lenovo K3 Note is available in a variant «Music Edition», which is priced at about $ 200. Unlike the standard model is the dynamics and the design of the rear panel. However, it should be noted that a conventional Lenovo K3 Note sounds pretty well, without any distortion. Audiochip – Wolfson WM8281.

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180, and his competitors

I personally classic version of Lenovo K3 Note like a lot more and despite the quite ordinary appearance, something attractive in this smartphone has. Location of controls is standard – power button / volume are located on the left side connectors – on the top.

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

The back cover and the battery is removable. For inexpensive smartphone, without claiming to be a logical solution design. Especially that the build quality at an altitude – no backlash, no squeaks. Lenovo K3 Note there is monolithic in their hands.

In addition, we note the lack of lighting under the screen keys. However, accustomed to the smartphone, it ceases to seem a disadvantage.

diagonal Lenovo K3 Note – 5,5 inches. By modern standards for PHABLET it is quite standard. Devices with a screen diagonal of 5.7 … 6.0 inch is much less common. On the other hand the difference between a smartphone and easy PHABLET began to decline. For “just a smartphone” has become a standard 5 inches, which is not much less fabletnyh 5.5 inches. Resolution – FullHD for a budget phone is great, especially in this price segment is much more typical display resolution of 720p. It is impossible to find fault and to the quality of the image (do not forget, it is a relatively inexpensive smartphone) – an excellent color reproduction, good contrast and brightness in reserve. To protect the screen used Dragontrail glass coated with a oleophobic coating

Hardware Platform Lenovo K3 Note built chipset MediaTek MT6752, including 8 core Cortex A53 supplemented with graphics accelerator Mali T760. RAM – 2GB. In terms of performance in synthetic tests this bunch close to Snapdragon 801. By modern standards, it can be described as “modest”, but for the vast majority of everyday tasks is enough. Similarly, as 2GB RAM. Built-in memory of 16 GB, expandable via microSD. Thus, by the “iron» Lenovo K3 Note difficult to find fault – normal user it is enough.

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180, and his competitors

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The battery capacity Lenovo K3 Note – 3000 mAh. Moreover, the battery itself is quite thin, which might suggest a somewhat lower real capacity. However, it is not so important, the main thing that Lenovo K3 Note confident enough for a full day of active use. Full charge of the regular charger – a little less than 5 hours.

As for photofraction gadget we are talking about a bunch of 13 megapixel and 5 megapixel camera. The rear camera has a sensor with an aperture of F2.0 and a dual LED flash. Photo quality is very good. And not only for static objects on a bright sunny day, but also for moving objects and photos taken in low light conditions. And the flash image is not “scores».

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors. The test chamber

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors. The test chamber

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors. The test chamber

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors. The test chamber

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In short, Lenovo It turned out pretty interesting device that offers the perfect balance between a set of specifications and price. Moreover, no obvious shortcomings.

If we talk about the official Russian retail, then as a counterpart from the same manufacturer on the same hardware platform and in a similar design, you can draw attention to the Lenovo A7000. But at a high price (16 thousand), this smartphone loses his brother for the market of China (Lenovo K3 Note to our country is not officially included) almost all parameters: Lenovo A7000 screen resolution of 720p, the main camera – 8 MP, battery capacity – 2900 mAh.

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

On the whole, the competitors in the Russian market from Lenovo K3 Note no. The filter parameters of Yandex.Market 2 SIM-card + Android 5.x + LTE + 1080p screen clearly shows that Lenovo K3 Note is one of the options available. Following are Zopo ZP920, Elephone P7000, Xiaomi Mi4i and ASUS ZenFone 2. Thus, Lenovo K3 Note may come as an option for those who want to get the maximum capacity for a minimum price.

A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note : PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

 A quick look at Lenovo K3 Note: PHABLET for $    180 and its competitors

In short, to Lenovo K3 Note should look. Unless, of course, do not bother buying a smartphone is not officially intended for the Russian market.

© Anton Pecherovy, MForum.ru , based on aliexpress.com, market.yandex.ru

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