When Lenovo entered the phablet market with
the K900 last year, the world understood that this was a sign that the Chinese
manufacturers were emerging in the world of smart devices. In fact, Lenovo is
one of many companies that is breaking that age-old "Made in China"
stigma, which has the world believing in the misconception that such products
are cheap and of inferior quality. To prove us wrong, we give you the Lenovo
VIBE Z.
The VIBE Z, or the K910, is the direct
successor to last year's K900. As it is a direct descendant of the K900, the
phone should, by default, be better than its predecessor since Lenovo would've
had time to work out some of the quirks and even tweaked the VIBE Z. The device
itself now has more curves, which give it a more comfortable feel in the hands.
However, unlike the K900, the VIBE Z is not made entirely out of brushed metal.
It's been replaced with a grip-friendly, easy-to-handle matte material.
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selfie phone that'll make you look good
It's not just the aesthetics that Lenovo
improved upon either. The VIBE Z is the company's very first 4G LTE capable
smartphone and that's actually a pride point on which they can boast about.
Before the VIBE Z, the company had no phone that was capable of utilizing the
currently existing 4G networks from our local telcos. Long story short, the
VIBE Z now benefits from blazing-fast 4G LTE Internet speeds. The changes
inside the VIBE Z don't stop there either. Before this, the K900 was fitted
with Intel's Clover Trail+ SoC. This time around, Lenovo opted for Qualcomm's
fast Snapdragon 800 SoC.
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VIBE Z sides details
But the real highlight of the VIBE Z would
have to be its wide angle front-facing camera. With sensor set at 5MP, the
front-facing camera of the VIBE Z has a wide angle of 88 degrees, which
definitely outpaces the previous maximum wide angle limit of 28 degrees on
other smartphones. This extreme degree means that the VIBE Z is capable of
capturing front-facing pictures (a.k.a. selfies) at a wide angle, without
people needing to squeeze in too close.
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VIBE Z has a wide angle front-facing camera
In terms of performance, we ran our
synthetic benchmark list of AnTuTu, Quadrant, 3DMark and Epic Citadel to see
just how the VIBE Z would perform. On AnTuTu and Quadrant, the phone achieved a
score of 32,302 and 19,382. On 3DMark's Ice Storm Unlimited test, it fared
pretty well at a score of 16,179. On Epic Citadel, we performed two test modes:
one on Ultra High Quality and one on High Performance. The VIBE Z averaged at
55 FPS on both tests, which is very good.
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VIBE Z top and bottom details
In conclusion, the VIBE Z's sleek look and
top-notch features are what makes this phone a desirable device at the end of
the day. If we were to gripe about one flaw on the phone, it would be the lack
of an expandable storage slot. Besides that, we genuinely think that this phone
is worth the money.
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VIBE Z back view
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Specifications
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Processor: 2.2GHz Krait 400 Qualcomm
Snapdragon 800 ·
GPU: Adreno 330 ·
Multimedia Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ ·
Video: MP4, WMV, H.264 / H.263 ·
Connectivity: 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB 2.0,
dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 ·
Memory: 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage ·
Color: Silver, Titanium ·
Dimensions: 149.1 (H) X77 (W) X 7.9 (D) mm ·
Weight: 145.2g ·
Battery: 3,000mAh (Li-polymer, non-removable ·
Network: 4G LTE, Single micro-SIM card ·
Camera: 13MP Rear Camera / 5MP Wide Angle
Front Camera ·
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD Multi-Touch
Capacitive Screen ·
OS: Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) ·
Price: $555.25
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