Lenovo has announced its first LTE smartphone, the Vibe Z, priced at Php24,999. The company also introduced two other smartphones that are non-LTE models.
Lenovo is well established in PCs and tablets, but sees a big growth opportunity in smartphones with total unit shipments expected to reach 1.5 billion units in the coming years. “Lenovo continues to innovate to bring new and exciting products such as the Lenovo Vibe Z to the market in order to achieve our ultimate goal of becoming the leader in the PC Plus era,” said Michael Ngan, Country General Manager, Lenovo Philippines.
The Vibe Z
Running on the Android 4.3 operating system, the Vibe Z has a 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel screen, and can display images at 400 pixels per inch (ppi). By comparison, the iPhone 5S has a 1136 x 640 pixel and 326 ppi display. The Vibe Z weighs 147 grams, is 7.9 millimeters thick and has a “premium” build with titanium plating and a fabric-like texture.
Other features of the handset include a 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front camera, 16GB of storage, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of memory. The phone has a battery life that offers up to 33 hours of talk time, 27 days’ standby from the embedded 3000mAh battery.
With the LTE connection, Vibe Z offers data upload speeds of up to 50 Mbit/s and downloading speeds of up to 150 Mbit/s. The Vibe Z operates on GSM/UMTS networks and also comes with 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.
Meanwhile, the two other phones introduced belong to the S series. The 6-inch S930 smartphone starts at Php14,999, while the 4.7-inch S650 starts at Php9,999. Both run on 1.3GHz quadcore MediaTek processors, are 8.7-mm thick, have two SIM slots, 8-megapixel rear cameras, and offers 8GB of storage.
The S930 has a 1280 x 720-pixel resolution, while the S650 can show images at a 980 x 540 pixel resolution.
S930
Apps for Smartphones and Tablets
Lenovo also introduced a new suite of DOit apps that allow users to easily share, sync, protect and manage information on their smartphones and tablets. The apps include: SHAREit, SECUREit, SYNCit, SNAPit Camera and SEEit Gallery.
SHAREit lets people instantly share pictures, videos, music files, documents, contacts and even apps on their device with other devices or groups of devices. This useful app eliminates the need for messy and time-consuming cables because it transfers information wirelessly between devices. What’s more, sharing files occurs even without Bluetooth, a phone network or active Wi-Fi network nearby. Users simply connect directly using their device’s WiFi radio, which avoids any network charges. SHAREit not only works across Lenovo smartphones and tablets, but also with iOS devices and even Windows PCs.
Users can instantly share a party video, music album or photo library with up to five friends at once. And it can share huge files or videos in seconds at up to 40x faster than Bluetooth. Devices with SHAREit installed can automatically find each other when in range, and users can even share the app itself wirelessly to start rapid sharing immediately.
Protect Mobile Data with SECUREit
Lenovo SECUREit contains a variety of data-protection tools to prevent threats and to keep devices running at optimum performance levels.
SECUREit protects against viruses, spam and malware that scans for threats with a single touch. In case of loss or theft, anti-theft protection locks down the device in case someone tries to change the SIM card, which makes the device unusable without a password. SECUREit also contains a privacy guard to protect against unwarranted access to users’ private information. Additionally, it blocks spam text messages and calls, tracks data usage and can even encrypt private calls and contacts.
SECUREit not only protects a user’s device, but also makes it run faster. By closing redundant background apps and wiping the cache clean, it clears the device’s memory to focus on important tasks.
SYNCit A Continuous Personal Backup Assistant
With ever-growing lists of contacts, setting up a new device can be a challenge. SYNCit offers instant backup of contacts, SMS message and call logs in the cloud, which can be restored to any Android smartphone or tablet in seconds with a single touch. SYNCit serves as a user’s personal backup assistant.
Camera Apps
Created especially with smartphones in mind, the SNAPit Camera and SEEit Gallery apps fuse user-centric hardware and software for an intuitive photo experience. SNAPit Camera gives users unprecedented flexibility for shooting in specific modes (such as panorama or burst mode) for wide-angle shots, low-light situations and more. It also offers special filters and effects. Users can then edit photos right inside the app: They can remove unwanted objects and even create fun, animated GIF files.
SEEit Gallery complements SNAPit Camera with its unique gallery interface for impressive photo viewing. The app uses facial recognition to automatically categorize photos into folders. Additionally, it includes several one-touch filters and effects, including skin tone enhancements.
Availability
SHAREit comes preloaded on all new Lenovo Android tablets and smartphones and is also available for download on the Google Play store free of charge. It will also be available for download on the Apple App Store for iPhone/iPad, as well as for Windows PCs starting in February.
SYNCit and SECUREit come preloaded on all new Lenovo Android smartphones and selected tablets. They are also available for free on Google Play. SYNCit is available for all brands of smartphones and tablets. SECUREit is available for Lenovo smartphones and selected tablets, as well as for smartphones on non-Lenovo devices. SNAPit Camera and SEEit Gallery are only available preloaded on selected Lenovo tablets and smartphones.
