Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro
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The phablet of steel (aluminium, to be precise)
Follows the design language of the Lenovo K900 with an all-metal body
Thanks to the metal body, the unibody smartphone gets a premium appeal
along with being robust
The device is available in grey, silver and gold options
The front is mainly dominated by the display, along with an earpiece, a few
sensors and front camera above and a row of capacitive buttons at the bottom
The buttons and port placement is fairly standard
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It’s BIG
With a ginormous 6-inch display, the Vibe Z2 Pro is surely one of the
largest smartphones available in the market
However, designers must be given credit to keep the width of the phone in
check by shaving off space around the display
In fact, its dimensions are similar to the iPhone 6 Plus, that has a relatively
smaller 5.5-inch display
It weighs considerably at 179g, and its thickness is average at 7.7mm
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Going beyond pixels
Not only does the device feature a large 6-inch display, it also
offers the highest resolution on a smartphone – 2,560 x 1,440
pixels (also called 2K or QHD)
This makes the Vibe Z2 Pro the largest smartphone with a 2K
resolution
The display reproduces great visuals and sharp text, along with
good viewing angles
You can also change the colour balance of the display
A layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protects the display against
scratches
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Lenovo's custom skin gives out positive vibes…
The OS on offer is
Android 4.4 KitKat,
layered with Lenovo’s skin
dubbed as Vibe UI
Vibe UI brings a lot of
changes to the OS, both in
terms of looks as well as
features
Similar to most Chinese
brands, the interface
combines the home screen
and app launcher into one
Themes allow you to
change the look of the
interface easily
Preloaded with apps such
as Facebook, Guvera,
Evernote, etc.
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… and is loaded with features
Offers numerous gesture-
based features as well as
enabling pocket mode or
customising shortcuts
With Micro screen, you can
use the device with a
single hand
With gestures, you can
accept or reject calls, and
navigate the screen left or
right as well as up or down
Wide Touch brings up a
floating button to quickly
access various features
You can also lock the
device by shaking it or
unlock it with the volume
rocker
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All it takes is a flick of a button to switch to stock Android
Of course, all these
features don’t matter if
you are attracted to the
pure Android interface
Thankfully, Lenovo
provides an option to
switch to stock Android
That too without any
cumbersome process, or
risk of data loss
You can get it by going to
Developer Mode, available
in the settings menu
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A capable pair of shooters…
Equipped with a 16-megapixel BSI sensor that comes with optical image stabilisation technologySupplemented by dual-LED flashThe custom camera app is crammed to the neck with various settings and modesBut, instead of inundating the user with many options, those are available in the pro shooting modeThe rear camera can record videos from 720p all the way up to 4k resolutionThe 5MP camera at the front can shoot videos in full HD resolution
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… but just a notch below perfection
The images clicked by the primary shooter are great on detail and colour reproductionBut the camera struggles in poorly-lit conditionsThe dual-LED flash spoils the image further, as it’s so strong that colours start bleedingWe also think that the images lack certain punchiness in some situationsThe front-facing snapper is pretty good for capturing selfies or making video calls
Close up
Long shot
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Flexes its performance muscles well
Fuelled by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 SoC, offering four cores
clocked at 2.5GHz and supported by Adreno 330 GPU
The chipset is further supplemented by 3GB RAM
The device literally zips through screens and apps, without any trace of
lag
The story continues even while playing graphics-intensive titles as well
However, the device heats up very quickly, which is more noticeable
with the metallic rear panel
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Whopping 32GB of storage
Comes with 32GB of flash
storage
After considering for the
space taken by OS and
supported resources, users
can access 25.2GB for the
installation of apps and
storing personal content
However, you can’t extend
it further
You can make use of USB
OTG capabilities for using
flash drives
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Comfortably lasts a day and then some more
Sips juice from a
4,000mAh non-
removable battery
Comfortably gives more
than a day’s worth of
juice
In our battery rundown
test, it delivered a little
over 11 hours of video
playback time
With the Power Saver
app, you get several
options to manage the
battery life
You can enable Power
Saving and Emergency
modes, as well as freeze
rarely-used apps
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At a glance…
Measures 81.3 x 7.7 x 156mm Weighs 179g 6-inch display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels (~490ppi) 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor Adreno 330 graphics processor 3GB RAM 32GB fixed storage 16-megapixel BSI camera on the rear with dual-LED flash 5-megapixel front-facing camera Android 4.4 KitKat 4,000mAh sealed battery
Pros and cons
Great design Marvellous display Powerful hardwareOption to switch to stock Android interface
Difficult for one-handed usage No support for Indian 4G band
Pricing & verdict
Price: Rs 32,999
“With the Vibe Z2 Pro, Lenovo is bringing its A-game to the smartphone market. It has everything you can ask from a smartphone – looks (with robustness), display, internals, camera and even a good battery life, which is one of the most important concerns with many capable devices. Combine all that with a jaw-dropping pricing of Rs 32,999, and the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro easily becomes one of the best flagship smartphones around.”