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| 6 Reasons Why Lenovo Might Kill Xiaomi Mi 4i, ZenFone 2, Meizu M1 Note and Other Budget Smartphones Craze |
Though Lenovo has been in the smartphone market for several years, it
was A6000 that cemented the Chinese smartphone maker's name as a key
player in the country. Following the success, Lenovo launched two other
handsets – A7000 and A6000 Plus.
Understanding the consumers demand, Lenovo launched another
smartphone in the hottest under ₹10,000 category. Dubbed as K3 Note, the
smartphone has been priced ₹9,999 and is available through its
exclusive partner Flipkart. The K3 Note will be available through
pre-booked flash sale method and the first flash sale will start on 8
th of July.
For its price, K3 Note will definitely upset several smartphone
makers including Xiaomi, ASUS, Meizu, Huawei and Yu. Here are the
reasons:
Display
The Lenovo K3 Note flaunts a 5.5-inch, 1920x1080 pixels, 401PPI
display that is sure to impress big screen phone lovers. For this price,
there is no other smartphone available till date which offers 1080P
display on board. The only smartphone comes close in that matter is
Meizu M1 Note, which offers similar resolution and pixel counts but is
priced ₹2,000 higher than the K3 Note.
Performance
The Lenovo K3 Note packs an octa-core 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6752 SoC, the
same SoC in the Meizu M1 note. The Lenovo A7000 features MediaTek
MT6752M, which is octa-core but offers less clock speed resulting less
performance than K3 Note.
In our review, we found the smartphone scored 42964 in Antutu, 739
single-core and 3680 multi-core in GeekBench, 875 on Basemark OS II,
1105 metal and 2549 browser on Vellamo and 63.0fps on Nenamark in
comparison with Xiaomi Mi 4i's 34081 in Antutu, 633 single-core and 2151
multi-core in GeekBench, 285 on Basemark OS II, 1044 metal and 2062
browser on Vellamo and 59.9fps on Nenamark.
K3 Note and A7000 feature the same 2GB RAM but the more powerful
processor of the K3 Note will definitely achieve higher benchmarking
score with much powerful performance than most of its competitors.
Memory
The Lenovo K3 Note packs 16GB built-in storage along with memory
expandability up to 32GB. In comparison, the closest two competitors
Xiaomi Mi 4i and Meizu M1 Note packs similar storage but skips the
expandability support. It's true that poor performing cards sometime
degrade the performance of the phone, but voracious users still prefer
as much storage they get for the price.
Camera
The Lenovo also boasts an impressive 13MPl auto-focus rear camera
with Dual LED flash and a 5MP front snapper for sharp, vibrant images.
In the price bracket only Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G, Huawei Honor 4C and Yu
Yureka feature similar specification cameras. But again all of them
offer 720p display and less powerful processor making the K3 Note
fastest among them.
Battery and Build Quality
Lenovo has designed the K3 Note pretty well, leaving little space for
critics to find any flaws. The removable back covers uses nice material
and the device feels quite compact for its 8mm thickness. Of course it
doesn't feels as compact as Mi 4i feels in hand but ₹3000 price
difference means a lot.
Another advantage of K3 Note is its 3,000mAh hot swappable battery,
which means you can buy a spare battery. It also doesn't require any
assistance for replacing the battery, which is preferred by some users.
Price to Specification Ratio
While Lenovo K3 Note packs a Full HD display, decent camera and good
hardware for its price, its competitors feature either better camera,
better performance or good battery. At the most, the devices boast a
blend of any two among them.
The K3 Note also runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system
out-of-the-box, which is available only in Xiaomi Mi 4i and ASUS ZenFone
2 ZE550ML, but the Mi 4i lacks memory and the ZenFone 2 offers 720P
display.