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December 13th, 2011, 22:11 GMT · By

Lenovo LePad S2005 Now Available for Pre-Order in China for $390 (295 EUR)

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Lenovo announced its LePad S2005 in China about two weeks and confirmed that the smartphone will be exclusively available in the Mainland.

 

Anyway, the smartphone is now up for pre-order at China Unicom for RMB 2,499 (390 USD or 300 EUR). Customers who want to wait until the phone goes live should know that the LePad S2005 will be a bit more expensive at RMB 2,699 (425 USD or 320 EUR).

 

Lenovo’s LePad S2005 is a cheaper version of the Streak, or, to some extent, to Samsung’s Galaxy Note. One of the things that make it attractive to Android fans and artists alike is the large 5-inch LTS capacitive display that supports 16 million colors.

 

Sadly, the screen comes with only 480 x 800 pixels resolution, which is pretty far from any of today’s HD-compatible displays.

 

The smartphone is said to be powered by Google’s Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system, possibly with some sort of customized user interface on top.

There’s no word on any future Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for the LePad S2005, so those living in China can only hope for it.

 

Hardware-wise, Lenovo’s LePad S2005 is quite powerful and provides users with most of the capabilities offered by lots of other dual-core smartphones available in the market.

 

The smartphone is equipped with a Qualcomm dual core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, and packs 1GB of RAM, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB). No word on the amount of internal memory.

 

It is also worth mentioning that the LePad S2005 comes packed with the full range of connectivity options, including HSPA+ and Wi-Fi support, GPS with A-GPS, as well as microUSB and microHDMI ports.

 

On the back, the smartphone sports a 5-megapixel photo snapper with full HD (1080p) video recording, while on the front there’s a secondary 1.3-megapixel camera for video calls.


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Comment #1 by: Professor Knight on 20 Dec 2011, 16:38 UTC reply to this comment

For the past couple of years I’ve been anxiously waiting for manufacturers to start eating fish, become intelligent and understand that an Internet tablet is totally useless unless it fits in your pocket, and hoping that they would start making pocket size tablets, so that I can replace my outstanding but aging HP 2415 PDA.

Maybe this is the one? Only time will tell

Currently, I’m testing the SAMSUNG GALAXY 5 INCHES MEDIA PLAYER. I thought this would be the perfect machine, with Android 2.3.5, GPS, Bluetooth, battery consumption in airplane mode for music listening: only 1% per hour!!!, and all the goodies…

EXCEPT that this 5 inch Samsung media player has:

1) NO possibility whatsoever to connect to a TV: neither by HDMI NOR COMPOSITE, like the Archos 604.

2) The USB is stupidly limited to charging the machine and connecting it to a laptop. Period. There is NO possibility to hook a USB jump drive, nor an SD in a USB card reader on this micro USB port, NO possibility to connect a USB keyboard, etc., etc.

If Lenovo’s 5 inch machine has all of Samsung 5 inch Galaxy features plus a multifunction USB and a TV connection (whether HDMI or COMPOSITE, like the Archos 604), I’ll be the first to buy it and give my good old HP 2415 PDA a well deserved retirement.

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