14 DAY TRIAL // Last week, Lenovo took the wraps off a pretty interesting new smartphone which it debuted in its home country, China. The device maker is probably looking to take on domestic competitors like Meizu and Xiaomi with this new smartphone.
What’s most surprising about this new handset is the price-specs correspondence. The Lenovo K3 Note is notably cheap, arriving in the wild priced at around $145 / €134.
You’d normally expect such a cheap phone not to bring much to the table in terms of specifications, but you would be pretty wrong to think that in this case.
The K3 Note arrives with a 5.5-inch display and offers 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution with 401ppi. Under the hood lies an octa-core MediaTek MT6752 processor maintaining things steady on board. The device maker throws in 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and a 13MP/5MP camera combo.
The phablet is kept alive and running by a hefty 3,000 mAh battery which should allow users to use it throughout the day.
Even if Lenovo calls this smartphone Note, the model doesn't seem to arrive with any digitizer on board.
There’s also an interesting visual part to it: if you look at its back, you’ll probably notice the protuberant Lenovo logo.
The Lenovo K3 Note 3 aces it in benchmarks
The handset hasn't been out for long, but it already popped up in benchmarks, showing us surprisingly encouraging results.
The Lenovo K3 Note made a little stop at AnTuTu, where it got benchmarked and subsequently scored an impressive 46,001 points, enough to challenge a lot of flagship devices that were released in 2014.
At least on paper, Lenovo’s new budget affair seems to be from the same group as the Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8, LG G3 or OnePlus One.
For example, the Samsung Galaxy S5 model with an Exynos 5 Octa processor on the inside scored 38,580 in AnTuTu, while the Snapdragon 801 model managed to snatch only 36,018 points.
So in theory, it appears that the Lenovo K3 Note should be able to perform quite smoothly, a lot better than handsets arriving with a similar price tag.
Hopefully, the device maker will offer the model on the international market too, at some point.
