14 DAY TRIAL // 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.