Lenovo Vibe S1
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Reviews for the Lenovo Vibe S1
Source: Tech2.in.com Archive.org version
Lenovo Vibe S1 is certainly a breath of fresh air in the sub Rs 20,000 price bracket. The design on this phone makes it really stand out from competition. Only OnePlus X offers a comparable design. But the Lenovo Vibe S1 leaves the OnePlus X behind in a lot of departments including camera and battery life performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/23/2015
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 75% features: 75% display: 75% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80%
Source: NDTV Gadgets Archive.org version
As far as its looks go, the Lenovo Vibe S1 could give phones even twice as expensive a run for their money. The Vibe S1 is sleek, beautiful and built with quality in mind. It also has an excellent screen, good performance and great cameras with a few interesting tricks that will appeal to selfie lovers. However, there are some key shortcomings as well. The capacitive keys are not backlit, the appearance of the UI still lacks finesse, the second SIM slot is hybrid and forces you to choose between dual-SIM connectivity and expandable storage, and the battery life is average at best. Additionally, it also lacks some useful features that could have helped it stand out, such as fast charging and a gyroscopic sensor. Despite this, the Lenovo Vibe S1 is still a capable smartphone that will appeal to camera and selfie lovers, as well as those whose top priority is style.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/03/2015
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 60% ergonomy: 90%
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Model: The Lenovo S1 is a 5 inch (display) dual nano SIM smartphone, which was launched in November 2015. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz octa core MediaTek MT 6752 processor coupled with 3 GB of RAM. It comes with 32 GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded via a microSD card up to 128GB. This is really ideal for high-end games. The display, which features a Gorilla Glass 3, disperses reflections in such a way that the images will always appear softer and richer thanks to the impeccable curved glass. The IPS display is bright and has rather good viewing angles.
The matte finish plastic cover and the metal frame around its sides give an elegant look. The rear is curved to provide nice ergonomic for a comfortable grip and it weighs a mere 131 grams. The dual front facing camera makes it the world's first dual selfie camera consisting of an 8 MP camera with BSI sensor for crisp image quality and a 2 MP camera. A 13 MP autofocus camera is mounted at the rear which comes with a dual color flash. This device is powered by a 2500 mAh battery with a standby time of 240 hours. Other notable features for this model include a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS.
ARM Mali-T760 MP2: The ARM Mali-T760 MP2 offers two cores (hence the name MP2) clocked with up to 700 MHz (resulting in 48 GFLOPS).
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
MT6752: ARM based octa core SoC with 8x ARM Cortex-A63 64-Bit processor cores clocked at up to 1.7 GHz. Also integrates a ARM Mali-T760 MP2 at 700 MHz, an LTE radio and H.265 video decoder.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
5.00":
This display is tiny. You will probably see very little on the screen and be able to use mini-resolutions.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
77.5%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
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