Lenovo.S960 VIBE X Overview

For more than a year, it has passed since Lenovo proclaimed a new VIBE concept for its mobile phones. Vibe devices with a new design and firmware VIBE ROM have loved to many buyers and the Vibe line model deserved a lot of feedback.

Lenovo.Vibe.X OverviewPresented for more than a year ago, became one of the first smartphones in the new lineup, which could be bought in our country. During the market, its hardware platform managed to be outraged, and the smartphone moved to the lower middle class in its parameters. But the stylish appearance and record small compared to competitors the thickness of the case and now make this model attractive for those who are not chasing the parrots in Antutu, but loves to use comfortable and beautiful things.

So today we offer you an overview of the 5-inch smartphone Lenovo.Vibe.X.which can also be found on sale called Lenovo.S960..

Characteristics

As usual, at the beginning of the review, we give a detailed description of the technical characteristics of our experimental.

SpecificationsLenovo.S960 VIBE X Overview

Number of SIM cards:
	5 "IPS, 1920x1080 Pix.
CPU:	MT6589T, 4 kernels, 1500 MHz
RAM:
Built-in memory:	16 GB, without expansion
Wireless Interfaces:	Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS
	13 MP main, 5 mp frontal
Battery:
	72 x 144 x 6.9 mm

As we can see, the processor installed in Lenovo Vibe X is already outdated, but together with 2 GB of RAM, it should provide decent performance at least in ordinary user tasks when viewing HD video and in simple games. The presence of only one slot for the SIM card is striking, as well as the inability to increase the volume of the internal storage. For many users, this can be a decisive obstacle in favor of Lenovo Vibe X when choosing, buy this or competing model.

But the price of our hero of the review from the moment of going to the sale managed to fall more than twice. You can buy a smartphone today for 3,500 UAH (approximately 184 dollars). The price is rather big for the old model, but it looks, given the parameters of the device and its design, rather reasonable.

Description Lenovo VIBE X S960

The expensive devices of the VIBE series, unlike budget mobile phones of the manufacturer, are supplied in beautiful boxes with a super bench, on which the model name is cut. It looks like packaging very stylish. After removing the top cover, the following list of accessories can be detected inside the package:

Charger with adapter for European sockets;

USB cable;

Instructions in Chinese;

Cute white headphones - "plugs" with two additional sets of nozzles.

In contrast to the more affordable models, which are invested very cheaply looking headphones, here the manufacturer did not pushing at least their appearance. Well, how these headphones sound, we still have the opportunity to test.

Lenovo Vibe X himself looks and felt perfectly. The first thing asking to break from the language when take a mobile phone in hand is "Wow!". Lenovo managed to teach us to the inexpressiveness of their monotonous bricks, but the manufacturer's designers worked on this model. I do not know how to whom, but we have such rounded circuits of the body with a thin silver frame around the perimeter very much. Design is universal, and can satisfy both men and fair sex.

The dimensions of Lenovo Vibe X will definitely leave indifferent anyone from users. Due to the elegance of the housing (thickness of only 6.9 mm), a device with a 5-inch display and not the most narrow frames around the sensor perfectly lies in the palm and quite conveniently managed by even one hand. We think our enthusiastic reviews about this feature are divided by many users who have time to buy and check in the action of Lenovo Vibe X.

Placing elements on the front panel of the smartphone is quite standard. At the top there is a pretty wide lattice of the speaker. Pay attention - it is the only one, fulfilling the role and spoken, and external. Nearby is the window of the sensors, and the right is the front of the front chamber. At the bottom - the three conventional touch buttons "Menu", "home" and "back", which have a weak backlight.

The facet of the model, especially the side, is noticeably spinning towards the back cover. It looks stylish, but it causes some inconveniences that we further mention. On the perimeter of the mobile phone there is a strip of silver plastic "under chromium", expanding from below and casing to the back cover.

On the upper face of Lenovo Vibe X S960 is a 3.5 headphone connector.

On the right below, we can see the tray for the only micro-SIM card, which opens with a special paper clip, and above - the sound volume rocker. Due to the roundabout of the side ends, it is a little "under the" front panel, and the key is not quite comfortable.

On the left we see a single button for switching on the device, which is also inconvenient to press in view of the above described design features.

On the bottom edge is the Micro-USB connector and the microphone hole.

In Lenovo Vibe X Overview, Rear Cover Becomed. It is made of silver plastic with a very small pattern, which is pleasant to the touch and thanks to its texture conveniently lies in his hand. In its upper left corner, we can see the window of the main chamber and the flash LED, between which the hole of another microphone was sheltered.

As you can see, in this model, the design of Lenovo engineers accepted some controversial solutions. The mobile phone battery can not be replaced when it is extended, and the side buttons are inconvenient to use due to the features of the faces of the case.

Lenovo Vibe X is assembled very high quality, during the tests we did not find, which could be frozen, and on this parameter the model receives the most commendable feedback from us.

LENOVO VIBE X S960

The Lenovo VIBE X S960 screen has a permission of Full HD that when the sensor is diagonally 5 "provides the highest quality drawing of the elements. It is impossible to notice any pixelity graphics on the display.

The maximum brightness of the display is clearly redundant under normal operating conditions, but you can confident that with Lenovo Vibe X S960 will be convenient to work in the day under the sun. Lenovo VIBE X S960 Touchscreen is connected to the OGS technology matrix. Viewing angles Thanks to the IPS matrix are excellent, as well as color reproduction, in which it is difficult to find any distortion to the eye. The sensor is protected by impact resistant glass Gorilla Glass. Touchscreen supports 5 clicks.

Iron

The platform based on MediaTek MT6589T, the four kernels of which work at a frequency of 1.5 GHz, and today managed to strokely stroke. However, during the usual use of a smartphone, any problems with productivity is difficult to notice, the OS interface is in moderation (it does not reach modern models, but does not slow down), applications are loaded for a long time, the HD video is spinning without brakes.

Faced with lags The user can except in new 3D games, but we will risk assumed to play a user prefer to buy a more modern device, and Lenovo Vibe X is a model more image, not a game.

Of the 16 GB of the built-in memory, the user is available 11, which is not so much, given that it is impossible to increase this characteristic using the Micro-SD flash drive unit.

As for test results, in Antutu our hero of the review scored 18,300 points, which is comparable to models on the modern MEDIATEK MT6582 budget processor. 3D Mark Ice Storm Extreme demonstrated the result with this model in a modest 1804 score.

Other parameters Lenovo Vibe X S960

The sound of the only dynamics of Lenovo VIBE X S960 is trigged into the average volume and quality sound. The sound in regular headphones is quite loud, but not different quality, everything is completely different.

The Wi-Fi Lenovo VIBE X module has an average reception quality. Not far from the access point with the signal level there is no problem, but it is clearly not a leader on the radius of Wi-Fi.

The GPS module starts on a cold for about one minute. The accuracy of location is good, within a few meters.

Camera

In Lenovo S960 VIBE X, two cameras are installed overview, whose characteristics allow you to hope for decent results when shooting photos and videos.

The main camera of the smartphone our hopes justified completely. The photos received from it have a good sharpness of the entire field of the image, not bad for mobile phone, high-quality macro and noticeably improving the picture quality by the work of HDR. Lenovo Vibe X is well removed with both flash and without it. Video in the permission of Full HD 1080p also liked.

Unfortunately, the front camera, unfortunately, despite its good, as for this type of chambers 5 MP, could not boast of anything. The picture it gives soap, with aberrations, terrible quality. There is a suspicion that the extrapolation of low resolution up to 5 Mp is used here.

Examples of photo:

Front-camera:

Example video:

Firmware

During his stay in the Lenovo Vibe X market, I managed to update the firmware from Android 4.2 before Android 4.4. As a superstructure over the usual Android, a VIBE UI corporate interface is used, adding a standard functionality.

The main menu of programs in VIBE UI is missing, all programs are assembled on the work desks. They can be grouped in folders, which is very convenient. Working tables themselves can be configured at their discretion. There are a number of branded interface settings "Special", some of them are quite convenient, part possess dubious quality of implementation. You can find several very useful programs in the firmware, such as the Security Anti-virus package, Syncit, as well as a convenient shareit file application.

As mentioned above, the firmware does not differ in a special speed of work, but does not slow down. During tests, the stability of the firmware is not found.

Battery

The Lenovo VIBE X battery has a capacity of 2000 mA * hours. It is clear that such savings on the battery is caused by the need to squeeze it into a thin case, but to count on the long-term operation of the device with Full HD screen and the battery is not worth it only for 2000 mA * hours.

During testing under load with a screen on the maximum brightness and all the included wireless interfaces, the Lenovo VIBE X S960 smartphone was discharged quite quickly. Of course, the tests in the cycle for several hours is not a completely typical model of use, but the active user should be ready to charge his mobile friend every day. Upon medium load, the device can work for a couple of days.

In the Antutu battery test, our hero Lenovo S960 viewed a good, but not a record 5451 score.

conclusions

During the release of the Lenovo VIBE X S960 market, the review was one of the thinnest models with a diagonal of 5 inches. Since then, Chinese producers have presented the devices thicker on a whole millimeter and more, but still on this parameter Lenovo Vibe X remains in the leaderboard.

Performing advantages in the hardware characteristics of Lenovo Vibe X S960, the model has kept the elegance of the design and significantly lost in price, while maintaining the attractiveness for caring about its image of users who want to buy something is not very expensive, but the smartphone stands out among many.

Prevent the choice of Lenovo VIBE X can have only one connector for SIM cards in the model, as well as the inability to expand the memory above the standard 16 GB, which is already not enough (especially 5 GB from the box is occupied by the system and applications).

Lenovo Vibe X has enough competitors. From the strongest, we note on a high-performance 8-nuclear platform, with two sim, the possibility of installing an external flash drive, and even standing for a couple hundred hryvnia cheaper. In the advantages of Lenovo Vibe X, the appearance and thickness of the case remains, as well as 8 GB, a larger amount of internal storage and a higher resolution screen.

More than 200-300 UAH. It is currently inferior to our hero only in resolving the display of 1280x720 pixels, and again, in size and weight.

High autonomy lovers can buy with a battery for 4000 mA * hours. Of course, the size and weight of this model will be incomparably more. Plus, in the variant at almost the same price (3700 UAH.) There will be only 1 GB of RAM.

Summarizing the above, in view of all the limitations and competitors mentioned, we cannot call Lenovo Vibe X with a successful purchase for all occasions. If the price for this model fell even more, the choice would be more obvious, but in this situation Lenovo Vibe X is primarily a mobile phone for those who cares their appearance and design of things that are in use. In this capacity, this is an excellent choice that is unlikely to be able to doubt it.

Dignity	disadvantages
Design, sizes and weight; Quality main camera	Only 1 SIM card; Outdated platform; The inability to expand the memory; Weak front camera;

Lenovo has proven itself well in the market of smartphones and tablets, the manufacturer managed to highlight its devices in the budget and average price segments. Russia is one of the key regions for this company. But in the manufacturer's rules there are solutions and flagship level. One of the bright novels last year was Lenovo Vibe X (S960). This model has become the younger brother Lenovo Vibe Z, built on the Intel Atom database.
The main advantages consisting in a stylish thin case, high-quality stuffing and display. But to reduce the cost of the Intel platform was replaced with MediaTek Sotto. Taking into account the lack of any explicit advantages on the side of Intel Atom, the platform change did not affect the overall concept of the device.

Availability Lenovo VIBE X

At the time of testing, the average cost, according to the Yandex.Market service, is 12,990 rubles.

Equipment

The smartphone comes in a large box of matte cardboard, outside the model and a number of icons with its pluses.

Complete set Traditional: Network adapter, headphones, Micro USB cable, documentation and clip for SIM tray. Everything is carefully packed in separate boxes.

Appearance

Lenovo Vibe X has retained the shape and design of the older brother (K900). But the aluminum case is replaced by plastic. The manufacturer managed to maintain a special structure of plastic, feeling easily confused with aluminum.

The envelope of the housing is 71 x 144 x 6.9 mm. If we compare with the models of competitors, the smartphone is beneficially characterized by a small thickness and weight. Not every flagship boasts such dimensions.

In the design of the housing there are smoothed features and lines. Thanks to them, the smartphone is convenient to keep, but it should be careful, it can and slip out.

The location of the buttons here is the following: on the left button on, on the right of the volume swing. It is worth getting used to most solutions the back location of the keys. The buttons are well felt, have a soft stroke and rounded edges.

The top view is located on top, and the Micro USB port is at the bottom. At the border of the rear cover transition to the front, there is a kant along the entire body, stylized for metal. At the bottom of it enters the back cover. During operation, this material did not scroll scratches, but most likely, after a long use, a loss of appearance is possible. Still, the real aluminum would be more appropriate here.

The facial part of the device is protected by the tempered glass of Corning Gorilla Glass 3. On the edges it has rounded edges. Coating oleophobic, traces of fingers are easily erased.

A chrome dynamics grill and LED indicator are placed above the display. Near the lighting and approximation sensors, as well as the front camera. At the bottom of the three touch buttons with white backlight.

The housing is uncalapping, respectively, there are no parts and the back of the parts. Despite the small thickness, there is no twisting effect.

Only one SIM card is supported, in order to install it, it is necessary to remove the tray with the side face using a special lock.

On the back cover, the main chamber is installed, slightly protruding over the case, as well as the LED flash and the noise reduction microphone.

Screen

Lenovo Vibe X received a reduced display, while retaining the resolution. A SHARP production matrix is \u200b\u200bused, this is a 5-inch display with Full HD resolution. Pixel density - 441 PPI.

The basis of IPS with wide viewing angles, high definition and margin of maximum brightness sufficient for comfortable work with smartphones with direct sunlight. Additionally there is an anti-glare layer. Color balance is close to optimal value. There are no complaints about contrast.

Filling

The Heart of Lenovo Vibe X was the MediaTek MTK6589T processor with a frequency of 1.5 GHz. The chip is able to provide an average level of performance. But it is not worth counting on the launch of complex games. The main advantage of this platform is energy efficiency. Based on four Cortex-A7 kernels and Power VR SGX544MP graphics. On board 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB for data storage.

Antutu.

Vellamo.

3D Antutu.

Communication

There were no problems with the quality of communication during operation. On board a set of communication modules - Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0.

Available GPS module allows you to use the device as a navigator. On the cold start and search for satellites goes an average of 1.5 minutes.

Battery

The battery for 2000 mAh is responsible for the autonomous work. A little bit, but it is this volume that is used in thin smartphones. This is enough for comfortable use during the working day. Viewing about 2 films in Full HD resolution.

Camera

Settings are available, including exposure and ISO. It is possible to shoot in motion, intelligent shooting.

Soft

Lenovo Vibe X uses Google Android 4.2.2 operating system. The VIBE ROM branded shell is used. A distinctive feature is the lack of the application menu. All icons are placed on the desktop, the system is provided using folders. Changed the notification curtain and settings window.

It is possible to customize the blocking window and the theme of registration. The gesture system is proposed with a description, there is an interesting and useful.

The interface works smoothly, it is quite pleasant. A traditional set of utilities with the ability to extend using Google Play is proposed. Separately, it is worth mentioning the utility to reduce power consumption that provides reporting on the discharge of the battery. The second allows you to control the activity of applications, a kind of security system.

Video Review Lenovo VIBE X

Results by Lenovo VIBE X

Lenovo Vibe X is a commodity representative of the middle segment. Inheriting the main advantages of the flagship (high-quality display, light and thin case, 13 megapixel Sony camera, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB to store data), changing the processor, managed to achieve a cost reduction. Is it worth saving, to solve you, it all depends on the tasks assigned to the smartphone if modern games are required, it is better to pay extra, if not, then a comfortable level of performance. Lenovo Vibe X receives a well-deserved award "Hit ..

The Chinese manufacturer who has managed to win a fairly high authority in the mobile device market, went to the onset of the average price segment. To attract the attention of buyers, you need to be different for the better of competitors with productivity, price or design.

Lenovo developers decided to hit all three directions and created VIBE X2: a bright unusual case containing a powerful hardware platform, and the price of a smartphone from 15,000 rubles. Of course, no one will work at a loss, so I had to sacrifice the battery, cameras, an additional memory card, and some other features that assumes the MT6595M chipset.

Design and Communication Lenovo Vibe X2

In the design of the design of the new smartphone, the Lenovo mobile division opened a new page: multicolored edging of the case. A flat almost rectangular smartphone without pleasant roundings could be called strict or even boring, but the color sandwich saves the position. Lenovo Vibe X2 looks like a slicker of a three-color marmalade, attracting a tired of the buyer's tired monotony.

The housing is made in the form of a monoblock of matte plastic, which almost does not collect fingerprints. The Russian market comes in white, red, dark gray and golden color. The rear panel is painted in the main color, two-color edging - in its shades. The front panel is closed by protective glass Gorilla Glass 3. Despite sharp faces, a thin and light smartphone conveniently, not slipping, lies in hand.

The Lenovo VIBE X2 screen is speaker, lighting and approximation sensors, event indicator and front camera. There are 3 standard touch buttons under the display: in the center "Home", on the left "menu", right "back". Buttons are highlighted with white light. Here is the conversational speaker.

Power keys and volume control are placed on the right face. On the left side there is a tray under the SIM card, which is retrieved by pressing the streaming button with a special clip. In the lower end of the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone, the microUSB slot and the microphone, on the top - the connector under the audio headset with a diameter of 3.5 mm.

The rear panel has a contact pad for attachment of accessories, as well as the main camera with a LED flash and the tapered speaker grid. Sound from the speaker VIBE X2 2015 is quite loud and bulky, but completely overlaps, if the device lies on the surface of the screen up.

Smartphone works in 2G / 3G / 4G LTE networks. The wireless communication module supports Wi-Fi 802.11b / G / N / AC in the ranges of 2.4 / 5 GHz, as well as Bluetooth 3.0 + 4.1 Le Lenovo VIBE X2 can be used as an Internet access point. There is no support for NFC (wireless data exchange at close range) and OTG. Navigation node without problems finds GPS and GLONASS satellites.

Performance "Lenovo Waib" X2

The smartphone runs on the basis of a powerful modern Soc MediaTek MT6595M. Its feature is the possibility of working 4 powerful energy-intensive cores with 4 more weak and economical in any configuration, depending on the complexity of the problem. The 2-nuclear video processor GPU PowerVR G6200 with a clock frequency of up to 450 MHz is responsible for the graph. The volume of RAM LENOVO VIBE X2 is 2 GB, built-in - 32 GB. There is no possibility to increase constant memory, because There is no slot for memory card, and OTG support.

Android 4.4.2 is used as the operating system, the Lenovo Vibe UI interface. Many pre-installed programs devour the constant and prompt memory of the device, leaving users respectively about 23 GB and 560 MB. Resources have enough for smooth operation of all applications, even heavy 3D games freely go to maximum graphics permissions. One of the advantages of the MT6595 chipset, the developers declared optimized power consumption. With a moderate load, the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone is almost not heated, it is warm on heavy games, without delivering inconvenience to users.

Display and camera smartphone VIBE X2

5-inch smartphone display resolution 1920? 1080 Px and 440 PPI density is made on the basis of an IPS matrix. Brightness can be adjusted manually or automatically. Its reserve is enough for the screen to read on a sunny day on the street. Excellent viewing angles, natural color reproduction. Multitouch supports up to 10 touches. The Lenovo Web display x2 can be included with double tapping. When telephone conversation, the screen is blocked using the approximation sensor.

The main 13-megapixel camera is equipped with a LED flash, which can be used as a flashlight. Weak work of the stabilization node causes numerous complaints of buyers on blurred pictures. There is a very ascetic set of settings: Panoramic shooting, HDR mode, white balance, special effects. The camera can shoot video in a resolution of 1080 at a speed of 30 k / s.

Frontal 5-megapixel camera equipped with a fixed focus can be removed with a resolution of 2560? 1920. The shooting is initiated by gestures, voice command and winking. It is possible to edit snapshots in real time.

Lenovo Vibe X2 battery leaves much to be desired

A non-removable battery for 2300 mAh is installed on the smartphone. This is clearly not enough for a powerful chipset - with the active use of the smartphone charge, it is enough for 6-8 hours, with normal - less than a day. The position can save an overlap plastic case with a battery that is sold separately. In addition, you can use energy-saving mode with reduced screen brightness and disabled data transfer.

Lenovo Vibe X3 Smartphone Review: Sounds Good

Returning to the origins, unwittingly remember some of the first smartphones with resistive screens of small diagonals and permission: it seems interesting, but terribly uncomfortable. Further, the technology has become a capacitive, and the resolution is higher, although the picture was pastel. Now the smartphones with the screen full-HD and the diagonal of 5.3 "are less and less commonly called" shovel "and increasingly the opinion that they will eventually push the tablets. Is it so? Wait - see. And for starters, let's get acquainted with the" Tactico -Technical characteristics »Our guest and clearly let's see who today makes him competition.

	Lenovo vibe x3.	Xiaomi Redmi Note 3	BQ Aquaris M5.5.
Operating system	Android 5.1.1 + Vibe UI	Android 5.1.	Android 5.1.
Display	5.5 "IPS, 1920x1080 Pix.	5.5 "IPS, 1920 × 1080 Pixes.	5.5 "IPS, 1920x1080 Pix.
CPU	Qualcomm® Snapdragon ™ 808, 6x2 GHz	MediaTek MT6795, 8x2 GHz	Qualcomm® Snapdragon ™ 615, 8x1.5 GHz
Oz	3 GBIT.	2/3 GB	3 GBIT.
Flash.	32 GB + MicroSDXC to 128 GB	16/32 GB	16/32 GB
Camera	Rear: 21MP, autofocus, flash; Front: 8mp	Rear: 13 MP; Front: 5 mp	Rear: 13 MP; Front: 5 mp
Communications	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, 3G 850/900/1900/2100 MHz EEE 802.11 B / G / N / AC,	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GPS / A-GPS / GLONASS	GSM 850/900/1800/1900, 3G HSPA + 900/2100 LTE 800/1800/2100/2600, GPS + GLONASS
Features	2x Nano-SIM	fingerprint scanner	2x micro-sim
Battery	3600 MA * h	4000 mA * h	3620 MA * h
Dimensions	154x76.5x9.3 mm, 175 g	150 × 76 × 8,6 mm, 166 g	151.8 x 75.5 x 8.35 mm 162 g
Price	i 29 900.	i 13 400/16 200	i 27 500.

Source: zoom.cnews.

Appearance

The first impression of VIBE X3 is the "thing!". Indeed, the foundation of the design is at the height, it provides a metal circuit, the rib of the rigidity, which is put on the sink-touch "back" and the glossy screen panel in the frame with speakers. The assembly is also excellent, the design is practically monolithic and it affects weight. The appearance of the novelty is like OPPO Find 5, although the logic of the models design is fundamentally different, we just want to emphasize a certain individuality and awareness of the design.

On the front panel, in addition to the dominant, display, there are two lines of speakers with "chess" perforation, top and bottom. In the upper part, we can see the front chamber and imperceptible in the idle charge indicator, and in the bottom - the control touch keys, devoid of illumination. The left side of the case is given under the Nano-SIM salad and the memory card (or 2 Nano-SIM, depending on the user's needs), and the right-handed volume of the volume and the power / blocking key.

On the bottom face there is only a Micro-USB connector (the microphone in this case is hidden in the bottom perforation of the front panel dynamics), and the top-ended mini-jack audio connector is 3.5 mm and the infrared port.

The rear panel of the VIBE X3 case, in addition to the microphone-noise, is settled under the combined block of the rear chamber, a double LED flash and a fingerprint scanner.

The latter deserves a separate attention: "Dactyloscopic sensor", as its manufacturer calls, the manufacturer works surprisingly and recognizes the touch even with the entire pillow of the finger, but the use option in this case is only security (configure the application launch).

Screen

The smartphone is equipped with a large display with high resolution and a clear, pleasant eye, picture. The color temperature, as it often happens in modern devices, the user can customize to his taste, and the viewing angles are close to the maximum. Brightness is adjustable in a wide range, from minimal, to excessive, therefore covers the entire range of use scenarios.

As for technology, it is definitely capacious and supports up to 10 simultaneous presses, and the clarity of perception, entering text and commands, during testing did not cause complaints.

The screen is covered with a protective glass of Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, which is designed to protect it from scratches, but whether it is not necessary to judge: during testing, we did not scratch it, but it's not to say that the device came to us completely without micro-loss. .

Software and interface

The smartphone is running Android OS version 5.1.1 and has a branded superstructure from the manufacturer, Vibeui.

The main feature of the latter is the refusal of the main menu, the label menu in favor of the location of all elements on the work desks. This solution is also used in iOS, although without widgets, and in addition, in Flymeos, MIUI shells and the like.

However, the manufacturer does not limit the user in the selection and offers in addition to Vibeui also a traditional interface display format, with the main menu.

Of the additional features, we note the adjustable zone of the shortcuts in the top, customizable display parameters and turning desktops, branded widgets and advanced parameters of indicators, such as the charge level and reception of WiFi, for example.

In addition to the standard programs that make up the basis of the OS in the basic delivery of new items, you will find the GUVERA music service, the Syncit cloud, Shering-Service Shareit, Blitz, McAfee Antivirus, as well as a couple of social network customers and weak games. Not much, but not a dry product without soul.

"Dual-SIM" is implemented correctly, from default settings, before displaying networks and events, and when the memory card is installed, instead of the second SIM card, the device masks its duality.

Hardware and performance

As can be seen from the comparative table, on board VIBE X3 there is a good set of iron inherent in the top segment of smartphones. The same information confirms the tests for some exceptions: somewhere the smartphone "ahead of the planet of all", and somewhere slightly sends.

GEEKBENCH 3 (Single Core / Multi Core)	1221/3267
ANTUTU BENCHMARK V6.0.	61405
3D MARK (Ice Strom Unlimited)	19398
Epic Citadel (Ultra High Quality)	73.5 FPS.
Epic Citadel (High Quality)	57.9 FPS.

Source: zoom.cnews.

In practice, everything is more than worthy: the standard applications are launched and performs without delays, the scrolling interface smooth, susceptibility to enter in height.

The HD video device reproduces without problems, will not leave and in front of heavy games (well, there may be the smallest, although we already come for).

Music component

The review would not be complete if we did not consider this section in more detail. So, in VIBE X3, according to Vendor, three amplifiers are used on Texas Instruments OPA1612 chips and front stereo speakers with a capacity of 1.5 W with support for Dolby ATMOS® surround sound. The audio system of the smartphone is capable of working in two modes: Pro Hi-Fi and Standard Hi-Fi. For sound at HD Audio, when the user connects headphones, an ESS SABRE9018C2M is used with a 32-bit DAC, providing a wide dynamic range and play music files in any format.

For a simple manual, not audiophile, decrypt: the music tract in a novelty is more than good and listening to her music more pleasant than in most modern smartphones, and often even compact Flash-MP3 players. In view of the fact that VIBE X3 came to us without a set, we used the headphones at the disposal, namely Shure SE-215 and did not disappoint us.

Camera

The smartphone is equipped with two good cameras: front with constant focus and back with autofocus, plus double LED flash. The application that is responsible for the interaction is visual, but not completely intuitive, although it is not difficult to understand it. Among the numerous settings there are shooting modes, composite parameters, a selection of photosensitivity values, white balance and exposal balance, as well as the activation of the "level", in order not to "fill the horizon".

You can estimate the quality of the output content by tradition on test frames.

When you click on the thumbnail, a full-sized image will open

We add from myself that the pictures are worthy: the camera behaves well under various conditions of shooting from daylight to twilight and when focusing from infinity to nearby objects. All is well in terms of geometry, and the detailing does not lame even in the corners of the frame.

The only drawback is shooting in a pitch darkness, but in these conditions few people cope without flames in the form of noise and artifacts.

Battery

The VIBE X3 VIBE X3 battery is capable of providing 26-31 hours of conversation at 3G / 2G networks, respectively or 618 hours of waiting in 4G networks. In practice, this indicator is lower. With a test load, which includes about an hour of voice calls, 20-25 messages, listening to music for 1.5 hours, push-mail, constant testing of social networks and messengers, as well as photography photos, the device turned off in about 17 hours. The indicator is not bad and generally expected.

TOTAL

Let's summarize: Lenovo turned out to be a good smartphone in all respects with an emphasis on multimedia components that benefit from it technically from competitors and is not very profitable financially.

Let us explain: that a set of sound components that are installed in VIBE X3 is a truly competent choice, but they are not visible to them among people by unreleased. With all this, the admirers of high-quality sound will appreciate this highlight and will be ready to pay extra over the price of potential competitors. Otherwise, this is a high-quality and worthy of 5.5 "Android smartphone, but still for connoisseurs.

Now it's time to make a full overview of the copy, which entered retail sales.

Equipment

The smartphone comes in a stylish box of medium-sized white cardboard with turquoise inserts. Inside, you can detect the charger, headset, a USB cable, a user manual and a clip to extract a SIM card tray.

Design and usability

Lenovo Vibe X3 is available in a white case - a thin front frame, aluminum side faces and again white plastic on the back side. By the way, here one of the differences from the previously visited copy of the copy was taken here - the commercial model is not a glossy, and matte, with a slight soft-touch coating, to the touch it turns out to be much more pleasant, and in general, the smartphone ceases to be slippery.

When looking at the turned off, the smartphone makes the impression that the screen takes almost the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe front panel, but it is not so - it framed a fairly wide black frame (on which the touch buttons are applied from below), invisible when the display redeemed, but immediately rushes to the eye It is turned on (apparently, so on the home screen, the default black wallpapers are installed, which visually close the boundaries between the screen and frame). The screen is covered with a protective glass Gorilla Glass 3, on which fingerprints are almost not noticeable.

In front of the white frame you can see the holes of stereo speakers (from above and below), on the black - indicator of activity and the front camera lens. Traditionally, for Lenovo, there are no names or logos on the front panel. On the left side face there is a SIM-card tray (only Nanosim format cards can be installed), on the bottom - the Micro-USB connector, on the right side - the inclusion button and the volume button, top with the headphone and infrared connector.

On the back panel at the top we see a slightly towering over the body block, in which the lens of the main camcorder, flash and fingerprint scanner are located.

Lenovo Vibe X3 looks sufficiently unusual and interesting, with a typical Android-smartphone "in general, he has something outwardly a bit - in this merit and white color of the body, and a matte aluminum frame with glossy" shackles "on the ribs, and a design solution with a black seating screen, Because of which the frame appears extremely narrow in the off state.

In the hand, the smartphone is good, however, for convenient control of one hand, the palms must be quite large - the dimensions of Lenovo Vibe X3 are not the smallest even by the standards of models with a 5.5 inches screen. A partial solution of this problem can be considered the implementation of the branded "micro-screen", which reduces the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe screen and "sticks" it into one of the lower corners. The size of such a micro screen can vary in the range from 3.2 to 4 inches, which will be more than enough for users with small palms.

Display

LENOVO VIBE X3 uses an IPS screen with a diagonal of 5.5 inches and a full HD resolution (1920x1080 points). The density of the points at the same time is 401 ppi, which is more than enough to anyone, even the most "Emless" user, could not distinguish between individual pixels, no matter how much it looks close.

Measurements have shown that the minimum brightness of this smartphone is 5 kD / m², maximum - as many as 457 cd / m². This is a very high indicator, with such brightness the image on the screen can be considered without any problems even on the street in sunny weather. But if it seems a little, in the settings (color balance), you can enable high brightness mode, in which this indicator rises to 557 kD / m². The color temperature is somewhat overlap, it makes the image slightly cold - if it bothers it, the user can manually configure the color balance in the above menu using a special slider, or simply select "adaptive mode" in which the image becomes frankly warm and more enjoyable for long reading From the screen.

The Lenovo Vibe X3 screen demonstrates very bright and rich colors that you usually expect to see from amoled devices - nevertheless, it is used here that IPS matrix is \u200b\u200bused, albeit with very large color coverage (you can consider this by exposing brightness to the maximum and looking at The black section of the image at a large angle - it will become dark purple, which is typical for this technology). It is also worth noting a deep black color, high contrast (1030: 1) and large viewing angles, on which the brightness is reduced very slightly.

Hardware platform and performance

In Lenovo Vibe X3, a fairly powerful system-on-chip is used - 64-bit six-cable Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, with two productive ARM Cortex-A57 cores operating at 1.82 GHz frequencies, and four more economical ARM Cortex-A53 with a frequency of up to 1.44 GHz . The video processing is answered by the video processor ADRENO 418. RAM in a 3 GB smartphone, internal - 32 GB (24.3 GB is available to the user), which can additionally be expanded using the MicroSD card.

In terms of performance, Snapdragon 808 is now on a "medium-high" level, and at the same time does not suffer from overheating, as the 810th model announced simultaneously with it - it is not surprising, therefore, that it has become a very popular chip and is used in a number of high-level devices. In Benchmarks, Lenovo Vibe X3 confidently occupies the top lines in the rating tables, and in modern heavy games allows you to enjoy a smooth picture without slow-moving and lags. It heats up at the same time, but in everyday use, and barely warm.

Operating system and shell

Lenovo VIBE X3 uses Android 5.1.1, supplemented by the new version of the VIBE UI branded shell. In it, the manufacturer spent a noticeable "work on errors" - first of all, the application menu appeared, which was previously absent in this shell (following the MIUI or iOS). The visual style, however, remains the same bright and still resembles the aforementioned systems - both the appearance of system icons and the organization of folders.

Of the curious features, it is worth noting the flexible configuration of the notification panel (the user can select the number of columns displayed in it and the order of their following, turn on the display of the current boot speed from the Internet, adjust the display of notifications by various applications, etc.). Also note the function of increasing the volume of the call when the smartphone is in your pocket, a "safe zone" (a kind of sandbox with its own set of applications), called using the "floating" button of the smart menu with rapid access to various options, the Smart system Scripts "that allows you to create special" behavior patterns "on schedule or by binding to certain Wi-Fi networks.

VIBE UI supports replaceable interface topics (with its weather widgets, wallpaper, application icons, etc.) and various styles of the lock screen, and also allows you to switch between two types of tasks manager - "Volume Card files" Android L and its own version of Lenovo.

The smartphone is equipped with a fingerprint scanner - it is located on the back side, under the outbreak, so that it is convenient to touch it with the index finger. Recognition of an imprint confident, without failures (so that the system "does not recognize you", you need to make a finger at a very "edge"; the angle does not have the value - the smartphone can be unlocked, even holding it upside down). The recognition speed is high enough, on subjective sensations - less than a half-mounted.

Pre-installed applications - Navigator Route 66 "Navigate", Client GUVERA Musical Service, Browser UC Browser, Electronic and Audiobook Reader, Official Clients Twitter, Facebook and Skype, Pedometer, Evernote Game Store, GameStore Gaming Store, Mcaffee Mobile Security McAffee Anti-Virus PEEL remote control, application for transferring Shareit files, Synci LOW Create Creation Creation Utility, UC Browser Browser, WPS Office Office Pack, etc., not all of them can be deleted completely - some applications can only be disabled and deleted For them updates.

Calls, Multimedia

Lenovo VIBE X3 supports the installation of two Nano-SIM SIM-SIM SIM cards (instead of one of them, the MicroSD memory card can be used). The spoken speaker is very loud, the voice of the interlocutor sounds clear and naturally, it is possible to disassemble it without any problems even in a rather noisy environment.

The smartphone is equipped with 1.5 W stereo speakers each, their volume is also high, medium and high frequencies are worked out, as for this size, not bad, however, the sound is not enough depth and in certain situations can be manifested barely audible rattling. The stereo effect when listening to music feels weakly (too small distance between speakers), however, when watching the movie is already much more tangible. The manufacturer reports that the dynamics are "equipped with Dolby Atmos technology" - in fact it means the presence of an application that is intended to improve the quality of sound. Unlike other Lenovo models, in VIBE X3 it is not executed as a separate program, but is available in the system settings. After activating this mode, you can select one of the predetermined templates (movies / Music / Games / Voice) or create your own profile. Each options can be additionally configured - enable / disable auto-speed, speech correction and virtual surround sound, as well as adjust the parameters of the graphic equalizer. On the built-in speakers when listening to music (if someone suddenly comes to the head), we would not include this technology - the difference, though small, there is, but say that it improves, we cannot. But when watching movies, the situation is completely different - the inclusion of Dolby ATMOS radically improves the sound, gives it volume and depth.

To reproduce sound in the smartphone, the ESS ES9018K2M productive DAC is used, which, according to its manufacturer, was created specifically for "audiophile" devices, including smartphones. It is worth noting that along with high-quality headphones "plays" Lenovo Vibe X3 is really good - the sound is clean, rich, with deep bass and soft, but nevertheless detailed high frequencies. For lovers, "Pearcha" can be advised to enable the "Turbo Hi-Fi" option in the settings, and if it is not enough - activate Dolby Atmos and coat with the settings of the musical mode.

Working hours

Lenovo Vibe X3 is equipped with a fixed lithium-polymer battery capacity of 3500 mAh. According to the subjective sensations, the smartphone "lives" long enough - it is not enough for a day with intensive exploitation, in the mode of moderate load, it is as easily able to hold out two days. In the corresponding PCMark benchmark, he demonstrated a very impressive result in a short 9 o'clock (for comparison - the LG G3, which turned out to be at hand with a battery for 3000 mAh, handed out only 5 hours).

Camera

The main chamber boasts a 21 megapixel sensor produced by Sony with a phase autofocus system. Under conditions of sufficient lighting, it almost instantly focuses and allows you to get high quality images, with excellent detail, natural colors and a fairly good dynamic range. In twilight or when shooting in weakly lit rooms, the detail is expected to be reduced, but the pictures are still obtained very high quality. The automatic balance of white for the most part works quite correctly, "misses" happen infrequently and relatively small.

The camera application turns out to be very functional: it allows you to change the proportions and size of the picture, to customize the white balance, choose sensitivity and shooting method (normal / touch / timer / smile), switch between averaged and center-based exposal method, display auxiliary lines and levels (with With which you can finally get rid of comments in the spirit of "Horizon Zavanen"). In addition, you can turn off the shutter sound, assign a change in the volume to the volume buttons, turn on the suppression of the flicker, and for video shooting - select the video frame resolution, from 480p and up to 4k.

In addition to the main automatic mode (in which you can enable the SMART function, selecting the most optimal shooting option), the Lenovo Vibe X3 camera has several additional - shooting panorama (ordinary and selfie), several night-mode options, blur background, accelerated / slow motion and HDR . However, under the latter, the manufacturer understands something clearly - none of the proposed HDR options offers a truly extended dynamic range, creating images of more or less overestimated saturation (up to absolutely unnaturally looking colors suitable for advertising cards).

RESULTS

Lenovo has a good smartphone - with an interesting design, high-quality screen, on a productive platform, with a very good camera and a battery capacious, which allows him without any problems "live" two days without recharging. It is also worth noting worthy musical "abilities" and good sound on the speakers in movies and games when using Dolby ATMOS technology. The big black frame around the screen quickly ceases to "call eyes" and begins to be perceived as another element of the design - A, by and large, it is almost the only thing that you can, if you wish to find fault ... If you do not count the sizes that could be Slightly smaller with such a diagonal screen.

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