Lenovo Vibe K5 Note First Impressions

Lenovo India on Monday launched its new Vibe K5 Note smartphone. The Chinese company made sure there was enough hype ahead of the official launch of the Vibe K5 Note with several teasers on social media revealing features one at a time. The new Lenovo Vibe K5 Note has a lot of improvements over its predecessor, the Vibe K4 Note, such as an all-metal body.

Appearence 

The Lenovo Vibe K5 Note has been launched in three colours: black, gold, and grey.The all-metal body is easy enough to hold and use, but the matte finish on the Vibe K4 Note offers a better grip. The metal also means that the Vibe K5 Note at 165 grams is slightly heavier than its predecessor which weighed 158 grams. On the other hand, the Vibe K5 Note is slimmer at 8.4mm than the Vibe K4 Note (9.1mm).

Display

Much like the Vibe K4 Note, the Vibe K5 Note sports a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920-pixel) IPS display. The pixel density is also same at 401ppi. The new Vibe K5 Note however doesn't have a Corning Gorilla Glass layer for protection against scratches. The display on the Vibe K5 Note looks bright and crisp, and we found legibility to be decent in direct sunlight. Viewing angles were fairly decent.Lenovo has gone for capacitive buttons instead of onscreen ones for the Android home, recents, and back navigation controls. The physical volume and power buttons are placed on the right, and we found their tactile feel to be good. The "Vibe" brand is seen in the middle of the rear, while the Lenovo logo is lower down.

Camera:

The rear of the Vibe K5 Note looks symmetrical with the primary camera, dual-tone LED flash, and fingerprint scanner all placed in one line. The Lenovo Vibe K5 Note sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with a dual-LED flash, and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The rear camera comes with features such as PDAF (phase detection autofocus), and packs an ISOCELL sensor. The camera app launched quickly after tapping on the icon. In our short time with the device, we found that images taken with the K5 Note under normal lighting seemed crisp, with good details. On zooming in, the corners of the images didn't seem pixelated. The front-facing 8-megapixel camera also took decent images though we will reserve our verdict on the cameras until we get a chance to test them under varied conditions.

OS /Specifications
The final version of the Vibe K5 Note which will be sold here will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow with slight tweaks from Lenovo, and will offer a near-stock experience. 

The Lenovo Vibe K5 Note sports an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755M) processor clocked at 1.8GHz, coupled with 3GB or 4GB of RAM and Mali-T860 GPU. Both models will have 32GB of onboard storage, with support of expandable storage via microSD card (up to 128GB).ound that the smartphone was responsive to touch inputs and quick enough during multitasking

Verdict:
The Lenovo Vibe K5 Note will be available at Rs. 11,999 for the model with 3GB of RAM while the model with 4GB of RAM will come in at Rs. 13,499. The phone will go on sale exclusively on Flipkart, with open availability rather than flash sales.

At these price points, the Vibe K5 Note models will be competing against some of the most popular phones in the country, including the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Moto G4 Plus, and Le Eco Le 2. The K5 Note brings a lot of upgrades compared to its predecessor, but is it worth buying,

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