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The Lenovo Zuk Z1 is an able performer, despite xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
two year old SoC. At Rs. 13,499, it's not more powerful than xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, but if you like modding your smartphone, it's worth a shot. For those waiting for a CyanogenMod-powered phone worth buying, this is it. Lenovo has made some baffling decisions over xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
past two years. They tried to sell xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Vibe Z2 Pro smartphone at over 30k, put an enviable camera on xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Vibe Shot, but compromised on oxiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
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y took a long time to sell xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Lenovo K3 Note in India. Through all this, Lenovo still became one xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
top sellers in xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
country, right up xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
re with Samsung and oxiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
rs.
How did it do this? The story has been interesting, to say xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
least. Lenovo’s phones went from downright low value, to being really well priced. It followed this up with xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
K3 Note, which delivered good performance at a good price.
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Lenovo Vibe X3, which is easily Lenovo’s best smartphone till date. But amidst all this, we’ve been hearing whispers about xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
company's Zuk brand. If xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
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Lenovo Zuk Z1 is exactly xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
OnePlus One, but that also makes it two years old. Why xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
n, does Lenovo confidently push this device?
Having reviewed xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Lenovo Zuk Z1 now, I can say it has ample reason to do so. The basic elements xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
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Lenovo Zuk Z1 are borrowed from xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Vibe X3. It has a metallic frame, combined with a plastic back. But before you roll your eyes at xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
mention of plastic, consider xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
finish. The polished plastic feels more metallic than some all-metal smartphones out xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
re, and conforms seamlessly with xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
frame. Many would actually make xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
mistake of calling this an all-metal phone.
The Zuk Z1, like xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Lenovo Vibe X3, is a good mix of plastic and metal, which, in my opinion, looks better than xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
plastic strips for antennas on xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and LeEco Le 1s. It’s just a more seamless design. Having said that, this isn’t an ergonomic smartphone.
It’s quite wide, which puts single handed usage out of question. If you’re buying this though, you’re most likely not looking at ergonomics any way. The Zuk Z1 wants to feel like a big smartphone, and xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
reason for that is evident (to be discussed ahead). My review unit has a few, very slight, gaps between xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
metal frame and plastic back, but I would not call this a badly built device.
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phone feels sturdy and it’s light enough to not feel like you’re carrying around a behemoth in your hand. Secondly, as big as it is, 175 grams is acceptable, if not out and out appreciable. The reason why Lenovo has chosen to make this phone wide, is its display. A 5. 5 inch FHD display doesn’t sound like much, till you realise this is xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
exact same display we saw on xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Vibe X3. It's not about pixel density and resolutions, although 401 ppi and 1080p are nothing to be ashamed of. The Lenovo Zuk Z1 is all about colours and vibrance, and xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
wide frame ensures that you notice that. The quoted maximum brightness xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
display is at 450 nits, but it’s not xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
best in terms of sunlight visibility.
Indoors, colours are really good, with very good blacks and even better whites. The contrast ratio is great. Lenovo says xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
display can do 100% xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
NTSC colour gamut.
What’s delightful however, is that this is all on auto settings. CynogenMod 12 allows deeper control on xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
display. You can tweak xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
colour temperature, and choose different temperatures for day and night.
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DPI settings, but that doesn’t seem to make a very big difference. The control over xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
display is just xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
addition that could have made this display better, and it did. The Lenovo Zuk Z1 runs on Android 5. 1. 1, but Lenovo has said that xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Marshmallow update will be made available in June, with CM13. Currently, it runs on CyanogenMod 12, which allows a bunch of customisations.
If you happen to have used xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Yu Yutopia smartphone, you would already be familiar with this. When I reviewed xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Yutopia though, xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
OS was nowhere close to as stable as it is here. According to Lenovo, CM12 on this phone, has been specially tweaked for xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Snapdragon 801 SoC inside, but more on that later. As discussed above, you get minute control over xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
settings. The Advanced Settings option is enabled by default, giving you access to granular control over how apps perform.
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app permissions option from Marshmallow built into it. So, you can manually decide what app gets what permissions, instead of granting xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
m all at xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
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se features were available on xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Yu Yutopia as well, none of its bugs are present here. CM12 is smooth, stable and performs well. In fact, Lenovo already has test devices with CM13 on it, and you can flash xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
ROM onto your Zuk Z1, but it won’t be stable. It’s also worth noting that xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Zuk branded phones are xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
only Lenovo devices where rooting won’t void xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
warranty.
If you happen to brick your device while rooting, Lenovo will return it to xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
original CM12 state. The elephant in xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
room xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
n. The Snapdragon 801 is an able SoC, but it’s also over two years old. Hence, logic dictates that xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
Zuk Z1 is equal to a two-year old flagship smartphone, upon arrival.
It’s a tough sell, but here again, Lenovo’s Zuk team has done a good job. Benchmark scores don’t tell xiaomi cell phone caracteristicas
story here, because this phone is less about numbers and more about experience.
