Smartphone Vibe Shot, Lenovo revealed in February at the MWC in Barcelona. However, Russia is only now reach the device. "Times" test it and find out how justified were the expectations of potential buyers smartphone.
Appearance and Ergonomics
Apparently, the company began to find their corporate identity. If you look at the device strictly to the FAS, the distinguished smartphone Vibe X2 is almost impossible: the same size, the same design as the glass of the display is less than the body itself, making it visually is formed around the color border.
However, unlike the Vibe X2, Vibe Shot got metal frame and smooth glass back cover. Behind did not say that this is a smartphone: because of the characteristic silvery band formed a strong feeling that it is "Soap".
Glass "heel" makes the smartphone is very slippery, and it's only partly offset by a metal frame. As a result, called Vibe Shot model of ergonomics can not: in the hands of the machine slide and the edges dig into the metal frame in the arm.
But in terms of design is very original and bright smartphone that will definitely attract views. Anyway, in black and red version, which we tested. And even inevitably appear fingerprints on the back do not impair its appearance.
Monitor
The smartphone has a very bright 5-inch IPS-display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. Reserve brightness of the display even enough to consider the dim picture in the sunny weather. Moreover, in the settings screen, you can find "high-brightness mode", in which the screen lights up already obscenely powerful. It makes sense to include it only in direct sunlight for viewing black and white photos, in all other cases it will cause pain in the eyes.
At the same time excessive color saturation can not blame him: the smart phone transmits tones accurately. Separately, it is worth noting that with such brightness black it does look black rather than dark shade of gray.
System
The smartphone has the most current Android 5.1 with a proprietary interface, known by other devices of the company. Today, it might be one of the most convenient interfaces on Android, but sometimes no, no yes and stumble about bad decisions. For example, to write directly from the call log message immediately able to only the one who developed this interface. All others will be looking for this item, poking and pinching everything button.
And even a button "Messages" is not the desired menu item - it just shows the correspondence with the contact. To write SMS, you need to make some action is illogical: do not click the "Messages" and "Information on contact" and only then go to the Message menu.
Another example of irrationality: Adjust the background image. So, wallpapers put simply, however, to establish its image on the lock screen, you have to have to leave the application "Center of the" where to customize the appearance, and go to the "Gallery" where the image should first cut and then install it on the lock screen.
But if we abstract from these drawbacks, the device interface is really comfortable and pleasant. The company managed to get rid of the slowness of the system and animations, which was inherent in the machine on Android 4.4.
Iron
For his fotosmartfona Lenovo chose the productive Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 615, which received 8 cores and 64-bit architecture. This powerful solution, which should be enough for a quick work of all that can only come up with the user. In particular, the synthetic test AnTuTu Vibe Shot received about 39 thousand. Points - a good result for neflagmanskogo device comparable to the top-end smartphones in 2014.
The device, if it is to load the resource-intensive tasks, hardly hot - because in the game you can play for a long time. The only thing that can cause heating of the rear cover which is felt - is the active use of geolocation services, but this is normal.
Cell
Yet for the sake of the camera and create a smartphone. The device is a 16-megapixel digital camera module with optical stabilization and infrared scanner that allows for instant focus by changing the subject.
In addition, since it is a camera phone, Lenovo launched to end smartphone separate controls for the camera: the shutter button and zoom lever, switch shooting modes from automatic to a professional, which can adjust the exposure, shutter speed, focus and other settings.
