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After over a year of not releasing any new phones, Lenovo has launched three phones in China today. There’s the main flagship S5 model, and two lower-end budget phones: the K5 and the K5 Play, presumably meant for children.
From a glance, the new phones resemble so many other Android phones, and have more than a slight likeness to the iPhone 6.
The Lenovo S5 has a 5.7-inch screen with an 18:9 aspect ratio and a 2160 x 1080 resolution. The back is made of metal. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 625 chip and a 3,000mAh battery. You can choose between 3GB or 4GB of RAM, and 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB of storage.
The S5 has dual 13-megapixel rear cameras and a 16-megapixel front-facing selfie cam. The device runs Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box with a ZUI skin overlay. It starts at 999 CNY ($157.74) and goes up to 1499 CNY ($236.69). Lenovo’s covered its bases in typical phone colors: the S5 comes in midnight black and flame red.
Lenovo likely sees the S5 as a competitor to Xiaomi’s recently launched Redmi Note 5 in China. It’s a market that Lenovo is still struggling to win over, against more popular brands like Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo.
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The other two phones, the K5 and K5 Play, both have 5.7-inch displays with 1440 x 720 resolutions. The K5 has rear 13-megapixel and 5-megapixel dual cameras, while the K5 Play has 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel dual cameras. The K5 has a MediaTek MT6750 chip and runs Android Oreo, while the K5 Play has a Snapdragon 450 chip and runs Android Nougat. The K5 costs 899 CNY ($141.93) and the K5 Play costs 699 CNY ($110.35). Both phones let you use facial recognition or fingerprint to unlock them, and have a beauty mode in their cameras.
All three phones are available for preorder in China only.
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