What’s so cool about the Lenovo K900?
So this is the step up (and quite a step up it is) from the Intel YOLO. It has an Intel Atom Dual-core 2Ghz processor and a PowerVR SGX544 graphics processor. It’s sleek and super light. It has the faux brushed metal exterior, the tiny rivets on the back cover (no taking out the battery and no SD card business either, it comes in with internal memory of 16GB or 32GB, take your pick) that match the Lenovo logo engraved on
the back to the neat Micro SIM slot on the side. This phone is sleek. The packaging redefines cool – black box with a red interior that peeks through the etched out K900 logo. Too cool. This phone. Is sleek.
At 6.7” (hull, display is 5.5) this phone is actually a mini-tablet with phone capabilities — a phablet. At 162g this phablet is superlight. And did I mention that it’s sleek?
Camera
I am in love with the 13MP camera with its dual led flash. The split second autofocus and continuous shooting turned out to be an invaluable feature during a 7-hour event that I was live-tweeting from. It meant that I could capture the targets while they were still doing what I wanted to capture, instead of a blur of the person who moved just when I finally focused. (That’s my other phone, story for another day).
The front 2MP Camera had me taking some pretty cute selfies (in good light of course as it has no flash). The 2GB RAM makes for an awesome performance. I can do stuff on the K900 that I normally wouldn’t be able to – like Skype, a very resource heavy app, which came pre installed by the way.
What needs work?
The OS: Android contact manager keeps crashing. Especially annoying because every time you use messaging, it crashes. It also brings up the error message when you use the phone log, contacts, Hangouts, Whatsapp, and Telegram. I assume it will do this for all messaging apps.
Battery: Not impressed. At 2600 mAh it’s clearly bigger than my other phone’s 2100mAh . But, with the K900 I always seem to run out of juice during the day. Also, would it kill them to provide a power backup?
Welcome screen: Really? Was there not a designer or copywriter in the vicinity? Text reads: Lenovo. For those who do. What does that even mean?
Usability: I have a few objections here. The icons are customized (read different). It took me a while to get used to. This is not helped by the new android settings interface. After 1 month of use I still have no idea where the battery settings are. I gave up and got an app to manage battery use.
Naming of system apps: Ok I know we want to be unique, but it took me a while to find the camera (named Super Camera) and the gallery (named Super Gallery). The phone has no camera button.
Size: While the phablet is superlight, it’s not very comfortable to text with for long periods. Especially lying down. It has a 5.5” display but the actual phone is almost 7”.
Accessories: These could use some work. The charger came apart within the first week of use. I had to patch it up for continued use, then it gave up the ghost in the 4th week. The earphones could be more ear-friendly. I would have voted for eardrum earphones. Those are way more comfortable and by way of proximity, noise cancelling. The sound quality of the Lenovo earphones is fine though.
Her Geekyness’ verdict This phone looks good, it’s superlight, superfast and takes awesome photos. If the manufacturers fix the bugs and improve the accessories, I would say go for it. Escpecially if you are a social media freak (Instagrammers will love this one)
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