Lenovo unveils 4 new smartphones for CES 2014 including Vibe Z with Snapdragon 800 CPU, titanium body, and 3,000mAh battery
Lenovo is coming in hot to Las Vegas, ready to introduce a handful of new Android handsets for CES 2014. Not to be outdone by Samsung (who’s been known to introducing an onslaught of Android handsets in various shapes/sizes) Lenovo is unveiling the Lenovo Vibe Z, Lenovo S930, Lenovo S650 and Lenovo A859. The most compelling of these devices is without a doubt the higher-end Vibe Z, Lenovo’s first smartphone to feature LTE radios. For an easy scanning, we’ve listed all the devices and their main specs below. Let’s see what we’re dealing with here.
Lenovo Vibe Z
- 5.5-inch 1080p display
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
- 2GB RAM / 16GB storage
- 13MP camera with f/1.8 aperture / 5MP front facing wide angle camera
- 3,000mAh battery
- 7.9mm thin titanium body
- Android 4.3
- Price: $550
Lenovo S930
- 6-inch 720p display
- 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM/ 8GB storage
- Front facing speakers
- Android 4.2
- Price: $320
Lenovo S650
- 4.7-inch qHD display
- 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM/ 8GB storage (available SD card slot)
- Android 4.2
- Price $230
Lenovo A859
- 5-inch 720p display
- 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM/ 8GB storage (available SD card slot)
- 8MP camera
- Dual SIM card slots
- Price: $220
All-in-all, it’s not a bad lineup. When it comes to availability, Lenovo says the Vibe Z will go on sale this February in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and the Philippines.
As for the other 3, expect similar availability with none being available outside these countries, at least at launch. However, Lenovo did mention plans to enter US, UK and Australian markets at some point in the near future.
I’m sure we’ll come across all these devices and more during next week’s CES coverage, so be on the lookout for that.