Powerful, stylish, modern - this is how you can characterize one of the flagships of 2014, a smartphone Lenovo Vibe x2. Since the presentation, the device has won the hearts of many connoisseurs of stylish gadgets and to this day remains one of the desired smartphones, although it is not without flaws. But first things first…
Equipment
Despite the premium segment, the package bundle is quite common: the smartphone itself, headphones, Charger, microUSB cable, SIM eject tool and a set of documentation. Depending on the store, the equipment can be expanded with a protective film and a protective case.
Specifications
The European version of the smartphone is equipped with a powerful 8- nuclear processor MediaTek 6595M clocked at 2.0 GHz. The device has 2 GB of RAM and, depending on the modification, 16 or 32 GB of internal memory.
Screen Lenovo Vibe X2 has a high-quality 5-inch IPS matrix with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. As for the cameras, there are two of them in the device: the front one is 5 MP, and the main one is 13 MP.
The phone has one SIM card and supports GSM networks, WCDMA and LTE:
- 2G (850/900/1800/1900)
- 3G (2100/900/850)
- 4G (LTE FDD Band 1/3/7, TDD B40, LTE FDD Band 1/3/7/30)
The dimensions of the device are: 140.2 x 68.6 x 7.27 mm, and the weight is 120 grams.
The battery capacity is 2300 mAh. With active use of the smartphone, its charge will be enough for 1-1.5 days battery life. The device has a power saving mode, which will increase the operating time of the device without the need for recharging.
In the AnTuTu test, the device issues 49219.
By default, Lenovo Vibe X2 runs on Android 4.4 operating system, but in the second quarter of 2015 will receive an update to Android 5.0. You can find out what other devices will be updated to Lollipop from the article:
Appearance
The smartphone has a thin body, narrow bezels and a multi-layered metal construction in various colors, which gives the device an unusual appearance.
On the front side of the device are: voice speaker, front-camera, light and proximity sensors, high-quality 5-inch screen and navigation buttons.
On the back is the main camera, flash, microphone, Lenovo logo, main speaker and special contacts for connecting additional accessories.
Headphones are connected through a special connector located on the top of the device.
The SIM card slot is on the left side,
and on the right is the power button and volume rocker.
The microUSB port is located on the bottom of the smartphone.
Video review
pros
- stylish design
- the most powerful stuffing
- quality screen
- great cameras
- OTG support.
minuses
- no memory card slot
- relatively weak battery.
Lenovo Vibe X2 is an excellent choice for those who do not plan to keep a whole archive of films and a lot of “heavy” toys on their device, although any of them will easily start up and work efficiently on this device.
Lenovo Vibe X2 is like a breath of fresh air in the world of phones with the same design. The Lenovo Vibe line of smartphones is positioned as a series of powerful and sophisticated smartphones. According to the test results, we can say that Lenovo Vibe X2 fully justifies this description.
Firstly, it is the design of the device - thin and light, puff case immediately attracts attention. Secondly, it has a good ratio of characteristics and price. For 25000 rub. you get a bright, five-inch Full HD display with glove mode, a powerful “stuffing” comparable to flagship smartphones and excellent for the "middle" segment of the camera. You can view photos and videos in high quality on a bright screen. The 8-core processor will allow you to play any modern games, in daily use it also showed itself well. Shooting on both Lenovo Vibe X2 cameras is not perfect, but it is quite consistent with the declared pixels.
However, the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone does not have NFC or MHL and OTG support on the USB connector. Built-in memory is limited to 32 GB, without the possibility of expanding it with a memory card. The battery life is not "excellent", but rather average. The sound quality of the bundled headphones leaves much to be desired.
In general, Lenovo Vibe X2 is a stylish, unusual and powerful smartphone. Despite the shortcomings and the presence of strong competitors with the same price tag, we can recommend Lenovo Vibe X2 for purchase.
Dimensions - 4.2
Lenovo Vibe X2 is a stylish and compact 5-inch smartphone. The dimensions of the device are 140 × 69 mm, the thickness of the case in some places reaches 7.6 mm. It is comparable in size to Huawei Honor 6, but the Honor 6 is marginally thicker. Vibe X2 weighs 121 grams, lighter than 4.7-inch iPhone 6 (128 grams) or 4.6-inch Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (128 grams). As you can already understand, the smartphone is compact and thin. By the way, the camera lens does not protrude from the body, as is often the case with some popular thin smartphones. Lenovo Vibe X2 fits well in the hand, but using one hand is not very convenient.
Lenovo Vibe X2 has an unusual original design. The smartphone seems to have been assembled from four panels: the top panel is black, the other three layers are multi-colored. When viewed from the side, it is somewhat reminiscent of the "expanded" flag of Germany. In general, it looks unusual, the appearance of the smartphone will definitely appeal to girls. Today, the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone can be purchased in white and gold colors. There are also color options, but in Russia they, at least not yet, are sold. You can buy accessories for the smartphone: a case, a special speaker and charging.
The body of the Lenovo Vibe X2 is plastic, the build quality is high, but we noticed that it creaks slightly under pressure. The back is made of pleasant to the touch smooth plastic. By the way, in two weeks of use, she almost did not scratch.
Screen - 4.3
One of the advantages of Lenovo Vibe X2 is a good five-inch display. The display resolution is 1920×1080 pixels, high for such a diagonal. Matrix type - IPS, there is an oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating and protective glass Gorilla Glass 3. The pixel density is 441 per inch, which is enough for a clear image on small fonts and icons.
The maximum brightness of the display, in our opinion, is low - up to 328 cd / m2. However, if you switch to a special "Bright Mode", you can get 484 cd / m2, which is already very bright. Another thing is that this mode needs to be searched separately in the settings. The minimum white brightness is 5 cd / m2, the display will definitely not blind in the dark. This is one of the best adjustable brightness ranges. The display has auto-brightness, we checked its operation - it worked quickly, but only in the "hard" mode, without the ability to adjust the brightness ranges using the slider. In the sun, reading from the display was difficult, but not critical. Viewing angles of the display are not maximum, but wide enough for comfortable work with a smartphone.
The anti-grease coating works well. This does not mean that the screen does not get dirty at all: while using the phone, there were prints on the screen, but they did not appear so quickly and were erased.
Camera
The Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone has a 13 MP main camera and a 5 MP front camera that are excellent for an “average” smartphone. The main camera is equipped with LED flash, autofocus, HDR mode, face and smile detection, with the ability to capture panoramas and much more. Compared to the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, there are fewer settings, the camera resolution is also lower, but you will agree that the price tag is much more affordable.
The maximum photo resolution is 4160×43120 pixels. The camera shoots Full HD video at 30 frames per second. Audio is recorded in stereo. The camera interface is simple and clear, you don't have to search long desired settings. The photo quality is good and corresponds to the high number of megapixels. The camera copes well with the light and even in the frames in the dark it does not make too much noise. At the same time, in terms of detail and sharpness, it is somewhat inferior to the flagship cameras. You can verify this by looking at examples of photos taken on a smartphone. Also, in tests, we were not always able to focus on the desired object the first time, so we recommend doing several takes. It's good that the camera shoots quickly.
The 5 MP front camera of the phone is enough for video calling, it is perfect for selfies. The camera does not have autofocus or flash. But, as we wrote earlier, at CES 2015 Lenovo introduced a special accessory for the phone - a separate flash for selfies Vibe Xtention Selfie Flash. It is not yet available for free sale, and it is not clear whether it will appear. Also, the front camera shoots Full HD video at 30 frames per second.
Photo from camera Lenovo Vibe X2 - 3.5
Photo from the front camera Lenovo Vibe X2 - 3.5
Working with text - 3.0
To our surprise, the phone uses a standard keyboard from Google. The company is redrawing the interface, but has not yet reached the keyboard, even for the flagship Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro manufacturers did not draw their own keyboard.
In general, the keyboard from Google is good. When typing, you can use continuous input. To switch between languages there is a separate key. The icons do not have markings for additional characters, only numbers on the top row of keys. Note that in the "portrait" mode, typing with one hand is real and quite convenient.
Internet - 3.0
As browsers on the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone are preinstalled Google Chrome and Yandex.Browser. The first one has support for tab synchronization with the desktop version of the browser, the second one has a Turbo mode for fast loading pages, the ability to close tabs automatically when you exit the browser, etc. If you need a reading mode or automatic text fitting, then you can always download and install another browser you like. As tests have shown, the smartphone copes well with several open tabs, it works quickly and does not “slow down”.
Interfaces
The smartphone Lenovo Vibe X2 has support for all popular wireless interfaces except NFC and infrared. Separately, we note the presence of dual-band Wi-Fi and high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11 ac). The smartphone has a Bluetooth module with support for the A2DP profile for audio transmission, the ability to work in Russian LTE frequencies(Cat 4 up to 150 Mbps), A-GPS and with GLONASS.
The only negative is the slow GPS module, it has a long cold start, which took a couple of minutes. Otherwise, everything functioned clearly. For a complete flagship set, only NFC is missing. The phone is equipped with a slot for Micro-SIM cards, a Micro-USB connector, but, unfortunately, OTG and MHL are not supported, it will not work to connect peripherals or transfer high-definition video via USB.
Multimedia - 3.0
Multimedia capabilities Lenovo Vibe X2 can be called average. The smartphone supports common video formats and codecs, plays video in high quality, up to Full HD video. However, in our tests, it was unable to run, for example, FLV video. There is no choice of subtitles and audio track in the built-in video player, as well as some other settings, except for the list with the playback history. The audio player plays popular MP3 and AAC formats, as well as WAV, but does not play AC3 and FLAC (the latter can be launched through the file manager). The smartphone is pre-installed with the standard Play app Music, not the most comfortable. The Lenovo Vibe X2 comes with headphones, but, in our opinion, they are of poor quality, for such a price I would like better headphones.
Battery - 2.8
Smartphone Lenovo Vibe X2 is equipped with a battery capacity of 2300 mAh. By today's standards, the capacity can not be called large, so the Huawei Honor 6 has a 3100 mAh battery, although it is only marginally thicker. Formal capacity is not everything, how did the smartphone perform in battery tests? The battery passed our tests quite well, the results are comparable to the battery of the LG Nexus 5 (the same 2300 mAh). The Lenovo Vibe X2 phone played HD video at maximum brightness for about 6 and a half hours, which is not bad. In the mode of listening to music lasted "only" 43 hours. Compared to the Nexus 5, the latter ran out faster in the video test, but longer in the music player mode.
As for daily use, it was enough for a day "with a tail", but it did not last up to a day and a half. Note that the smartphone has fairly wide “power” settings – an emergency mode (only calls and SMS messages are available in it), disabling applications in sleep mode, saving energy for the screen, etc.
The smartphone comes with a 1.5A charger.
Performance - 3.9
The device uses the MediaTek MT6595m True8Core platform, as the name implies, eight-core - four cores at 1.7 GHz and four cores at 2 GHz. The PowerVR G600 is responsible for the graphics, the amount of RAM is 2 GB. The performance of the smartphone is at the highest level, the "stuffing" is one of the most productive to date, in our tests it coped well with heavy games and benchmarks. Thanks to the optimization of the shell and powerful hardware, the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone works quickly, and this applies to both built-in applications and third party programs. The phone can be considered as a gaming platform, in our tests the games NOVA 3, Dead Trigger, Minion Rush and Asphalt 8 loaded quickly and ran smoothly even at maximum settings. In daily use, the smartphone worked quickly.
In benchmarks, the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone showed high, flagship results. In the AnTuTu benchmark, it got a score comparable to the Sony Xpeira Z3 Compact - 45400 points, and in Ice Storm Unlimited from 3DMark a little lower - an average of 12243 points.
Memory - 2.5
The amount of built-in memory in the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone is 32 GB, of which approximately 26.2 GB is available to the user - this amount of memory is enough for most users. As with many smartphones of the line, there is no slot for a memory card, and this is a significant disadvantage of the phone.
Peculiarities
Smartphone Lenovo Vibe X2 runs on Android 4.4.2 and a proprietary shell from Lenovo. The manufacturer plans to upgrade the OS to Android Lollipop in the middle of 2015. The appearance of the system interface has been changed, the dialer has been redrawn, the launcher has been replaced, etc. It is a bit unusual that there is no separate menu with a list of all applications. Also, the smartphone has separate "special" settings, where a lot of interesting things are hidden. For example, the display of the "smart menu" button with quick access to a number of applications, "waking up" the display with a double tap, a gesture to launch the camera, and much more.
The main feature of the smartphone is an unusual design. Due to the thin puff case, Lenovo Vibe X2 looks fresh and unusual. Also among the features we will name support for high-speed Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, LTE, operation mode with gloves.
Competitors
February 2015 average price on Lenovo Vibe X2 - approx. 25,000 rubles, by the way, the initially recommended price was 15,000 rubles. A smartphone with a price, features and a diagonal of 5 inches is similar to Huawei Honor 6 or LG Nexus 5.
All three smartphones are made of plastic and well-assembled. Only Honor 6 is covered with glass on the back – it looks stylish, but the glass slips and is doomed to collect small scratches. The Vibe X2 turned out to be the thinnest of all, the Nexus 5 turned out to be shorter and narrower. The Lenovo Vibe X2 turned out to have the most unusual appearance, while the Honor 6 looks, in our opinion, faceless, and the Nexus 5 looks like a typical LG smartphone.
In terms of “stuffing”, all three smartphones are approximately the same, although the “stuffing” of the Nexus is older, but from Qualcomm. On the Vibe X2, one of the top chipsets is MediaTek, while Huawei has its own Kirin 920 and 3 GB of RAM. Lenovo Vibe X2 revealed top scores in games and tests. However, with daily use, you are unlikely to notice the difference between smartphones.
The Nexus 5's cameras are a little behind, while the other two have parity. The displays of all three smartphones are similar, but the Nexus 5 does not have a glove mode. In terms of battery life, the Huawei Honor 6 leads by a margin, but that's to be expected, even based on the specs. The Lenovo Vibe X2 has 32 GB of built-in memory, which is enough for most users. The Nexus 5 has a choice of 16 or 32 GB, while the Huawei Honor 6 has a smaller 16 GB, but there is a slot for a memory card.
Most likely, the main selection criterion may be the appearance, design of models. If you want Android 5.0 and fast updates, the LG Nexus 5 is the better choice; if you need a powerful "stuffing" and an unusual appearance - Lenovo Vibe X2; if you need a "long-lasting" battery and a slot for a memory card - Huawei Honor 6.
Lenovo began its journey into the smartphone market by releasing models that focused on affordability. Today, having already become a significant player, Lenovo is beginning to explore new opportunities to expand its share, gradually adding more expensive models to the smartphone portfolio. Lenovo Vibe X2 came to our review, in which the company tried to distinguish not so much due to its characteristics, but with the help of an unusual design. Let's see if Lenovo succeeded in creating a smartphone that can be interesting not only for its price and characteristics, but also for its appearance.
The smartphone comes in a box made in several colors, and even she tells us that what awaits us inside is not quite a simple phone. In order to open the box there is a special loop, pulling which opens access to the upper compartment.
It houses the device itself, paper documentation, a clip to open the SIM card slot, a bumper made of transparent plastic and a protective film for the screen. In the lower compartment there is a vacuum headset, a microUSB cable and a 1.5 A power supply. As you can see, the kit is more than good.
Appearance and usability
The dimensions of the smartphone case cannot be called small, as it is equipped with a 5-inch screen. The dimensions of the device are 140.2x68.6x7.27 mm, and the weight is only 120 grams.
| Dimensions comparison | ||||
| Parameter / Device | Lenovo Vibe X2 | |||
| Screen, diagonal | 5” | 5" | 4.95″ | 5" |
| Battery, mAh | 2300 | 2600 | 2300 | 2500 |
| Length, mm | 140,2 | 136,6 | 137,8 | 139,8 |
| Width, mm | 68,6 | 69,8 | 69,2 | 68,8 |
| Thickness, mm | 7,27 | 7,9 | 8,6 | 6,5 |
| Weight, g | 120 | 130 | 130 | 124 |
The main feature of the smartphone is a multilayer body. That's where we'll start. When looking at the sidewall in any color of the Vibe X2, a gradient consisting of three colors is clearly visible (not counting the dark display frame). This is what makes the appearance of the device unusual. It is worth noting that these are really separate layers, and not a painted one-piece plastic insert.
The gold color option came to us for review, but it is worth remembering that there are two more - red and white.
Otherwise, everything is familiar - the front side is covered protective glass. In the upper part there is a speaker, proximity and light sensors, a 5 megapixel front camera lens and a missed events LED. Below are backlit hardware touch keys.
On the right side there is a volume and power button, and on the left side there is a slot for a microSIM SIM card. At the top is a 3.5mm audio jack, and at the bottom is a microphone and a microUSB connector.
On the back side there is a 13 megapixel main camera lens with flash, an additional microphone, the manufacturer's logo, a multimedia speaker and contacts for accessories.
Among the accessories available is a removable battery that doubles the capacity and adds only 5.1 mm to the thickness and a two-channel JBL Hi-Fi speaker, which in turn increases the thickness by 8.3 mm, and connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth.
If we talk about the quality of workmanship, then in this regard, the smartphone shows itself very well, not least because of the non-separable case. The only thing I didn't like was that the mechanical keys play a lot. A smartphone came to us after several colleagues in the shop, and this is very noticeable.
The screen, despite the use of protective glass, is already covered with small scratches, and the back side also looks different than on a new device, so for those who like to preserve the appearance of the device, you should use the complete screen protector and a transparent case.
The location of the mechanical keys is very convenient. Everything is located where you would expect to find it. The ease of use is affected by rather sharp corners, but this is all a matter of habit. After a few days of discomfort, you do not notice at all.
Operating system and shell
The smartphone is running Android 4.4 paired with a proprietary shell Lenovo Launcher v6. The appearance of the shell is already well known to us from the previous devices of the company that we tested. Let's just say that the device works very fast, while the shell has many settings and interesting features that can satisfy any user.
Hardware platform
Lenovo Vibe X2 is powered by an 8-core MediaTek MT6595m processor, which consists of four ARM Cortex-A17 cores running at 2.0 GHz and four ARM Cortex-A7 cores at 1.5 GHz. As a result, we get a typical solution made using the ARM big.LITTLE technology. It is worth noting that the “m” index at the end of the processor name indicates that we have the weakest configuration of the MT6595 processor, which is distinguished by low frequencies. The video adapter is PowerVR 6200 operating at 450 MHz. The amount of RAM is 2 GB, of which about 1.1 GB is available during normal use. The built-in memory is 32 GB, but the user is left with about 26 GB and all of it is available for installing applications.
The competitor to this processor is Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (8974AC). I agree that there is much more trust in Qualcomm processors, but the benchmark results and real impressions of a device with a MediaTek MT6595 processor indicate that there are no reasons for distrust.
The performance of the device is more than enough for the smooth operation of the interface and the launch of demanding games. For example, the well-known game Real Racing 3 runs at maximum settings without fps drops. The rest of the games are also easy to run, but it is worth considering that with prolonged use of the smartphone under high loads, its body heats up.
Wi-Fi and GPS work without problems. Data transfer is as fast as possible, and the speed of searching for satellites no longer raises questions. The quality of the voice speaker is not the best. At maximum volume, the sound becomes sharp and squeaky. But the sound quality of the multimedia speaker is quite good, but everything spoils its location on the back side. If you put your smartphone on the table, the speaker is completely covered, which greatly muffles the sound, making it easy to miss a call. The vibration quality is good, but you should not rely on it alone. Fans of listening to music with headphones will appreciate the sound, because it is really good.
We could not check the support of video codecs by the built-in player using AnTuTu Video Tester, so we used the old method. As a result, we can conclude that the phone can easily handle all popular video codecs.
| Codec/Name | FinalDestination5.mp4 | Neudergimie.2.mkv | UltraHD4K.mp4 | Spartacus.mkv | ParallelUniverse.avi |
| Video | MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×798 29.99fps | MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×816 23.98fps | MPEG4 Video (H264) 3840×2160 29.92fps, 19.4Mbps | MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 29.97fps | MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×536 24.00fps 2726kbps |
| Audio | AAC 48000Hz stereo 96kbps | MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo | AAC 44100Hz stereo 124kbps | Dolby AC3 44100Hz stereo | MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo 256kbps |
| Built-in Player | FinalDestination5.mp4 | Neudergimie.2.mkv | UltraHD4K.mp4 | Spartacus.mkv | ParallelUniverse.avi |
| Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes |
autonomy
Built-in battery capacity is only 2300 mAh. Despite this, with moderate use, it can last one day with data transfer turned on and automatic brightness. If still limit basic capabilities, then you can count on two days of battery life with 4 hours of active screen and always-on data transfer. If this is not enough, then there is an "Emergency mode", in which only calls and SMS messages are available. Naturally, using your smartphone to the maximum - playing heavy games and watching videos, then be ready to charge the device in the evening.
Display
The smartphone is equipped with a 5-inch IPS screen with Full HD resolution. There is an oleophobic coating, so fingerprints are easily erased. The pixel density is 441 per inch.
In sunny weather, software options for increasing brightness and contrast are great. Thanks to them, the information on the screen remains visible even under direct sunlight. The automatic brightness sensor behaves adequately, smoothly adjusting the brightness when it is really needed, while not overestimating or underestimating it.
One of the features of the smartphone are advanced screen settings. In addition to the standard mode, there is also an adaptive mode, a brighter mode, a customizable and an extended outdoor mode. In custom mode, you can adjust the hue and saturation.
The results of screen measurements showed the following: the maximum brightness of the screen is 373 cd / m² in normal mode and 564 cd / m² in high brightness mode, minimum value is - 5.3 cd / m² in normal mode and 13.7 cd / m² in bright mode, the display contrast is 1:792 in normal mode. As can be seen from the results, it is not surprising that even in sunny weather, the information on the display is easily distinguishable.
Checking the calibration of the screen shows us that the color gamut of the display is significantly larger than sRGB. Green and red colors are shifted towards warmer shades. The color temperature graph really pleased with the minimum deviation from the reference value. This is extremely rare. But the gamma curve did not work out at all. The graph shows a significant jump.
The result is a very good, I would even say the right display. He absorbed both the right temperature and high performance brightness. For those who like to read at night, the screen will also not seem bright.
cameras
The smartphone is equipped with two cameras - front 5 megapixel and main 13 megapixel. The video recording capabilities are quite wide - the main camera records in Full HD resolution, and the front one - HD. If the front camera is a completely ordinary camera with a fixed focal length, which is useful for selfie lovers or for communicating via Skype, then the main one is much more interesting. Present manual settings contrast, saturation, sharpness, exposure and others.
The quality of the photos themselves is not the best, but good. In general, the detailing is even throughout the frame, the noise reduction works correctly. Even at night, the pictures are good. However, you can see for yourself.
An example of pictures taken with the front camera:
An example of pictures taken with the main camera:
Video recording example:
Results
Lenovo VIBE X2 is a smartphone that can stand out with its unusual appearance. Among its advantages, it is worth highlighting a high-quality and lightweight body, productive hardware, an excellent screen and a good camera. But among the shortcomings - not a well-thought-out location of the multimedia speaker and a modest battery life. But do not think that everything is so simple. At a cost of 5999 UAH, it has a lot of competitors. Among them are both last year's flagships, which have not lost their attractiveness, and new devices. And here the choice for the buyer will truly become very difficult, but even among all this diversity, the hero of the review is not lost just because of the appearance.
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Stunning slim model powered by the latest octa-core LTE platform
Over the past year, we have seen how Chinese smartphone manufacturers have mastered a new eight-core SoC called Mediatek MTK 6592 in their top (and not only) mobile products. This hardware platform is based on the work of as many as eight full-fledged processor cores. True, these cores are not very powerful (ARM Cortex-A7), and therefore, despite all the expectations of supporters of cheaper Chinese products, the platform could not shine with special performance. According to this indicator, it is overtaken by the modern quad-core SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801, on which the work of top-end devices of world brands of the first magnitude is based. Yes, and with the battery life of mobile devices on Mediatek platform things are quite deplorable, although good optimization of specific manufacturers can work wonders here. A striking example of this is TCL (Alcatel) Idol X+, excellent in all respects, which is still almost a reference example of what a modern top-end should be. chinese smartphone, both in terms of characteristics and external data.
Today we see how a new wave of devices on a completely new SoC of the same manufacturer began to gradually replace the first eight-core smartphones on the scene. Also eight-core, it becomes a logical and improved continuation of the MTK 6592. The latest Mediatek platform is called the MTK 6595, and it has even more differences from the MTK 6592 than it might seem at first glance. Mediatek MTK 6595 has not only become the long-awaited SoC, which finally supports full-fledged work with LTE networks, but it also has deeper, structural changes. Unlike its predecessor, all eight cores of which were equivalent, the more logical big.LITTLE technology is used here, where four powerful cores coexist with four less productive, but more economical ones. Such technology for their mobile platforms literally all well-known manufacturers of mobile SoCs from Samsung to Huawei have already adopted. By the way, the release of eight-core SoCs similar in structure to Qualcomm itself is not far off (we even managed to get to know one of the first devices based on such a platform - Oppo R5). So in the new season, we will witness another round of confrontation between the two giants of industry, MTK and Qualcomm, because already now many of the largest smartphone manufacturers in China, such as Lenovo and Xiaomi, are voting for cooperation with Mediatek, that is, we are talking about huge production volumes .
So, one of the first devices based on the latest Mediatek MTK 6595 platform was the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone, which has already begun to be sold not only in China, but also here. The smartphone is somehow invisibly, but persistently reminiscent of the same TCL (Alcatel) Idol X +, mentioned above, adjusted for the new SoC and changed fashion trends. The same unusually compact and light, very thin and stylish, the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone is ready to offer, among other things, hitherto unseen performance that any modern flagship device of generally recognized market leaders can envy. At the same time, the device is offered at a much more reasonable price than the top devices of A-brands, which makes the choice in favor of such Idol X + and Vibe X2 even more justified. The Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone turned out to be very interesting, at this price it is quite capable of gaining great popularity among users, so it's time to take a closer look at the new product.
Video review
To get started, we suggest watching our video review of the Lenovo Vibe X2 smartphone:
Now let's look at the characteristics of new items.
Key Features of Lenovo Vibe X2
| Lenovo Vibe X2 | Meizu MX4 | Xiaomi Mi4 | TCL Idol X+ | |
| Screen | 5" IPS | 5.36" IPS | 5" IPS | 5" IPS |
| Permission | 1920×1080, 440ppi | 1920×1152, 418 ppi | 1920×1080, 440ppi | 1920×1080, 440ppi |
| SoC | Mediatek MT6595m (4x Cortex-A17 @2.0GHz + 4x Cortex-A7 @1.3GHz) | Mediatek MT6595 (4x Cortex-A17 @2.2GHz + 4x Cortex-A7 @1.7GHz) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (4x Krait 400 @2.5GHz) | MediaTek MT6592 (8x ARM Cortex-A7 @2.0GHz) |
| GPU | PowerVR G6200 | PowerVR G6200 | Adreno 330 | Mali 450MP4 |
| RAM | 2 GB | 2 GB | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Flash memory | 32 GB | 16/32/64 GB | 16/64 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory card support | — | — | — | — |
| Operating system | Google Android 4.4 | Google Android 4.4 | Google Android 4.4 | Google Android 4.2 |
| Battery | non-removable, 2300 mAh | non-removable, 3100 mAh | non-removable, 3080 mAh | non-removable, 2500 mAh |
| cameras | rear (13 MP; video 1080p), front (5 MP) | rear (20.7 MP; 4K video), front (2 MP) | rear (13 MP; video 4K), front (5 MP) | rear (13 MP; video 1080p), front (2 MP) |
| Dimensions and weight | 140×69×7.3mm, 120g | 144×75×8.9mm, 147g | 139×69×8.9mm, 181g | 140×69×7.9mm, 120g |
| average price | T-11168521 | T-11010064 | T-10971773 | T-10632117 |
| Lenovo Vibe X2 offers | L-11168521-10 | |||
- Mediatek MT6595m SoC (4x Cortex-A17 @2.0GHz & 4x Cortex-A7 @1.7GHz)
- GPU PowerVR G6200, 2 cores @450 MHz
- Operating system Android 4.4.2
- Touch display IPS 5″, 1920 × 1080, 440 ppi
- Random access memory (RAM) 2 GB, inner memory 32 GB
- SIM card format: Micro-SIM (1)
- Memory card support: no
- Communication GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- WCDMA communication: 900/2100 MHz
- 4G data transmission: FDD-LTE (1, 3, 7, 20)
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot WiFi access
- Bluetooth 3.0+4.1LE
- USB 2.0
- GPS (A-GPS), Glonass
- Camera 13 MP, f/2.2, autofocus, 1080p video
- Camera 5 MP (front)
- Accelerometer, proximity sensor, light sensor, gyroscope, electronic compass
- Lithium polymer battery 2300 mAh
- Dimensions 140×69×7.3 mm
- Weight 120 g
Contents of delivery
A stylish smartphone with a bright and unusual design comes in an equally unusual, remarkable package. The box itself is quite small, entirely made of solid high-quality cardboard, and its arrangement is unusual. From the side end of the cardboard shell, two different-sized drawers are pulled out to the side independently of each other in the manner of a chest of drawers. A silk ribbon is glued on the side surface of the box for finger grip, and the boxes themselves are painted in different colors in such a way as to repeat the similar multi-colored multi-layered structure of the smartphone body itself. Among other things, this whole structure is also covered with an additional cover on top - a dust jacket made of soft cardboard, which has long become a signature touch of the packages of modern top-end Lenovo smartphones. In general, the Lenovo Vibe X2 box is beautiful and unusual, complex in structure, and due to its design is a logical continuation of the “multi-layered” style that the developers have chosen for their new smartphone.
Inside the drawers, in several compartments, a standard set of accessories is laid out: a universal charger (5 V, 1.5 A), a Micro-USB connection cable, and a wired stereo headset with a flat tangle-free wire and vacuum-type rubber ear pads. But that's not all. A special sticker pasted on the outside of the box makes you carefully delve into the many compartments in search of additional "goodies". Even despite the low cost, Lenovo was not greedy to complete its stylish product with additional protective accessories: a plastic case and a film on the screen were unexpectedly found in one of the documentation boxes. The cover is so transparent that it remains almost invisible when put on a smartphone, and does not obscure the unusual bright design of the device itself. The SIM eject key is traditionally attached to the wall of a cardboard box with paper documentation.
In general, the packaging of Lenovo Vibe X2 and its contents are presented so aesthetically that the most favorable mood is immediately created for further acquaintance with the product.
Appearance and usability
The design of the novelty is completely different from any of the previous Lenovo devices. The smartphone has an unusual image, the case seems to be assembled from several layers. Moreover, these layers have different colors, varying depending on the main color of the body, which is determined by the color of the rear wall.
That is, if we are talking about a gray case, then various shades of gray prevail in these layers, in golden - shades of red and pink, in red, burgundy stripes are visible, and so on. In total, several different color options have been put into production, but for Russian market deliveries of three of them are scheduled: gray, red and golden (this color is shown in our pictures).
Such an unusual find in the design significantly affects the perception of the device, making it much more interesting and attractive, because in general there is absolutely nothing unusual in the structure or materials of the Lenovo Vibe X2 case.
The case is made not of metal, but of plastic, and in form it is a completely ordinary “plank” with straight edges, flat surfaces and rather sharp edges. Due to not very large dimensions and small thickness smartphone is quite comfortable to carry even in a trouser pocket.
The size of the device is really very small, for a large five-inch display, the dimensions of the device are almost record-breaking. The mass is also significantly less than most modern large-diagonal models, and due to the matte surfaces, the smartphone is perfectly held in the hand, does not slip and does not collect fingerprints.
Since the case has a monolithic, non-separable structure, an appropriate method for installing a SIM card is used here: the card enters the side slot on a metal slide, to remove which you need to use the supplied key-clip. The device supports work with one Micro-SIM SIM card, but there are rumors that there is also a modification of the smartphone with two SIM cards, but this option is not provided for our market.
The camera module and single LED flash are embedded flush with the surface of the back cover, none of the elements protrude outward. The camera window is framed by a metal ring, the flash is able to act as a flashlight using the built-in program.
At the bottom of the back cover is a speaker grille made in the form of an array of small round holes. When the phone is placed on a hard surface, the sound is almost completely blocked due to the absence of any protrusions on the back of the case.
Nearby you can see an open group of contacts for connecting accessories, such as a case with an additional battery. This cover is made in the same style as the above-mentioned protective kit, its walls are also transparent so as not to hide the most important advantage of the case - its multi-layered appearance. It turns out that additional battery it seems to add another layer at the back, which generally fits into a single concept of a sort of typesetting design, in this regard, the developers have thought of everything well.
The front of the case is completely covered with a flat protective glass Gorilla Glass. In the upper part of the glass, a slot is cut out for a painted metal grille of the earpiece, the eyes of the sensors and the front camera are visible nearby. An LED status indicator is embedded in the right corner, shining with a small dim dot and signaling the charging status and incoming messages. There is a special item in the settings menu to control the operation of the indicator.
The touch buttons at the bottom of the front panel have a soft white backlight with a customizable glow time; there is also a special item in the settings for this.
Both mechanical control buttons are located on one, right side. The power button and volume rocker are made of metal, they are not streamlined, they have sharp edges and straight edges, they are quite easy to find blindly. The keys are not very pleasant to the touch, while their travel is also quite short and hard.
At the bottom, there is a universal Micro-USB connector, next to the hole for the main microphone. Connection mode of external devices to USB port(OTG), unfortunately, is not supported here.
The universal 3.5 mm headphone jack is located alone on the top end, there are no other elements here. The connectors of the device are not covered with plugs; you can’t find fasteners for the strap on the case. The device did not receive protection from water and dust, support for wireless charging, too.
Screen
Lenovo Vibe X2 is equipped with a touch IPS matrix, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The screen dimensions are 62 × 110 mm, diagonal 5 inches, resolution - 1920 × 1080 pixels (Full HD). Accordingly, the dot density reaches 440 ppi - this is a very high, although not a record figure.
The thickness of the side frames from the edge of the screen to the edge of the body is about 3 mm, top and bottom - about 15 mm. The frames are narrow, the developers managed to fit a large five-inch display into a fairly comfortable body dimensions.
The brightness of the display can be adjusted manually, or you can use automatic adjustment. The multi-touch technology here allows you to handle 10 simultaneous touches. When you bring the smartphone to your ear, the screen is locked using the proximity sensor. The screen, among other things, can be activated by double tapping on the glass, there is additional protection against accidental unlocking in your pocket or bag.
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Detailed examination using measuring instruments held the editor of the sections "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the test sample.
The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface, resistant to scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are no worse than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the off screens (on the left is Nexus 7, on the right is Lenovo Vibe X2, then they can be distinguished by size):
The screen of the Lenovo Vibe X2 is a bit darker (brightness from photos is 99 versus 102 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects on the Lenovo Vibe X2 screen is very weak, which indicates that there is no air gap between the screen layers (more specifically, between the outer glass and the LCD matrix surface) (OGS type screen - One Glass Solution). Due to the smaller number of borders (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be changed. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (effective, maybe a little worse than Nexus 7), so fingerprints are removed much easier, and appear at a slower rate than in the case of ordinary glass.
At manual control brightness and when displaying a white field in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 435 cd / m², the minimum - 5.8 cd / m². The maximum brightness is quite high, and given the excellent anti-reflective properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors could be at a good level, but, unfortunately, everything is not so, why - see below. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. In stock automatic adjustment brightness by light sensor (located to the right of the front camera). AT automatic mode as the ambient light conditions change, the brightness of the screen both increases and decreases. In complete darkness, the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 14 cd/m² (dark, but readable), in an artificially lit office environment (approx. outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) increases almost to the maximum - up to 420 cd / m². As a result, the auto-brightness function works absolutely adequately. Additionally, in the screen settings, you can turn on the high brightness mode, in this case we got about 610 cd / m². At any brightness level, there is virtually no backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.
This smartphone uses an IPS type matrix. Micrographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:
For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.
The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even at large deviations of the gaze from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, here are photographs in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Lenovo Vibe X2 and Nexus 7, while the brightness of the screens is initially set to about 200 cd / m² (on a white field in full screen), and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 K A white field perpendicular to the screens:
The uniformity of the brightness and color tone of the white field is average, since the brightness increases significantly towards the bottom of the screen (to the right in the photo above). And a test picture (here the screen brightness of the Lenovo Vibe X2 had to be adjusted to visually match the brightness of the Nexus 7):
Color reproduction is good and colors are saturated on both screens. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:
It can be seen that the colors did not change much on both screens, but the contrast on the Lenovo Vibe X2 decreased to a greater extent due to more whitening of blacks and a decrease in brightness. And the white box:
The brightness at an angle at the screens decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but in the case of Lenovo Vibe X2, the brightness drop is slightly larger. The black field, when deviated diagonally, is highlighted strongly and acquires a slight purple or red-violet hue. The photos below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is approximately the same!):
And from another angle:
With a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is not ideal, closer to the buttons, where the backlight LEDs are apparently located, the black color is noticeably brightened:
Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is good - about 860:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 15 ms (9 ms on + 6 ms off). The transition between 25% and 75% grayscale (according to the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 21 ms. The gamma curve constructed from 32 points with an equal interval according to the numerical value of the shade of gray did not reveal a blockage either in the highlights or in the shadows. The exponent of the approximating power function is 3.06, which is significantly higher than the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve deviates very strongly from the power dependence:
Due to the dynamic and very aggressive adjustment of the brightness of the backlight in accordance with the nature of the displayed image (brightness decreases on dark ones), the resulting dependence of brightness on hue (gamma curve) does not correspond to the gamma curve of a static image, since the measurements were carried out with sequential output of shades of gray almost in full screen. For this reason, we carried out a number of tests - determining contrast and response time, comparing black flare at angles - when displaying special templates with a constant average brightness, and not monochromatic fields in full screen. In general, such a non-switchable brightness correction does nothing but harm, since a constant change in screen brightness can at least cause some discomfort and reduce the visibility of gradations in the shadows in the case of dark images. In this case, the manufacturer has surpassed all others, since this dynamic adjustment, when displaying any image other than a white field in full screen, significantly lowers the brightness, which greatly reduces the readability of the screen in bright light.
From a practical point of view, the color gamut is equal to sRGB:
The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components to each other:
As a result, visually the colors have a natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is good, since the color temperature is slightly higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the black body spectrum (ΔE) is less than 10, which is considered a good indicator for a consumer device. At the same time, the color temperature and ΔE change little from shade to shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, as there the color balance does not of great importance, and the measurement error of color characteristics at low brightness is large.)
In this smartphone, in the screen settings, it is possible to select a high brightness mode, set the option Extended outdoor mode(but there is no noticeable effect on the street, including), turn on some adaptive mode, in which increasing the yellowness of the screen supposedly reduces eye fatigue, and also switch to manual mode, in which you can correct Color tone, saturation ( colour contrast) and just contrast. An example of what we got by trying to correct the color balance is shown in the graphs above in the form of dependencies signed as Corr. After the correction, the color balance improved slightly, but not fundamentally. There is no need to intervene.
Let's summarize. Formally, the screen has a fairly high maximum brightness (even without additional amplification) and has good anti-glare properties. However, dynamic backlight brightness adjustment greatly reduces brightness when displaying any image other than a full-screen white field, which significantly reduces readability in bright ambient conditions. The mode with increased brightness helps a little, but it will have to be turned on manually. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable level. It is also possible to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately, but does not compensate for the above features. The advantages of the screen include an effective oleophobic coating, the absence of flicker and air gap in the layers of the screen, as well as the sRGB color gamut and good color balance. Significant disadvantages are, first of all, the extremely aggressive non-switchable dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness and the low stability of black to the deviation of the gaze from the perpendicular to the screen plane. Both of these shortcomings (especially the first one) no longer allow us to assign a “high quality” rating to the screen - it is, in the end, average.
Sound
The Lenovo Vibe X2 has only one main speaker, it produces a fairly loud and sonorous sound, clear throughout the spectrum, but practically devoid of low frequencies. The sound outlet grille is cut into the rear wall, so the sound is significantly muffled when the device is on the table. AT conversational dynamics the voice of a familiar interlocutor, timbre and intonation remain recognizable, the conversation is quite comfortable.
To play music, only a regular Google Music player is provided here with a minimum number of settings in the form of preset equalizer values.
FM-radio in the standard configuration of the smartphone is present, there is also a voice recorder. The device can also record telephone conversations from the line, just click on a special button in the interface phone application right during the call.
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Camera
Lenovo Vibe X2 is equipped with two modules of digital cameras with a resolution of 13 and 5 megapixels. The front 5-megapixel camera has a fixed focus, the pictures are taken in 2560 × 1920. You can initiate shooting a “selfie” here in various ways: using gestures, voice commands, and even blinking your eyes, but by simply pressing the hardware sound key, you cannot release the front camera shutter, and this is one of the most convenient ways. In the settings, it is possible to assign shooting to this hardware key, but this only works in the case of the rear camera.
The main, rear camera is equipped with a 13-megapixel module with f / 2.2 aperture, autofocus and a single LED flash. optical stabilization not here, just as there is no way to shoot 4K video or at 60 fps. The camera is quite simple in terms of capabilities, although in good lighting it takes quite tolerable quality pictures.
The camera control menu is also very simple in terms of its capabilities and interface. In addition to the usual shooting mode, there is a panoramic and HDR mode, plus you can use some additional effects.
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The camera can shoot videos in the maximum resolution of Full HD (1920×1080, 30 fps). An example test video is shown below.
- Clip #1 (84 MB, 1920×1080, 30 fps)
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Sharpness in the field and according to the plans is quite good. |
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big plans the camera works well, although the noise reduction could work softer. |
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The camera turned out to be not outstanding at all, especially for its 13 megapixels. The sensor may not be that weak, but the noise canceler still processes, and quite roughly, which is why details are lost, especially in shadows, even in weak ones. Sometimes failures occur in the form of large areas of blur or autofocus errors. However, in most cases, the pictures are not bad. Sharpness is good in terms of plans and decreases quite smoothly, and in good lighting it will probably be even better. In general, the camera copes not so badly and is quite suitable for documentary shooting.
Telephone part and communications
The smartphone works as standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, and there is also support for networks fourth generation LTE. In practice, with a SIM card from the domestic operator MTS, the smartphone confidently recognizes and works with 4G networks. Networking smartphones are not the richest, but they meet the minimum modern requirements: there is support for Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n / ac, both bands (2.4 / 5 GHz), as well as Bluetooth 3.0 + 4.1 LE. Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display are supported, as a standard, you can organize a wireless access point via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels. at home with Asus router RT-N16 as an access point, the hero of the review demonstrated a connection speed of 48 Mbps. There is no NFC, there is no support for USB OTG mode either. The navigation module works with both GPS and domestic system Glonass, the speed of the module does not cause any complaints.
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OS and software
The device uses the Google software platform as a system. android version 4.4.2 with a graphical user interface called Lenovo Vibe UI. Outwardly, the shell looks neat, but, traditionally for Lenovo, somehow clumsy and therefore unstylish, too many colors. Application icons are flat, there is no separate menu for them - all icons are immediately placed on desktops mixed with widgets.
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The settings menu is divided into two sections: one contains most of the usual system settings, and the second is given for specific ones, such as working with gestures, various modes (“in your pocket”, “in your hands”), as well as settings for a branded button called the Smart Menu. Smart Menu creates a virtual button that can be placed on any edge of the screen. Clicking this button opens the menu quick access to the main functions of the smartphone, the set of which can be set by the user.
Of course, there is no opportunity to reduce the desktop in size and bring the keyboard closer to the edge - a five-inch screen is no longer considered in modern world something out of the ordinary and requiring adaptation of the interface for "one-handed" control.
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One thing can be said about pre-installed programs: there are too many of them; this is perhaps one of the disadvantages of Lenovo mobile devices. All this great amount applications, sorted into numerous folders, consists of completely free ones located in open access programs that, if desired, any user himself can download from the Play Store - but only those that he really needs. Preinstalled here full set mobile applications Yandex (free and mostly duplicating branded google apps) and, of course, a full set of clients of the most popular social networks, as well as several games. Branded service applications have the same endings, they are easy to recognize and guess their purpose by their names: ShareIt, SyncIt, SnapIt Camera, SeeIt Gallery, CloneIt. Security tools are integrated by the Security program, which includes antivirus, spam filter, anti-theft program, various data protection modes, parental control and even the possibility of optimizing the operation of the hardware.
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Performance
The Lenovo Vibe X2 hardware platform is based on the latest single-chip system (SoC) Mediatek MT6595m, in which 4 powerful Cortex-A17 cores (2.0 GHz) are adjacent to 4 Cortex-A7 cores (1.7 GHz), which are less productive, but also more economical. The work of the new SoC is based on the big.LITTLE principle, while the previous eight-core Mediatek platform had eight low-power equivalent ARM Cortex-A7 cores. The MT6595m is capable of demonstrating the highest performance to date, in which it can compete with the top-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 801.
Graphics processing in the smartphone is handled by the new GPU PowerVR G6200 video accelerator with 2 cores with a frequency of up to 450 MHz. This is the main difference between the graphics subsystem of the simplified Mediatek MT6595m SoC compared to the full-fledged Mediatek MT6595, which runs the Meizu MX4. That one, in addition to a higher maximum operating frequency of processor cores (up to 2.2 GHz), also has a higher frequency of graphics cores (up to 600 MHz). So it is not surprising that in all test programs, both complex and graphic, the full-fledged Meizu MX4 platform (MT6595) performs better than the Lenovo Vibe X2 (MT6595m) platform.
The amount of RAM in the Lenovo Vibe X2 is 2 GB, and about 23 GB of the nominally designated 32 GB of internal memory is available for the user's needs in the device. The built-in memory cannot be increased by microSD cards, the smartphone does not support memory cards. Also, you cannot connect external flash drives to the Micro-USB port using a special adapter in OTG mode. That is, the amount of built-in memory is finite, and there is no way to expand it here.
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According to the results of testing in benchmarks, a smartphone based on the new Mediatek platform proved to be one of the most powerful and productive modern mobile devices at the moment, coming close to, and in some ways even outperforming the top solutions of generally recognized market leaders based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. What is gratifying is that and the new graphics subsystem is also the most powerful here, in game tests it shows not outrageous, but maximum numbers, almost at the level of Adreno 330, although, of course, it is slightly inferior to the latter. Finally, the Chinese have made a really powerful platform of a decent level, it remains only to understand how economical it remains at the same time - after all, the previous eight-core MTK 6592 showed very deplorable results in this regard. Now there are only a few models on the market based on the new platform (Lenovo Vibe X2, Meizu MX4 and Zopo 999), but next season we can expect a large influx of new products on this SoC.
Testing in the latest versions of AnTuTu and GeekBench 3 comprehensive benchmarks:
For convenience, we have summarized all the results obtained by us when testing a smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks in tables. Several other devices from various segments are usually added to the table, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry numbers). Unfortunately, within a single comparison, it is impossible to present the results from different versions benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.
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Testing the graphics subsystem in 3DMark gaming tests,GFXBenchmark, and Bonsai Benchmark:
When testing in 3DMark for the highest performing smartphones, it is now possible to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (due to which the speed can rise above 60 fps).
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Browser cross-platform tests:
As for benchmarks for evaluating speed javascript engine, then you should always take into account the fact that the results in them significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can be truly correct only on the same OS and browsers, and this possibility is not always available when testing. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.
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Video playback
To test "omnivorous" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and accessibility, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Web. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern versions using processor cores alone. Also, don't expect mobile device decoding of everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it.
According to the results of testing, the subject was not provided with the presence of full support for all the necessary decoders, in this case, sound ones. To fully play most of the most common files on the network, you will have to resort to using a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it will also have to first change the settings, switching from hardware decoding to software or to a new mode called Hardware+(not supported by all smartphones).
| Format | container, video, sound | MX Video Player | Regular video player |
| DVDRip | AVI, XviD 720×400 2200 Kbps, MP3+AC3 | plays normally | plays normally |
| Web-DL SD | AVI, XviD 720×400 1400 Kbps, MP3+AC3 | plays normally | plays normally |
| Web-DL HD | MKV, H.264 1280x720 3000Kbps, AC3 | Hardware+ | |
| BDRip 720p | MKV, H.264 1280x720 4000Kbps, AC3 | plays fine with decoder Hardware+ | Video plays fine, no sound¹ |
| BDRip 1080p | MKV, H.264 1920x1080 8000Kbps, AC3 | plays fine with decoder Hardware+ | Video plays fine, no sound¹ |
¹ Audio in MX Video Player only played after switching to software decoding or new mode Hardware+; The regular player does not have such a setting.
Further testing of video playback performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.
We did not find the MHL interface, as well as Mobility DisplayPort in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Methodology for testing video signal playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices) 720/24p
Note: If both columns Uniformity and Passes green ratings are set, this means that, most likely, when watching movies, artifacts caused by uneven interleaving and dropping frames will either not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect viewing comfort. Red marks indicate possible problems associated with the playback of the respective files.
According to the criteria for displaying frames, the quality of playing video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required to) be displayed with even intervals and without frame drops. The smartphone can even display 4K resolution files up to and including 30 fps. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 (1080p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the border of the screen, one to one in pixels, that is, in its original resolution. The range of brightness displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - in the shadows and in the highlights, almost all (a blockage in shadows and highlights can be ignored) gradations of shades are displayed, which is required for the correct playback of typical video files.
Battery life
Lenovo Vibe X2 has not the largest battery on the modern mobile market - 2300 mAh. The problem is that the body of the smartphone is too thin to accommodate a battery of a more impressive capacity, and you have to be content with what you have if you want a nifty thin smartphone. The new powerful hardware platform on which the hero of the review is based also makes its own adjustments: the smartphone, as expected, turned out to be quite voracious, in active mode its charge will last for half a day, in normal mode - for a day, no more. At the same time, rather strange fluctuations in the stability of energy consumption are observed. For example, showing quite average figures for the duration of work without recharging in reading and 3D gaming modes, the device showed a completely disastrous result when playing a 720p video through a home Wi-Fi network using a third-party application - the MX player. Obviously, here we are talking about poor optimization, and perhaps with the release of new firmware, something will change for the better, but for now, this is how it is.
| Battery capacity | Reading mode | Video mode | 3D game mode | |
| Lenovo Vibe X2 | 2300 mAh | 13:00 | 6 a.m. | 3h 15m |
| Meizu MX4 | 3100 mAh | 12:00 p.m. | 8h 40m | 3h 45m |
| TCL Idol X+ | 2500 mAh | 12:30 pm | 7h 20m | 3 a.m. |
| Sony Xperia Z3 | 3100 mAh | 20:00 | 10:00 a.m. | 4h 50m |
| HTC One M8 | 2600 mAh | 22h 10m | 13h 20m | 3h 20m |
| Samsung Galaxy S5 | 2800 mAh | 5:20 p.m. | 12:30 pm | 4h 30m |
| TCL Idol X+ | 2500 mAh | 12:30 pm | 7h 20m | 3 a.m. |
| Lenovo Vibe Z | 3050 mAh | 11:45 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 3h 30m |
Continuous reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) at the minimum comfortable brightness level (the brightness was set to 100 cd / m²) lasted almost 13 hours until the battery was completely discharged, and with continuous viewing of high-quality video (720p) with the same brightness level through the home Wi-Fi network, the device lasted 6 hours. In the 3D gaming mode, the smartphone worked for more than 3 hours.
Smartphone charges fast enough full charge The battery lasts about 2 hours.
Outcome
Summarizing the review of Lenovo Vibe X2 is very simple: a new smartphone with the main characteristics that are not inferior to the flagship, organized on the latest top platform and offered at the same time at the price of a product for the mass market, which it actually is, is more than worthy of the closest attention of users. Yes, the device does not have some functions and features, without which it cannot be called a true flagship, but it was not intended to be such. Lenovo Vibe X2 is aimed at mass demand and is offered at an interesting price, while it can offer the most productive system, attractive design, high-quality assembly, decent screen and camera, LTE support and even an extended package. You can, perhaps, find fault with some little things like the lack of NFC and USB OTG, but for most users this is not yet a critical drawback. At the same time, all the main parameters of the novelty are at a decent level, the smartphone turned out to be very interesting, and given the fact that Lenovo has now “frozen” prices in rubles at least until the end of the year, it turns out that we now have one of the most favorable prices in Europe. With the eye-catching design of this well-coordinated mobile device and the simply luxurious packaging it comes in, the Lenovo Vibe X2 could be an interesting choice for a Christmas gift.
Lenovo Vibe X2 powerful android smartphone in an elegant lightweight body with support for high-speed 4G LTE networks in a three-layer design. Lenovo vibe x2 Equipped with a powerful 8 core processor and operating system Android 4.4 Kit Kat. Of the main characteristics of Vibe X2 can also be highlighted: a large 5-inch Full HD screen, accumulator battery Li-polymer with a capacity of 2300 mAh, a 13 MP main camera with autofocus and LED flash, a 5 MP front camera for selfies and video calls, 32 GB of internal memory and 2 GB of RAM. Powerful Features Lenovo vibe x2 will cope with any task, large RAM will ensure smartphone multitasking, support the latest applications and games without Vibe X2 freezes, and high-speed 4G LTE networks will allow you to comfortably watch online video from the Internet on the large bright screen of Lenovo Vibe X2. For users who love to travel a lot, it is possible to use Lenovo Vibe X2 as a GPS navigator, on its big screen you can select your destination on the map and get the best route.
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Full specifications of Lenovo Vibe X2. Lenovo vibe x2 specs.
- Sim card quantity: 1 sim card
- SIM card type: micro-SIM
- Body material Vibe x2: metal and plastic
- Software: Android 4.4 Kit Kat OS
- Processor: 8-core (4 cores at 2 GHz + 4 cores at 1.69 GB)
- Video processor: PowerVR G6200 MP4
- Display: 5.0 inch diagonal / Full HD / ppi (pixel density per inch display)
- Machine. screen rotation: supports
- Vibe X2 camera: 13 MP / autofocus / LED flash
- Add. camera: 5 MP
- Video camera: yes
- Battery: 2300 mAh / Li-polymer / non-removable
- Talk time: up to 22 hours on 2G networks / up to 11.5 hours on 3G and 4G networks
- Standby time: up to 17 days on 2G networks, up to 16.5 days on 3G networks, up to 10.5 days on 4G networks
- Built-in memory: 32 GB
- RAM memory: 2 GB
- Memory card: -
- Bluetooth: 3.0+4.1LE
- WiFi: yes
- Wi-Fi hotspot: yes
- USB: yes / support USB charging
- Headphone jack: 3.5 mm.
- Navigation: GPS/ A-GPS
- 3G: support
- 4G LTE: supports
- Sensors: Accelerometer / Light / Proximity / Gravity / E-Compass
- Fingerprint scanner: -
- Muses. player: yes
- Radio: FM radio
- Speakerphone: yes
- Dimensions: H.W.T 140.2 x 68.6 x 7.27 mm.
- Weight: 120 grams.