Lenovo has once again up the ante to continue its dominance in the Indian affordable-smartphone market. To do so, Lenovo has launched its Vibe K5 Plus in India which it unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2016, last month. This international variant of popular Lemon 3 comes for an aggressive price tag of Rs. 8,499 and will be available on Flipkart in open sales starting 23 March 2016.
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The highlight of Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus is its metal body, Dolby ATMOS enabled dual speaker, removable battery, dual SIM cards along with microSD card support. Lenovo launch same phone with Lemon sub branding in January in China.
In terms of specs-sheet, the Vibe K5 Plus boasts a 5-inch IPS display with 1080p resolution upfront. Under the hood, features an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 chipset coupled with 2GB of RAM, and 16GB internal storage, which can be further bumped up to 32GB using a microSD card.
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The Vibe K5 Plus is equipped with a 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel selfie camera in the optics department. It features a 2,750mAh removable battery, and it runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop based Vibe UI. Like most Lenovo devices Vibe K5 also comes preloaded with apps such as SHAREit, SNAPit, Guvera Music and few others. The handset also includes Theatremax tech baked in.
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Key Specifications and Features:
| Model | Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus |
| Display | 5-inch, Full HD (1080×1920) IPS LCD, Scratch resistant glass |
| Processor | 1.7GHz octa-core Qualcomm snapdragon 616 SoC |
| RAM | 2GB LPDDR3 |
| Internal Storage | 16GB, with microSD card |
| Software | Android 5.1 Lollipop based Vibe UI |
| Primary Camera | 13MP, F2.2 aperture lens, LED Flash and 1080p Videos |
| Secondary Camera | 5MP, F2.8 aperture lens |
| Dimensions and weight | 142x71x7.99 mm and 142 grams |
| Battery | 2750 mAh |
| Others | 4G LTE, Dual SIM, Dual Stereo speaker with Dolby Atmos, Lenovo Theatremax |
| Price | 8,499 INR |
[…] Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus launched today builds up on A6000 and A6000 Plus that were launched last year and marked the start of a very successful online exclusive journey for Lenovo. One year later, when the online smartphone market has grown to whopping 40 percent (figures quoted by Lenovo), the company wishes to refresh its low-end offering. Has it sufficiently evolved for 2016? Let’s find out. […]