Lenovo P70-A mobile phone. Lenovo p70 specifications

5-inch Lenovo P70 - positioned as a smartphone with a capacious battery and long battery life battery life. Typically, devices with such characteristics, for example, Lenovo P780 or Philips Xenium W6610 are distinguished by their large dimensions. However, the manufacturer managed to find a balance - despite the large battery capacity, the smartphone turned out to be small. Device dimensions - 142x71.8 mm, slightly larger than Huawei Honor 6. Case thickness - up to 9.3 mm, like YotaPhone 2, which is slightly thicker than the average for tested smartphones. The weight of the Lenovo P70 phone is 150 grams (the weight of the Lenovo P780 and Philips Xenium W6610 is 176 and 200 grams, respectively), a 5-inch phone weighs almost the same Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and YotaPhone 2.

The appearance of the Lenovo P70, in our opinion, cannot be called attractive; even the Lenovo P780 with its metal back looked more interesting. The P70 model has an angular body with rounded side edges. There are speakers on the bottom edge of the device, although the right speaker does not produce any sound. Back panel The phone collects fingerprints, although it is not glossy. The device fits well in the hand, but its corners noticeably rest in the palm.

U Lenovo smartphone P70 is a collapsible case: the cover can be easily removed, under it there is a non-removable battery, a slot for a memory card and for two micro-SIM cards. The build quality is generally good, but the removable lid is a bit difficult to snap into place and requires some effort to get it to fit tightly to the body.

The Lenovo P70 smartphone can only be purchased in dark blue.

Screen - 4.0

The P70 phone is equipped with a 5-inch IPS display with HD resolution (1280x720 pixels). The pixel density is 294 per inch, which is clear enough for a 5-inch diagonal. The value is not much lower than the iPhone 6 or their Retina displays.

The maximum brightness of the display turned out to be high - up to 462 cd/m2, with a reserve for a bright sunny day. Minimum brightness white background at 17 cd/m2, which is bright if you use a smartphone in the dark. The display has auto brightness, but it does not have smooth adjustment. We checked its operation - it quickly works in the direction of increasing the brightness, but when it is necessary to dim the brightness, the display does not work immediately. In the sun, reading from the display was difficult, but not critical; in general, the image remained readable. The viewing angles of the Lenovo P70 display are not maximum, but they are wide enough for comfortable work with a smartphone.

The display turned out to be very easily soiled - during tests the screen collected fingerprints. The smartphone does not have a glove mode or color settings. In our opinion, the latter feature would be nice - the colors look loud, especially on the proposed lock screens.

Camera

The Lenovo P70 has good cameras for a mid-priced smartphone: a 13 MP main camera and a 5 MP front camera. The main camera is equipped with an LED flash, autofocus, HDR mode, 3D model shooting mode, face and smile detection, the ability to shoot panoramas and much more. Compared to the top-end Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, there are fewer different modes and settings, although it is possible to adjust sharpness, saturation, hue, etc. The camera interface can be called simple and intuitive, you won’t have to search for the necessary settings for a long time.

The maximum photo resolution is 4160×3120 pixels. The camera shoots Full HD video at 30 frames per second. When recording video, we did not detect autofocus tracking. Audio is recorded in stereo.

The quality of photos is low for a camera with 13 MP; the same Huawei Honor 6 or Lenovo Vibe X2 take better photos. Autofocus does not always work clearly the first time; it is advisable to take several shots. The camera does not handle uneven lighting very well; many objects in the photo are overexposed. In such cases, you can resort to the HDR mode (to improve the detail of the shadowed and highlighted areas of the frame). In poor lighting, the camera starts to make a lot of noise. In terms of detail and sharpness, it is inferior to many cameras. You will be able to “grasp” and capture a specific detail, but at the cost of uneven sharpness across the frame. You can take a good shot only with uniform lighting, and not always on the first try.

5 MP front-camera The phone is here, rather, not for video calling, but for selfies. The camera does not have autofocus or flash. The front camera shoots video in 640x480 resolution at 30 frames per second. You can take selfies in “Portrait” mode with “decoration” of the face or effects, such as sepia. Overall, the front camera does its job well.

Photo from camera Lenovo P70 - 2.9

Working with text - 3.0

Typically, Lenovo smartphones have standard keyboard from Google, even top models. On the Lenovo P70 phone, manufacturers also limited themselves to a regular keyboard. Overall the keyboard is from Google is good. When typing, you can use continuous text input (Swype) and switch between languages ​​using a separate key. Note that there are no additional symbols on the icons, but numbers can be entered from the top row of keys. In addition, there are such standard functions as blocking obscene words, word suggestions, sound/vibration feedback on keypresses, etc.

Internet - 3.0

The Lenovo P70 smartphone comes pre-installed with two browsers: Google Chrome and "Yandex.Browser". The first has support for synchronizing tabs with the desktop version of the browser and adjusting text to a pre-selected size. The second one has a “Turbo” mode for fast page loading. There is no screenshot of the entire page, reading mode or automatic text adjustment here. As tests have shown, the smartphone copes well with several open tabs, works quickly and practically does not slow down.

Communications - 2.6

If the Lenovo P780 smartphone had a simple set wireless connections, then the Lenovo P70, in comparison, has support for LTE (Cat 4 up to 150 Mbit/s). The phone does not have an NFC chip or an infrared port. At the same time, the P780 model had dual-band Wi-Fi, which the new product does not have. The smartphone has a Bluetooth module with support for the A2DP profile for audio transmission and A-GPS.

The phone has two slots for Micro-SIM cards, a memory card slot and a Micro-USB connector. The USB connector does not support MHL or SlimPort, but you can connect to it peripherals(mouse, keyboard, HDD and other).

Multimedia - 3.0

The multimedia capabilities of the Lenovo P70 are, in our opinion, average. The smartphone supports common video formats and codecs, plays videos in high quality, up to Full HD video. However, in our tests it was unable to run, for example, FLV, WMV video, as well as 2K and 4K video, which is not surprising. There is no choice of subtitles and audio tracks or any extensive settings in the built-in video player.

The audio player plays popular MP3 and AAC formats, as well as WAV, but does not play AC3, WMAV2 and FLAC (the latter can be launched through the file manager). Pre-installed on the smartphone standard applications for video and audio, e.g. Google Play Music, which cannot be called the most comfortable.

Sound quality is generally average. The Lenovo P70 did not come with headphones.

Battery - 4.2

Battery life is perhaps the main advantage of a smartphone. Lenovo P70 is equipped with a 4000 mAh battery. Formal capacity is not everything; the smartphone performed well in battery life tests. The Lenovo P70 played HD video at maximum brightness for 11 hours! This is one of the best results in our tests - only the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (12 hours 30 minutes) and the Philips Xenium W6610 (12 hours 20 minutes) lasted longer. I lasted 95 hours or almost four days in music listening mode. In “medium” intensity mode (checking email, Wi-Fi on, about an hour of games a day, watching one movie, a couple of calls, browsing, listening to music on headphones), the smartphone lasted us 2-2.5 days. If you enable energy saving modes and set the brightness lower, you can easily get about three days of operation - the result is impressive.

Performance - 3.1

The device uses the new eight-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 platform - all cores operate at a frequency of up to 1.7 GHz. The Mali-T760MP2 is responsible for the graphics, the volume random access memory- 2 GB. The performance of the smartphone is at a high level - in our tests, the smartphone coped well with benchmarks and most heavy games.

The Lenovo P70 runs fast with built-in apps and more. You will be able to actively “surf” the Internet with several open tabs. We just note that the camera could load faster. The smartphone can be considered as a gaming platform, but the hardware is not optimized for all games. So, NOVA games 3, Dead Trigger, Modern Combat 5 or Minion Rush run smoothly on a smartphone. The same cannot be said about Asphalt 8, which slows down at high settings. However, you can also play it, albeit with minor difficulties.

In benchmarks, the Lenovo P70 smartphone showed high results, not much lower than the flagships of 2014. In the AnTuTu benchmark, it received scores comparable to those of the Sony Xpeira Z3 Compact - 44325 points. Ice Storm Unlimited from 3DMark is slightly lower - an average of 10860 points, almost like Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Memory - 3.5

The internal memory of the Lenovo P70 smartphone is 16 GB, of which about 11.8 GB is available to the user. For most users, these indicators will be enough, but if you shoot a lot, store music or videos, or download games, this will not be enough. However, you can always buy a memory card (up to 32 GB is supported).

The smartphone has a removable smartphone cover, however, hot-swapping of the memory card is not supported - the Lenovo P70 needs to reboot after manipulating the micro-SD card.

Peculiarities

The Lenovo P70 smartphone runs on Android 4.4.4 OS and a proprietary Lenovo shell. The manufacturer plans to update the OS to Android 5.0 Lollipop in mid-2015. The phone comes pre-installed with Google services, applications from Yandex, a utility for “cleaning” and optimizing the smartphone, a Security application, a file manager and a number of others. There are also separate “special” settings where you can find a number of unusual modes, for example, reducing the ringer volume when you pick up the phone, and other “smart” functions.

The main features of the device are battery capacity and battery life, productive hardware, LTE support, dimensions and weight. These characteristics were lacking in previous devices with long battery life. Among the advantages, we note the collapsible case and support for two SIM cards.

Screen type: IPS (In Plane Switching) is a high-quality liquid crystal matrix that was created to eliminate the main disadvantages of TN technology matrices. The IPS matrix most adequately conveys colors across the entire spectrum at different viewing angles, with the exception of some color positions. The TN matrix usually has a better response than IPS, but not always. Thus, when transitioning from gray to gray, the IPS matrix behaves better. This matrix is ​​also resistant to pressure. Touching the TN or VA matrix results in a "excitement" or a certain reaction on the screen. The IPS matrix does not have this effect. In addition, ophthalmologists confirm that the IPS matrix is ​​the most comfortable for the eyes. In this *s*m* way, the IPS matrix brings a bright and clear picture regardless of viewing angles, best for surfing the Internet and watching movies. But the most important thing is for image processing and viewing photos. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) - Liquid crystal displays. The very first displays used in mobile devices, and not only in phones. Their main feature is that they have very low power consumption, due to the inability to display color images. They do not emit light and therefore phones are upgraded with backlight lamps. Some phones had several different backlight colors based on the presence of different LEDs around the perimeter of the display. This extraordinary solution was used, for example, in Ericsson phone A3618. On this type of display, pixels are clearly visible, and such displays cannot boast of high resolution. In order to extend the life of such displays, they were made inverse, i.e. text and symbols were not displayed as filled pixels, but, on the contrary, inactive against the background of filled ones. This resulted in light text on a dark background. Currently, this type of display is used in the cheapest budget models (Nokia 1112) and as an external display in some clamshells (Samsung D830).

TFT (Thin Film Transistor) - Liquid crystal displays based on thin film transistors with an active matrix. For each pixel there are three transistors corresponding to three colors (RGB - red, green, blue). On this moment, these are the most common displays and have a number of advantages over other displays. They are characterized by minimal response time and rapid development - ever-increasing resolution and number of colors. These displays are most common in mid-range and higher phones. Working resolutions for them: 128x160, 132x176, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 and others, less common. Examples: Nokia N73 (240x320, 262k colors), Sony Ericsson K750i (176x220, 262K colors), Samsung D900 (240x320, 262K colors). TFTs are very rarely used as external displays for clamshells.

CSTN (Color Super Twisted Nematic) - Color liquid crystal displays with a passive matrix. Each pixel of such a display consists of three combined pixels, which correspond to three colors (RGB). Some time ago, almost all phones with color displays were based on this type. And now the destiny of such displays is budget models. The main disadvantage of such displays is their slowness. The undoubted advantage of such displays is their cost, which is significantly lower than TFT. Based on simple logic, we can assume that in the future TFT will displace this type of display from the mobile device market. The color evolution of such displays is quite extensive: from 16 to 65536 colors. Examples: Motorola V177 (128x160, 65K colors), Sony Ericsson J100i (96x64, 65K colors), Nokia 2310 (96x68, 65K colors).

UFB (Ultra Fine and Bright) - Liquid crystal displays with increased brightness and contrast on a passive matrix. We can say that this is an intermediate option between CSTN and TFT. This type of display boasts lower power consumption compared to TFT. For the most part, Samsung used such displays in mid-range phones. This type displays are not widely used. Examples: Samsung C100/110 (128x128, 65k colors).

TN is one of the matrix types of TFT screens. Roughly speaking, TN are the simplest and cheapest TFT matrices. Viewing angles are the narrowest.

Equipment

In a small box from under the device there was a power cable, Charger(output characteristics: 5.2V and 2A), OTG adapter for connecting peripheral USB devices, wired headset with the ability to answer calls, case and protective film. I can already see how sellers of large chain stores are beginning to quietly hate Lenovo for losing additional income on accessories. So that!

The USB-Host adapter is not simple. It was put in a box for a reason. You can charge third-party devices using this cable! The trick was done with a Bluetooth headset, Xiaomi Yi camera and other devices. What is there! Even external battery Lenovo MP506 began to actively eat up the smartphone's charge, although, according to the idea, everything should be the other way around.

By the way, if you suddenly lose a branded adapter, you can use a similar one, for example, ordered from Alibaba. Charging of third-party devices is provided here at the hardware level in the smartphone, and not on the accessory side.

The complete case is made of thick plastic and is very pleasant to the touch. Yes, it increases the size of the P70, but it also protects it quite well. I wouldn't look away additional accessory. The case is really good.

In general, special thanks to the guys from Lenovo for such a rich kit. Let no manufacturer skimp on their customers!

Design

I will not describe the appearance of the smartphone in detail, since I already did this in the presentation of the smartphone. You can judge the design and location of the main elements yourself from the photo below.

However, there are still a few words about convenience and ergonomics. By the standards of modern phones, the P70 is a bit thick. Using a branded case thickens the gadget even more. However, the device feels good in the hand. The back surface is slippery (without a case), but not so slippery that the smartphone can slip out of your hand.

The battery cover is easily scratched if not handled very carefully. The reason for this is journalists who test devices according to the principle: “It’s not mine, it’s not a pity.” The result can be seen in the photo.

Taken together, the materials and design don't provide any unusual user experience. The P70 is far from an elegant design solution. But nothing negative can be said either. A simple, solid, sometimes boring block of plastic.

The touch buttons are illuminated in the dark, but weakly. And yet this is already something.

A little about the display. There is a 5-inch (127 mm) IPS screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The pixel density is 294 ppi and individual pixels will be difficult to make out. If you manage to do this, then you can congratulate yourself on your excellent vision.

In the photo below, under high magnification, you can look at the screen of the Sony Xperia Z3 with its 5.2-inch Full HD display (423 ppi) and the Lenovo P70 (on the right). In everyday use there is little difference.

Viewing angles are traditionally good for IPS matrices. There are no exceptions here.

Specifications

The technical characteristics of the Lenovo P70 are of considerable importance. This is far from budget, but it’s not the latest, hottest hardware either. In general, let's look at the specifications:

• MediaTek MT6752 processor with a frequency of 1.7 GHz (8 cores, 64 bits)
• Mali T760-MP2 graphics (up to 700 MHz)
• RAM 2 GB (on bare device 1208 MB)
• built-in storage 16 GB (11.39 GB actually available)
• memory cards up to 32 GB (Micro SD)
• 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (5 simultaneous touches)
• front camera 5 MP
• main camera 13 MP
• battery (lithium polymer, removable) 4000 mAh
• Connectors: MicroUSB (OTG available), 3.5 audio output, two SIM cards
• sensors: proximity and light sensor, accelerometer
• OS Anbdroid 4.4.4

• 2G, 3G, 4G LTE Cat. 4(FDD 800/1800/2100/2600 MHz)
• Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, no NFS
• GPS (aGPS) / GLONASS
• FM radio

There is something special to say about the network capabilities of the device. The Wi-Fi module could catch the network signal better. Where other devices show reliable reception, the P70 notes a lower signal level. The 4G device connects well for the most part, but a couple of times I noticed that for no apparent reason the data transmission disappeared. The symptom was treated with a simple reboot.

Overall performance is very good. The interface and animation fly everywhere in the system. Not a single lag or the slightest slowdown was noticed. Screenshots with test results of popular benchmarks (AnTuTu, Vellamo, Geekbench 3) in their rightful place.

In toys, the device did not perform at its best. It was not possible to play Dungeon Hunter 5 normally. At first, the device froze right at the beginning of the mission, the second time near the end, and the third time - already when launching the application. It was decided to suspend further attempts due to their futility.

Dead Trigger 2 refused to launch on the phone at all.

With Asphalt 8 everything is much better. The game starts and runs without problems at maximum graphics settings. The same can be said about Crossy Road. Everything is great with simple toys.

A little more about hardware issues. I didn't like the work of the light sensor. It quickly changes the brightness of the screen depending on the surrounding light, there are no errors here. However, in most cases the brightness is not enough. Literally one division more and it would be much more comfortable to work with the device. Sometimes I couldn’t stand it and turned off auto-adjustment completely.

In general, the maximum screen brightness is not amazing. There are smartphones with much more serious backlighting, but this certainly cannot be considered a disadvantage of the device.

Photo capabilities

The main camera is the biggest disappointment of the phone. The photos come out cloudy, the focus works very well, and the HDR mode is so harsh that the end result is something between photos real life and a comic.

There are a lot of different modes and additional settings shooting. However, they are unlikely to be useful to anyone when the quality of the source material leaves much to be desired.

Examples of photos taken on a smartphone below.

You can get the originals in one archive from here.

The smartphone records video in 3GP format at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The quality is no better than photographs, but I will still give an example of a video.

Working with SIM cards

The phone supports two SIM cards at once. The setting takes place through the corresponding menu item. Here you can set a request to select a SIM card before each call or send an SMS, or you can distribute tasks for each card once and for all.

Ring tones, of course, are also set for each SIM individually.

Chips

You can find some very interesting items on the menu. Firstly, it is very convenient to wake up the screen by simply tapping it twice on its surface. The screen wakes up but remains locked. Enough to see the time or new notifications.

Secondly, double tap The “House” icon takes a snapshot even in sleep mode. Sometimes this function can be very useful and we often regret its absence when a good shot is already gone. However, there is a nuance: photography occurs even before the camera has time to focus, so such pictures often turn out blurry.

Locking the screen by shaking the device did not catch on in my case, since the system often blocked the screen at the wrong moment.

In addition, the phone allows standard means configure different scenarios for its use depending on the time of day or what is captured in a given location Wi-Fi networks. A very convenient thing if everyday life is subject to the same schedule.

Battery life

The Lenovo P70 battery is perhaps the most interesting feature smartphone. Yes, there is a seemingly gigantic 4000 mAh battery installed here, but you shouldn’t expect that the device can work on one charge for two, three or four days in a row. In fact, the phone can confidently survive for about a day and a half under heavy load (calls, games, Internet, background notifications, plus all activated wireless interfaces).

Let's put it this way: where competitors with similar hardware with their standard +/- 3000 mAh last a day, the P70 lasts half a day more. And so it is in everything. With moderate use (a few calls and background notifications via 4G or Wi-Fi), the smartphone will easily survive three days, but this is the ceiling.

All this data is valid when the “smart battery saving” function is activated. In this case, energy consumption is slightly reduced by reducing the frequency of operation of the video accelerator and the backlight level.

There is also an emergency battery mode, in which the desktop interface is simplified, and the phone becomes similar to the Nokia 3100: only calls, SMS and an alarm clock are available.

In the end, if an extra half-day of battery life is important to you, then the P70 is for you. If not, then the 4000 mAh battery capacity is not a competitive advantage of the device.

The time to fully charge the smartphone is approximately 3 hours, and with a few minutes of charging the device can be recharged for conversations for 4 hours. This is not some proprietary technology like Samsung's Quick Charge. The output voltage on the power supply is simply increased to 5.2 volts.

Conclusion

In retail Lenovo P70 price settled at the level of 19,990 rubles and this is a lot. A lot for a phone that has a below-average camera quality, a discreet, unremarkable design and a non-Full HD screen. There are enough devices on the market that can give the user much more for the same or even less money. Even within the Lenovo product line there are such devices. I mean S90 or X2. Moreover, both of these smartphones have a very good, stylish design.

The hero of today's article has good, but not the best hardware. It's strange, but there are compatibility problems with some modern toys. I think these are temporary inconveniences that will most likely be eliminated in subsequent firmware.

A higher capacity battery actually provides very little benefit. The only thing that deserves praise is the equipment. Lenovo approached this issue with full responsibility. However, this is just a nice bonus and is not at all an argument in favor of buying the phone.

You can purchase the smartphone on Gearbest.com. Delivery is free as always.

Already on sale Price: 19,990 rubles

Lenovo P70 one of the most powerful long-lasting Android smartphones with support for 2 active SIM cards at an attractive price. Stylish design, powerful accumulator battery and excellent technical Lenovo P70 specifications allow you to use your smartphone to the maximum both for communication and for work. Now, when choosing a smartphone with 2 SIM cards, you don’t need to think that the smartphone will quickly discharge and its characteristics will be weaker; Lenovo p70 is equipped with a powerful 4000 mAh battery that ensures the smartphone can operate for up to 46 hours in talk mode and up to 34 days in standby mode, as well as powerful 8-core processor. A high-performance processor and 2 GB of RAM will cope with any task, and even several simultaneously running applications on the smartphone will work without slowdowns or freezes. Also from the main characteristics of the Lenovo P70 we can highlight: 2 active SIM cards, operating system Android 4.4 KitKat, 5-inch HD screen with IPS matrix, main 13 MP camera and front 5 MP camera, support for 4G LTE networks, 16 GB of internal memory and card support microSD memory up to 32 GB. Now powerful battery Lenovo P70 allows you to charge other phones and devices via a USB On-the-Go cable. Android Lenovo p70, smartphone with a powerful battery with two SIM cards and powerful processor at an affordable price.

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Full specifications of Lenovo P70. Lenovo p70 specifications.

• SIM card quantity: 2 SIM cards
• SIM card type: Micro-SIM
• Lenovo P70 case material:
• Software: Android OS 4.4 KitKat
• Processor: 8-core 64-bit 1.7 GHz / MT6752 True8Core
• Video processor: GPU ARM MaliT760-MP2, 700 MHz
• Display: 5.0 inch diagonal / HD 1280 x 720 pixels / IPS / ppi (pixel density per inch of display)
• Machine. screen rotation: supports
• Lenovo P70 camera: 13 MP/autofocus/LED flash/optical stabilization/image fusion sensor
• Add. camera: 5 MP/fixed focal length
• Video camera: video recording available
• Battery: 4000 mAh/ Li-polymer/ non-removable
• Talk time: up to 46 hours on 2G network, up to 18 hours on 3G network
• Standby time: up to 34 days on 2G network, up to 29 days on 3G network, up to 30.5 days on 4G network
• Built-in memory Lenovo P70: 16 GB
• RAM: 2 GB
• Memory card: microSD up to 32 GB
• Bluetooth: 4.0
• Wi-Fi: yes
• Dot Wi-Fi access: There is
• USB: yes/supports charging via USB
• Headphone jack: 3.5 mm.
• Navigation: GPS/ A-GPS/ Glonass
• 3G: supports
• 4G LTE: supports up to 150 Mbit/s download, up to 50 Mbit/s upload
• Sensors: accelerometer/light/proximity
• Fingerprint scanner: -
• Music player: yes
• Radio: FM radio
• Speakerphone: yes
• Dimensions: H.W.T 142 x 71.8 x 8.9 mm.
• Weight: 149 grams.

Contents of delivery

• Telephone
• Charger with USB cable
• Wired stereo headset
• USB-OTG cable
• Instructions

Specifications

• Android 4.4.4
• MediaTek 6752 chipset 8-cores up to 1.7 GHz per core, 64 bits, ARM Mali T760-MP2 700MHz graphics coprocessor
• 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory, microSD memory cards up to 32 GB
• Two SIM cards - microSIM, hot swappable, cards are unequal, one of them is only 2G
• IPS screen, 5 inches, 1280x720 pixels, up to 5 clicks
• Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery, supports fast charging (2 hours 10 minutes), two days of work under a “heavy” load, USB on the Go, charging other devices, up to 34 days standby time (2G), up to 46 hours talk time in 2G (up to 18 hours in 3G)
• Main camera 13 megapixels, with LED flash, front 5 megapixels
• LTE cat. 4 (4G Voice not supported), 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0
• Dimensions – 142x71.8x8.9 mm, weight – 149 grams

Positioning

Lenovo's line with the P index has always included devices with large batteries; just remember a model like the Lenovo P780, which had a 4000 mAh battery.

This series was deservedly in demand, since it included such hard workers, phones without pretensions to sophistication in the field of design, working for a long time, with characteristics that were average for their time. That is, devices with the optimal, in Lenovo’s opinion, price/quality ratio, and, moreover, aimed at those who are not used to changing phones like gloves. It was assumed that the lifespan of such devices would be at least one year in the same hands, or even two.

Let me tell you a little secret: any characteristic that stands out from the usual on the market, be it the thickness of the case, the special brightness of the screen, the large battery capacity - all this attracts attention. Typically, manufacturers do not strive to be so generous as to give the consumer a lot of options in mid-segment models. outstanding characteristics– just one is enough, which will emphasize the unusualness of the device. Therefore, as a rule, the solution turns out to be unbalanced - thinness results in short operating time, a large battery - on the contrary, inconvenient case dimensions and long charging time. There is no ideal on the market, and it is hardly possible.

When companies start experimenting with mid-segment models, they rarely end up with anything truly worthwhile. They look at competitors, at previous models, and as a result, a cross between a bulldog and a rhinoceros enters the market and becomes not very popular. Sometimes, through experimentation and luck, a device emerges that can rightfully be called special. It is distinguished by a precise balance of characteristics, correctly chosen cost, and, as a result, an excellent price/quality ratio. The Lenovo P70 is just such a device.

This is an Android workhorse, which will be chosen for its good operating time, fast charging, and a good screen. One could call this device a universal solution, but it lacks just the smallest thing – a high-quality camera. This flaw may stop many from buying the P70, but if you close your eyes to it, the model turns out to be surprisingly interesting. However, let's talk about everything in order.

Video review of the smartphone:

Design, dimensions, control elements

Outside China, this model will be available in one color scheme– dark blue, while on the native market it is presented in a white case, as well as dark brown.

Externally, the device does not make any impression, the usual rectangle of an Android smartphone, a black front panel, three touch keys under the screen. The first thing you notice is that the body is quite thin, if you know that there is a 4000 mAh battery inside. The dimensions of the device are 142x71.8x8.9 mm, weight - 149 grams. Typically models with such batteries weigh about 200 grams, so the weight of 149 grams looks surprising. IN Everyday life you always feel it, the device is not much different from modern smartphones. You can say that it is not so subtle, but this is a matter of taste. Usually you don’t perceive it as big or inconvenient; it fits well in the hand, the weight is not small, but quite comfortable.

Compared to Nokia Lumia 830

The back cover is removable, you need to carefully click it, otherwise it will crunch in your hands. The plastic is thin, but this does not cause any problems, it is not visible from the outside, and this point does not affect the characteristics of the device. There are weight savings everywhere to achieve that same 149 grams.

On the right side there is an on/off key and a paired volume key. At the top end there is a 3.5 mm connector, at the bottom there is a microUSB connector.

The rear panel houses an LED flash as well as a 13-megapixel camera lens.

There are no complaints about the build quality, it is plastic, the front panel is covered with Gorilla Glass, although the oleophobic coating has average characteristics, it leaves noticeable marks from hands and cheeks.

Under back cover you can see two slots for microSIM cards, they are unequal, one is only 2G, while the second is 2G/3G/4G. There is also a slot for memory cards.

Display

The screen is 5-inch, has an HD resolution of 1280x720 pixels (294 ppi), IPS. It has a good reserve of brightness; in automatic adjustment mode, the brightness is greatly dimmed in order to achieve longer operating time. This is convenient in almost all operating modes, with the exception of watching video. In terms of color reproduction, the screen does not stand out in any way in its class, neither for the worse nor for the better. This is a very good solution. In older Lenovo models, screens may have higher resolution, but often worse color reproduction and lower brightness. This matrix in every sense can be considered the golden mean. She's not bad. Check out the screenshots compared to the Samsung Galaxy S5 (on Galaxy photo S5 on top).

On the street, the screen does not glare, the information is easy to read. Traditionally, Lenovo has a choice of fonts different sizes, which makes using the phone comfortable regardless of your visual acuity (four preset sizes). I would like more flexibility in the settings, for example, different color options. But you shouldn’t expect this on such a device.

Battery

Battery technology has clearly come a long way in the past year, with the battery size shrinking slightly, but most importantly, its weight decreasing. The battery is Li-Ion, non-removable, with a capacity of 4000 mAh (in China and Indonesia 3900 mAh).

Let's start with the most interesting thing, namely charging time. Support is here Quick technology Charge, respectively, the total charging time is about 3 hours. If you take the Fast Charger from the Galaxy Note 4, the charging time will be 2 hours 10 minutes (up to one hundred percent!). In any case, this is clearly comparable to most modern devices and very little for a battery of this capacity.

Among the unusual features, I would like to note the presence of a USB-OTG cable, to which you can connect any wire for charging into the USB connector; at the output you will get 5V, 0.5A, that is, the phone can act as an external charger. I am sure that few people will take advantage of this feature, but it is present and can sometimes be useful.

Now let's look at real time work in different modes, but first – the data provided by the manufacturer:

up to 34 days standby time (2G)

up to 46 hours talk time in 2G (up to 18 hours in 3G)

In my usage scenario, the screen backlight was set to automatic; I made calls for about 30 minutes a day, also about 2-2.5 hours per day. in social networks, Internet, both via a 3G/4G connection (mainly) and Wi-Fi. The device worked quietly for two full days.

I wonder what I have on my hands Motorola Droid Turbo, which has an almost identical 3900 mAh battery, also has fast charging, but has an AMOLED screen. However, these devices work for about the same time in my hands, two days. For comparison, my Note 4 (3220 mAh battery) lasts only one day under a similar load. In every sense, the P70 demonstrates very good runtime. But even here, not everything is clear, since some modes consume unexpectedly a lot of energy compared to others. So, I expected that with maximum backlight brightness the video playback time (AVI, MX Player, HW mode) would be about 14-15 hours, as on the Droid Turbo, but the result was disappointing - about 10.5 hours. I double-checked, there is no error - the battery consistently provides 10-10.5 hours of playback.

Optimization for games is even worse: as soon as 3D appears, the phone begins to warm up noticeably, which is not observed in normal operating modes, and it only works for about 4 hours. That is, 1000 mAh is consumed in an hour of play. Considering that the screen does not have the largest diagonal, all this does not look better optimization chipset for specific tasks.

But for those who don’t play and watch videos moderately (50 minutes a day), this device will be enough for those same two days. One more thing, in the power manager there is a setting that by default turns on the maximum energy saving mode from 12 at night to 6 in the morning. In this mode, data transmission is disabled, only calls and SMS are available. If you do not like this approach, then you can either adjust the time interval or completely disable this mode.

Platform, memory, performance

The model is built on the MediaTek MT6752 chipset, this is a second-generation 8-core solution, which is aimed at models in the mid-price group. One of the nice features is each Cortex A53 core, frequency up to 1.7 GHz (64 bit). The Mali-T760 graphics coprocessor, and for the first time for a MediaTek chipset in this class, there is built-in support for LTE cat. 4 (FDD, TDD is stated, but not specifically implemented in this model). The amount of RAM is 2 GB, built-in memory is 16 GB, 12 GB is available to the user.

Although a microSD card slot is accessible under the back cover, the cards are not hot-swappable, unlike SIM cards. If you insert a memory card into a working device, it will happily inform you that hot swapping is not for it and will reboot. This is offensive and somehow a little conservative. Another disadvantage is that the specifications only indicate support for memory cards up to 32 GB. I've tried both 64GB and 128GB cards, they don't work. This will not be a very serious limitation for many.

Now let's focus on performance. Judging by the interface, everything is very good here, no brakes, everything is smooth and pleasant. In synthetic tests, the device shows average results, they are not very high. But that’s why these tests exist, to show virtual parrots. I am sure that for the vast majority of people the performance of this solution is quite enough. It falls between the Snapdragon 400 and 600 series.

Communication capabilities

The smartphone operates in GSM, HSDPA and LTE (4G) networks and is equipped with two slots for microSIM cards. The first slot supports LTE FDD (bands 1, 3, 7, 20), so in Russia the device works without problems with 4G networks.

The second slot is primarily for the SIM card you plan to use to make calls, but it can also be used for data transfers. True, only using 2G (Edge).

USB. To synchronize with a PC and transfer data, the included microUSB cable is used. USB 2.0 interface. USB-OTG is supported - you can connect flash drives and other storage devices to your smartphone via an adapter file systems FAT/FAT32.

Bluetooth. Built-in Bluetooth 4.0 module with support for A2DP profile.

Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n). The smartphone has dual-band Wi-Fi module, it works flawlessly. Like any other modern Android device, Lenovo P70 supports the “sharing” function mobile internet via Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi router).

Camera

A regular 13-megapixel autofocus module that produces disappointing images that don't even look good on a phone screen. However, you can see this for yourself.

Software features

The device is released on Android 4.4.4, at the moment it is latest version OS. All the capabilities of the used Android add-on called Vibe UI are described in a separate material. I won't repeat myself.

Remains open question, will there be an update to version 5.0. From a chipset point of view, such an update is supported. But whether it will be available for this model is unknown. But the company is trying to update its key models, the P70 being one of them. There are no deadlines or what the update will look like (cable, over the air).

Multimedia capabilities

Traditionally, there is FM radio, and audio recording from the air is supported.

There is no separate player for playing music, only Google Play Music. Everything is traditional and familiar, but there is a hardware equalizer, you can adjust the sound to suit you. The phone sounds nice, although it doesn't stand out in anything special. The maximum volume level is comfortable, although the device certainly does not have a headroom.

The video is distinguished by support for the H.265 codec, otherwise everything is familiar and ordinary.

Impression

The ringer volume is slightly above average; you may not even hear the phone in your coat pocket. The vibration alert is average in strength. There are no comments on the quality of communication, everything works well, although re-registrations from 4G to 3G and back often occur, at least according to the indicator. I think the latter is lying, since in practice there is no increase in battery discharge.

Now let's look at the cost of this solution. In China, the Lenovo P70 costs 1,500 yuan, but it has slightly worse characteristics; it is de facto a different model. The European model P70-A has the maximum characteristics, its cost will be about $250 (alternatively, the price in euros will be slightly less or the same). In Russia, before exchange rate fluctuations in the ruble, this model was supposed to be in the price range of 12-14 thousand rubles, but what the price will be at the end of February, when it appears, is unknown. As a guide, take the same 250 dollars plus the Russian markup of 20-25 percent.

For its price, the model turned out to be well-balanced; it could potentially be of interest to many buyers. A good screen, a large 4000 mAh battery with a modest body size, and a really long battery life on a single charge. There are not many analogues on the market with similar characteristics; just remember the Philips W6618, which has a 5300 mAh battery, but all other characteristics are worse - 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB of internal memory, a 5-inch screen with qHD resolution and a price of about $200 . The low price does not compensate for its shortcomings, including its weight of 200 grams. This feels like a device of a completely different class.

In Russia, the Chinese model Gionee GN185, which has a 4200 mAh battery, is also known under different local names. The disadvantages are the old platform, weight 195 grams, noticeably worse characteristics.

By the time the Lenovo P70 appears, many companies will update their product lines, and new generation devices with high-capacity batteries will appear. In each case, you need to look at the presence fast charging, by weight of the device - these are the main indicators for this type of device.

If the Lenovo P70 had a slightly better camera, this device could definitely be called a bestseller, but for now it is a very good contender for the role of a hard worker. Operating time and a good screen are arguments in its favor. The model is successful, and it will definitely find its consumer.