Lenovo has had a great year in 2015 with multiple devices being launched in budget segment and almost of all they were a huge success. One of the most popular devices in the sub 10k price point in India is the Lenovo K3 Note (Review). The K3 Note was a huge success in India as it packed almost everything you wanted in a phone priced below Rs 10,000. Now the company announced the Vibe K4 Note.
The Lenovo Vibe K4 Note comes with quite a lot of upgrades when compared to the previous generation. One of the main aspects is the design and build quality while the K3 Note was all plastic body, the new K4 Note comes in all metallic body. Here is the unboxing and first impressions of Vibe K4 Note.
Here is the unboxing video.
Inside the box:
- Lenovo Vibe K4 Note
- Back cover
- Screen Guard
- Manuals and Warranty
- USB Cable
- Adaptor
Lenovo has completely reworked on the design element of the K4 Note which is the successor to the popular K3 Note. While the design is refreshing, it is more or less similar to the upcoming Vibe X3. In fact, in China, the K4 Note is also called as Vibe X3 Lite. One of the important changes to the device is the dual front facing speakers which are neatly integrated into the front panel. The device has top and bottom curved edges. The front panel has 5MP camera, sensors, the 5.5 inches Full HD display and the three capacitive touch buttons which are not backlit.
The device is made of a metal frame with a plastic rear panel. The rear panel is removable and it houses the dual SIM cards, micro SD card and also the 3300mAh battery. The 13MP camera and the fingerprint scanner are integrated into a single unit and the dual tone LED flash is located next to it. The rear panel also has the Lenovo logo along with Dolby Atmos branding.
The power and volume keys are on the right side while the audio jack sits on the top and micro USB charging slot is at the bottom. Overall, the device is well built and comes with good material quality as well.
The phone comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 178-degree wide-angle viewing, a brightness of 450 Nits. While the K3 Note also came with Full HD display, the panel used on K4 Note is much better and also offers Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The display is quite vibrant and offers good viewing angles and the touch response is also good.
The phone comes with 16GB internal storage out of which 9.6GB is available to the user. You can also expand the storage via micro SD card. The phone also includes a fingerprint scanner and we tested it and found it to be quite good and responsive. But it can be only used to unlock the device.
The phone is powered by Octa Core 1.3 Ghz CPU MediaTek 6753 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. There is Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with custom Vibe UI. Lenovo is offering standard Android UI for a launcher. The UI was responsive in our first few hours of usage and there weren’t any lag or issues. The camera on the phone is 13MP unit with PDAF and dual LED flash. The camera interface is typical Lenovo interface and is quite fast in capturing images. The device also comes with NFC support.
The device also features 3300mAh battery and this should be good enough for most users. We will have the detailed review of the device soon, so stay tuned for it. Meanwhile, you can also check out our YouTube channel for more videos on the device.
