Lenovo Z5 Pro slider announced, claims highest screen-to-body ratio yet
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The Lenovo Z5 Pro is yet another smartphone with a manual slider mechanism following the Mi Mix 3 and the Honor Magic 2. But Lenovo claims to have beaten both when it comes to screen to body ratio and at much cheaper price to boot.
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The catch is that the Lenovo Z5 Pro is powered by a Snapdragon 710 instead of the top of the line Snapdragon 845 but the rest of it is mostly flagship stuff.
The phone is built around a full-screen display with no unsightly notches. It's 6.39" in diagonal and has FHD+ (1080 x 2340) resolution. Lenovo says it's covering more than 95% of the front panel and while that's certainly optimistic (makers like to exclude the frame as part of the body) the direct comparison to the Mix 3 showed slimmer bezels. And the company isn't shy to share that the screen is Samsung-made.
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The Lenovo Z5 Pro doesn't offer too many memory options - only 6GB of RAM with either 64 or 128GB of storage. There are no mentions of microSD card support so we can assume the storage is non-expandable.
On the back, the phone boasts a dual-camera setup with 16MP (Sony IMX576) main sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a secondary Sony IMX519 imager with 24MP resolution. The slider is a home to another dual-camera configuration - 16MP + 8MP for selfies and they are accompanied by an infrared sensor for advanced facial recognition.
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Speaking of biometric security, the Z5 Pro incorporates an under-display fingerprint reader - one of the centerpiece features of the handset. A 3,350 mAh battery provides power and Android Oreo is running out of the box with ZUI 10 on top.
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The latter brings a few AI-enhanced features like optimized power savings during standby, camera scene recognition and gaming mode that promises measurable performance optimizations thanks to that same AI.
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Pre-orders have already started with actual shipments coming 9 days from now. The Z5 Pro sells for CNY 1,998 ($287) for the 64GB model and asks CNY 2,298 ($330) for the 128GB version. The only available color is Ceramic Black.
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Reader comments
- Jose Manuel
- 04 Nov 2018
- 64T
This smartphone doesn't have all 4G European bands, it doesn't have B20 band, it's a pity. I expect the next 5G model will have all European 4G and 5G bands like Mi Mix 3. And of course, the American bands too, both of them are a big market for smart...
- Walter C. Dornez
- 03 Nov 2018
- qig
The price range is low though. Planned obsolescence would be if the phone was more expensive
- Anonymous
- 03 Nov 2018
- PGq
Still, no matter how great the tech may be on this Lenovo Z5 Pro, the lack of a 3.5mm jack & microsd slot as STANDARD at this price range is ABSURD & PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE.