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Lenovo A60+ review

Looking for a dual-SIM capable Android smartphone that won’t hurt your pocket? Lenovo’s A60+ smartphone might just be the one you’re looking for. Check out our full review after the break.

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Design and Construction

At first glance, the Lenovo A60+ looks very similar to the Nokia Luma 610 but with less sleek. It has a curved plastic body with a chrome strip around it and a textured back panel. On the front is 3.5-inch display, the earpiece, three capacitive buttons and a pinhole for the microphone. Right on top is Power/Sleep button and a headset jack. Flip it on its back and you’ll find the 2-megapixel camera and speaker grill. At the bottom is the microUSB port and on the right side is the volume rocker.

The A60+ is not really a tiny smartphone but it somehow gives an illusion that it’s really small. It carries a decent amount of weight at 120g.

Display

The A60+ sports a 3.5-inch HVGA (480×320) display. As the spec suggests, it is has low resolution display but not at all ugly. However, it suffers from glare and has limited viewing angles.

UI

The A60+ runs Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread out of the box. Lenovo customized the UI that it will remind you of the MeeGo OS on the Nokia N9. The UI is smooth and responsive. No lags in navigating and scrolling but the transition from landscape to portrait is frustratingly slow that I ended up disabling the Auto-Rotate feature.

Camera

You have a 2-megapixel camera on the A60+ which has face detection, color effects, smile shot, burst shot, panorama and video recording capabilities. As for picture quality, some images appear washed out and out of focus even when there’s an abundance of light while some appear decent enough even when shot during a cloudy day. Overall, images captured by the A60+ are good enough to be uploaded to social media sites.

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Multimedia and Apps

Multimedia playback and app availability is not an issue for the A60+. You can play videos but it’s not going to be a visual treat. Music playback is good, the speaker is loud and crisp but lacks bass. For your app needs Google Play Store is present. We were able to install and play Temple Run and Fruit Ninja without any problem although there are times when Temple Run stalls then crashes.

Performance and Benchmarks

The review unit we received somehow suffers from WiFi connectivity issues. It can easily connect to the network but it just can’t receive and send data. I hope that this is just an isolated problem. We ended up downloading APKs from websites to the computer then manually installing them on the phone.

For benchmarks, AnTuTu gave it a score of 3,966 while NenaMark scored the A60+’s PowerVR SGX531 GPU a 29.9fps.

Battery Life

The A60+ has a user-replaceable battery rated at 1500mAh. Under regular texting, calling and few minutes of gaming, I was able to make the phone last for three days. However, if you’re constantly connected to the internet then expect battery life to suffer a bit.

Conclusion

We don’t know how to put it but it’s a bag of mixed emotions for the Lenovo A60+. It gives you dual-SIM, dual-standby functionality with smooth and attractive UI in a budget-friendly package. However, it also is frustrating to use every now and then. If you’re not going to push it past its limits, then this dual-SIM Android phone will surely handle your basic smartphone needs.

Lenovo A60+ specs:
3.5-inch HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) Capacitive touchscreen
MediaTek MT6575 1GHz single-core processor, ARMv7
PowerVR SGX531 GPU
256MB RAM, 512MB ROM,
144MB Internal Memory
microSD up to 16GB
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
3G / HSDPA Technology
SIM1: WCDMA/GSM
SIM2: GSM
2 megapixel camera
WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS
115.8 x 60.8 x 11.9 mm
120g
1500mAh battery
SRP: Php4,999

What we liked about it:
● Small profile
● Smooth and attractive UI
● Affordable

What we did not like about it:
● Poor display
● Low-resolution camera
● WiFi connectivity issues

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This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

123 Responses

  1. Avatar for Leslie Leslie says:

    bigla na lang ng shot off unit, di na ma on sa power, need mo pa alisin ang battery then balik, doon lang mag on. di naman low bat. bat kaya ganoon.

  2. Avatar for Treng Treng says:

    Boss, paano ba magscreenshot sa phone na ‘to?

  3. Avatar for santie santie says:

    PARA SAAN UNG PARANG LENS SA BANDANG KANAN , SA HARAP NG PHONE BANDANG TAAS ? PANG CAMERA BA YUN ?

  4. Avatar for Aljon Aljon says:

    Tanong ko lang po. Unsecured daw po yung data connection sa internet, ASTIGFB15 po yung gamit ko. Ngayon lang naman po nagkaganun. Pano pong gagawin ko?? Salamat po sa sasagot. :)

  5. Avatar for jamesbrad jamesbrad says:

    ask q lang mga brad panu b mag root?at sir yung a60 q pag d open ung wifi nya d sya na kksgap ng sim signal kelanagn may signal din wifi and then ska palang sya mag kakaroon ng simm signal.bkit ganun?

  6. Avatar for Mon Mon says:

    Once na mapaso na yung warranty nya iru-root ko na din tong sa kin… :)

  7. Avatar for kimpoy kimpoy says:

    saken super astig na.. naroot ko tapos nginstall ako chainfire3d.. ayun nalaro ko n ung mga games na ende ko nalalaro gamit tong lenovo a60+ kc nga namimili xa dati ng mga games like templerun2, plantsVSzombie, asphalt7,binura ko dn ung mga bloatware. try nyo toh.
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098836

  8. Avatar for aubrey aubrey says:

    nagdown ako ng temple run sa cp ko ayaw magstart what can i do? help me pls

    • Avatar for slackcore slackcore says:

      d mag run temple run 1 and 2 kasi .. d pa naka root yung phone mo ata…. need ya mataas na ram usage and 3d app… try mo nga dl chainfire 3d sa playstore baka mag work.. alam ko dapat e root mo pa a60+ para tumaas ang ram and rom moh:) hope nakatulong ako

  9. Avatar for aleth aleth says:

    tanung ko lang po … meron bang screenshot ang lenovo A60+??

  10. Avatar for Edmond Edmond says:

    baka me other apps na naman na kelangan para maka-direct link sa internet, haist…

  11. Avatar for geno geno says:

    ok broser ko pero pag sa play store or mag download aq games.. no connection.. or error.. if sa pc nmn aq mag download ng games tapos i install q sa file browser nag iinstal pero nag eeror nmn games saglit lng nagana.. paano b to? salamat

  12. Avatar for kashei kashei says:

    Hi po sa lahat, pwdeng patlong po paano e.set.up ang bluetooth nang lenovo a60+, naka.turn.on na po ang aking bluetooth kaso hindi ko ma.received ung file, ano dapat kung gawin po? please help…salamat

    • Avatar for Ivan Ivan says:

      Sa may prob po sa bluetooth, turn on mo ung Discoverable, ung sa net, ok naman sakin, gamit ko ung sa 3days ng sun ung i100, mabilis, tas meron din ako black internet, UC browser, super bilis kahit naka share ung wifi. ok na ako dito sa Lenovo A60+ naka set up n nga eh, dami may gusto nito, gusto nila bilin ung skin.hehe

  13. Avatar for Edmond Edmond says:

    Same here, nasayang tuloy yung powersurf50 ko. Haaay…

  14. Avatar for gina gina says:

    kung ano problema niu same din sa akin,kc d ako maka connect sa website,pano ba gamitin to para maka avail ako sa promo! ng register na me sa unlisurf pero d ako maka connect may iba kc na celphone na automatic na eto hindi,

  15. Avatar for Carlos Carlos says:

    Help.. kakabili ko lang nito… normal lang po bang kusang nagrurun yung mga appli’s gaya ng maps, google services, settings etc?? kasi kahit iclose sa running e nagrurun ulit… kaya yung ram e naglalaro lang sa 40 – 50 mb free lang… nasa sd card naman yung ibang appli’s gaya ng angry birds atbp
    help po ty

    • Avatar for Name: slackcore Name: slackcore says:

      Normal yun… dl ka ata clean master(cleaner) yan… para pwd mo thrash yung task, history at cache ng phone mo… pwd mo stop yung map.. and dl ka smart ram boost sa playstore para 1 tap boost yung ram mo.. yun lang.. and try to boot up every day para ma release yung ram mo.. kasi lagi ka naka online nag statart mag update yung services…. 2 apps lang clean master at smart ram boost..

  16. Avatar for manny manny says:

    @raymond, sa Sim 1 lang puede ang broadband sim, Sim 2 Gsm… ok ang a60+ para sa akin… text and call and broadband use–tethering and wifi… :)

    • Avatar for krisha krisha says:

      sir pano po ba magamit ung data connections. kasi unlisurf ako sa tm. ayaw gumana. fb twitter instagram ayaw lahat. sabi no connection kahit nakaon data connection ko. help pls.

  17. Avatar for Raymond Raymond says:

    Boss Ask lang.. .panu ba mkpag surf sa internet using Smart Bro Sim sa Lenovo A60+ ?!
    I Bought this phone last week sabi pwde daw gmitin ang smart bro sim.. .hnd ko kc ntanong kng pano.. .Thanks

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