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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.

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 Mia Mia says:

    Hi. We’re planning to buy this phone. How is its battery life? I mean in casual phone usage like text, calls, games, using the camera, and the music player. I’m not actually fond of going online through phone :) Thank you so much!

  2. Avatar for anne anne says:

    pano mag take ng screenshot using this a60+?

  3. Avatar for rhaem rhaem says:

    pwede po ba magpatulong paano eroot ang lenovo a60+????hindi ko pa kasi na root ang phone ko..

  4. Avatar for che che says:

    paano ba patatahimikin yung shutter sound nya pag magcacapture, lahat na ginawa ko pero wala pa din. nakakahiya tuloy magpicture picture.

  5. Avatar for jade jade says:

    baka yung problem ay nasa network mo. try mo i set visible ang network mo baka kasi najaprivate ang setting ng wifi network mo

  6. Avatar for jade jade says:

    im an a60+ user. open ur browser.click mo lng yung menu button. then click more. then go to settings then check nio lng ang accept cookies. thats it. problem solved. try niyo rin dolphin browser. mabilis yun magload ng pages

  7. Avatar for jade jade says:

    im an a60+ user. open ur browser.click mo lng yung menu button. then click more. then go to settings then check nio lng ang accept cookies. thats it. problem solved.

  8. Avatar for nhiecz nhiecz says:

    Cno may alam d2? Pa help nmn pano e enable ang cookie

  9. Avatar for nhiecz nhiecz says:

    Wla bang may dyan pahelp nmn kami please dami q nang research pero ayaw prin….huhu

  10. Avatar for nivle11 nivle11 says:

    @nhiecz aq rin hindi mkaconnect ganyan din ang lumalabas,.any one can help us?

  11. Avatar for nivle11 nivle11 says:

    @nhiecz aq rin hindi mkaconnect ganyan din ang lumalabas,.

  12. Avatar for nhiecz nhiecz says:

    bkit tuwing nag log-in ako sa FB ito lumalabas “COOKIES ARE NOT ENABLED ON YOUR BROWSER. PLEASE ADJUST THIS IN YOUR SECURITY PREFERENCES BEFORE CONTINUING” pwde pa help po please?

  13. Avatar for imacz imacz says:

    Nag babalak ako bumili neto ..
    San ba pwede sa Quezon City lng po ..

  14. Avatar for chrisna chrisna says:

    hi! ask ko lng if mgnda p din b ung mga shot ng mga pictures, khit na 2megapixels lng ung camera ng A60+? im planning to buy one, next week.. :)

  15. Avatar for chrisna chrisna says:

    hi! ask ko lng if, mgnda ba ang shot ng mga pictures khit na 2megapixels lng ung camera ng A60+ ??? im planning to buy next week… :)

  16. Avatar for Louie Louie says:

    Help me my lenovo a60+ is not working in my wifi it said no connection Retry but in malls it is working…

  17. Avatar for cris cris says:

    as of now meron na ba sa market, available na screen protector at jelly case sa lenovo A60+???
    san ba mura ang lenovo A60+??? recommend naman kayo ng store..thanks

  18. Avatar for Ron Trinidad Ron Trinidad says:

    The A60+ excels in the market, comparing it to other android phones in the sub-5K range… It is my first full-touch phone, and before this, I hate touch screens. This Lenovo made me change my preferences… Good job Lenovo!

  19. Avatar for Asia Asia says:

    Ok naman ang Wife capabilities ng A60+ ko. Tingnan ninyo baka Wireless connection ninyo ang may problema baka naman speed bagal yan.

  20. Avatar for chubz chubz says:

    great article. i really want to root my a60+. may program nb na available to let us do so?

    great as the specs of this phone is against other entry level android phones, a rooted galaxy pocket can beat lenovo a60+.

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