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Lenovo K900 unboxed, first impression review

We’ve had several encounters with the Lenovo K900 before and now that it has been officially released in the Philippines, we immediately purchased a unit so we can do a review here on YugaTech.


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The combination of polished aluminum and solid glass is what got us attracted with the Lenovo K900. It has almost the same materials used as the equally gorgeous HTC One.

At 5.5 inches, we thought the K900 would be unwieldy for single-handed operation but that really depends on the size of your hands. In our case, we found that making calls is still doable with one hand while composing text messages will require both hands.

Although the K900 sports a seemingly unibody design, the back plate is actually removable once you unscrew the four (4) hexalobular socket screw drive (we think you’d void the warranty if you try to open it though).

While the entire front panel is mostly covered with glass and protected around the edges by a metal shell, the back side is covered by two distinct aluminum alloy — the base chassis is slightly darker, more polished and has a soft matte finish while the battery plate has a brushed metal look and lighter hue.

The large Lenovo logo is carved into the backplate, the speaker grills are at the bottom end while the camera and dual-LED flash is found at the top end.

The handset is very thin, among the thinnest we’ve ever seen in any handset we’ve reviewed and it’s short of sexy.

The power button is situated on the right side of the handset along with the micro-SIM card slot (comes with a pin to po-up the slot) while the volume controls are on the left side.

At the bottom end, the micro-USB port and 3.5mm headphone jack are both found along with the microphone. A secondary noise-canceling mic is found on the back side, near the LED flash.

Since there’s no microSD card slot for storage expansion, the K900 supports USB On-the-go. If there’s one thing that most people would look at as a deal-breaker for the K900, it would be the lack of expandable microSD card slot.

Having used a number of Lenovo smartphones before, we’ve notice how their custom UI has improved over time.

The native icons are circular and even the app drawer will scroll thru the app list even if you swipe vertically or horizontally (a simple UX tweak that makes a lot of sense).

There are also a number of usability and power management features added into the system by Lenovo.

Although there are only two (2) physical CPU cores on the K900, each core can simultaneously run 2 threads which helps make the device perform like it has 4 virtual cores.

Lenovo K900 specs:
5.5-inch IPS LCD display @ 1080 x 1920 pixels, 401 ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Intel Atom Z2580 2.0GHz dual-core CPU
PowerVR SGX544
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 3.0
13 MP camera w/ dual LED flash
1080p video capture
2MP front-facing camera
GPS w/ aGPS support
Android 4.2 Jellybean
Li-Po 2500mAh battery
157 x 78 x 6.9 mm (dimensions)
162 grams (weight)

As such we’re seeing really good benchmarks scores for the K900 — 6,051 for Quadrant, 21,205 for Antutu Benchmark and 59.9fps on NenaMark 2 — results are pretty much similar or close to the Xperia Tablet Z. These are really good scores considering the K900 is only running on 2 cores.

The Lenovo K900 is now available in local stores for a suggested retail price of Php22,990 although they were having a promo earlier where you cna have it for Php21,990 on cash or straight charge. Watch out for our full review soon.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

33 Responses

  1. Avatar for Nikkhil Nikkhil says:

    Hello

    I Heard that this device doesnt support google playstore.This is really a put off.Is this true?

  2. Avatar for Sharingan_yeah Sharingan_yeah says:

    ANG AARTE NIYO SA CELLPHONE, MGA WALA NAMAN KAYONG PAMBILI! *Donya Santibanez laugh*

    HAMPASLUPA!

  3. Avatar for Gembal Gembal says:

    I wonder why lenovo philippines decided to sell the k900 without expandable memory? I think you can buy the china version per rooted from china online sellers like etotalk for 500 dollars plus 40dollars shipping.. Roughly the same price.. Sayang, alam dapat ng lenovo na music and (pirated) movie junkies ang mag pinoy..haha

  4. Avatar for aze aze says:

    same materials nga ng ginamit sa h1. ampangit naman ng kinalabasan neto. hahahahaha

  5. Avatar for ichigo ichigo says:

    @abuzalzal boss mgrerelease ba ang CM ng mas mgndang specs compare to Myphone Agua Iceberge? ano forecast mo hehe

    • Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

      Negotitations are *in the works* for CM’s first-ever full HD phone, yung tsekwa CEO galing Shenzen ayaw daw magpa-tawad ng presyo kase pinapadagdagan yung bulk order ng CM to lower down the price

      1080p + Mediatekturbo ilalabas bago mag 4th quarter

      take this with a grain of salt bwehehehehehehe

    • Avatar for abutikol abutikol says:

      symepre, CM never rest on their laurels when it comes in releasing another smartphone that could go head-to-head against other local brands.

      yung sinabi ni pareng abuzalzal is pretty close to what’s CM gonna release near holidays.

  6. Avatar for mang kan0r mang kan0r says:

    wag na kayo mag-away dyan punta na lang kayo sa page ko. relax dont do it when u wanna go to it. relax dont do it when u wanna come.

    –mang kanor

  7. Avatar for Rangerwcl Rangerwcl says:

    Sayang maganda sana ang specs pero napaka deal breaker talaga walang micro sd slot and 16gb internal mga 12 o 13gb lang usable.

  8. Avatar for Boo Boo says:

    Mukang masyadong mabait ang article na to ni sir abe ah hihihi. Walang parinig! Hahahaha! Napahiya na eh lolz.

  9. Avatar for Rap Rap says:

    no LTE= fail
    no micro sd slot= fail
    no air gesture for gimmicky= fail

    Galaxy S4 is the best. ignore the unibody.

    K900 = A phone for a 3rd world country.

  10. Avatar for Rick Rick says:

    I can accept the lack of LTE cause its Intel but with no NFC and Micro SD is a bit of disadvantage already for me.

  11. Avatar for shacer shacer says:

    no card slot… but it supports otg.. fine. hehehe

  12. Avatar for melvinn melvinn says:

    why no pros and cons sa dulo sir abe? ill wait for the final verdict! :)

  13. Avatar for Loki Loki says:

    Samsung Galaxy S3, Xperia ZR or Lenovo k900?

  14. Avatar for meh meh says:

    No LTE , its not worth it

  15. Avatar for Sharingan_yeah Sharingan_yeah says:

    Wala nga lang Micro SD Slot. Sabi kasi sa GSMArena meron. But anyways, this is a hell of a smartphone. For me, I would buy Lenovo than Samsung and other leading brands today. I tested na kasi ang quality ng Lenovo, tapos ito aluminum alloy pa, so I expect DURABILITY. Living without LTE is fine with a 2500 mAh Li-Po battery.

    • Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

      Maganda lang ang K900 kung medyo maluwag pa yung storage space…ewan ko na lang kung matutuwa ka pa pag malapit na mapuno…delete-install-uninstall-install?

      Personally i don’t think it’s worth to splurge Php23K on a device that is too restricted (storage-wise), yes USB OTG is a handy function but it’s more of a hassle pag nakikita mong nakalawit pag hinahawakan mo

      I would’ve easily chosen the K900 as my daily driver had it came with a micro SD slot

    • Avatar for MobileGeek MobileGeek says:

      Me too, tested ko na Lenovo, yun nga lang low class na phone ko ngayon (Lenovo A60) kaya bibili na me K900! Ok lang kahit walang micro-SD card, PERFORMANCE, QUALITY, DESIGN, and DURABILITY ang hanap ko eh, at PERFECT ang Lenovo K900 :-D

  16. Avatar for Abujakol Abujakol says:

    Mabubay ka Abuzalzal! WALANG MICRO SD SLOT ANG LENOVO K900!!!

  17. Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

    Sa Jakarta na lang ako bibili ng K900, baka may SD slot pa akong makita dun :-P

    • Avatar for abuzalzal_idol abuzalzal_idol says:

      Dahil sa pinamalas mong galing sa pag saliksik at pakikipaglaban na wala ngang micro sd slot ire aking ginagawad ang mainit init na mabuhay ka sister!

    • Avatar for Shame Shame says:

      Nako gusto yan ni @Spike! Hahahahaha! Taga Jakarta ata yung mangmang na Unggoy na yun! Bwahahahahahaha! Masyadong walang utak lang ang kanyang peg! :))))

    • Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

      Shhhh…wag kayong mag reply sakin, baka sabihin na naman ng isa diyan gumagawa ako ng maraming handle :-O

      hinihintay ko lang kase yung input ni Jakarta boy, kung ano masasabi sa initial impression ni boss Yuga, malay mo padalhan niya ang site ng K900 Indonesian variant para i-review din ni boss xd

    • Avatar for Atavan Atavan says:

      Don’t feed the troll

    • Avatar for Sharingan_yeah Sharingan_yeah says:

      Suus!! E yung LG Nexus 4 nga 8gb lang, non-expandable storage din, pero bentang benta! Yung i4S nga, 16gb lang dn, non-expandable storage din, pero patok na patok. MASYADO KASI KAYONG NALUNOD SA CHERRY MOBILE NA LAGING MAY EXPANDABLE STORAGE(which is pathetic). AANHIN MO NG MAGANDANG PHONE NA MAY MICRO SD SLOT KUNG IMITATION LANG NAMAN ANG MICRO SD MO!?

  18. Avatar for enrico enrico says:

    walang iwanan

  19. Avatar for JB JB says:

    Ayan na si abuzalzal hahaha

  20. Avatar for idol_abuzalzal idol_abuzalzal says:

    waiting for reaction of my idol abuzalzal! :D

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