Lenovo's online-only smartphone brand Zuk launched its first smartphone
last year in China, and was aimed at countering the rise of
Xiaomi in
China. Now,
Lenovo has dropped a hint that the Z1 smartphone is coming
to India.
The Chinese company has started teasing the launch of the Z1
smartphone in India. Lenovo has sent physical media invites for the
launch of the smartphone, but has not confirmed a date for the event.
The invite points to a dedicated website
for the Z1 smartphone, with a tagline that says, "small actions = big
chances."
To recall, the Zuk Z1 sports a metal frame and includes
no branding from Lenovo. There is only Zuk branding at the back of the
handset. It was launched in China at CNY 1,799 (approximately Rs.
18,250).
For specifications, the Zuk Z1 features a 5.5-inch
full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display and sports a physical home button on
the front panel. Notably, the home button on the Z1 smartphone also
embeds the fingerprint scanner. Much like some high-end smartphones,
Lenovo's Zuk Z1 features the USB Type-C 3.0 port. Under the hood, the
new smartphone packs a dated Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked
at 2.5GHZ coupled with 3GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU. The handset
supports dual Nano-SIM cards and runs ZUI based on Android 5.1.1
Lollipop. It packs 64GB of inbuilt storage.
The smartphone sports a
13-megapixel rear camera with Sony sensor (IMX214) and optical image
stabilisation (OIS), another feature that's found in high-end
smartphones. There is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera also on board.
It packs a large 4100mAh battery and will be available in White and Grey
colours. The Zuk Z1 smartphone measures 155.7x77.3x8.9mm and weighs 175
grams.
The model launched in China supports both 4G LTE bands in
India (FDD-LTE Band 3 1800MHz and TDD-LTE Band 40 2300MHz). Other
connectivity options on the Zuk Z1 include Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi
a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, and Glonass. It features an accelerometer, ambient
light sensor, gyroscope, digital compass (magnetometer), and proximity
sensor.