Lenovo S8: stylish design and productive hardware in one package

A stylish novelty in 2014 was the Lenovo S8. It combines a high-performance platform and elegant appearance. At the same time, the price of this gadget is rather democratic - $ 175 at the moment, which makes it an excellent purchase.

Equipment, appearance of the device and ergonomics

Quite a modest package for a device of this class. It includes the following components and accessories:

1. Actually, the smartphone itself.
2. Battery with a nominal capacity of 2 thousand milliamperes / hours.
3. A cord of the YUSB / microUSB format.
4. Charger.

A stereo headset, a protective film and a cover willfor him to buy separately. Only two types of color design exist at the moment: gray and gold. The latest version of Lenovo S8 GOLD is in great demand. The phone looks very stylish and somewhat reminiscent of the "iFon" in the golden case. Its dimensions are quite impressive: 146 mm by 77 mm with a thickness of only 8 mm and weight of 146 grams. The diagonal of the screen has a size of 5.3 inches. It is still possible to control it with one hand. The power button and swing volume are neatly grouped in the upper right corner of the gadget. And the standard three touch control buttons are located below the display.

Hardware filling, cameras and display

Let's continue the review of Lenovo S8 with its parameters"gland". The processor at it - MT 6592 with 8 kernels onboard revision "A7" and clock frequency in 1,4 GHz. Of course, the greatest number of test scores on it can not be obtained, but its capabilities are quite enough to solve all the problems that exist to date. This CPU is complemented by the Mali-450MP4 graphics adapter. Of course, it does not have enough stars from the sky, but for the comfortable launch of most applications its hardware resources are enough. At the heart of the main camera is a 13 Mp matrix. It is equipped with almost everything that is possible. There is only an automatic image stabilization system. But this is not affected by the quality of images and movies. In any case, the camera works flawlessly. Also there is another camera with a matrix of 5 megapixels. It is displayed on the front cover of the gadget. By this parameter, this model of the smartphone leaves far behind many of its competitors. In general, communication with
Using this gadget delivers only positive emotions. Another plus of this smart phone from Lenovo is a 5.3-inch diagonal screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720.

Memory and its volume

Things are good for Lenovo S8 and with the memory subsystem. RAM he has 2 GB. A built-in flash drive has a standard capacity of 16 GB, of which 10 gigabytes are allocated for the user's needs. Also there is a slot for installing memory cards of the standard "TransFlesh" with a maximum capacity of 32 GB. In any case, these parameters will be enough for comfortable work on this device.

Battery and its capabilities

A fairly modest battery of 2 thousandmilliamp / hour from Lenovo GOLDEN WARRIOR S8. Reviews indicate that her one charge is enough for a day, a maximum of two. In reality, the battery capacity should be 2 times greater. And so, the processor with 8 cores and the screen, whose diagonal is 5.3 inches, very quickly "eat" this battery. The solution to the problem can be an external battery with a connection to the port "MicroUSB", but this is not quite an elegant solution for such a stylish device.

Software

Operates Lenovo S8 under the control of thea popular operating system for smartphones - "Android." At the moment, its firmware is based on version 4.2.2. Over OS standard for this manufacturer "Lenovo Laucher". There is also a rich set of utilities for social services and standard programs from Google. All the rest that you need to work on this smartphone, will have to install from the "Android" -market.

Communications

Impressive set of interfaces for this model of smartphone. There is everything that is possible here. Therefore, problems with the transfer of data in the presence of such a gadget should not arise. The main ones are:

1. "Wai Fai" - allows you to exchange data withA global web of any size. The maximum speed is about 150 MB / s. With it, you can even upload videos of impressive size and in any capacity.
2. "Blutuz" - the standard of information transfer toa short distance and at a low speed. Ideal solution for those cases when you need to transfer small files to a similar device (for example, a mobile phone or a smartphone).
3. Mobile networks of the second or third generation allow you to send and receive various messages, make calls and exchange data with a maximum speed of several MB / s.
4. Also there is a GPS navigation sensor. With it, you can turn this smartphone into a full-fledged navigator.
5. Wired interface "MicroUSB".
6. The last important port is a nest with a diameter of 3.5 mm for external acoustics. In the kit it is not, so you have to buy separately.

And what do we have?

The perfect combination of design, price andperformance is the Lenovo S8. Everything in this smartphone is: a fast multi-core CPU, a performance graphics adapter, a large amount of memory and a large screen diagonal. Minuses, in turn, he has 2. The first of them - a modest bundle. But if you want and the availability of additional material resources, this issue can be solved. The second significant drawback is the small capacity of the complete battery. It can also be solved with the help of a second external battery, which will have to be bought separately. But in this case, the appearance of the device deteriorates. And so - this is an excellent purchase for today. It has everything you need for comfortable work.