Lenovo K9 Talking about the major feature of the smartphone, this smartphone comes with four cameras. The most funny thing is that after a long time, Lenovo has launched the favorite series phone in the market. Lenovo K3 Note, Vibe k4 note, K6 Power And Lenovo’s 8 Plus launched last year is included in the company’s K series. Let us know if Lenovo will be able to repeat its old successes.
Lenovo K9 Design
Usually, the smartphone coming in this budget does not see a glass back panel but the company’s 9 smartphone comes with a glass back panel. The blue and black glass panel of the phone is reflective. Due to the glass panel, it slips easily in the hands, which is why the user is advised to take care while holding the phone in the hand. After using the review unit we had for a week, we found that there were scratches on the back panel of the phone.
The front panel of the phone has two selfie cameras, sensors and earpieces. This model of Lenovo brand is a budget smartphone. Being a budget smartphone, there are still top borders on the front panel and thick border in the bottom. But the look of Lenovo K9 at this price looks quite impressive. Glasses on the front and backpanel come with curved edges. The rear camera setup is light upright. The phone grip is good due to the frame being curved. The fingerprint sensor is seen on the back panel for security. The 3.5 mm headphone jack and USB Type-C port for charging is given on the bottom of the phone. The buttons on the right are quite small and are also very close to each other. It is possible that you are sometimes confused in choosing the right button.
Lenovo K9 Specification and Software
This phone of Lenovo is equipped with the new MediaTek Helio P22 processor. The phone has eight ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs with the highest speed 2 GHz and also used Power VR GE8320 GPU. Keeping in mind the price of the phone, we liked 32 GB storage with 3 GB RAM. A 3000 mAh battery has been provided to revive the phone.
It has a 5.7 -inch HD+ (720×1440 pixels) display. It is quite crisp and bright. But due to reflection on the glass surface, it was difficult to use it in outdoor. The rear has a 5 -megapixel camera with 13 megapixels. The same setup is also on the front panel. Accelerometer, ambient light sensor and proximity sensor are part of the phone.
The exist of USB Type-C port surprised us. Because almost all the budget phones and many premium phones still come with standard micro-USB. On the other hand, hybrid dual sim tray is disappointed, it means you can either put SIM in another slot or microSD card. If you use two SIMs, then both will get LTE support. Lenovo also adds some of its features to the software, but it still looks similar to stock Android 8.1.
First of all, what we notice in Lenovo K9 is in its UI Elements, such as the icon, text and state bar. You will be able to easily take screenshots using three fingers. It will be possible to use customization with the help of gesture. Lenovo’s 9 has a durasped feature. We have also seen this feature in a phone equipped with other MediaTek processors. This feature will completely close the current app, due to which the app will not run in the background after the closure. Note that after using this feature, you will not get notifications related to that app. The review unit of us runs on August 2018 Security Patch.
In the phone, you will already get gameloft games and UC browser pre-install, the good thing is that you will be able to remove these apps. In Lenovo K9 you will get the Syncit app that will help backup and restore your contacts, messages and call logs. With this, it will not be possible to unstall the Lenovo App Daily App Store.
Lenovo K9 Performance, Battery Life and Camera
We did not complain to the phone in common use. But heavy apps lag was realized. Many times this problem occurred while scrolling in Google Play Store. Gaming’s experience was also not very good. Watching the video on this screen was fun. The speaker is suitable for interaction, but the sound in music deteriorates. The fingerprint sensor works fast. The phone is not too hot.
Lenovo A has scored 78,460 on Antootu benchmark, 4,876 at PCmark Work 2.0. Lenovo K9 performed 27fps in the GFXBench T-Rex Graphics Test scene. Battery life is good. According to our experience, Lenovo’s 9 battery will run throughout the day. The battery lasted 11 hours 22 minutes in the HD video loop test. At the same time, the battery takes one hour to charge from zero to 40 percent, which will be called slow.
Regarding the performance of four cameras of this phone, we will say that the results came out. The focus of the 13 -megapixel primary rear camera is soft. Some of our shots came to Blurry, that too in sunlight. Lenovo K9 also had problems in the scene that had a lot of contrast between the light and the shadow area. Colors also came quite dull and washed out. One or two shots in Bokeh mode were excellent, but the background was artificial distorted. You can also take a portrait selfie by using two front cameras. The effect was good, but the overall quality of the image was damaged.
The shots taken at night came a little dark. But whatever details were seen, it felt right. The noise and grain were clearly visible when zoom in in full size. But in view of the price, quality cannot be called bad. The video also came to Granney and Dark. Apart from Panorama mode and beautification in the camera app, there will be no more features.
Decision
The most important feature of Lenovo K9 is four cameras- on two front panels and two on rear. However, photo quality is not the strongest side of this phone. From the camera setup, we also got a little shocking weak shots during the day. We hope that the company will make some improvement through software updates. Apart from this, it is a very attractive phone. We do not think that there is any such important need of Nokia or very thin border. Lenovo has created a good balance between features and portability with this phone.
The performance and battery life of this phone is enough for the budget segment. Its biggest flaw is only the hybrid slot present in the phone. We recommend to use protective cover to save the phone. If you like Lenovo’s 9 look for security and can compromise on its cameras, then it is a good option for Xiaomi Redmi 6.