Lenovo Vibe X2

Today manufacturers are trying their best to differentiate their smartphones from the competition, with many trying to make their devices slimmer and slimmer. The Gionee Elife S5.1 and the Oppo R5 are good examples, and then are other manufactures like Samsung and LG trying their best with metal and plastic to create devices that are good looking and sturdy too. However, Lenovo has chosen a safe path by offering a device that is not too thick or not too thin, and offers the same comfortable and dependable candy-bar form factor.

The display unit on the Vibe X2  is a 5-inch full-HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixel) IPS LCD screen that offers a pixel density of close to 440 pixels per inch. In terms of the contrast levels offered and colour reproduction, the display is spot-on and we had no problems with it during the course of the review. One thing worth mentioning is that the brightness levels offered by the display are good and coupled with an ultra sensitive ambient light sensing mechanism, using the device in varied light conditions isn't an issue at all.

Google has recently announced the launch of the latest refresh to its mobile platform, Android Lollipop. However, since  even Google's own Nexus devices haven't got it properly yet, we have no issues whatsoever with the Vibe X2 flaunting the marginally older KitKat 4.4. On top of that, Lenovo has layered the Vibe user interface version 2.0, which has a number of new inclusions all designed for offering better functionality and utility to the users.

Along with many good things that this device has on offer, the Vibe X2 features an impressive 13-megapixel primary camera as well. Even though it misses out on features like OIS and zero shutter lag, the camera does offer great-looking images that too with a tight control on the quality aspect. The maximum resolution shot supported by the device offers a widescreen (16:9) image as default, as opposed to 4:3 images offered by most devices.

The Vibe X2 is the first device in India to flaunting the latest MediaTek 6595m octa-core processor clocked at an impressive 2GHz. The SoC is built on ARM’s bigLITTLE architecture making use of two separate quad-core processing clusters, with varying clock speeds, offering better power saving and faster performance as and when required.