Description and characteristics of Lenovo S60-A

The appearance of the Lenovo S60-a is interesting in that it is slightly reminiscent of the design of the iPhone 6 - similar corner radii, a mutually rounded edge around the perimeter and holes for speakers in the end of the lower part of the case, a similar location for the rear camera.

Dark gray plastic looks stricter, the white body gives a feeling of lightness. Although the smartphone itself is not heavy - only 128 g, one might say - almost weightless, compared to modern giants with a screen larger than 5.5 inches .

By the way, the plastic of the case is glossy, which certainly affects the appearance: when it is clean, it looks elegant and polished, and when it has collected fingerprints, it looks sloppy.
However, the manufacturer took care of protection and equipped its brainchild with a transparent polycarbonate bumper cover that covers the entire body, except for the screen.
And the latter comes with a protective film designed to protect it from accidental scratches. But we liked the screen without it - the glass has an oleophobic coating and fingerprints remain less on it and are easily erased with just one pass of a soft cloth.

Speaking of appearance, we note that the designers have conveniently placed the power key - it appears just under the middle finger if you hold the smartphone with your left hand, and under the thumb if you hold it with your left hand.

What makes us wary is that the keys are just as glossy, rounded and made to match the color of the body. The manufacturer did not add any ribbing or protrusions. Therefore, it is quite difficult to feel them tactilely .

On the left side there are two slide slots made flush with the body - one for placing two SIM cards (micro and nano form factor) and one for a MicroSD memory card. When installing a SIM card, you need to take into account that when using two cards, 4G data transfer technology will be available only on slot 1 (nano form factor). With one SIM card, 4G is also available on slot 2 (micro).

By the way, thanks to the support of two standby modes, both SIM cards work simultaneously , and you can receive calls on any of them. When one SIM card is in use, the other is automatically put into standby mode.

The slots can only be opened using the included key (but you can also try with a paper clip). The holes are made in the trays themselves, so you need to be careful when pressing so as not to crack the plastic of the tray.

Below the screen there are three functional touch buttons, which the manufacturer decided not to highlight. The icons on them are dimly marked, so all hope is on the user’s visual memory.

Above the screen, in addition to the speaker, front camera and proximity and lighting sensors, there is also a status indicator hidden under white paint that lights up while the device is charging. At the end of it, it simply goes out.

The rear camera and flash are slightly recessed into the body, which means that their glass will not scratch on the table . But the downside of this solution may be the accumulation of dirt at the edges of the camera when wiping it.

Screen and sound

Turning on the Lenovo S60-a screen for the first time causes a storm of sensations. The bright, rich colors of the wallpaper screen literally attack the user's optic nerve, convincing him that no one else has such a colorful screen.

The screen is really bright and the colors are rich and natural. It is comfortable to work with the device outdoors in dim sunshine already at a brightness of slightly more than half the settings scale. The IPS matrix with HD resolution (1280x720) is very economical , and does not drain the battery much when using the screen for a long time.

However, the downside of efficiency is that viewing angles are not very large - when the view deviates from the perpendicular in any direction, the picture darkens, but not much. White color, compared to the screens of other smartphones, is perhaps the most natural.

As for the sound, it is worthy of praise. During a conversation, the interlocutor's voice is clear, clear and clear. The ringing speaker does not wheeze and is moderately saturated with high and low frequencies.

The music playback test through the built-in player showed good detail of the sound composition and soft bass even without using an equalizer. Music lovers will certainly like the sound.

The same goes for sound in video. The built-in player is capable of playing most AVI movies and some MKVs with sound without any problems. But you need to be prepared that the downloaded movie will be played without sound. A third-party player , for example, MX Player with an AC3 codec downloaded from the Internet, correct the situation

Features and performance

The Lenovo S60-a uses a modern budget and at the same time quite powerful 64-bit 4-core Snapdragon 410 processor with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz .

Adreno 306 chip is responsible for graphics in games . Coupled with the presence of 2 GB of RAM , this ensures good performance in any applications and games. Compared to solutions on older MTK processors, you will not experience discomfort either in the interface itself or when scrolling through the pages of sites with an abundance of graphics. The device scored 23310 points .

For comparison, its older brother Lenovo S90 with a metal body, but with the same hardware, scored significantly less - 19,900 . Moreover, our test subject slightly, but surpassed the flagship LG G3 in RAM speed and CPU speed - in integer processing.

The smartphone will not stumble when playing video in Full HD, including over the network. the built-in player videos recorded with its own camera well, the interface itself slows down , and, for example, it’s not possible to pause or rewind the first time.

In addition to web surfing and video, the smartphone also copes well with hardware-intensive games. In particular, the manufacturer has already installed games such as Asphalt 8, Real Footbal 2020, Spider-Man, etc. on the device.

The device's built-in memory is only 8 GB , however, with the help of memory card integration, this drawback can be easily mitigated.

Camera

The Lenovo S60 has a main camera resolution of 13 megapixels and a front camera of 5 megapixels. The main camera has autofocus and flash, video is recorded in FullHD format, and the front camera is recorded in HD format.

Pictures taken with the main camera are clear, noise-free, and with natural color reproduction.

At night, images are also acceptable, with minimal color inversion and graininess.

A little about the interface

The Lenovo S60-a interface is represented by a proprietary add-on VIBE UI 2.0 . The OS out of the box is Android 4.4.4 KitKat. But, during testing, our device received an over-the-air update to version 5.02 .

This had almost no effect on the appearance. For users accustomed to the standard interface of Android devices, the VIBE UI interface may be somewhat confusing, because... This shell does not have a collection of applications, and the list of settings has been completely redesigned.

For those newbies, the installed software includes a special “Tutorial” application, which clearly shows how to use most of the smartphone’s functions.

In general, the interface is convenient, but the menu font seemed too small to us, and the letters are too dense, which can cause discomfort for people with impaired vision. In the notification line, you can enable the display of battery charge as a percentage, which is convenient. But for some reason the developers placed the numbers in the battery icon itself, making them small and difficult to read.

Of the installed applications, we really liked the Security antivirus package , which includes user data protection, theft protection, junk file cleaning, and backup.

But, unfortunately, after updating to OS version 5.02, this wonderful application disappeared from the list of applications without a trace, as did a number of other convenient programs, such as a calendar. We hope that the company will somehow return these wonderful applications to users of updated smartphones.

Rear and front cameras

The S60 has a 13 megapixel camera as the main one with autofocus and LED flash. The application interface is simple and easy to use, but also provides many shooting modes.

I especially liked the option of horizon level and pitch indicator , which is rarely seen in smartphones in this price category. I was also pleased to have the option to set the exposure metering to center-weighted or average.

The built-in photo editor allows you to quickly correct photo flaws. Although we must pay tribute to the developers - the automation almost always works correctly, choosing the right white balance and focusing. The camera can also be controlled by gestures, for example, to take a selfie.

5 megapixel sensor is used as the front camera . The only drawback, but in our opinion a very important one, is the lack of a macro mode in the camera. This means that, for example, when trying to shoot a coin at close range, it will always be out of focus.

Model: Lenovo S60-a

Website: lenovo.com/ru/ru/

Price: about 14,000 rubles.

Technical characteristics of the Lenovo S60 smartphone:

• 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels;
• Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8916 64-bit processor clocked at 1.2 GHz;
• operating system: Android KitKat 4.4;
• RAM: 2 GB;
• built-in memory: 8 GB;
• memory card slot: microSD up to 32 GB;
• 13 MP main camera with autofocus and LED flash;
• 5 MP front camera with fixed focal length;
• communication interfaces: LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, GLONASS;
• battery: 2150 mAh (lithium polymer);
• number of SIM cards: two slots for SIM cards (micro and nano);
• dimensions: 143.3 x 72 x 7.7 mm;
• weight: 128 g.

Photo: manufacturing company

Lenovo S60 review: a universal mid-budget Android smartphone

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Specifications
• Packaging and equipment
• Appearance and design
• Display
• Hardware platform and performance
• Firmware and software
• Multimedia
• Wireless Interfaces and Communications
• Memory and file system
• Battery life
• Camera
• Comparison with competitors
• Conclusion

Introduction

It's no secret that Lenovo is currently the largest Chinese manufacturer of electronics, including smartphones.
A wide range of models, normal product quality, official representation on the Russian market and a competent pricing policy of the company force many competitors to keep the brand. Let's see what they have prepared for us this time. The Lenovo S60 smartphone is positioned as a universal multimedia device designed primarily for entertainment. The S60 model does not have any serious emphasis on design, performance, security or, for example, the camera. The manufacturer provides us with a modest, but balanced and generally interesting device.

It should be noted that the S60 is the younger brother of the S90 model. Here the filling is a little simpler and the body is no longer metal, but plastic. This is all well and good, but our task is to fact-check everything and everyone, so let's get started.

The device can be found on sale in one modification: with 8 GB of internal memory for data storage, 2 GB of RAM and two slots for SIM cards. The S60 is officially launched on the Russian market and is accompanied by local support. Officially, there are dark gray, white, pink and yellow body colors. We are testing the white version.

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The price of Lenovo S60 is currently at the average level of 14 thousand rubles. The smartphone is already available in many online stores and retail chains.

Lenovo S60 Specifications

Of course, the configuration of the Lenovo S60 turned out to be restrained, but there are no very weak points here. Yes, I would like to see a higher display resolution, more memory for data storage and a more capacious battery. The price also looks overpriced by a couple of thousand rubles. But at the same time, the device is equipped with a slot for two SIM cards, a slot for a memory card and supports LTE.

At first glance, in general, everything is not bad, but the smartphone needs to be tested and only then draw conclusions.

Packaging and accessories Lenovo S60

The hero of the review arrived for the test in a white cardboard box.

The company logo, image and basic information about the device are printed on the surface of the package.

The device itself is located in a separate tray immediately under the lid of the box.

The smartphone contains the following package:

• USB cable;
• Charger (5.0 V, 1.0 A);
• Headphones;
• Protective film on the screen;
• Plastic case;
• Key for removing trays;
• Documentation.

The quality of all delivery components is normal.

The headphones are vacuum, but, as usual, they are far from the highest quality and expensive.

On the headphone wire there is a control panel with one button and a microphone.

The case is made of elastic, transparent, smooth plastic.

It fits the body of the gadget tightly, leaving access to all technological holes and buttons.

The included case is almost invisible, but can protect the device if it falls.

Now let's move directly to the smartphone itself.