Lenovo ZUK Z1 review

ZUK has been backed by none other than the Chinese giant Lenovo with their logo proudly sitting on the ZUK Z1 box

The influx of Chinese brands has slowly changed our perceptions and high-profile products have helped change the image of Chinese technological products in the eyes of the conservative European user

Key features

• Machined aluminium frame
• Dual-SIM dual-standby capability
• 5.5" 1080p IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 401ppi
• Quad-core Krait 400 CPU at 2.5GHz, Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM, Snapdragon 801 chipset
• 64GB of built-in storage
• International version: Cyanogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop; Chinese version: ZUI (5.1-based)
• 13MP camera with OIS (Sony IMX 214 sensor), f/2.2 aperture
• 1080p@30fps video capture
• 8MP front camera, 1080p video recording
• Cat. 4 LTE (150/50Mbps); dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot, Wi-Fi direct; Bluetooth 4.0; GPS/GLONASS; USB 3.0 Type C
• 4,100mAh battery capacity
• 3.5mm headphone jack, active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• Cat. 4 LTE (150Mbps); Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac; Bluetooth 4.1; GPS/GLONASS; NFC; USB Type-C • port with USB host
• Fingerprint sensor

Main disadvantages

1. No NFC
2. No microSD card (but 64GB base storage sounds great)
3. Non-removable battery (but 4,100mAh capacity is plenty)
4. No fast battery charging tech