If large-scale smartphones were invented a new range that everyone already accepts under the umbrella of the phablets, take the own phablets to the limit of its large size It is a risky RAID that attempted to Huawei with the MediaPad X and Lenovo wanted to imitate at the last fair IFA 2015 with the Lenovo Phab.
We speak of “smartphones” 7 inch, and we entrecomillamos the word smartphone because here the thin line that separates the small tablets of the larger phones is lost. Where is the limit?
Well, in our markets the truth is that these devices are very niche and have been left anchored in certain professional applications, although it seems that in emerging markets have more space.
That is why Lenovo will renew the Phab for arrival at the India, where just been has officially present with new specifications to compensate most their hardware platform and even more, lowering its selling price.
7 inch and mid-range, now more balanced and more economical
The telefonazo of Lenovo comes with screen of 6.98 inches and resolution 1280 x 720 pixels, rather fair with its 210 pixels-per-inch density, but required for that chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 move it with ease.
We talk about the Qualcomm chip MSM8916, with four-core Cortex-A53 1.2 GHz and GPU Adreno 306, as well as support for 64-bit. Is helped by 2 GB of RAM and other 16 GB of internal storage that we can expand with microSD card.
Connectivity is complete until LTE with dual active SIM, as well as the usual WiFi, aGPS and Bluetooth 4.0. Lenovo has two mounted for the multimedia section 13 and 5 megapixel cameras, with dual LED flash and autofocus head.
All this in a casing of 186 x 97 x 8.9 mm and 250 grams, where is a battery of 4,250 mAh that given the same size could have grown a little more.
Lenovo Phab, availability and prices
The new Lenovo Phab will arrive in stores in the India soon, and There are no plans that it transferred the borders of emerging markets, where Lollipop pre-installed under the mask of Vibe UI will be sold with 5.1 Android.
Its price is more than attractive, even as a Tablet small to consume content at home, because it adds connectivity 4 G which is hard to find in this type of terminals. It will cost only about 175 euros to change.