Lenovo P780: reviews. Phone Lenovo P780

Lenovo P780 Android - a new generation mobile device from the line of "long-livers" from the company Lenovo.

A bit about category "P"

In the classifier of smartphones from Lenovo there is one very interesting category of mobile devices, which is designated by the letter "R". Under this letter are hidden devices that, according to the level of popularity, users can not only argue, but also give credit to their flagships. This category includes mobile devices that are aimed at the business audience. It means not the cost of a device of class "P", but the reliability of gadgets, the daily maintenance of important cases, the smooth execution of various tasks. In order for smartphones to safely perform their functions, the manufacturer supplied the series we are considering to very capacious batteries - this is their main "chip". In addition, they have the opportunity to use two SIM-cards - also one of the main requirements for a modern mobile device for business people.

Now we pass directly to the model of interest to us. The new smartphone Lenovo P780 differs from its predecessors (P700i and P700) literally all: a large number of processor cores, a new operating system, a large screen, a capacious battery, a better camera, etc. Let's consider these parameters in more detail.

Main characteristics

The phone has a processor SoC MediaTekMT6589 (1.2 GHz), ARMCortex-A7 and RAM (RAM) 1 GB. Internal memory Lenovo P780 - 8Gb. The smartphone supports microSD memory cards. The device operates in the standard of modern GSM networks (900/1800/1900 MHz) and 3G WCDMA (900/2100 MHz). The touch screen (IPS) of the device has a diagonal of five inches (1280 × 720, 293 ppi). But that's not all! The phone has a standard set of functions: Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi access point, A-GPS, GPS, gyro, electronic compass, light and proximity sensors. The front camera is 0.3 Mp, and the main one is 8 Mp with autofocus and LED flash.

High-resolution cameras are installed on all devices in the "P" category, and the Lenovo P780 is no exception. Firmware for Smartphone - Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. The overall dimensions of the device - 143 × 73 × 9.95 mm, weight - 176 g. The main feature of the phone is a lithium-ion rechargeable battery with a capacity of 4000 mAh.

Contents of delivery

The smartphone Lenovo P780 goes on sale in a spacious cardboard box, covered with light paper. In appearance, the packaging is very simple, but rather neat and practical. The kit includes a powerful (respectively, not very compact) charger, a Micro-USB connection cable, headphones, and an external adapter and a USB flash drive -OTG adapter for connecting to the smartphone. The case for Lenovo P780 is not included in the package.

Appearance

Phone Lenovo P780 is not very good-looking. Although the device does not look expensive, however, it does have some clear veracity of all lines and contours, thought out conciseness, unshakable monolithism and, it can even be said, easy brutality.

It can be stated unequivocally that this phone is a male device. Its external structure reflects minimalism - the absence of show-off and tinsel. Weight and overall dimensions are quite large, so it is not suitable for every hand, especially female. Considerable weight of the smartphone due to the presence of a metal back cover and a battery of huge capacity, which is the business card of Lenovo P780.

The characteristics of the phone speak for themselves, and its incredible "survivability" will be described below. So much weight is hard to attribute to shortcomings, rather, it is a plus of this model. Now about the back cover: it is made of a thick metal profile. This is a rarity for modern phones, but not for Lenovo devices. Naturally, this gives the device extra weight, but also a fortress too: when you take Lenovo P780 in your hand, you immediately feel its monolithic reliability.

We remove the back panel, and our picture opens the standard for mobile devices picture: above the battery in a row there are three slots (one for a memory card and two for SIM cards), having a slotted structure, that is, the content is retained in them solely due to the frictional force. In addition, there is a small red button, designed to force the device to reboot.

With the back cover on, the rear surface of the device looks standard: at the top of it there is a video camera window framed by a metal rim, and next to it there is a peephole of the LED flash that can be used as a flashlight.

The entire front cover of the phone is covered by a protective glass. Underneath it hide the front camera, sensor sensors, the speaker grid and three buttons for controlling applications and the system. Along the perimeter of the body of the device is a chrome-plated metal bezel - a thin strip, recessed into the plastic so that it does not inconvenience its slippery and smooth surface. The rest of the phone is rough and matte, so that the device is firmly held in the palm of your hand, while not covered with fingerprints. A fairly practical case is, undoubtedly, plus Lenovo P780 Black.

Disadvantages of management functionality

Despite the numerous advantages, the smartphone is far from ideal. Let's consider what disadvantages were revealed by the owners of the Lenovo P780 model. User reviews report that the device has a significant disadvantage - it's an unsuccessful location of the power / lock key. It, like most smartphones, is located in the upper end of the case. However, the designers did not take into account the fact that the device has very impressive overall dimensions, therefore it is very inconvenient to reach the button with this finger. Often developers implement an alternative device wake-up: unlocking is performed by tapping on the screen. However, this function was not provided for by the designers of Lenovo P780.

The owners' feedback marks another drawback of the model - it is also a universal connector of the Micro-USB interface located in the upper end of the case. It for some reason is closed by a rubber stopper, and the device does not have protection from a moisture and a dust, and the adjacent socket of an audio output is not equipped by any заглушками. This solution is not only strange, it's also inconvenient: the user constantly has to pick off a very hard cover with his fingernails, and then it also needs to be held, as it interferes with connecting the cable to the connector. Some owners prefer to tear off this stub and continue without it.

In addition to the above items on the case of the device, there is another key - a paired button for adjusting the volume level, which is located on the right side of the device. It is quite large, well pressed, made of metal, but its location is also uncomfortable. It is too high, and it is still difficult for the finger to reach it. On this, complaints of owners on the functionality of the smartphone end.

Screen

This element is the pride of the Lenovo P780. The screen of this model is an IPS-matrix with a size of 62 x 110 mm, the diagonal of which is 127 mm (5 inches) with a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels. The brightness of the display is adjustable in both manual and automatic mode, the latter based on the operation of light sensors. The multi-touch technology implemented in the smartphone allows processing up to ten simultaneous touches. In addition, the device has a proximity sensor that blocks the screen when the device is brought to the ear. The front surface of the monitor is made in the form of a plate with a mirror-smooth surface, which is very resistant to scratches. It is equipped with effective anti-glare protection, which is not inferior to Google Nexus 7 in terms of brightness reduction.

The screen has a good viewing angle without significant color shifts even with a large deviation of the view from the perpendicular to the monitor and without inverting the hues. Color rendition is good, colors are saturated. The balance of the shades on the gray scale is average. This is due to the fact that the color temperature exceeds the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the ideal blackbody spectrum is significantly higher than 12, which is not considered the best indicator for the consumer device. But with all this, these parameters slightly deviate from the norm, and this positively affects the visual perception of color balance.

To summarize, it can be noted that the screen has a high level of maximum brightness and effective anti-glare protection, so the smartphone can comfortably use a summer sunny day. In the absence of natural light, the brightness level can be reduced. It is possible to use the automatic adjustment mode, it works quite adequately. The advantages of the Lenovo P780 model (the owners' reviews confirm this) include excellent oleophobic coverage, sRGB coverage, high contrast, no flicker and air gap between the screen layers, good black stability to the deviation from the perpendicular to the display plane. The color balance is ideal to call it difficult, but without a standard for comparison, this is not easy to see. The main disadvantage of the screen is the low uniformity of color and brightness parameters over the display area. In general, we get a quality monitor on the IPS-matrix.

Sound capabilities

The audio capabilities of the smartphone Lenovo P780 (reviews of owners - a direct confirmation of that) can not boast. People note that the ringing speaker bursts with a very loud and very unpleasant piercing sound, in which the ringing high frequencies prevail - no basses at all. In headphones, which are included, the situation is the opposite. The sounds are excessively saturated with low frequencies, so much so that sometimes it is impossible even to make out the words of the song (however, this minus is partially eliminated thanks to the equalizer adjustment), and the maximum level is not high enough. So you can make an unambiguous conclusion that the Lenovo P780 is not a musical solution. Even in the program plan, the manufacturers confined themselves to installing just the standard application.

The smartphone has an FM-receiver that works only with the connected headphones, and a dictaphone, designed to create sound notes. Consumers are pleased with the opportunity to record a telephone conversation directly from the line, which is very convenient. But access to the record created in this way can be obtained only with the help of a special file manager, since it is not reflected next to the completed call in the call list, as in other smartphones.

Camera

The smartphone is equipped with two digital cameras. The front has a resolution of 0.3 Mp without a flash and autofocus - the maximum size of the resulting image is 1280 x 720. The rear camera has an 8-megapixel module with LED flash. It is possible to manually and automatically focus. The maximum size of the resulting image is 3264 x 2448. Sharpness when deleting the plan falls smoothly, although in places there are fuzzy fragments. Software processing operates quite moderately and intelligently, does not try to spoil the details of the long-range plan. In case of insufficient illumination and a high level of photosensitivity, color noises that can not be processed can appear. But the camera perfectly copes with its task under normal lighting (including in cloudy weather). In this case, minor software processing becomes an advantage - it does not spoil the natural sharpness. In general, the camera can hardly be called outstanding, however, as evidenced by the responses of the owners of such a device, it is quite suitable for high-quality documentary shooting in conditions of good lighting. A smartphone can shoot a video. The user can choose between different modes, up to FullHD. The rollers are delivered to a special 3GP container. Video - in MPEG4 Video format 1920 × 1088 30 fps 24.6 Mbps. Sound - in AAC format 48 kHz, stereo 128 Kbit / s.

The camera is controlled using Lenovo's own software, called the Super Camera. Of course, it is difficult to call it the most convenient of all possible interfaces: around the perimeter of the screen there is a lot of different icons. Users emphasize that these symbols, as well as the displayed settings menu itself, are too finely drawn. In addition, the menu has only a horizontal position, and it is not too convenient. Another drawback is the lack of a dedicated hardware camera key, but its function is performed by the volume button. During the video shooting, you can take a picture.

Communication and telephone

The smartphone works in 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, but there is no support for the fourth-generation LTE network. In addition, not supported by 5 GHz Wi-Fi and NFC technology. Lenovo P780 allows you to organize a wireless point via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, there are Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Display modes that communicate with the wireless projector. The navigation module supports only GPS / A-GPS standards, with the "Glonass" system the smartphone will not work.

Layout and placement of keys are standard. Users note that the highlighted top digital series is not here. That's why you always have to switch the layout. Change languages by clicking on the icon with the image of the globe. Drawing the numbers and letters of the virtual keyboard is quite comfortable for management. Phone applications support Smart Dial - when dialing a number, you can simultaneously search for existing contacts. In general, according to the owners' reviews, the smartphone features very convenient functionality, which you quickly get used to.

Operation of two SIM-cards is organized on the standard Dual SIM Dual Standby, that is, both cards are in active mode, but at the same time do not work, since the radio module in the phone is one. In the smartphone there is no possibility to switch the operating modes of 2G / 3G slots. The SIM card installed in the first compartment always works in 3G mode, the second one, respectively, in 2G. The Lenovo P780 smartphone (the instruction about it tells in detail) allows you to configure in a special section different conditions for SIM cards. For example, you can assign any one of them as the main one for data transfer, organizing voice communications, or sending SMS messages. If necessary, the user, when dialing a number, can always choose which card to call. This moment also causes well-deserved praise.

P780 Lenovo: firmware and OS

As the operating system in the smartphone, the software platform of Google - Android with Lenovo's proprietary interface was used. By default, version 4.2.1 is installed. However, today there are updates available, for example, Lenovo P780 Kitkat Android 4.4. In general, the graphic component of the software shell is quite nice: there is little color, there is no violence of colors, support for predominantly white tones - everything is serious and modest, as befits business-class devices. The appearance of the graphics is more similar to the Lenovo K900 interface than the K910.

Performance

The hardware platform of this phone is built on the basis of a single-chip system MediaTekMT6589. The central processor has four cores Cortex-A7, which operate at a frequency of 1.2 GHz. In fact, this is the basic modification of the 4-nuclear platform of Taiwanese manufacturers. Help in processing graphics tasks is provided by the video accelerator Power VR SGX544MP.

RAM in the phone - 1 GB, which is considered by modern standards is insufficient. As for the built-in memory, the owners of the smartphone Lenovo P780 8Gb note the following: the user is available 2.8 GB of free array for recording their own files; For the needs of the OS and various applications allocated 4.3 GB. The phone supports the possibility of increasing this parameter due to the microSD card, in addition, external devices are connected via the USB port - both keyboards and mice, and flash cards from which the device directly reads the files.

Based on the platform performance testing, the smartphone showed average performance, which corresponds to all representatives of the 4-nuclear platform of Taiwan-made MediaTek, as well as its modifications.

Smartphone P780 Lenovo: price and evaluation

In general, as the owners' testimonies show, the phone not only justifies, but in some respects even exceeds expectations: the device is quite decent, tightly tailored, pretty, with two SIM cards and a large (five-inch) screen, while relatively inexpensive. As for the battery, in terms of the duration of battery life the device showed record results for smartphones, which makes this acquisition in the eyes of the buyer justified and fully corresponds to the main focus of the model on the business segment. At the current time, the cost of Lenovo P780 (the price can vary) in stores in our country is set at 12 thousand rubles, non-certified devices can be purchased for 9 thousand rubles.

It should be understood that this phone is valuable primarily not a multimedia component, but the ability to become a reliable assistant in the organization of daily affairs. Experienced consumers emphasize that the device has an average performance and a modest video / photo quality, it is not suitable for gaming entertainment, although it can help to pass the free time. But the owner of this device certainly should not worry about whether there is enough battery power, even if a large number of long connections are made during the day. For business people, this model is a unique find, and this is confirmed by the high demand for this unit.

To the merits of the smartphone, judging by the feedback of people who already had time to test the device in operation, it is possible to include nice design, quality assembly, good equipment, OTG support, memory cards, and, of course, a record battery life. To the disadvantages - a weak camera and sound quality, low performance.