Alongside the Lenovo S5, the company also released two new budget-friendly smartphones dubbed the K5 and the K5 Play.
Lenovo K5 Play (Left), K5 (Right)
The K5 and the K5 Play both sport a 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 1440 x 420. Their differences, though, lies on the internal hardware. The K5 is powered by MediaTek MT6750 SoC and runs on Android Nougat while the K5 Play has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Soc and runs on Android Oreo. As for their cameras, the K5 has a 13MP + 5MP dual rear cameras while the K5 Play has 13MP + 2MP dual rear cameras.
Lenovo K5 specs:
5.7-inch 18:9 IPS HD display @ 1440 x 720 resolution
MediaTek MT6750V octa-core processor
Mali-T860 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
13MP f/2.0 + 5MP f/2.2 dual rear cameras with LED flash
8MP f/2.0 front camera
4G LTE Cat.7
Dual nano-SIM, Dual Standby
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
Fingerprint scanner
Android Nougat (ZUI 3.1 Lite)
3,000mAh battery
153.8 x 72.7 x 7.8 mm
160 g
Elf Blue, Space Grey, Star Black
Lenovo K5 Play specs:
5.7-inch 18:9 IPS HD display @ 1440 x 720 resolution
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
Adreno 505 GPU
2GB/3GB RAM
16GB/32GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
13MP f/2.2 + 2MP f/2.4 dual rear cameras with LED flash
8MP f/2.0 front camera
4G LTE
Dual nano-SIM, Dual Standby
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.2
Fingerprint scanner
Android Oreo (ZUI 3.7)
3,000mAh battery
153.75 x 72.6 x 7.85 mm
155 g
Jazz Blue, Modern Gold, Punk Black
The K5 is priced at CNY899 (~Php7,400.06) while the K5 Play is at CNY699 (~Php5,753.78). Both phones are now up for pre-order in China.
Source: Lenovo
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Update (6:54pm ; March 21, 2018): The Lenovo K5 Play is powered by Snapdragon 430 and Adreno 505 GPU. We updated the article to reflect changes.
