Lenovo unveiled the Lenovo Vibe K5 and Vibe K5 Plus smartphones at the MWC 2016 event in Barcelona last month. As teased earlier, the brand has today officially launched the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India at an event held in New Delhi. The smartphone comes with decent mid-range specifications and will be targeted towards the affordable category users. Lenovo has also announced that they have sold over 8 million handsets in India and is currently the No.1 online brand. The Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus is priced at Rs. 8,499 and will be available for purchase online exclusively via Flipkart.
Coming to the specifications part, the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus flaunts a 5.-inch (1080×1920 pixels) full-HD IPS display offering a pixel density of 441ppi and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 laid on top of it for protection. Under the hood, the smartphone comes equipped with Snapdragon 616 64-bit octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz paired with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM for lag-free and smooth performance. It has 16GB of internal storage and also includes a microSD card slot for further expansion of memory upto 32GB.
On the photographic section, the smartphone sports a 13MP primary camera with LED flash, OmniVision OV13850 sensor, f/2.2 aperture and a 5MP front-facing camera for video chats and perfect selfie images. It supports dual sim dual standby and comes with standard connectivity options like 4G-LTE/3G HSPA+, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi, GPS/A-GPS and microUSB 2.0 port with OTG functionality. The smartphone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop based Vibe UI overlaid, and there is no information about the latest Android Marshmallow update.
The handset powers a 2750mAh battery that the company claims has the juice to take you easily through the day of mixed usage. The smartphone feels premium in hand with aluminum finish and also features dual stereo speakers with Dolby Audio technology for the superior sound experience. Like the Lenovo K4 Note, the Vibe K5 Plus also features Theatre Max technology for the virtually realistic experience. The dimensions of the handset measure 142 x 71 x 7.9 mm and weighs around 142 grams. The smartphone comes in Champagne Gold, Platinum Silver and Graphite Grey color variants and will be available starting from March 23rd.
