Lenovo launches Z5 Pro with 12GB RAM, 512GB storage


The Lenovo Z5 Pro was launched alongside the Lenovo Z5s at an event in China. The Z5 Pro costs about ₹45,000 in its top configuration

This year has seen a lot of firsts in the smartphone industry—three cameras, four cameras, motorised cameras, 512GB of internal storage, 10GB of RAM. And the list goes on.



But Lenovo has done the unthinkable by launching a smartphone with near-to-no bezels, 12GB of RAM, 512GB of internal storage and something that we expected either Samsung or OnePlus to introduce to the world—the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor, arguably the most talked about chipset of the year.


Specifications

The brag-worthy specs do not end here. Completing the “Very 2018” look of the smartphone is a mechanical slider that houses the camera. Unsurprisingly, the smartphone is aimed at gamers.

Camera

What do they call it? The Lenovo Z5 Pro.
The smartphone was launched alongside the Lenovo Z5s, the successor to the company’s mid-range torchbearer Lenovo Z5. The Lenovo Z5s is powered by a Snapdragon 710AIE processor, which is starting to become standard in the new mid-range smartphones. This is paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The smartphone is backed by a 3,300mAh battery, which can be charged by an 18W charger. The back of the Lenovo Z5s hosts a triple camera setup with 16MP+8MP+5MP configuration while at the front, under the dewdrop notch, there’s a 16MP sensor.



Coming back to the showstopper. As the Lenovo Z5 Pro doesn’t have a notch, its screen-to-body ratio goes all the way up to about 95.06%. It comes with two rear-facing cameras with a 16MP+24MP configuration. The mechanical slider holds a dual-camera system comprising a 16MP+8MP configuration.



Now about the Snapdragon 855 processor. The chipset is based on a 7nm chipset, going head-to-head with Apple’s A12 Bionic and Huawei’s Kirin 980 processors. The architecture comprises a Kryo 485 “prime” core, three regular Kryo 485 cores and four Kryo 385 efficiency cores. The chipset promises to provide 45% CPU performance and up to 200% boost in AI-based tasks. The battery efficiency has also climbed up by 20%.

Processor

The CPU is mated with an Adreno 640 GPU which claims to provide 20% better graphics performance.
All of this puts it right at the top of the benchmarks—with a total score of 368,480. The iPhone XS comes the closest to this, with a total score of 356,501.
The Snapdragon 855 is also the world’s first commercial 5G mobile platform with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem.

Price in india

The Lenovo Z5 Pro starts at 2,698 yuan (about ₹27,700) for its base 6GB+128GB configuration, while the top-of-the-line variant with 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage costs 4,398 yuan (about ₹45,000).


The Lenovo Z5s starts at 1,398 yuan (about ₹14,000) for the base 4GB+64GB configuration and goes up to 1,898 yuan (about ₹19,500) for the top 6GB+128GB variant.