Lenovo announces A7000, Vibe Shot smartphones at MWC 2015

At the Ongoing MWC 2015 in Barcelona Lenovo announced two new Android smartphones called Lenovo Vibe Shot and Lenovo A7000 smartphones. The company says "Our latest Lenovo smartphones demonstrate the tremendous opportunity for innovation both within the devices themselves and with the accessories that provide important functionality for our users,"

The Lenovo Vibe Shot is a camera centric phone with amazingly stylish looks while Lenovo A7000 is a mid-range smartphone and is the successor to the company's popular 4G LTE phone Lenovo A6000 with upgraded specs.

Lenovo Vibe Shot offers a highly natural and intutive photography experience with its 16-megapixel infrared autofocus rear camera with tri-colour LED flash that features a six-piece modular lens. The camera has a full-frame 16:9 low-light sensor for shooting images in low light and in the dark. Plus there is a 8-megapixel front snapper for taking selfies.

It sports a 5-inch full-HD display with 1080x1920 pixels screen resolution.  It is powered by an octa-core 64-bit 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 6125 processor paired with 3GB RAM. It houses 32GB inbuilt storage and microSD card slot to expand the storage memory via microSD card slot [supports up to 32GB]. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.

Connectivity features include 4G, Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, and Micro-USB. It is backed by 2900mAh battery. The camera-centric smartphone measures 142.0x70.0x7.3mm and weighs 145 grams.

The Lenovo A7000 it is the world’s first smartphone to offer 'Dolby ATMOS audio technology'. Lenovo says “Users will immediately hear the Dolby Atmos difference using headphones: sounds of people, places, things, and music become more vivid and move from all directions, including overhead, with astonishing clarity, richness and depth.”

Coming to its spec the A7000 is a dual-SIM phone and runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with Vibe UI on top. It features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) screen resolution. It is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6572M processor. The phone packs 2GB RAM and houses 8GB internal storage and microSD card slot to expand the storage capacity.

Camera features include 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 5-megapixel front facing camera. Connectivity options include G/ LTE (FDD Band 1, 3, 7, 20; TDD Band 40), Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, and Micro-USB. It is backed by 2900mAh battery, measures 152.6x76.2x7.99mm and weighs 140 grams.

The Lenovo Vibe Shot is priced $349 (Rs. 21,500) and will be available starting June. Lenovo A7000 will be available in March and comes with a price tag of $169 (Rs. 10,000)