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ONDECEMBER 21 "LENOVO Z5 PRO REVIEW: THE BUDGET SLIDER PHONE" Lenovo Z5 Pro Review: The Budget Slider Phone Lenovo’s Z5 Pro is a really interesting proposition in the mid-range phone market, mixing flagship specs with a Snapdragon 710 processor to keep down the price to an affordable level. It has the premium design of the Mi Mix 3 and Honor Magic 2, but comes in significantly cheaper with a current special offer bringing the price down to just £282.58/US$357.99. With a sliding screen mechanism it is able to offer a full-screen display without a punch-hole or notch in which to house the selfie camera. And with the dual-lens camera hidden behind the display Lenovo achieves a 95% screen-to-body ratio. There’s also an in-display fingerprint sensor, which remains a relatively rare feature even among flagships, so to see it in a circa-£300 phone is a welcome surprise. The trouble with the Z5 Pro is it’s not officially sold in the UK, and our review sample was shipped from China via GearVita. That in itself is not a problem, though setup is a headache – we had to resort to Google Translate for navigating the Chinese-language configuration and Settings menu.
Fortunately, having worked it out ourselves we can make this easier for you (jump straight to how to set up the Lenovo Z5 Pro for UK use). In common with many Chinese phones it also lacks support for one of the three main bands used in the UK for 4G LTE connectivity: Band 20, aka 800MHz. Most networks also use bands 3 and 7, but customers of O2 and the operators that piggyback its network (Sky Mobile, GiffGaff, Tesco Mobile, LycaMobile and TalkTalk) will not be able to receive 4G. You’ll still be able to get online using 3G data or Wi-Fi. Where to buy Lenovo Z5 Pro GearVita supplied our review sample, which is the 6GB RAM, 64GB storage model (buy here). It also stocks a version of the Z5 Pro with 128GB storage (buy here). At the time of writing the 64GB model costs £367.05 plus £4.07 shipping via UK Priority Line, or US$461.99 plus $8.78 shipping via US Priority Line. You can reduce this price to £282.58/$357.99 using the coupon code TAZ5Pro64 at checkout (use TAZ5Pro128 for the 128GB model and pay only £299.16/$378.99). Do note that when shipping goods from China to the UK you are liable for import duty if it is requested.
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This is charged at 20% of the value printed on the shipping paperwork. (Also see: Best budget Chinese phones.) Lenovo Z5 Pro Design & Build With a 6.39in full-screen display and cool sliding screen mechanism the Lenovo Z5 Pro is a futuristic and premium-looking device. It’s on the chunky side at 9.3mm, and slightly thicker than the Honor Magic 2 and Mi Mix 3 with which it shares a similar design, but much of this comes down to that sliding screen.
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Actually we don’t mind the extra width, since it helps the phone feel more steady in the hand when you’re opening and closing the screen. Much more impressively, despite all three phones housing a 6.39in 19.5:9 Super AMOLED display, the Lenovo is the shortest and narrowest of the lot, which means it has done the best job of minimising the screen bezels – here down to just 2.07mm. The screen itself is gorgeous, vibrant with punchy colours, deep blacks and brilliant whites. In our tests it was brighter than the 407cd/m2 Mi Mix 3 and 386cd/m2 Honor Magic 2 at 416cd/m2. That should make it easily visible in direct sunlight.
In common with the Magic 2 there’s a fingerprint sensor built right into that screen, and Lenovo refers to the tech behind it as ‘fifth-generation photoelectric’. We were surprised by how well it works – better, we reckon, than on our Mi 8 Pro. You can also use a standard PIN, pattern or passcode, or face unlock which works perfectly well even in the dark.
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