Lenovo K10 Note Review

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Lenovo K10 Note Review

Do you know how much an average Indian spends on their first smartphone? I know, it is in between a range of 10,000 to 20,000 INR (130 USD to 250 USD). This is considered a low or mid-range budget. The manufacturers have already done the mathematics. Hence, they are showering the market with phones in this price range. Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo everyone has fired some rounds in this market. So, why should Lenovo back out! Here we will give you a complete idea about Lenovo K10 Note.

Lenovo has been a computing company all its life long. But after buying Motorola, they gathered their thoughts and started to manufacture smartphones as well. But they also learned the desire of the common people of having good smartphones at a price point that suits their pockets. So, Lenovo gathered their thought and announced Lenovo K10 Note to the market to compete with the mid or low-range budget smartphone.

But in this roaring market, can Lenovo K10 Note withstand the wrath of the big dogs? Or they will go down deep in the waters? Let us find out!

 

Lenovo K10 Note Review: The Budget Smartphone by Lenovo

Lenovo K10 Note has been announced and launched in a short period of time. They announced the phone on the 5th and launched it in the market on September 16th, 2019. Wow, that was first! They didn’t even wait for at least 15 days to create the hype. Maybe they were too confident that their phone will be rocking the market. Who knows! All we want to know what their phone is really made of. And is the phone worth your money?

Before making an impression on the phone, we will be considering some viable aspects which will enhance our understanding of the phone’s capability. The aspects are:

  • Design
  • Display
  • Performance
  • Camera
  • Battery
  • Sensors and Other Features
  • Water Resistance

So without wasting any time, let us move into the review real quick.

 

Unboxing Lenovo K10 Note

Well, what we have here? The All-new Lenovo K10 Note. The box is a good looking one, indeed. When we open it, we see our main device with a plastic wrap around it. When we lift the phone, there are some documentations, a charger brick, a SIM tray ejection tool, and a USB A to USB C connector. Oh, wait! Where are the earphones? There isn’t any! Unfortunate Lenovo. Strike One!

 

Design: Typical Safe playing Design!

Lenovo has done nothing much, or out of the box innovation with the phone as per the design is concerned. They played safe, which is okay with me. The phone is made out of polycarbonate plastic, which will look like glass from a distance, but you will feel it when you hold it in your hands. The back and the frame is made out of plastic, the polycarbonate one. The front side is obviously the glass screen. The demerit of the phone is that there is no protection for the screen where other competitors are giving some Gorilla Glass protections in their phones. Shame Lenovo! Shame!

Let us talk about the attributes now. The phone has a dimension of 6.17 inches on the length, 2.93 inches as the width, and the breadth is 0.31 inches. The weight of the phone is almost 164 grams. This is an ideal weight and size compared to the phones and the form factors of the people’s likings nowadays. As for the buttons, the volume adjustment button and the power/lock button is on the right side and the Hybrid SIM tray on the left. The primary microphone is on the top, and as far as the bottom is concerned, there is a noise cancelation microphone, the speaker grill, an USB C port, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack is placed.

On the back, the triple camera module, the fingerprint scanner, and the branding of Lenovo are there to be seen. The texture of the back is pleasing, though, gives a rough texture, and rather adds a premium feel to it.

Overall, nothing fancy with the design, and Lenovo has not bothered to try something innovative and out of the box. It’s a decent design, though.

 

Display: The Dew Drop Notch IPS Display

Lenovo has done reasonably good with the display as they are offering a dewdrop notch with a full high definition IPS LCD display. Yes, you have heard it right! They have installed an IPS LCD Display on this phone, and I must admit that this is a nice screen to look at. It is a full high definition display that means it has a resolution of 1080 pixels into 2340 pixels. The aspect ratio is 19:5:9 and the screen to body ratio is almost 83.7%. The dimension of the display is 6.3 inches.

After using this device for some time, I must say that this is a very good display. The screen color is very nice compared to the other screens in the market. The brightness and the contrast are also worth appreciating, and it works pretty decently in the brighter light conditions.

Lenovo K10 Note Full Specifications

General

Brand Lenovo
Model K10 Note
Release date 5th September 2019
Launched in India Yes
Dimensions (mm) 156.60 x 74.30 x 7.88
Weight (g) 164.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 4050
Fast charging Proprietary
Colors Black

Display

Screen size (inches) 6.30
Touchscreen Yes
Aspect ratio 19.5:9

Hardware

Processor 2GHz octa-core
Processor make Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
RAM 6GB
Internal storage 128GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Dedicated microSD slot No

Camera

Rear camera 16-megapixel (f/1.8) + 8-megapixel (f/2.4) + 5-megapixel (f/2.,2)
Rear flash Yes
Front camera 16-megapixel

Software

Operating system Android

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/g/n/ac
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 5.00
USB OTG Yes
USB Type-C Yes
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
Number of SIMs 2
Active 4G on both SIM cards Yes

SIM 1

SIM Type Nano-SIM
GSM/CDMA GSM
4G/ LTE Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) Yes

SIM 2

SIM Type Nano-SIM
GSM/CDMA GSM
4G/ LTE Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) Yes

Sensors

Face unlock Yes
Fingerprint sensor Yes
Compass/ Magnetometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Gyroscope Yes

 

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Performance: The Snapdragon Processing Power!

When someone comes to me and asks me what are the key factors I would consider before setting up a score on the performance of a particular smartphone, then the first thing that comes into my mind is the combination between the software and the hardware. The better the combination, the better the smartphone’s performance is. In my experience, I have been reviewing a lot of phones recently with killer hardware, but lacking in the software took the phone down in deep waters. But I have also seen some phones which are doing a pretty decent job in low or mid-range hardware just because of fascinating combinations between the hardware and the software. Now, let us see what Lenovo K10 Note has to offer under the hood and how is the software experience.

 

The hardware of Lenovo K10 Note

As far as the hardware is concerned, the Lenovo K10 Note has a chipset of Qualcomm Snapdragon 710. This is a mid-range chipset manufactured by Qualcomm and is indeed a decent one available in the market. This 10 nm popular chipset is Octa-Core, which means it runs in eight cores from which the first two cores are clocked at 2.2 GHz Kryo 360 Gold, and the rest are clocked at 1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver. The GPU is Adreno 316.

The RAM is of two variants; 4 GB and 6 GB, and the Internal Storage is 64 GB and 128 GB. So that means that the phone is either available in 4GB-64GB variant or the 6GB-128GB variant.

Now let us have a look at the software that runs the phone.

 

The software of Lenovo K10 Note

This phone runs on Android 9, which is pretty recent compared to the market. But there is no confirmation about the upgrade to Android version 10 whatsoever. The UI is Lenovo’s ZUI 11. This is pretty much a stock Android interface. But the OS is a bit dodgy sometimes when it comes to the animation.

There are some unnecessary apps which you can uninstall anyway. Overall the UI need an update to settle things down smoothly.

Overall the hardware and the software do a decent job. However, the animations of the OS is a bit jittery and does not compliment the amazing screen. That is Strike Two Lenovo!

As we speak, the loudspeaker is not the loudest out there but does a pretty good job. The earpiece is very good compared to the current market.

 

Camera: The Triple AI Camera!

Lenovo claims that their triple camera is a Smart AI camera. Let us try to justify the statement of them real quick.

The rear camera has a triple camera setup, as I have mentioned earlier. The main camera Is a 16 Mega Pixels camera with an aperture count of f/1.8 with PDAF Sensors. The second camera is an 8 MegaPixel telephoto lens with a 2x optical zoom and an aperture count of f/2.4. And the last camera is not a camera, rather a depth sensor of 2 Megapixel with an aperture count of f/2.2.

The rear camera does a great job in the bright daylight conditions and also in artificial lighting as well. But it falls apart when the sun goes down, or the low light condition occurs. The photos get washed away, and there is too much tech going inside that which is proven to be a little too much as the quality is concerned.

The front-facing camera is a 16 Mega Pixel wide-angle camera with an aperture count of f/2.0. That’s about it. But the selfie camera is not that up to the mark when it comes to the selfies.

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When we took some selfies, it started to smoothen our skin tone a little bit excess, and the main problem is that it is a bit dodgy as per as the aperture count is concerned. SO, if you are a selfie lover, then I will not recommend this phone because you will be disappointed for sure. Strike 3 and you are out Lenovo! Just kidding!

Overall the camera was a bit upsetting as the picture quality in low light6 is concerned. But we should not forget that this is, after all, a budget phone. The videography supports a resolution of 1080p at 30 fps on both the camera units.

 

Battery: 4050 mAh powerhouse!

This little dude comes with a huge 4050 mAh battery with fast charging capability. It provides an all-day battery life even after heavy usage. But if you ever run out of juice, you can surely refill the bottle with a blazing fast 18 watts charger brick, which comes with the phone. Cool, isn’t it! Good job, Lenovo!

 

Sensors and Other Features of Lenovo K10 Note

The fingerprint scanner is rear-mounted. As I have small fingers, I need to kinda reach out a little bit to get a scan on that, but the fingerprint scanner should have been installed a bit lower than the current positioning. All the other sensors, like accelerometer, proximity, gyro, and compass, are included in the phone to give you all-round feedback.

 

Water Resistance

You cannot and should not expect a phone in the lower mid-range to have a water resistance of some sort. And Lenovo K10 Note has certainly not been an exception.

 

Advantages and Disadvantages

The Advantages of Lenovo K10 Note are:

  • A good display
  • Snapdragon 710 chipset
  • Good Earpiece
  • Budget-friendly
  • 4050 mAh Battery with 18 Watt fast charging

The Disadvantages are:

  • Sloppy UI
  • Jittery animations
  • Slow Fingerprint Unlocking
  • Camera performance issues
  • NOT for selfie lovers

 

FAQs of Lenovo K10 Note

  1. Is Lenovo K10 Note Waterproof?

Perhaps the most common question for all the phones. No, it is not water-resistant.

  1. Is Lenovo K10 Note suitable for heavy multitasking?

The hardware is pretty decent for multitasking. However, the software, especially for the UI, is pretty sloppy. So it is not entirely suitable for heavy multitasking, but the next upgrades will resolve those issues and minor bugs.

  1. Is Lenovo K10 Note good for PUBG?

It has a Snapdragon 710 processor. So, hopefully, you will be able to experience smooth game playing in high configuration settings in graphics sensitive games like PUBG, Call of Duty Mobile, and Asphalt 9.

 

Conclusion

As we have inspected the phone in and out, we are gonna be brutally honest about it. This phone is not for multitasks and good selfies. However, if you a light user and click limited photos and not into selfies, then you can buy this one. Hopefully, Lenovo will come up with new software updates to resolve the issues and bugs real soon.

So that was all for today. Hope you guys have enjoyed my review of the all-new Lenovo K10 Note today. Will see you guys with more reviews later. Goodbye!

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