STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF LENOVO S930

LENOVO S930

Lenovo S930 is one of Lenovo's latest phablet that comes with a great body and has a 6 inch screen. Lenovo S930 uses hardware like Mediatek MTK MT6582 chipset with a 1.3 GHz Quad Core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage media and graphic display combined with Mali-400 MP. In addition to running on Android OS 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, Lenovo S930 is also offered at a price that is quite affordable by the user.

SALES PACKAGE & MAIN FEATURES

In the sales package of Lenovo S930 the user can get a Handset, Charger, Data Cable, Headset, User Manual and Warranty Card. As for the main feature, users can enjoy HSDPA, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, Browser, Java MIDP, Internal GPS, Application Navigator, Camera, Video Call, External Memory, Email, Music Player, Video Player, Video Recorder, open OS, and FM Radio.

DESIGN

The physical form of the Lenovo S930 can be said to have an average size above other smartphones because it has a large screen, and can also be called phablet. Even though made ​​for the middle class, the Lenovo smartphone has a design like phablet upscale.

Moreover, when viewed more closely, the design of the S930 looks like Lenovo Vibe X or S960. On the back there is a back cover and a slight bezel on the bottom, both made like metal even though actually plastic polikarbon.

Back cover is given a touch of finely textured so it was not too rough even tend slippery when held. But at least this kind of style is not easy to make the back cover is soiled by fingerprints. Back cover can be opened by means of the body gouged on the top right corner to give access to the SIM card slot, Memory Card and battery.

For the area of the main camera lens, located slightly protruding on the back side and surrounded by metal to protect the lens. Physical volume control buttons and the power / lock to be on the right side of the phone. As for the audio and microUSB port are made separately, are each corner top and bottom body. On the front side of the phone, users can see the two stereo speakers with a separate function at the top and bottom of the screen.

DISPLAY

Lenovo S930 is a smartphone with the larger screen size which is owned by Lenovo for now. However, the resolution being owned only a High Definition 720p or standard. This is of course still less when compared with the S960 or Vibe X that has full HD 1080p even though the smaller screens used. And certainly also for the level of pixel density of both smartphones differ greatly, around 245ppi on the S903, and 441ppi for Vibe X or S960.

Thus even though, the images displayed by Lenovo S930 is still quite sharp and quite good. In addition, the character of IPS panel also felt at wide viewing angles. In addition, the color displayed is also quite natural. Users can also maximize the multitouch screen that can recognize up to ten different finger touches at the same time.

INTERNET & CONNECTIVITY

For connectivity, the S930 cell phone belonging to the middle class so that the available connectivity is pretty standard. Users can enjoy a common connectivity needed, but some lines are not provided by Lenovo connectivity such as Infrared and NFC.

When connected to the computer through a data cable connection, Lenovo S930 can be recognized by the computer in 3 different modes: Camera (PTP), Multimedia Device (MTP), and USB Storage. Also available is a Mobile Assistant application which useful to manage or perform a backup of data such as SMS, applications, and contacts using a computer. But users need to install the Mobile Assistant application on the computer first.

CAMERA

Lenovo gives 8 MP camera with a sensor on the S930, is smaller when compared to Vibe X or S960. The camera feature is not much difference between the two smartphones even though there is little reduction in the S930 as the main shooting models which totaled 11 at Vibe X to 8 at S930 by eliminating Speech feature picture, Picture-In-Picture, and Beautify leaving only Panorama, Burst, Night Portrait, Low Light, HDR, Macro, Timer and Smile.

By using the Burst feature, users can capture a series of images up to 99 pictures in a row with a single press and hold the shutter button. Thus, the available options as well as 6 Lens effects Effect, 12 Color Effect, and 6 Magic Effect.

OS and UI

Such as upscale vendors, that have special user interface that is used to bind the Android operating system on smartphones, Lenovo S930 also uses the Smart UI as used on the Vibe X or S960. Lenovo S930 uses the Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean and likely can be upgraded to v4.4 KitKat. Interface of the Lenovo brings together the app drawer to the homescreen so that all applications can be found on the homescreen panels. Homescreen panels totaling 3 by default and can grow in line with the number of applications that are installed on the smartphone or can be added manually to a maximum of 18 panels.

In addition, users can not only be turned on if the screen is off via the power / lock, but can also be by pressing one of the volume buttons. Task switcher can also be accessed by holding down the menu. Through the task switcher, the user can switch from one application to another by dragging the application icon to the top or bottom.

HARDWARE

Although classified as middle class, S930's performance is quite satisfactory because using a 4 core processor with a speed of 1.3 GHz. Internal memory capacity is not too big but not too less. But for some users that need to store a lot of data on the phone, S930 provides a memory card slot that can read MicroSD with capacity up to 32 GB.

By using a wide screen and Quad Core, supported by battery power capacity of 3000 mAh. The battery can last more than 24 hours with moderate usage that makes this smartphone from Lenovo last longer when compared with most smartphones. In addition, when tested using benchmarks, Lenovo got a score of 16 819 in 5872 on Antutu and Quadrant Standard. It makes the Lenovo S930 is superior when compared with the Huawei Ascend Mate, Sony Xperia C, and the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Lenovo S930 is also equipped with several special features such as the Theme Center, SYNCit, ShareIt, SecureIt, SEEitgallery, and Gesture. Through the Theme Center application, the user can choose a theme that has become a display package, or the user can also specify the display Lock Screen, Desktop, menu settings, the animation when booting, and notification menu, to the dialer.

Features Seeit Gallery carries other function than displaying a collection of images as the user can bring together multiple photos into a collage and make anuimasi images with GIF format. In addition, if using SYNCit, users can synchronize contact data, SMS, and Call Logs stored on Lenovo's cloud services. ShareIt is a new method to send data from or to the mobile phone via a WiFi connection peer to peer. While SECUREit is a mobile security application with many features.

As in Lenovo Vibe X or S960, S930 also brings additional features such as gesture, such as Pocket Mode that makes the ring become louder when the phone is placed in the bag. There is also Shake to Lock that allows users to lock the screen just by shaking the phone.

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

• Strengths: Lenovo S930 has a screen with a large size (6 inches). Using a Quad Core processor, using an elegant design, and battery capacity is quite large.

• Weaknesses: S930 only uses the screen with 720p resolution, and the connectivity is also standard, nothing special.

CONCLUSION

With affordable prices and can be fairly cheap for measure phablet, Lenovo S930 brings the big screen, 4 core processor with pretty good performance, battery power is large enough, have a default application choices that quite interesting, different interfaces, and elegant design such as top-class smartphone. And even though has some flaws in screen resolution and connectivity, Lenovo S930 is quite reliable and comfortable to use.

MAIN SPECIFICATIONS OF LENOVO S930

• Network: Quadband GSM, HSDPA.
• Dimensions: 170 x 86.5 x 8.7 mm.
• Weight: 170 grams.
• Display: IPS LCD Capacitive Touch Screen, 16 million colors, 720 x 1280 pixels, 6.0 inches (245ppi pixel - density).
• Primary Camera: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo - tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, Video 1080 @ 30fps.
• Secondary Camera: 1.6 MP.
• Memory: 8 GB, 1 GB of RAM.
• OS: Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean (v4.4 upgrade Allows KitKat).
• Processor: Mediatek MT6582, Quad Core 1.3 GHz Cortex - A7, Mali - 400 GPU.
• Data transfer: HSPA + 21.1 Mbps, LTE.
• Connectivity: Triband GSM ( 900/1800/1900 ), dualband HSDPA ( 900/2100 ) , GPRS , EDGE , HSDPA 21.1 Mbps , HSUPA 5.76 Mbps , WiFi 802.11 b / g / n , WiFi hotspot , Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP , MicroUSB v2.0.
• Other Features: SNS Integrattion , MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player , MP3/eAAC + / WMA / WAV player , Google Search , Maps , Gmail , YouTube , Calendar , Google Talk , Document Viewer , Photo Viewer / Editor , Theme Center , SYNCit , ShareIt , SecureIt , SEEitgallery , and Gesture.
• Battery: Li - Po 3000 mAh.