Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus India launch on March 15. (Launched at 8499rs.)

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Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus will launch on March 15. The phone was announced for $150 (approx. 10500rs.) at the MWC.

The Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus has a 5-inch IPS LCD full-HD display (1080x1920 pixels). It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 quad-core SoC with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM. It also houses a 13-megapixel rear-camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing sensor.
The handset supports dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, and Micro-USB 2.0 connectivity options, is backed by a 2750mAh battery and runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box.

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/lenovo-vibe-k5-plus-india-launch-set-for-march-15-808560

The differences between the Vibe K5 and K5 Plus are in the display resolution and SoC. Vibe K5 comes with a 720p display and Qualcomm SD415 octa-core while the Vibe K5 Plus has a full HD 1080p display and Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 octa-core.

Detailed specs:
http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_vibe_k5_plus-7947.php

So now Lenovo has a phone in nearly all the segments? A6000, A7000, K3, K4, K5, K5+, K4 Note? Why not simply make good quality phones for a few phones like what Google-Moto did? I mean the market has already reached a saturation point. So saturated that you have to now concentrate on the quality and after-sales services. That will be an importanta selling point now imo.

 

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Priced at Rs.8499, the smartphone will be available for purchase exclusively via Flipkart starting March 23.

Vibe K5 Plus's sensitive Gyro, when combined with the AntVR headset (sold separately), helps with real-time orientation when using the phone for Virtual Reality applications.

8499+VR cost.

"With the K5 Plus, we want consumers to "knock out" their existing smartphones and upgrade to a better performing phone," Sudhin Mathur, director-smartphones, Lenovo India, said in a statement.

^good joke m8.

 

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Still no button backlight on sub 10k phones ... I don't get it . How to use the phone at night ?

 

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Still no button backlight on sub 10k phones ... I don't get it . How to use the phone at night ?

Me too. I like backlit keys. Even my crappy Panasonic P11 has it.
I actually thought it was a thing. Didn't know the K5+ lacked it. :|