Lenovo A536 Hands on Review,Benchmark,Unboxing,Pros & Cons

DESIGN

            Lenovo A536 is a Dual sim mid range device from Lenovo priced at about Rs.9,200(Check the price in Amazon Flipkart  ) in retail outlets.it sports a 5 inch display with a dimensions  139.6 x 72 x 10 mm.

             Talking about the key placements of the device Lenovo has provided 3 buttons on the front panel ,the lock/unlock key and  volume rockers are placed on right hand side which leaves the left hand side completely empty.The USB & 3.5mm audio slot are provided at the top .The back panel of the device is provided with a glossy finish which attrcts lot of finger prints.The device also comes with   2000mAH removable battery. Lenovo has not provided gorilla glass protection for this device which may be said as a demerit .so considering these facts , i would give rating of 7.5/10 in case of design for this device.

DISPLAY

               Lenovo A536  sports a 5inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of  480x854 pixels .Lenovo has provided a very good  display for this device, seven if the pixel density is 196ppi ,there is not much pixelation visible in the display . The viewing angles were not that good ,the display looked washed out from the top angle.The display has a colour depth of 16M colours   .So considering these facts regarding the display quality i would  give 6.25 /10


Viewing angle

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CAMERA 

       The  camera department of Lenovo A536 sports a 5MP primary camera and 2MP front facing shooter.The 5MP primary camera supports Auto focus,Touch focus,Face detection,scene detection ,HDR and can take images at a maximum resolution of 2592 х 1944 pixel. It also supports video recording in 720p@30fps. The secondary 2MP camera of the Lenovo A536  is of good quality but since its a fixed focus camera the images captured are low on details

            We have tested the response of the primary camera and found it very responsive ,there is no delay in  capturing the image it come with zero shutter delay mode which again improves the response of the camera, the images were very precisely focused and had very good colour reproduction   .Considering all these factors i could give 7.5/10 for the camera performance of the device.

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

             Lenovo A536 comes with  1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M coupled with 1GB of RAM. Mediatek MT6582M sports a Mali-400MP2 which delivers a very high gaming performance for the device.In our test with Nenamark 2 the device scored 67.1fps  which is a great score .When it comes to antutu Benchmark the device scored 18153 in the latest Antutu v4.5 which is a decent score.

                 Lenovo A536  has 8GB of internal storage  out of which  4.43GB is user available.In case of RAM out of 1GB, 643MB is user available which great and will ensure a fluid performance of this device . The device also sports a micro SD card slot which can support a maximum of 32GB. Lenovo has provided only two basic sensor for this device Accelerometer & proximity sensors ,they has not provided Ambient light sensor which is little disappointing .

            Lenovo has provided the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat for this device.The user interface of the device is not heavily  customization especially most of the ui looks like stock android.The memory is unified with single partition and the UI also provides option to install and move apps to memory card.  

              The other connectivity options include Bluetooth v4.0 ,USB v2.0 ,wifi,3G(HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps).Lenovo A536 also comes with 2000mAH battery ,we have used this device for about 1 hr and the battery level dropped from 99% to 89% almost 10 % drop with in 1 hrs , which shows the battery backup is not that bad and for moderate usage it will easily last a day .So for the hardware of the device i will give a rating of 7.25/10

Pros 

1. Display :5inch IPS with 196ppi
2. Dual sim 
3. Good processor considering the price :MediaTek MT6582M 
4. 1GB RAM out of which 645MB is user available 
5. 8GB internal memory out of which 4.43GB is user available(unified memory)
6. 2000mAH battery:Decent for a 5 inch display device 
7. Camera: 5MP camera with Auto focus,Touch focus,Face detection,scene detection ,HDR & 2MP front camera
8.  UI:Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) with moderate customization
9. wifi hotspot supported
10. Performance:since the ui is not heavily customized there is a good amount of ram available for user which essure smooth performance  & the device scored 67.1fps in nenamark 2 which is great for gaming.

Cons

1. No Gorilla glass protection
2. Touch:2 Point touch ,not that much responsive  
3. Sensors:only 2 sensors accelarometer & proximity
4. Video recording: only 720p recording supported

Lenovo A536 Unboxing

Lenovo A536 Review, Benchmark pros and Cons

BENCHMARKING SCORES OF Lenovo A536
                                          

ANTUTU SCORES                   v4.5.2                          

                                              TOTAL               18153         

                                              Muti tasking     3520

                                              Runtime            1420

                                              CPU  integer     1202                

                                              CPU float           1018         

                                              RAM oprtn        1992          

                                              RAM speed        1655        

                                              2D                         974      

                                              3D                         4827           

                                              Storage I/O        915
                                              Data I/O             630

NENAMARK 2                    :67.1FPS

Multitouch tester               :2 Point Touch

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor                        : 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M

RAM                                  : 1GB(645MB is user available)

Graphic Accelerator    : Mali-400MP2

Internal Memory          : 8GB(4.43 GBuser available)

Card slot                            : micro SD,upto 32GB

OS                                       : Android OS  v4.4.2 (KitKat )

Display                             : 5 Inch IPS LCD Display,capacitive touch screen (2 point touch)

Display resolution       : 480x854 pixels,16M colors

Camera                            : 5MP ,2592 х 1944  pixels,Auto focus,Touch focus,Face detection,scene detection

Video                                :Yes, 720p@30fps

Secondary camera       :Yes, 2MP Fixed Focus

Sensors                               :Accelerometer,Proximity

GPRS & EDGE                 : Yes

GPS                                     :Yes, with A-GPS Support


SIM                                     : Dual SIM             

3G                                        : YES,HSPA+; 5.76 Mbps UL, 21Mbps DL

WLAN                                : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth                         : YES, V4.0 

USB                           : YES, USB v2.0 

SOUND                            :  3.5 mm jack

Battery                             : Li-Ion 2000mAh battery

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