Today in the deal on Gearbest, the “Lenovo ZUK Z1 International” for €162.90. Gearbest is a well-known Chinese electronics shop that has a very international focus and ships all over the world. Shipping takes place from China. To receive the discounted price, the voucher code GBZUKZ1 must be entered in the shopping cart.
Update: New voucher LZUKZ1 with a discount of $ 70!
Infos about ZUK Z1 International
The ZUK Z1 has been available for a little longer now, but this smartphone is still in the upper middle class in terms of hardware. The Z1 is delivered with Cyanogen OS 12.1, probably the best-known and most widespread custom ROM that has already been ported to a large number of Android devices. Android 5.1.1 serves as the basis. Thus, you get a quite extensive operating system, in which you are not surprised by unwanted bloatware.
Inside the ZUK Z1 lies a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad core processor that clocks at 2.5GHz. The system is also fired up by 3GB of RAM and a whopping 64GB of internal storage. The internal memory cannot be expanded, but with 64GB it is comparatively generous and should also be more than sufficient for above-average use. The graphics unit of the Snapdragon 801 is an Adreno 330. More computationally intensive games such as Asphalt 8 can be played smoothly.
The display of the ZUK Z1 has a diagonal of 5.5 inches and has a resolution of Full HD, i.e. 1920x1080 pixels. The dot density is 401 PPI and the contrast ratio is 1500:1. In test reports, the display of the ZUK Z1 scored particularly well with its strong and natural colors. There was some criticism of the maximum display brightness, which can be a problem, especially in strong sunlight.
The main camera of the smartphone has a resolution of 13 megapixels. The image sensor used comes from Sony and is called IMX214. An integrated image stabilization (OIS) ensures shake-free images. The main camera also has an LED flash and auto focus. The front camera has a resolution of 8 megapixels and has a wide-angle lens. Unfortunately, the camera was mostly criticized in tests. The recordings are not bad, but a cheaper mid-range smartphone can produce just as good recordings. The Z1 produces noisy images, especially in poor lighting conditions.
With 4.100mAh, the ZUK Z1 has built in a quite large battery, with which you can easily get through the day and even two days of use are quite possible. In addition, the smartphone has a quick charge function, which enables it to be charged quickly.
Other functions include a fingerprint sensor with a 360 ° trigger function, a USB Type-C port with which you have no problems plugging in the UBS connector, and a dual SIM function. Two nano SIM cards can be used. LTE is also supported, but LTE Band 20, which is popular in this country, is not used. GPS / GLONASS and Bluetooth 4.1 are also on board. The sensors amount to a brightness sensor, proximity sensor, acceleration sensor, gyroscope and a Hall sensor.
In summary, it can be seen from the individual reviews in the network that the ZUK Z1 is a solid mid-range smartphone, but in which the camera, the lack of memory expansion and the missing LTE band 20 were criticized.
