Lenovo PHAB Plus

Lenovo combines smartphone and tablet to fulfill your multimedia and communication needs. Here it is... Lenovo PHAB Plus is an ambitious effort to merge smartphone and tablet into a phablet. You can still hold this inch display phablet with one hand but it's even better to use it with both hands. Because Lenovo managed to 'shrink' its dimension to 19 x 10 cm and mm thick. With that size, Lenovo hopes that PHAB Plus is the right phablet for you who needs a communication device with large screen. 

This unibody phablet is built with aluminum material and adopting a bit of iPhone 6 design. PHAB Plus has a nano SIM and a hybrid-micro SIM slot which can be used alternately with microSD card. Lenovo decides to use on-screen button instead of soft button, so there's not much space above and below the screen. Speaker grill sits on top of its backside.

There's also speaker on the bottom of its backside but it's not visible because there's no grill. Android 5.accompanying PHAB Plus right out of the box but it has a slightly different VIBE UI, without theme options. 

It seems that Lenovo intentionally distinguish the VIBE UI in PHAB Plus compared to VIBE UI in smartphone There's Micro screen and Single hand keyboard to make one handed usage more convenient. Simply write "C" on the screen to access Micro screen feature which has 3 screen size options and adjustable screen positions. 

Keyboard or dial pad will automatically sync with screen position. Double tap to wake and Wide touch feature also available. Wide touch is a shortcut to access several features or functions (similar to Apple's Assistive touch). Lenovo PHAB Plus is designed as a communication and entertainment device.

During this review, we're so pleased when browsing and watching video with this phablet. Thanks to its large inch Full HD IPS display with wide viewing angle which very helpful for outdoor usage. Two speakers on its backside just enhance your multimedia experience with Dolby Atmos technology that delivers detail sound, although it's not too loud. Lenovo PHAB Plus is powered by Snapdragon 615 1.5GHz octa-core CPU and 2GB RAM to handle games and resource demanding apps. It's not the best prosessor but it's still works fine and scoring 35530 points in AnTuTu Benchmark v5.7.1. 

What about the battery? Lenovo PHAB Plus has 3500 mAh battery which can provide power more than 15 hours and Screen-on time 4 hours 45 minutes as we tested with 1 SIM card and Auto brightness display setting. Aside from entertainment, Lenovo also want to spoil mobile photography enthusiasts. That's why this phablet is equipped with 13MP rear camera and 5MP front-facing camera. Camera menu and display in PHAB Plus is a bit different from other Lenovo smartphones. You can adjust ISO, exposure and white balance from Settings. Anti-shake and Beautification feature is also available.

Unfortunately, it has limited photo modes options with only Action Shot, Night Mode, HDR and Panorama. Taking pictures in low light conditions appear blur on the display but actually it's quite OK after shutter speed is clicked. The 13MP camera module can produce vivid colors. This phablet can be a perfect choice if you want to be free from bringing smartphone and tablet everywhere.