by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, Technology
New Delhi, (IANS) Lenovo India on Tuesday launched Lenovo ZUK Z1 smartphone that runs on Cyanogen operating system (OS) 12.1 — an OS that enables deep customisation of the user interface with its theme app.
The device comes in white and grey colours and will be available for Rs.13,499 on Amazon.in via flash sales.
“The biggest demand of a customer is to get maximum experience in an affordable smartphone and the Lenovo ZUK Z1 is our attempt to offer a complete package of powerpack performance and user friendly experience in one device at a customer friendly price point,” said Sudhin Mathur, director-smartphones, Lenovo India, in a statement.
The phone is backed by a 4,100mAh battery with cut off feature that switches to the power source instead of using the phone’s battery once the battery is fully charged.
The Lenovo ZUK Z1 has 64GB eMMC 5.0 inbuilt storage and is backed by a 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 processor along with 3GB RAM.
It comes with USB 3.0 Type C with reversible plugin design that supports a transfer speed of up to 5GBps. The device comes with an inbuilt 360 degree fingerprint reader button.
Equipped with Lenovo’s PerfectView 5.5-inch display, the Lenovo ZUK Z1 comes with a 13MP camera with optical image stabilisation and dual LED flash. It has an 8MP selfie camera.
Cyanogen 12.1 is a fluid operating system with a number of advanced features optimised for performance, power consumption, security and privacy.
Registrations for the first sale start on May 10 at 1 p.m. The first sale is scheduled for May 19 at 2 p.m.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Economy, News
New Delhi : (IANS) A study highlighting the role of smartphones in people’s lives in Asia has found that 60 percent people use them to primarily communicate with one another, 24 percent consider them as companions, while the age group of 20 and under use their devices for music and entertainment the most.
The survey, conducted by leading Chinese language internet search provider Baidu, also showed that almost 50 percent of Asians get worried when their smartphones run out of battery, which is quite high compared to people from other demographics.
According to Baidu’s “Global Smartphone Usage and Trends-2015” survey report, 36 percent people across the world update their smartphones once a year.
“If we compare results from different regions we see that three out of 10 people in Asia update their smartphones once a year which is consistent amongst all the age groups but again the age group of 20 to 29 leads it with 38 percent,” it said.
So far as charging frequency is concerned, almost half the user base of smartphones in the world charge their devices just once in a day, according to the survey. But it also found that 35 percent people charge their smartphones multiple times a day, “which speaks about the heavy usage of battery due to the apps on their smartphones”.
Nearly 40 percent of all users surveyed installed between 21-50 apps on their phone. However, Asians tend to keep their apps below 20, Baidu reported.
Battery-related overheating issues were particularly found prominent among users in Asia.
“Overall, the most common problem faced across the globe due to excessive smartphone usage is the ‘phone overheats’ issue which is a whopping 44 percent, ‘trash size’ and ‘slow online’ speed come second and third in the list with 38 percent and 32 percent respectively,” the survey said.
It was also found that Asians are more dependent on their smartphones than the users in the West.
Forty-seven percent of North American users waited for their phones to run out completely. But users in Asia preferred to use a power bank or a battery-saving app when running out of power.
