Lenovo India has launched a new S-
series smartphone, the S60, priced at Rs.
12,999.
The Lenovo S60 smartphone will be
available via the company's brand store,
thedostore.com alongside Flipkart and
Amazon starting Monday.
The dual-SIM based Lenovo S60 runs
Android 4.4 KitKat with Vibe 2.0 UI on
top. The company in a press statement
confirms that the handset is upgradeabl
to Android 5.0 Lollipop; though no time-
frame for the release of the update has
been announced.
(Also see : Lenovo S60 vs. Motorola Mot G Gen 2 )
The Lenovo S60 comes with a 5-inch H
(720x1280 pixels) IPS display. The
smartphone is powered by a 64-bit
1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 processor
coupled with 2GB of RAM and Mali 450
MP GPU. It bears 8GB of inbuilt storage,
which is further expandable via microSD
card (up to 32GB).
The S60 sports a 13-megapixel rear
autofocus camera with LED flash, while
there is a secondary 5-megapixel fixed-
focus front camera also on board. The
rear camera features scene detection,
face recognition, low light enhancement,
Panorama, geo-tagging, burst shot,
smile shot, and HDR options.
On the connectivity front, the Lenovo S6
offers 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/
g/n, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth options.
Unfortunately, there is no 4G LTE
support on the handset.
The smartphone packs a 2150mAh
battery, which according to the official
listing is rated to deliver up to 17 hours
of talk time and up to 240 hours of
standby time on 3G networks. It
measures 7.7mm thin and weighs 128
grams and is listed in Graphite Grey
colour. It packs sensors such as
accelerometer, ambient light sensor,
magnetometer, and proximity sensor.
Much like other Lenovo handsets, the
Lenovo S60 also comes pre-installed
with some proprietary DOit apps, such a
SECUREit which will help users track,
analyse and optimise their data usage;
the SHAREit app for fast phone-to-phon
data transfer capability without the need
for Wi-Fi or mobile network; and SYNCit
to that will give users a permanent
backup of all their data and whilst
making it accessible on any device.
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