Lenovo Z5 Pro GT Is the First Phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, 12GB RAM

Earlier this month, Qualcomm took the wraps off its newSnapdragon 855 SoCat the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. And now, the first smartphone powered by the chipset is already here.

Yes,Lenovohas just announced the new Z5 Pro GT, which is the world’s first smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s latest chipset. It also packs up to 12GB RAM and a slider design, so let’s check it out –Lenovo Z5S GT

The new Lenovo Z5 Pro GT has pretty much everything you could possibly want from a smartphone. Lenovo has joined the like Xiaomi and Honor and has implemented a slider design. The slider, as you can see, eliminates the notch and houses things like the earpiece, camera, etc., You are looking at a6.39-inch displayon the front with a resolution of2340 x 1080, and the phone has a95.06-percent screen-to-body ratio.

Much like the newly launchedMcLaren Edition of the OnePlus 6T, the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT also has a carbon fiber design at the back. It has two cameras at the back, and the fingerprint scanner is housed inside the display.

Coming to the specs, the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset and you can configure it with up to12GB RAM, and 512GB storage.It sports a16MP + 24MP dual-camera setupat the back with dual LED flash. There’s also a16MP + 8MP dual camera setup for selfies.

The phone is kept powered by a3,350 mAh battery,and it runs ZUI 10.0 based on Android 9 Pie. Thanks to the dedicated AI engine, there are some nifty AI features like ‘AI wisdom noise reduction’, ‘AI Super Night Scene’, and more.

Along side the Z5 Pro GT, Lenovo also announced a lower-end Z5S phone with Snapdragon 710 SoC, up to 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, which is priced starting at 1398 yuan or around Rs 15,000, a great price given the specs.  It also has triple cameras on the rear, which makes it all the more attractive and undercutsOppo R17 ProandNokia 8.1as well.

Pricing & Availability

Pricing & Availability

The Lenovo Z5 Pro GT will go on sale startingJanuary 24, 2019.The base variant of the phone with6GB RAM + 128GB storageis priced at2,698 yuan. The variant with8GB RAM and 256GBstorage is priced at3,398 yuanand the high-end variant with12GB RAM and 512GB storageis priced at4,398 yuan.

Karthik Iyer

Karthik is a Contributing Author for Beebom. Be it mobile devices, laptops, etc. he brings his passion for technology wherever he goes. When he’s not dwelling on the latest tech, you can usually find Karthik wasting time on Instagram or feeding his incessant obsession for video games.

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