Lenovo Vibe Shot and A7000 official, offer Android 5.0 and more

BY Evan Selleck

Published 2 Mar 2015

image Lenovo Vibe Shot2

At the end of February, Lenovo’s Mobile World Congress announcement lineup allegedly leaked ahead of the big reveal.

Now, Lenovo has officially announced its brand new Android-powered smartphones for 2015. The first of which, the Vibe Shot, is all about taking pictures with your smartphone, even boasting a point-and-shoot design. And then the A7000, which features mid-range specifications, has a bigger focus on consuming content.

image Lenovo Vibe Shot

First, the Vibe Shot, which features a 16-megapixel camera on the back, with optical image stabilization, six-piece modular lens, a full-frame 16:9 low-light sensor, and a tricolor flash for good measure. Lenovo has included an established Pro mode and integrated Smart presets, all of which an be switched between easily. There’s an 8MP front-facing camera, too.

As far as the specifications go, the Vibe Shot features a 5-inch 1920×1080 display, a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz. There is 3GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, a microSD card slot for expandable memory, and a 2900mAh battery. It will be running Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.

It will launch in June of this year, and cost $349.

Lenovo A7000 official

The other device announced at MWC 2015 is the A7000, which features a 5.5-inch 1280×720 display, an octa-core MediaTek MT6752 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, and a 2900mAh battery. There’s an 8MP camera on the back, with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera on the other side, with 8GB of built-in storage, 2GB of RAM, and Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.

It will be available in March starting at $169.

What do you think of Lenovo’s new devices?

[via Lenovo]