Tech-Boom: Compare Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S5

The competition in high-end mobile phone is increasingly intense. All manufacturers want to have the most advanced equipment on the market, the one with the sharpest screen, more powerful processor and more complete camera. The offer is very wide and very interesting proposals, so it can be difficult to choose a smartphone among many available machines. Lenovo presented its proposal for a few days high-end with the new Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, a device with a technical profile screen height and six inches, size which puts it in the category of phablet or tabletófono. This model arrives to compete with the most complete android time, such as the popular Samsung Galaxy S5. We see their differences more important.

Display and Design

As mentioned, the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has a screen of six inches, a size that many users may be excessive and could be a disadvantage. But Lenovo has not only pulled the boat out in size but also in resolution, and that is their new flagship develops 2,560 x 1,440 pixels across a panel, that we know as QHD resolution . With this configuration, the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro concentrated no less than 490 dots per inch and technology of the screen is IPS, so in addition to very sharp also offers a good view angle and rich colors. However, when it comes to the system is colorful Super AMOLED of the Samsung Galaxy S5 which the prize. The flagship of the Korean has a panel of 5.1 inches, a much more manageable size but still very wide to see the content clearly. The resolution in this case is FullHD, corresponding to 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and concentrated 432 dots per inch, which is not bad.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a design in the vein of previous models, but with more stylized forms. Samsung still has the silver bezel around the shape and rounded corners so characteristic, but in this case add a new texture points in the back cover, which also has a rubbery finish to improve grip. However, the highlight of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is its water resistance. Equipment can be immersed for 30 minutes in one meter deep, provided the covers are sealed. Lenovo has opted for a more aggressive appearance for Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, with a chassis of a single piece of aluminum. Their corners are straight and have a piece with a glossy finish on the part of the camera. Obviously the device is larger and heavier than his opponent, but not waterproof.

Camera and Multimedia

The Samsung Galaxy S5 camera features a 16 megapixel technology ISOCELL a thought to get good pictures even in low light and no annoying noise effect appears system. The camera comes with the usual functions and parts, such as the LED flash and autofocus, also in this case is ultra-fast and can focus on objects in just 0.3 seconds. ‘s camera flagship Samsung also functions as the blur background or Virtual Tour Shot for surround panoramas. However it is in the video where he gets his chest, with the option of recording in 4K at 30 frames per second or lowers the quality FullHD or HD for slow motion videos very interesting. Its front camera is two megapixels and can record in FullHD.

Meanwhile the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has a 16 megapixel camera sensor with BSI, which is also thought to take pictures in low light. The team has a dual LED flash, 4K video recording at 30 frames per second (not slow) and also has a five megapixel camera front, perfect for lovers of selfies. Lenovo also adds unique features like night mode or Pro mode, an application that is very reminiscent of Nokia Camera and allows us to set more specific parameters of the shot. It also has a system of anti-distortion lens and optical stabilizer, undoubtedly its greatest advantage over his opponent.

In the multimedia section include both allow connection to radio stations over the Internet and have basic functions such as media player, display album art or recording and voice dictation. Samsung system also features Group Play, a way to share multimedia files in real time between multiple devices of the brand.

Power, memory and operating system

Both teams committed to the processor Snapdragon 801, the current model of Qualcomm. It is quad-core architecture Krait 400 which in this case operates at 2.5 GHz frequency. It is accompanied by a graphics chip Adreno 330, but the RAM is not the same and here the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro is advanced with 3Gb while the Samsung Galaxy S5 conforms to 2 GB, which is not bad.

Samsung offers its flagship two editions of 16 and 32 Gb, but also accepts memory cards types MicroSD, which may have up to 128 GB of capacity. Meanwhile the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro will be released only in an edition of 32 Gb and can not expand the memory.

Both models are equipped with Android 4.4 KitKat standard, so are tied in terms of developments and improvements published by Google. The interface is different, and each manufacturer also adds a number of special functions. The Samsung Galaxy S5 remarkable for features like battery saving mode, the children mode , the application S Health 3.0 or intelligent translator S Translator.

Connectivity and autonomy

Both teams are in the high range, so not surprising to find a profile that is very complete and competent connections. Let the systems sharing that are mobile networks 3G and 4G, WiFi (the Samsung Galaxy S5 is high speed), antenna GPS-Glonass, Bluetooth 4.0, chip NFC, minijack headphones, WiFi Hotspot and port MicroUSB, although the Samsung Galaxy S5 is compatible with USB 3.0 and MHL. The Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro is noted somewhat by allowing you to insert two SIM cards, while the Samsung Galaxy S5 again drawn an ace sleeve with fingerprint sensors, a heart rate meter and port infrared.

The Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has a set of no less than 4,000 mA, but for now the manufacturer has not provided their autonomy, but we can expect very optimistic figures. Meanwhile the Samsung Galaxy S5 has a set of 2,800 mA which can be turned on 21 hours in use and up to 390 hours standby.

Conclusions

It is clear that we are dealing with two high-end smartphones, as well as their components demonstrated Snapdragon processor 801 both models feature a high technical profile, but there are nuances that play in favor of each of them. In the case of Z2 Pro Vibe Lenovo is noteworthy your screen QHD resolution, but has a size too big. Its camera also delivers chest with optical stabilizer, as well as memory RAM, which takes the lead 3Gb. Moreover we have the Samsung Galaxy S5, with more features like fingerprint sensor on the start button or the meter rate heart. Terminal of the Korean company also has a very complete camera that can record in slow motion, accepts MicroSD and is also waterproof.