Lenovo outs new Vibe and tablet-sized phones

Lenovo Vibe S1

Lenovo’s been busy at IFA with its whole slew of new smartphones. There are three new Vibe smartphones and two “phablet”-sized devices. The new Vibe phones include the S1, P1, and P1m. The Vibe S1 is the selfie-centric device with two front-facing cameras. It has an 8-megapixel camera for those HQ seflies and a 2-megapixel shooter for depth information. These two cameras work hand-in-hand for things like refocusing, cut-outs, and background blur, among others. It’s powered by a 1.7GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and 2,500mAh battery. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, 13-megapixel rear shooter, and LTE capability.

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Lenovo's new ThinkPad YOGA and ThinkCentre Tiny aim to transform business computing

The ThinkCentre Tiny is a military grade desktop that's powerful yet extremely small. -Photo By Gadjo Sevilla

Lenovo announced a broad redesign of its ThinkPad YOGA and ThinkCentre portfolios at IFA. A recent Lenovo survey of more than 6,000 businesses suggested that security, mobility and reliability were amongst the top pain points today and more than a quarter plan to introduce convertible devices. The latest generation of thinner and lighter ThinkPad YOGA 260 and 460 convertibles and faster than ever ThinkCentre desktops have been designed to provide customers with solutions to their critical needs.

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Leaked press renders of the upcoming Sony Xperia Z5 surfaces

We're a week away from IFA 2015 in Berlin and the leaks have started to show. Sony's upcoming flagship, the Xperia Z5, gets leaked ahead of the big tech event. Sony teased the device on social media before. But this leaked press render shows us a clearer shot of slightly rounded edges. It'll also reportedly sport a 23-megapixel camera. The other previously speculated features of the phone include it running on Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and packing in 4GB of RAM, a 4K display, and fingerprint scanner. It will also supposedly be a "Made for Bond" device, meaning it'll be tied to the upcoming James Bond film. 

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Huawei debuts new Ascend Mate phablet

Huawei unveiled at IFA its new phablet, the Ascend Mate 7. This 6-inch device brings a bump in specs including a new 1080p display, 4100mAh battery, LTE Cat6 connectivity, and a single touch fingerprint sensor. Despite its size, it also has an amazingly thin bezel and 7.9mm thinness. It will also carry Huawei’s new Kirin 925 octa-core processor, which is made up of four large A15 1.8GHz and four small A7 1.3GHz chipsets. This big.LITTLE configuration means the 1.3GHz A7 cores will handle the lighter tasks, while the remaining four cores will take on the more processor-intensive apps.

The Ascend Mate 7 also packs in a 13-megapixel rear camera with a Sony sensor and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It runs on Android 4.4 with Huawei’s EMUI 3.0 on top. It will come in two flavours: 16GB model with 2GB of RAM and 32GB model with 3GB of RAM. Prices so far are 499 and 599 Euros, respectively.

Source: Droid Life