The topic of the Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 release date in China has been provoked almost 2 months after the smartphone saw the daylight at CES. In spite of the company’s promise to reveal the details on a later date, this news comes from an unofficial source. It had earlier been established that the device will be toddling its way into the market sometime next month, but some buzz around the corner now indicates that April 17 might be the D-day.
From what can be deciphered, the K900 will be the first smartphone to tout the combination of an Intel processor and a full HD touchscreen. Speaking of the CPU, the device will attain impetus from the Atom Z2580 Clover Trail+ chipset. This implies that the SoC will be offering accommodation to two cores and will be clocked at 2GHz.
The handset has heated up the battle to be the leanest smartphone housing a screen over 5 inches. With a 5.5-inch IPS display, it sprints shoulder to shoulder with ZTE’s Grand S, showing off a 6.9mm thin frame. It doesn’t shy away from the 1080p touchscreen and 13MP camera norms introduced at the CES 2013, which should qualify it to share the dais with other high-end devices such as the LG Optimus G and the Sony Xperia Z.
Additionally, it has been optimized for the Android Jelly Bean OS. Apart from 2GB of RAM, there will be 16GB of inbuilt memory, nonetheless no insights regarding the expandability have been divulged.
A site named MyDrivers has been cited as the source of this information dealing with the IdeaPhone K900, reveals a post on Unwired View. The report does give us a fair idea of the pricing details by stating that the retail value of the handset should be marked somewhere below 3,000 Yuan. Across the globe, that should translate to roughly $282, €371, £324 and Rs. 26,210 as per today’s exchange rate.
As a recap, the smartphone’s key specifications comprise of the following:
– Display: 5.5-inch IPS touchscreen with Gorilla Glass 2 protection
– Resolution: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
– Main camera: 13MP
– OS: Android 4.2
– Processor: Intel Atom Z2580
– Memory: 16GB flash memory
– RAM: 2GB
– Thickness: 6.9 millimeters
