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Lenovo Z2 Plus India Launch Set for Thursday

Lenovo Z2 Plus India Launch Set for Thursday e1g28

By Abhinav Lal | Updated: 19 September 2016 11:39 IST

Highlights

The Z2 Plus is a rebranded variant of the Zuk Z2
Lenovo Z2 Plus India price is not yet known
The company has detailed India-specific features

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Lenovo India has started sending invites of the launch of its Z2 Plus smartphone in the country on Thursday. The company is holding a launch event in New Delhi that's scheduled to begin at 11:30am IST. r5o51

The Chinese consumer electronics giant will be launching the Lenovo Zuk Z2 – which was launched in China in May this year - as the Lenovo Z2 Plus in India.

Detailing the reasons behind the rebranding in the country, Anuj Sharma, Head of Product Marketing, Smartphones, told Gadgets 360, "Once we are getting into a particular price band, we want to make sure consumers know the brand. We want to sell the phone. We are not bringing the device as token flagship as India is still a big market for us. However, Zuk branding will be there on the box, with the text 'Powered by Zuk' as a hat tip for the Zuk team."

The Lenovo Z2 Plus will be launched in two variants in the country – 3GB of RAM with 32GB of inbuilt storage, and 4GB of RAM with 64GB of inbuilt storage. Both variants are dual-SIM, and will 4G SIM cards in one slot, and 3G SIM cards in the other.

The Z2 Plus won't run Cyanogen OS - like the Review) did - and will instead come with the Google Now Launcher pre-installed. The company says India-specific features will include gesture shortcuts via the fingerprint scanner. It will also bear a dedicated pedometer and come with the company's new U-Health app.

The Zuk Z2 smartphone launched in China features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display with 2.5D curved high-fibre glass. It is powered by a Snapdragon 820 SoC clocked up to 2.15GHz. The smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with EIS, an f/2.2 aperture, and PDAF. An 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture round off the optics on board the Zuk Z2. It packs a 3500mAh battery that s fast charging – charging up to 80 percent in one hour. The Lenovo Zuk Z2's connectivity options include offers 4G LTE (with Indian LTE bands), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v4.1 BLE, and USB 2.0 Type-C port.

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KEY SPECS
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Display 5.00-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Front Camera 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 13-megapixel

RAM 4GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 3500mAh

OS Android

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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