Lenovo ZUK Z1 Android smartphone. Announced Aug 2015. Features 5.5″ display, Snapdragon 801 chipset, 13 MP primary camera, 8 MP front camera, 4100 mAh battery, 64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM.

The ZUK Z1 is an Android smartphone manufactured by ZUK Mobile, in collaboration with Lenovo. Unveiled in August 2015, it is the first product by ZUK. In most markets outside China, the ZUK Z1 ships with the Cyanogen OS operating system pre-installed.

ZUK have made an interesting choice when it comes to the Z1's processor. While many handset makers are moving to 64-bit processors from The ZUK Z1 includes a fingerprint reader in the home button. Overall the fingerprint scanner is fast and accurate and is on par with devices like the Galaxy...

An advantage of the Lenovo ZUK Z1 (Z1221) is the possibility of using two mobile carriers, a Dual-SIM device with two SIM card slots. Good connectivity of this device includes Bluetooth 4.1 + A2DP, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4Ghz, 5Ghz) + MIMO, but it lacks NFC connection. Including the battery, the...

The Zuk Z1 is Lenovo's answer to the growing challenge from Xiaomi. Zuk has chosen the reliable if slightly dated Snapdragon 801 processor for the Z1. It's not the latest chip from Qualcomm, but that does mean it's not in danger of getting too hot, plus it runs at 2.5GHz — plenty powerful enough.

Original Android development for the Lenovo Zuk Z1.