Lenovo Vibe X3 Review- Pros and Cons

Lenovo Vibe X3 price in India is Rs.19,999. For the price, device offers great display screen, excellant audio quality and good performance. Let us have quick look into the specification and features of the device and then move on to Lenovo Vibe X3 review which is catagorised into pros and cons.

Lenovo Vibe X3 is powered by 64 bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 418 graphics and 3GB of RAM. It has 32GB of internal storage. You can use microSD card upto 128GB if you are not using 2nd sim. It accepts nano sim cards.  The available internal storage for the user is around 24GB.  Vibe X3 runs on Android 5.1.1 with Vibe UI.

The performance of the device was excellant. In my usage of the device, I never encoutered any shuttering and lagging issues. Also, there was not much heating issue while playing high end games.  The device comes with Dual front speakers with Dolby Atoms. Audio output through the internal speaker and through the audio jack was excellant.

Lenovo Vibe X3 has 21 MP rear camera with phase-detection autofocus and an aperture of f2.0. The camera is capable of recording 4K videos but it not enabled by default. There is also a 8MP front facing camera. The camera performance on outdoor condition was excellant. The images taken were having good details and colours. However, indoor and low light camera performance is just average. Lack of optical image stabilisation is one of the drawback of the camera.

Lenovo Vibe X3 houses 5.5 inch full HD IPS display screen with Corning Gorilla glass protection. The company claims that, display has 100% NTSC colors Optimization and 1500:1 contrast ratio. The viewing angles, colour saturation and sun light legibility are good. The device has fingerprint scanner and IR blaster. Unfortunately, the fingerprint scanner on the device can store only 2 profiles.

Lenovo Vibe X3 has non user replaceable 3500 mAh battery. The battery life was good and I was able to get aroung 5 hours of screen on time. There is no official fast charging supported for the device. The box content has normal 2A charger.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Lenovo Vibe X3

Pros of Lenovo Vibe X3

• Good display screen.
• Excellant sound output.
• Decent build quality.
• Good battery life.
• Good performance.

Cons of Lenovo Vibe X3

• No Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
• Hybrid SIM slot: You cannot use dual sim and microSD card simultaneosly.
• Mediocre camera performance.
• No optical image stabilisation.
• Fingerprint scanner can save only 2 profiles and it is not 100% accurate.
• No fast charging option.