I was being approached by Eric from Ninetology to do a phone review. Later that I know, my email server has a little bit problem so I replied to him a little bit late. Then, when I was on my way to Singapore, Eric emailed me saying that they have slots for me to actually review their phones. I was bummed! Why lah why! So I replied back saying that I was on my way to Singapore and if he could hold onto the units until Monday, it’ll be great. So he did and I picked up my phone on Monday at Ninetology office, Glenmarie.
So, I was not going to talk about my experience getting the phone but my experience with the phone. I was given two different phones, one is from Ninetology which is the X1 and the other is from Lenovo which is the K900.
Oh yes, if you have not yet heard about Ninetology, Ninetology is actually an ASEAN made (Malaysia based) android phone with affordable price and you’d get something similar like Samsung and also other androids phones. It could be comparable to all the international phones out there. So let just see the comparison between Ninetology and also Lenovo phone here. Let see Ninetology phone first shall we?
This is the box of the Ninetology X1. It is huge, made from hard cardbox and it’s white in color. I love the simplicity of the color choices. The box itself looks like a Japanese flag.
When you slide out the top part, this is how the items inside it looks like. Simple and clean.
What you will be getting inside the box are;
- The Phone (of course!)
- The back cover of the phone (YES! Included!)
-The USB Cable (For data transfer / charging)
- The headphone
- Charger
Apart from all the accessories, you will also be getting a Start Guide and the most important thing, Warranty Card.
Lets just take a look at the phone shall we?
*Click on the picture for clear view*
The technical spec for this phone is as per below.
| WEIGHT | 160g |
| COLORS | Red & Black |
| FORM FACTOR | Full Touch Screen |
| PLATFORM | CPU Quad Core 1.2GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX554 |
OPERATING
SYSTEM | Android 4.2 |
| MEMORY | Internal 16GB ROM / 1GB RAM
External MicroSD, up to 32GB |
| Display | Size 4.8 inch
Resolution 720 x 1280 HD
Technology Super AMOLED HD, Capacitive 5 point, IPS Touch Screen, 309ppi |
| CONNECTIVITY | Network GSM 90/1800MHz, WCDMA 2100MHz SIM 1 GSM / WCDMA SIM 2 GSM / WCDMA
Data HSDPA≈Up to 42.2M, HSUPA≈Up to11.5M, EDGE & GPRS - class 12
Wi-Fi Yes ( 802.11 b/g/n) Bluetooth 3.0 GPS / AGPS Yes / Yes |
| CAMERA | Rear Camera 13.0MP Front Camera 2.0MP 720p HD
Features f2.0 Aperture, 2nd Generation BSI, HDR, Zero Shutter Delay, Panorama shooting, Face Detection, Fast Burst Shot, HD video recording(Video Effect) |
| SENSOR | Proximity sensor, Motion sensor, Magnetic sensor, Ambience sensor |
| CONNECTORS | USB USB 2.0 SD Slots Yes Audio Output 3.5mm Audio Jack |
| POWER & BATTERY | Capacity Li-Ion 2200 mAh Talk Time Up to 8Hrs Stand-by Time Up to 400Hrs |
| MULTIMEDIA | Player 3GP / MP4 Player Audio Format MP3 / MIDI / WAV / AAC / AMR
Voice Recording AMR
Video Format 3GP/ MP4 / MKV / AVI
Video Recording 3GP / AVI (1080P@30fps) |
| FEATURES | FM Radio, Smart Call, Flip to Mute, Dual Mic |
| APPS | Social Network : Facebook, We Chat, Google +, Google Hangouts Productivity & Utilities : File Manager, Adobe Reader, ThinkFree Office Viewer, Flash Light, NQ Mobile Security, NQ Vault, M Warranty
Entertainment : Youtube Appstore Google Playstore
Browser : Android Native Browser |
| ACCESSORIES | Charger, USB Cable, Battery, Earpiece, Screen Protector (Clear), Protection Case, Quick Start Guide, Warranty Card |
| PACKAGING | Premium Gift Box |
| | |
So that was for Ninetology X1. What a very mouthful specs and pictures! Let see what Lenovo can offer you!
This is how Lenovo K900 box looks like. A little bit (okay..a lot!) smaller than Ninetology packaging. Very sleek and nice! Handy and but bulky at all. Black color, with the cut out of the phone’s model.
This is how they do their packaging. Phone on top and all the accessories are below the phone. Kind of reminds me about Apple packaging. Small, use all the space as possible and very nice. It was also made from a hard box material.
Just comparing the two boxes, Lenovo is much more smaller!
Let see if Lenovo phone could outcome Ninetology!
What you will be getting inside this small box?
- The phone (Obviously! haha)
- The USB Cable
- Extra Headphone Pieces
- Headphone
- Charger
So, compared to Ninetology, Lenovo gives an extra headphone pieces and not a phone cover.
Apart from all the accessories, also Lenovo has their Product guide and Quick Start Guide books as well. I am not sure about a Warranty Card but I believe they do have also a 1 year warranty.
Lenovo actually uses a Micro-Sim so it has this little sim card pusher pin (Similar to Apple) thingy.
Now we can take a look at the phone, shall we?
*Click on the picture for clear view*
Now I would like to take you to read the specs of K900.
| ITEMS | LENOVO K900 |
| Processor | - Intel® Atom™ processor Z2760
- Dual Core™ 4-thread, up to 2.0 GHz processor
|
| Operating System | Android™ 4.2 Jelly Bean |
| Display | 5.5" full HD IPS with 400+ ppi |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Navigation | - 5-point capacitive touch
- Pen, nail, and light glove recognition
|
| Integrated Graphics | Intel® GMA graphics with 533MHz clock |
| Memory | 2GB LPDDR2 SDRAM |
| Storage | 16GB eMMC |
| Battery | - 2500mAh Lithium Polymer embedded
- Up to 12 hours 3G talktime, 15 hours 2G talktime
- Up to 300 hours standby
|
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 157 x 78 x 6.9 mm |
| Weight | 162g |
| Materials | - Brushed stainless steel and polycarbonate
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 display
|
| Audio | 1 speaker plus 3.5mm mic/headphone combo jack |
| Camera | - Front: 2MP fixed focus, 88-degree wide viewing angle
- Rear: 13MP, auto-focus with dual LED flash, F/1.8 lens
|
| Ports/Slots | - 1 Micro USB V2.0 (supports USB On-the-Go)
- 1 Micro SIM
|
| Sensors | - A-GPS
- Gravitation
- Ambient light sensor
- Proximity sensor
|
| WLAN | - 802.11 a/b/g/n with hotspot capability
- Bluetooth® 3.0
|
| Band Coverage | - GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz
|
*Courtesy of Lenovo website*
If you do read all the specs and compare them, Lenovo has Intel inside and is only Dual Core compared to Quad Core to Ninetology. I could now actually detect the differences between the two. It goes all smoothly for me even on FIFA games.
The similarity would be the camera megapixel. Lenovo K900 has 13MP rear camera and 2MP front camera and so does Ninetology X1. So let’s compare both of the camera shall we? We can see who is the winner!
MICRO MODE
DAYLIGHT REAR CAMERA
DAYLIGHT FRONT CAMERA
LOW LIGHT REAR CAMERA
LOW LIGHT FRONT CAMERA
As far as the quality of the camera goes, I think Lenovo wins! I mean hey, they called their camera as a Super Camera and I do agree with it! But, one thing is that, Lenovo produce such a weird dimensional size of pictures. Since it has a wide screen, the vertical pictures are also wide. To me, Lenovo pictures has more sharpness and more crispier and more natural.
So who wins this time? Let just set the categories.
BEST PACKAGING – LENOVO (Small and practical)
CAMERA – LENOVO
ACCESSORIES – NINETOLOGY (I think phone cover costs much more money than some earphone pieces. Just my two cents)
PHONE SIZE – NINETOLOGY
USABILITY – NINETOLOGY (Being not an Android person [This was my first time playing with Android phones] I believe that Ninetology interface and animations are pretty much easier to use than Lenovo. Although both uses the same Android 4.2 Jellybean, I think Ninetology are much more easier and not messy)
STAND BY TIME – NINETOLOGY
APPS – LENOVO (I am not sure if this is actually from the operating system but, Lenovo has this one function that I could not find in Ninetology which is the Shake to Lock function. I LOVE that function so much!)
I could not determined the winner by just one option. As for me, a blogger, of course I would choose a phone with better picture quality and of course that would be Lenovo but if you are not a picture person and just would like to own a smartphone for the sake of playing Facebook, Twitter, Candy Crush and all I would totally go for Ninetology cause of the size and the stand by time. It depends on what you are looking for.
Lastly, I would like to thank Eric from Ninetology and also Ninetology for this opportunity for me to experience having two android phones to play with. Oh yes I forgot to mention the price for both of the phones. Well, NINETOLOGY RRP is RM1099 while LENOVO K900 RRP is RM1699. So now you do the judges. What are the criteria that you look for in a phone? :)
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