Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus Review: A Decent Option

By Abhinav Pathak on Apr 12, 2016 05:25 AM

Lenovo now has a knack of making great value for money smartphones, with one or the other defining feature. The Vibe K5 Plus follows on the same principles and is more design centric. It offers a metal build, solid construction, sharp 1080p display and good battery-life. Although it doesn't perform as well as Coolpad Note 3 Lite, Meizu M2 or the dated Redmi 2 Prime, but if you are looking for a good smartphone with a 5-inch display which performs adequately well, the Vibe K5 Plus is worth a look. If cameras are your thing, then you should look elsewhere.

6.9

The Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus is a decent offering in its price bracket, but is a bit letdown by performance and cameras.

PROS

Sharp Display
Good Battery-life
Solid Build Quality
Loud Speakerphone
USB OTG, No Hybrid Slot

CONS

Average Cameras
Sluggish UI Performance
Vibe UI Needs Polish
Games are Slow to Load

Score Breakdown

Build and Design

7.4
Display

7.8
Network Reception & Call Quality

7.5
Camera(s)

7.0
Music & Video Playback

7.2
Gaming

6.5
Performance

6.3
Battery-life

7.5
Software

7.2
Total Score

6.9 10.0