Stuff UK — June 2017

DAY 01

£200 / stuff.tv/LenovoP2

Not for a couple of days, anyway... Tom Morgan enjoys a taste of life

freed from the tyranny of the mains with an affordable enduro-phone

Won’t get fuelled again

In one test I’ve nudged an amazing 15hrs

of video playback, and in Ultimate Power

Saver mode you can get a ridiculous 100hrs

TWO WEEKS WITH THE LENOVO P2

keys within easy reach on the right,

and there’s also a handy flip switch

on the left that throws the phone

into an ultra-low-power mode.

Annoyingly, you can’t change its

function, and it sometimes gets

flipped accidentally when I’m pulling

the phone out of my pocket. As

this mode turns almost everything

off, only letting you make calls

and send texts, it’s not something

you’re going to be using unless

you’re desperate to squeeze extra

life from a draining battery.

DAY 05

I’m loving this 5.5in AMOLED

screen. Most phones in this price

bracket make do with LCD displays,

and don’t always stretch to Full HD

resolution. Picture quality on the

P2 is great and everything looks

bright, with vibrant colours and

plenty of contrast.

Underneath, a Snapdragon 625

CPU and 4GB of RAM are running

the show. This is more than enough

power for a budget phone – while

it’s not lightning-fast, it can still

open apps in a sprightly manner,

multitask without any obvious

slowdown and handle Full HD video

There’s something a bit special
about this smartphone. The
Lenovo P2 punches above its
weight when it comes to all-round
specs, but flattens the competition
for stamina. It’s rocking a colossal
5100mAh battery – which should
easily be enough for two days
between charges.
You might expect it to be a bit of
a porker, but Lenovo has managed
to cram in that big battery without
adding dramatically to the phone’s
bulk. At 177g and 8.3mm thick you’ll
still notice it in your pocket, but
it’s only slightly bigger than the
average 5.5in handset.
The all-metal build is a pleasant
surprise given the price. Chamfered
edges and gunmetal grey might
not be the epitome of smartphone
style, but this certainly doesn’t look
like a budget phone.

DAY 02

I’ve begun to notice a few tell-tale
signs of where Lenovo has kept
costs down – like the microUSB
charging port on the bottom,
instead of reversible USB-C.
The headphone jack sits at the
top, with the power and volume