Lenovo Z5 Pro review: Fully sliding screen, the world's first screen-to-body ratio, an epoch-making mid-range flagship

On November 1, Lenovo released a sliding full-screen flagship phone, Lenovo Z5 Pro, at its Beijing headquarters, priced at only 1,998 yuan. This is tantamount to dropping a bombshell in the sliding screen phone market where most phones cost more than 3,000 yuan.

Lenovo has been active in the mid-range market of 1,000 yuan phones and has produced some outstanding products. Although the previously released Lenovo S5 Pro surprised users, the appearance of this full-screen flagship phone is not only surprising but also amazing.

Currently, there are only three models on the market that use sliding full-screen phones, namely Honor Magic 2, Xiaomi MIX 3 and Lenovo Z5 Pro. Interestingly, all three models use innovative full-screen designs and are released at a relatively close time, which makes people wonder what these three mobile phone brands are trying to do?

However, one thing is certain: compared with the 3,299 yuan price of Xiaomi MIX 3 and the 3,799 yuan price of Honor Magic 2, the 1,998 yuan price of Lenovo Z5 Pro will be more competitive. The price difference of more than 1,000 yuan between them is rare in the mid-range model market.

The cheapest sliding screen phone on the market

Lenovo named the Lenovo Z5 Pro an "epoch-making flagship" model. It can be seen that the sliding full screen is one of the many highlights of the Lenovo Z5 Pro.

Lenovo Z5 Pro uses a 6.39-inch Samsung AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2340*1080. The aspect ratio of the screen is 19:5:9. It supports DCI-93 color gamut and an ultra-high contrast ratio of 1000000:1, making Lenovo Z5 Pro more delicate in picture quality presentation, finely controlling each pixel, and perfectly presenting the maximum brightness of 600nit and DCI-P3 wide color gamut.

One thing worth noting is that the Lenovo Z5 Pro screen complies with the HDR10 standard. It is the first model in China to use De-mura screen color averaging technology. For this reason alone, its price of 2,000 yuan has already surpassed the 3,000 yuan model.

In order to make the body more slender and beautiful, Lenovo Z5 Pro adopts the industry's advanced COF screen packaging technology. Thanks to this technology, the border of Lenovo Z5 Pro has become narrower, and the screen ratio has reached an astonishing 95.06%, breaking the 95% boundary for the first time and achieving the world's first screen-to-body ratio. By matching the fifth-generation Rollcage body design made of 7 series aviation aluminum, both entertainment and games will be more enjoyable.

When it comes to the screen, many users are most concerned about its full screen + sliding cover design. If you often pay attention to mobile phone knowledge, you may have heard of this design. Under the double-helix power six-position guide rail structure, the Lenovo Z5 Pro sliding cover screen and the body are closely connected. After multiple sliding measurements, it is found that the Lenovo Z5 Pro has a good fit and slides smoothly without any looseness.

According to official claims, the life of the slide rail can support 300,000 sliding times, so users don’t have to worry about the quality of the slide rail.

The back of Lenovo Z5 Pro is made of Corning Gorilla Glass, which is highly resistant to abrasion and scratching, and is not easily stained with fingerprints. It is convenient and durable, and has a longer lifespan.

In order to make the grip more comfortable, Lenovo Z5 Pro adopts a four-curved arc design. The back of the body is designed to be more rounded and smooth, which makes the grip feel better and allows one-handed operation without any pressure. In addition, the joints of the body frame of Lenovo Z5 Pro are well polished, so you can play with it for a long time without any skin-cutting feeling. The perfect fit shows that Lenovo designers have put a lot of effort into it.

The back of the body uses a vertical 2400W + 1600W pixel Sony AI ultra-high-definition dual main camera combination. There is an LED flash below the camera combination. The overall model is elegant and neat.

Gently slide the top of the phone open to reveal the hidden front dual camera and earpiece.

What is different from the past is that Lenovo Z5 Pro has designed a SIM card slot on the top of the body, which supports dual-SIM dual-standby function. If it is in single-SIM mode, it can also expand the phone storage space, which is quite practical and convenient.

The bottom of the body is designed with a speaker, microphone and a Type-C interface.

Lenovo Z5 Pro uses front infrared zero-light facial recognition technology, which greatly improves the unlocking speed. It is also equipped with the fifth-generation photoelectric screen fingerprint unlocking technology, using a customized 0.98mm thinnest under-screen fingerprint module, which is 25-40% thinner than similar ordinary modules. The official claims that it only takes 0.2S to unlock, whether it is facial recognition or fingerprint unlocking, the recognition rate is very high, full of technology.

Taking photos is a battleground, and Z5 Pro is a sure winner

Lenovo Z5 Pro uses 2400W+1600W AI dual main camera on the back, the sensors are Sony IMX576 and IMX519 respectively. It has a large size of 1/2.6 inches, 1.8μm equivalent large pixels, F1.8 large aperture and hardware 8-frame synthesis algorithm to present backlight AI super image quality, and 7 major denoising algorithms can achieve night scene AI super image quality. Under the exclusive ISP-level PIPE Line, the video shooting details will be clearer, the colors will be more gorgeous, the picture will be more detailed, and the video AI super image quality will be achieved.

As for the front camera, the Lenovo Z5 Pro is equipped with a 1600W+800W pixel infrared camera. Compared with the ordinary 2-megapixel infrared secondary camera, it has higher resolution and can achieve 80-degree zero-light face unlocking. It can be easily unlocked in dark or even no light environment.

Due to the recent cold front, Beijing has become gray. Although the temperature is cold, the shooting technology of Lenovo Z5 Pro is not cold at all. For this reason, several samples of Z5 Pro are specially selected to give you the most intuitive visual experience.

In wide-angle mode, the images of street vehicles and buildings are wide and the framing size is larger.

Although the lighting conditions are poor, the colors of the picture are still very saturated.

Two kittens on a date were captured on the roadside. The camera clearly captured the cats' curious and disgusted looks. After taking the photos, I could only say goodbye.

With intelligent recognition technology, the details of plants are captured more delicately and realistically. The colors of the shy flowers are restored to a very full degree, and the texture of the leaves is also clearly visible.

Any mobile phone with excellent camera performance will not miss the night scene shooting technology. Under the super night scene function, Lenovo Z5 Pro lived up to expectations, with no noise in the picture and clear and bright picture quality.

Performance is the primary productivity

Increasing quantity without increasing price has always been the principle that Lenovo mobile phones have adhered to, and this principle has been well verified in the Z5 Pro.

The Z5 Pro is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 AIE Turbo processor, and comes standard with 6GB RAM + 64GB/128GB versions to choose from. And this time, based on the Snapdragon 710, the Z5 Pro has made six-dimensional hardware acceleration enhancements in AI RF tuning, quadruple tuning system, hardware-level extreme nighttime power saving, original application ejection startup, and chip-level payment security. The enhanced Z5 Pro signal will be more stable and smooth, and no matter how you hold the phone, it will not have much impact on the signal. And under the rendering of the enhanced quadruple tuning system, the Z5 Pro stereo surround sound will be more real and pure, and the stereo atmosphere will be stronger. For daily entertainment use, it feels like carrying a small steel cannon with high performance and sound quality.

One thing worth noting is that the Snapdragon 710 processor is equipped with the Kryo 360 core of the same architecture as the 845, and the main frequency can reach 2.2GHz, which can not only meet the needs of daily use without any problems, but is even enough to compete with many flagship phones. From the performance configuration point of view, many users have been excited. Does Lenovo Z5 Pro want to play the ultimate in cost performance?

I can’t help but use AnTuTu to run the score.

Lenovo Z5 Pro's AnTuTu score is close to 160,000 points, which meets the performance standards of Snapdragon 710 and is considered to be at a high level among similar devices.

After a whole set of measurements, Lenovo Z5 Pro's performance is more intuitive. The CPU temperature is controlled at around 37°C, and there is no overheating when running large games. The overall CPU performance hovers between 40%-70%, and the frequency fluctuates slightly under multi-core operation, but it does not affect the overall performance.

After measurement, the battery temperature is 33℃ and the consumption is about 10%, which is still in a very healthy state. Considering that the Lenovo Z5 Pro is equipped with a 3350mAh large battery and supports 9V/2A fast charging technology, the battery life is still well guaranteed.

The strongest king of sliding screen + Snapdragon 710

Mobile games have dominated the entertainment time of young people, and Lenovo Z5 Pro, which focuses on the young market, is not content with mediocrity in games. When running the popular mobile game "Honor of Kings", there is no lag in full frame + multi-threaded mode. In addition, the phone has a built-in game mode that can automatically clean up the background memory, increase the game speed, and make the game more enjoyable.

The game graphics are colorful, delicate and dynamic.

The FPS is around 60, the network speed is 71ms, and the control is smooth without any lag.

The most popular mobile phone nowadays is the slider series. The overall shape of Lenovo Z5 Pro looks quite trendy, and its performance is also very good. Considering the market positioning of this phone at 1998 yuan, its cost performance is naturally unbeatable. If you also want to consider a slider full-screen mobile phone, then Lenovo Z5 Pro is indeed a good choice.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.