Lenovo K900 hands-on impressions and synthetic benchmarks

At an event in Barcelona, we managed to spend some quality time with Intel Atom sporting Lenovo K900. The Android 4.2 Jelly Bean smartphone packs an impressive spec sheet, headed by an 1.8GHz dual-core Clover Trail+ CPU and a 5.5″ 1080p IPS LCD display with a pixel density of 400ppi.

When holding the Lenovo K900, there’s absolutely no room for doubt regarding the handset’s premium aspirations. The smartphone is built from brushed metal and polycarbonate, with the former used in all areas which the user most commonly interacts with. At only 6.6mm thin, the device also feels incredibly light and easy to handle.

Lenovo K900 live photos

The build quality of the Lenovo K900 left us with mixed impressions. While the use of metal makes the device look and feel reassuringly solid, the bolts used on its back appeared like they were asymmetrically placed and not matching.

During our short encounter with the Lenovo K900, we managed to take a peek at the performance of the 1.8GHz. Here are the results from a quick set of synthetic benchmarks we managed to run. We must note here, that due to its metallic construction, the smartphone got quite warm when we put it through its paces.

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AnTuTu

Higher is better

• HTC One
  22678
• Sony Xperia Z
  20794

 

• Samsung Galaxy S III
  15547

 

• Lenovo K900
  25154

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• HTC Butterfly
  12631

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Quadrant

Higher is better

• HTC One
  11746
• Sony Xperia Z
  8075
• HTC One X+
  7632
• LG Optimus G
  7439
• Lenovo K900
  5248
• HTC One X
  5952

 

• Samsung Galaxy Note II
  5916

 

• Samsung Galaxy S III
  5450

 

• Meizu MX 4-core
  5170

 

• LG Optimus 4X HD
  4814
• Nexus 4
  4567

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SunSpider

Lower is better

• Samsung Ativ S
  891
• Apple iPhone 5
  915

 

• Nokia Lumia 920
  910
• Samsung Galaxy Note II
  972
• HTC One X+
  1001
• Motorola RAZR i XT890
  1059

 

• HTC One
  1124

 

• Samsung Galaxy S III
  1192

 

• Meizu MX 4-core
  1312
• LG Optimus G
  1353
• HTC Butterfly
  1433
• Sony Xperia Z
  1906

 

• Nexus 4
  1971
• Lenovo K900
  962

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As you can see in the results above, the Lenovo K900 can certainly hold its ground on the benchmark track against the current crop of top shelf Android smartphones. We will however reserve a more thorough judgment when we get to spend more time with the device. Overall, the smartphone felt extremely snappy when browsing through its menus and performing tasks with it.

The Lenovo K900 will be available in China in April. Availability in more markets will be announced in a month.