Lenovo K3 vs Xiaomi Redmi: Lenovo Releases Lemon Smartphone To Compete With Xiaomi's Redmi
Lenovo released a brand new budget smartphone, the Lenovo K3 music Lemon, on Friday in China in a bid to compete against Xiaomi's Redmi 1S.
The Lenovo K3 was put up for sale exclusively on JD, one of China's largest online retailers, for a price of only CNY599 or around $97. There has been no announcements as of yet on whether the Lenovo K3 will be available worldwide or exclusively in China. Though there is a chance Lenovo could expand sales of the Lenovo K3 to the foreign market if it plans to compete with Xiaomi.
The Lenovo K3 is being looked upon as a direct competition to Xiaomi's budget phone, the Redmi S1, especially as JD also happens to be selling Xiaomi products.
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The Lenovo K3, which comes in a lemony or vibrant yellow color for its back cover, is equipped with a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It has a 5-inch display, 1280x720 pixel screen, an 8mp rear camera, a 2mp front camera and a 4G LTE. It also has a Waves MaxxAudio sound tech, a card slot and has a 2300mAh battery.
As for the Redmi 1S, it comes with a 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage that could be expanded up to 32GB. It has a 4.7-inch HD display, 720x1280 pixel screen, an 8mp rear camera and a 1.6mp front camera.
Xiaomi has only been operating for three years and rose quickly through the ranks as a prominent electronics company and Lenovo claimed that they had plans to compete against Xiaomi next year, according to NDTV.
Lenovo has plans to create a new company and a new mobile brand that will be officially launched on April 2015 and will focus mainly on selling their mobile phones online.
