{"id":5733,"date":"2014-07-22T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2014-07-22T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T06:17:44","slug":"lenovo-targets-fashion-conscious-consumer-new-smartphone-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2014\/07\/22\/lenovo-targets-fashion-conscious-consumer-new-smartphone-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo targets the fashion-conscious consumer with new smartphone and tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lenovo has rolled out the Lenovo A8-50 portable multimedia tablet and the Lenovo S850 smartphone encased in an all-glass exterior.<\/p>\n<p>The Lenovo A8-50 weighs 360g and has an 8-inch display that produces bright HD images. The tablet also features front-facing, Dolby Audio speakers.<\/p>\n<p>By activating Smart Sidebar, users can enjoy optimal video and audio settings for\u00a0 vertical or horizontal modes. Smart Sidebar also suggests recently-used apps. Lenovo A8-50 supports Lenovo\u2019s SHAREit and SYNCit apps for sharing photos, apps and other files across Android devices without network charges or Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n<p>The tablet\u00a0 also\u00a0 comes in midnight blue, pearly white, flamenco red, and canary yellow, for users to express their sense of individuality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All-glass exterior<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5734\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5734\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lenovo S850 features an all-glass exterior. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850-210x158.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/S850-390x293.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Lenovo S850 features an all-glass exterior.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Designed for the fashion-conscious consumer, the Lenovo S850 features a classy all-glass exterior that encases a quad-core processor, 16GB of storage and 1GB of RAM.<\/p>\n<p>The S850\u2019s brilliant 13MP rear &amp; 5MP front cameras makes the device good for photography. The 5MP wide-angle front camera takes awesome selfies and project better images in voice chats.<\/p>\n<p>Thin and light at 140 g, the Lenovo S850 features a five-inch screen for users to enjoy multimedia content in HD. It has a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution.<\/p>\n<p>A dual SIM smartphone, users can use different two numbers to take advantage of two data plans simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Lenovo S850 also supports Lenovo\u2019s range of DOit apps, allowing users to share content with friends rapidly without network charges or Wi-Fi connection, improve speed and protect their device against viruses, spam and malware, back up and restore contacts, SMS messages and call logs, and\u00a0 use multiple shooting modes to when snapping photos.<\/p>\n<p>The Lenovo S850, which costs Php13,999 is available through authorized dealers of Open Communications, Lenovo Philippines\u2019 exclusive smartphone distributor while the Lenovo A8-50, which costs Php10,499 is available through Lenovo\u2019s authorized resellers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5735\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lenovo A8-50 \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50-210x158.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lenovo-A8-50-390x293.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Lenovo A8-50<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Partnership with Forever 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of its continuous consumer brand-building effort, Lenovo has partnered with global fashion brand, Forever 21 for the launch of the S850 smartphone and A8-50 tablet.<\/p>\n<p>For every purchase of the Lenovo S850 or A8-50, consumers will get a Php250 Forever 21 discount voucher for a minimum purchase of Php2,500 worth of regular priced items. The offer is valid from July 21-August 15, 2014 at all Forever 21 Metro Manila branches.<\/p>\n<p>Two lucky consumers can also get the chance to win Php5,000 pesos worth of gift certificates for a shopping spree at Forever 21 by simply uploading a mirror selfie of themselves with their brand new S850. The complete details of this contest can be found on Lenovo Mobile Philippines Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lenovo has rolled out the Lenovo A8-50 portable multimedia tablet and the Lenovo S850 smartphone encased in a all-glass exterior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,4],"tags":[595,312,201],"class_list":["post-5733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phones","category-spotlight","category-tablets","tag-android-tablet","tag-lenovo","tag-smartphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}