ZUK Edge With High End Specs Is Now Official!

After its TENAA appearance last month, Lenovo's ZUK sub brand has made the ZUK Edge official. It's a high-end smartphone with gorgeous 5.5 inch full HD 2.5D screen touting an 86.4% screen-to-body ratio!

This is the new ZUK Edge!

In terms of specs, everything else is super high-end.The ZUK Edge is powered by Qualcomm's 64 bit Snapdragon 821 quad core processor, Adreno 530 graphics, 4 or 6 GB of RAM, 64 GB non-expandable storage, and 3,100 mAh of battery w/ Quick Charge 3.0 technology.

The device also sports a 13 MP f/2.2 w/ PDAF and dual tone LED flash, 8 MP f/2.2, LTE connectivity, very fast fingerprint scanner (0.09 secs), Dirac HD sound, and dual SIM slots. The phone loads with Android 7.0 Marshmallow OS out of the box.

ZUK Edge Specs

Display: 5.5 Inch FHD IPS 1920 x 1080 resolution w/ 2.5D curved glass at 401 ppi

CPU: 2.4 GHz 64 Bit Snapdragon 821 quad core processor

GPU: Adreno 530

RAM: 4 GB / 6 GB

ROM: 64 GB

Back Camera: 13 MP f/2.2 w/ PDAF and dual tone LED flash

Selfie Camera: 8 MP f/2.2

Battery: 3,100 mAh w/ Quick Charge 3.0

OS: Android 7.0 Nougat

Connectivity: WiFi, 3G, LTE, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, A GPS, dual SIM

Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate, altimeter

Others: Fingerprint sensor, USB Type C, Dirac HD sound, Colors: ceramic white, titanium black

Dimensions: 142.9 x 74.5 x 7.7 mm

Weight: 160 g

Price: CNY 2,299 (4 GB RAM variant), CNY 2,499 (6 GB RAM model)

It's currently on pre-order in China for CNY 2,299 for the 4 GB RAM model (around PHP 16.5K) and CNY 2,499 (around PHP 18K) for the 6 GB RAM edition only.

While taxes and other duties isn't counted for that conversion yet, the ZUK Edge has a very good price for a device with this type of design and specs. Only the lack of micro SD card slot is its "weakness" on paper right now.