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 [REVIEW] Lenovo A806-A8 Golden Warrior, How does it compete in our tests!!!

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TSusmangta
post Oct 1 2014, 02:49 PM, updated 11y ago

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Hi guys,

I've recently bought my long anticipated Lenovo A806 or also called Lenovo Golden Warrior A8. Bought it from a patient and kind guy a Low Yat Plaza. I am a computer n mobile geek so i thought he might get mad but NO!!!! HAHA
Well so here I go, I will try to put all the honest details as this is my first ever Smartphone review. LET'S START!!

SPECIFICATIONS:
LENOVO GOLDEN WARRIOR A8
5 inch 720p HD Display Panel
1.7Ghz Mediatek Octa-Core Processor
2GB RAM
16 GB internal storage (Around 11-12GB user accessible)
13MP Camera
4G Supported in Malaysia (Celcom and Hotlink/Maxis work)

POPULAR PRICES AROUND
Get from DirectD RM520
SatuGadget RM525

PLEASE NOTE THIS DEVICE IS ONLY AP

Introduction
So the high-end called device reaches Malaysia as an AP set as Lenovo Malaysia hasn't launched it yet for Malaysia. The powerful phone feature for you a 720p HD display, 1.7GHz Octa Core Mediatek processor, 16GB internal storage combined with 2GB RAM. Since it was released in July 2014 it came pre-loaded with Android 4.4.2 KitKat I was pleased with that. Lets see how it performs on our tests.
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Design
As I took out the box i found the box was a bit light than the normal Lenovo phone boxes I've had. Well... that's no problem. The device had a cheap plastic glossy back, a large camera with dual flash and a clear display. The width was a bit thick and heavy but I didn't mind because I was thinking about power drool.gif . The buttons on the side of the Lenovo A806 felt very cheap The whole phone was a finger-print magnet.
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Screen
The display of the Lenovo A8 equppied with a 320dpi and the 720p HD display was a bit higher than satisfying. When I turned on the phone for the first time I hated the display immediately but luckily Lenovo built-in it's Screen Color Enhancer. After I set the colors and settings the display was awesome I felt TRUE HD on the RM500+ smartphone. Everything was very clear with good color saturation.Maybe you might not like the display on this review but in real life when you see the display it is way better than your expectations.
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Performance
This is where the phone shines. The Lenovo A806 equipped with an Octacore 1.7GHz Mediatek processor, 2GB Ram and Mali 450MP graphics GPU is the perfect choice for a smartphone gamer. I was really impressed that the phone almost everytime has 1.4GB RAM free. The phone easily plays Subway Surfers, Minion Rush and other casual games . That's not it. It can run Dead Trigger 3 and Asphalt 8 fluently without any lag. However the shame is that it heats up quickly when playing games resulting in a lower battery life.Antutu clearly shows how good the phone is. It easy scores around the 30000 mark showing off its power abilities. Mine scored 32000.
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Camera
Well the 13-megapixel shooter offers just fine qualitry. When photos are zoomed in they pixelate on the mobile. Well after optimizing the screen. The colors on the photos look great. Some time the autofocus does not work as well for some little far areas. In taking salt lamp pictures(AS IT IS MY BUSINESS) the salt lamps were looking ackward by tinting the photos purple or white but dont worry the camera is not damaged or something HAHA
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The selfie camera however produces good colors but makes them blurry at times. When held at a distance for selfies that is where the front camera is good at. It produces good/decent photos.


THANKS
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post Oct 1 2014, 06:38 PM

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QUOTE(sanderz @ Oct 1 2014, 04:11 PM)
I really liked Lenovo phones. Especially Vibe UI, more like XiaoMi phones. I owned before a P780, I could say Lenovo phones are what you paid what you get unlike overpriced Samsung. But 1 point I don't like about Lenovo is. Their english translation sucks, if you use Chinese language but then is fine. wink.gif
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yup but that can also be fixed
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post Oct 1 2014, 10:10 PM

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QUOTE(stromae @ Oct 1 2014, 09:57 PM)
nice review...

i thinking to get this for my father..

but now i need to choose REDMI NOTE OR LENOVO A806..
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Yup great choice fonts can be enlarged easily

No offense
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post Oct 9 2014, 06:48 PM

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QUOTE(moniqee @ Oct 8 2014, 09:37 PM)
redmi note got lite mode (which is senior mode) where it automatically make everything front EXTRA LARGERRRRRRR
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Good yo
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post Oct 17 2014, 10:02 PM

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not so good

BAD SOUND just below decent
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post Oct 21 2014, 05:25 PM

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QUOTE(etonggg_13 @ Oct 21 2014, 10:17 AM)
What about the LTE support? Compatible with Malaysia use?
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YUP WORKING WITH HOTLINK BUT NOT WITH DIGI
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post Oct 22 2014, 10:10 PM

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Its like its getting ripped

Or maybe I need to check with the person who sold it to me
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post Oct 27 2014, 04:06 PM

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QUOTE(aku_dia @ Oct 26 2014, 03:34 PM)
yeah... sound not that great... buy for the price... its suit... function doesn't suit its price... way too cheap...
waiting for xda to make aosp rom for this warrior.... but then all awesome lenovo's function will be lost...
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When to shopowner very kind fixed al my problem in 1 hour.

HIS SHOP NAME
Top Phone Zone @ Lowyat Plaza
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post Oct 27 2014, 04:12 PM

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QUOTE(sanderz @ Oct 1 2014, 04:11 PM)
I really liked Lenovo phones. Especially Vibe UI, more like XiaoMi phones. I owned before a P780, I could say Lenovo phones are what you paid what you get unlike overpriced Samsung. But 1 point I don't like about Lenovo is. Their english translation sucks, if you use Chinese language but then is fine. wink.gif
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One more thing I forund out was that. Samsung, Sony and other companis keep their prices high so that when their phones get old so it comes to the normal price. Because if the part and everything cost RM800-900 on each phone sooooo if the sell the S5 or xperia z3 at RM1000 so when it will get old how much will they cut down the cost.


THINK whistling.gif
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post Oct 28 2014, 11:48 AM

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QUOTE(Zack Styler @ Oct 28 2014, 10:51 AM)
What happened to your phone? brows.gif
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Fixed hahaha

Except for battery life.

Sound is perfect
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post Dec 1 2014, 02:53 AM

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QUOTE(paparo @ Nov 29 2014, 03:03 PM)
how long the battery life if using only for browse internet, social apps chat and camera?
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Camera is google, Social Apps good as usual n the battery life donno why getting better by time
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post Dec 28 2014, 06:04 PM

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QUOTE(pengembara @ Dec 26 2014, 10:45 PM)
Sir

Agree language can be changed but it reverts back to Chinese once you do another OTA update.  No?
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Yup but can be fixed within seconds
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post Jan 2 2015, 10:30 AM

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Yup but the person bought it From fixed it
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post Jan 8 2015, 07:01 PM

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QUOTE(gilaball @ Jan 8 2015, 05:55 PM)
I bought my A806 from directd. the problem is it preinstalled with many useless chinese apps. they are under system app that can't be uninstall. and sometimes the phone can be very unresponsive even i just want to open the Contact page...i suspect the OS is really not optimize with the hardware. I just don't get the "smoothness" of what an Octa core suppose to offer

I found a bug from my phone too. when i pull down the notification bar, and press the "MOre" option, it will keep prompt out this message "Notification Center is not working". I cannot cancel this message and I force to do factory reset, which wipe out all user data doh.gif

I have not tried the LTE. I think the 3G connection quality is average only. Compare to previous model A706, battery life improve a bit. I just think with a good OS only it can fully utilize the potential of the Octa core processor

I also don't think it is good for gaming because of touch screen is not sensitive enough - this is what you get for this price. 

Now Redmi Note also got 4G model, maybe I should look for one brows.gif
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My one work awesome

No problem yet
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post Jan 16 2015, 07:41 PM

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QUOTE(hazif22 @ Jan 16 2015, 03:26 PM)
how to do screenshot?
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Power button + vol -
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post Jan 16 2015, 07:47 PM

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QUOTE(gilaball @ Jan 16 2015, 07:20 PM)
you using stock ROM? what is the version?
I believed mine come with a lousy ROM
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Hi my one came with stock ROM with cwm pre installed and also rooted
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post Feb 22 2015, 10:40 PM

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QUOTE(FfaryhaAzmi @ Feb 14 2015, 03:58 AM)
I like to have this kind of lenovo. but then, before i came here..im google other forum and feedback from users. most of them are really dispointed with USSD code like, *118# (for celcom), *100# (for maxis). they said it cant be reach.  do you face the same problem? May i know whether this model got external storage (memory/sd card) slot (up to 32GB)? Some specs said yes. but some said no. 
One more thing, may u  share the shop name that u bought from? website/mobile contact/any information bout that shop. i think you get the better one. tenkiuuuu.  
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Sorry for late reply. Yeah the phone has external storage. And I use USSD code *101# and works fine. I'm note sure about exact address of shop. But I bought from Shop name TOP PHONE ZONE. ITS IN LOWYAT PLAZA. IF ANY MORE DETAILLS ILL TRY TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION
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post Apr 13 2015, 04:37 PM

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QUOTE(Derpington @ Apr 13 2015, 02:55 PM)
hi bro. is this phone good for elders? planing to buy this for my mom
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I say get bigger phone
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post May 11 2015, 09:41 PM

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QUOTE(hope2see @ May 11 2015, 09:16 AM)
hey man, can u tell me how to turn off the roaming warning every time i try to make a call..thanks..
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Hi it's under the Mobile Network Settings just untick Roaming

 

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