Another review praise the K3 note for 1 of the best MTK6752 phone.
Link: http://www.gizchina.com/2015/07/08/lenovo-...52-device-date/

Some high light from this review:
1) It’s outright insane what a good phone Lenovo managed to build there at a price-tag of just $149. It blows away anything MT6752 you have seen to date within the sub $160 range and even some devices priced at much higher levels.

2)  A pro of the 100% plastic approach is the weight. At only 146g the phone is very light for a 5.5-incher, which we are sure many of you will appreciate.

3) One flaw we have to complain about are the touch buttons below the screen. Those don’t feature back-illumination and also don’t offer a reflective coating

4) If you take a look at other reviews you might notice some folks complaining about reduced sharpness and clarity compared to other 1080p displays. Well, we can actually confirm that the screen is a bit less crisp and pixels are more visible than with other 1080p 5.5-inchers. The reason for that is a different pixel structure that Lenovo went for to cut down on cost.

5) The performance (MT6752) reached with this set-up is on-par with Snapdragon 801 devices except for the (theoretical) GPU performance as GPU benchmarks like 3DMark confirm.

6) The internal memory of 16GB isn’t split into several partitions on the Lenovo K3 Note which means that you can use the majority of the phones memory for applications and data. 12GB of memory is what you get available and it can be extended at any time using micro SD cards.

7) The current stable version is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop and a developer version based on Android 5.1 is available as well. We can easily say that Lenovo created the best Android 5.0 ROM we’ve seen running on a MT6752 device to date in terms of optimization.

8) This handset actually features the best camera we’ve seen to date on a sub $160 device.

9) The battery life somehow got better and better with each and every charge. Right now we reached the maximum we believe which is one day of battery life with heavy usage but no gaming. The Geekbench battery test certifies a screen-on time of 6:29 hours with automatic brightness and screen-dim disabled. Charging unfortunately takes a bit too long at 4 – 5 hours.

10) Conclusion:
The Leovo K3 Note has been our budget-surprise of the year so far. We didn’t expect any manufacturer to beat the price-performance-ratio companies like Mlais, Ecoo and iOcean established, yet have been proven wrong. The Lenovo K3 Note is miles ahead of devices like the iOcean M6752, Mlais M53 Red Note or Ecoo E04 Aurora in pretty much every aspect. It’s impressive what a huge bunch of specs and features one can offer at such a low price tag of just $149. Despite the missing support for FDD-LTE band 20 the Lenovo K3 Note is an almost perfect phablet and the features that blew us away the most are the camera and audio quality of this phone. We really doubt that any manufacturer will be able to beat the Lenovo K3 Note in short-term and thus really recommend you to have a closer look at this device in case you are looking for a proper mid-range phablet right now.

Yes it is true - this K3 Note support fast charging as well (both with Aukey Turbo Charger & Samsung Galaxy Note 4 charger)

Price Updates:

China price....... RM527 (CNY899) PLS USE THIS AS BENCHMARK!
http://shop.lenovo.com.cn/product/45012.html

ID Wholesale Smartphone shop.............. RM588 (Back In Stock!)
http://idsmartphone.com.my/

Singapore price.... between RM504 - 560 (S$180 - 200)

Satu Gadget....... RM595
http://www.satugadget.com.my/lenovo-k3-not...al-imported-set

Greenfone Gadget Store..... RM598
http://www.lelong.com.my/merchant/greenfonegadget.htm

DirectD.............. RM599
http://www.directd.com.my/lenovo-k3-note

Lazada price...... RM622 - 1,037

PLS TAKE NOTE THAT FLASHING BELOW IS FOR AP SET / CHINA SET ONLY...

+++ List of Tools +++
USB Driver
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...RTFUTlpoYWRYM1E

Flash Tool
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...bjY4eUh3RkN1V1k

GAPPS 64-bit for Lolli v5.1
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...SnhLVHdBSmVXZUE

GAPPS v5.0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...ZjcwTldJSF9xeDQ

SuperSU
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/

OTA apk (use to dload ST or DEV version) - For Official ROM only / not working with custom ROM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...OFJrWFNHVDFHcTQ

+++ List of Official ROM (DEV only) +++
http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/rom?key=k3%20note

+++ List of Official ROM (DEV / ST / ROW only)
https://mega.nz/#F!DkxVWSbZ!5TlqY7Ge_YuvKzSn7X52Wg

Additional list of ROMs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/de...te-k50-t3158522

+++ List of Custom Recovery +++
TWRP 2.8.7.0
https://mega.nz/#!GdsmDKDI!0d1bnpqP...1zXo7O83RX0j5RI

CarLiv
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...WnNiaXVkWTFobzA

+++ List of Custom ROMs +++

VibeUI 2.8 5.1 LTT MDSTEAM
https://mega.co.nz/#!H5RgFBDK!gUfJ3...UOxWCM-70mDOKe8

AOSP V4 Xancin
https://mega.co.nz/#!fIV20YDI!d3mFJ...GojIxZsdVvEY8EA

SENSATION
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5-MOhJ9c...R2Q1WHRnN1dmdnM

LIMONCHELO
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5oTMOqjH...Y3YxVFNHUHQ1TGc

VibeUI Xancin
https://mega.co.nz/#!eUtWhZSZ!LdXqK...8ZRemnYQkkQdfq4

+++ List of Flashing Steps +++
Steps to install Official ROM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18tHSju-0O...dmixjvZ46DZspk8

Steps to install Custom ROM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=186buH7_-g...vmkxVASRk5E4HTs

+++ Whatsapp LED notification fix when using VIBEUI rom +++

U must have root access to change it and also note editor (i'm using es note editor by es file explorer)
To fix led notification :-

1. Go to /system/build.prop and open it using the note editor.
2. Scroll down the file and look for these three lines :
- ro.product.locale.language=zh
- ro.product.locale.region=CN
- ro.lenovo.region=prc
3. Change these three lines to :
- ro.product.locale.language=en
- ro.product.locale.region=MY
- ro.lenovo.region=row
4. Save the build.prop & restart ur phone.

+++ GLONASS fix when using ROW rom +++
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5oTMOqjH0...kF2SXBILTA/view

Guys,
Android 5.1 or VibeUI 2.8 on 1526 Dev ROM
Download link: http://phonedl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v6/VIB...K50-T5_WC06.zip

Download link 2: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1GxtMm
Source: http://club.lenovo.com.cn/lefen/bbs/forum....&extra=page%3D1

People said WAZE has an issue with 64bit arm... P70 & M1 Note also unable to load WAZE properly...
BTW, got other options :-
PAPAGO
G.MAPS
HERE
MAPS.ME

Yepp, it's May now so I figure it's time to make this thread. Still waiting for this beast of a phone to arrive in Malaysia. At the same time sooo tempted to get 'water product'..

Still waiting, and waiting, and waiting..

http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_k3_note-7147.php

Wow thanks for reviving the thread with your review. Its a damn good deal if you buy it off the online websites.. But once it launches here officially i think it will be above rm700 considering the a7000 is at rp rm699.

To me in terms of specs this phone is by far the best at its price range.. I dont think there's a better phone but we'll have to wait and see if it still remains once it launches.. Rumors said that it will launch end of this month in India. Hopefully lenovo doesn't hike it up too much with the release of a7000. Maybe that will be their strategy - the k3 note was announced wayyyyy ahead of the a7000.

Btw, post some pics?

Also, which site did you buy it from and how long did the shipping take?

2 years warranty.. Hmm..

Is there any difference if buy from them vs from lenovo?

Btw your set doesn't come with dual sim?

2 years warranty.. Hmm..

Is there any difference if buy from them vs from lenovo?

I heard ori set will come with Dual Sim LTE for Sim 1 and Sim 2...
Is it true?

Bought myself AP K3 Note few days ago. For RM628 its a bargain with sufficient specs for my daily need. My only complaint would be the China ROM which some of it still in Chinese... Eg the weather widget. Lenovo probably will only focus on A7000 here in Malaysia and K3 Note will remain an AP set? Should you buy K3 Note? Yes if I have less than rm650 for a 4G LTE phone with 1080p 5.5inch FHD, 2GB RAM 16GB ROM.