Lenovo Vibe X2 

 Specifications and software:

Octa-core phones burst onto the scene at the beginning of this year, all based on MediaTek's MT6592 SoC which has been strong enough at most tasks to give market leader Qualcomm some serious competition. Lenovo's Vibe X2 is the first phone to be based on one of that chip's successors, the MT6595M.

The MT6592 used eight identical ARM Cortex A7 cores, which allowed MediaTek to boast that its "true octa-core" design was superior to that of companies such as Samsung which were mixing and matching cores of different designs and capabilities. However, the company seems to have switched tracks and is now using four high-speed Cortex A17 cores along with four low-power Cortex A7 cores. The former can run at up to 2GHz while the latter can go up to 1.5GHz. 

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Look and feel:

First of all, there are the stripes. The Vibe X2 looks like something that came out of a bakery or chocolatier, not a smartphone factory. Lenovo has clearly tried hard to ensure that its latest launch looks nothing like the black rectangles we usually see everywhere. It's a bold move, and quite a lot of people will buy this phone based on its looks alone while others will take one look at it and wonder if the whole world has gone crazy.

Lenovo calls it gold, but it's actually only the rear layer that's a pale champagne colour, while the middle layers are peach and fiery orange. The frontmost layer is black and is just a little smaller than the rest, which means the black screen has an orange border when viewed head on, and really stands out. 

The Vibe X2 is a bit awkward to hold, and its corners and edges dug into our palms a little. It's definitely light, which only somewhat makes up for that. Lenovo includes a protective screen film and a clear plastic case in the box, which itself also has the same colour scheme and a pretty neat design with stacked compartments.

A recessed tray on the upper left holds two SIM cards - one Micro and one Nano. The buttons are on the right, and there's no microSD slot.

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Performance and camera:

We had a generally pleasant time with the Vibe X2, apart from the software quirks we encountered. Performance was snappy and we liked all the little shortcuts Lenovo has thought of. These little things made using the phone a pleasant experience. Heavy HD videos played flawlessly, but sound from the phone's speaker was quite awful. It got pretty loud, but terribly distorted and compressed at high volumes.