He Vibe K5 Plus looks great for a low-cost phone. We received a silver unit for review, but this phone is also available in gold and grey. There’s a front camera and sensor window above the screen, and capacitive navigation buttons below. These buttons are sadly not backlit so you might wind up fumbling a bit in the dark. There isn’t much wasted space to the sides of the screen, which makes this phone pretty easy to use with one hand.
The camera is in one corner, with a single LED flash next to it. More interesting are the twin speaker grilles and Dolby logo lower down - stereo speakers are rare on phones in general, let alone budget ones. The 3.5mm audio socket and Micro-USB port are both on the top, and the power and volume buttons are on the right, leaving the bottom and left blank.
It seems that Lenovo has the makings of another winner on its hands. It could be as popular as the K3 Note was, bringing similar features and even better looks to a lower price level. The only real objections we have with this phone are its weak battery life and tendency to become uncomfortably warm when anything serious is running.