Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite

  • Released 2016, May
    129g, 8.6mm thickness
    Android 5.1
    16GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.0"
    1080x1920 pixels
  • 13MP
    1080p
  • 2GB RAM
    MT6753
  • 2700mAh
    Li-Po

Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2016, January
Status Available. Released 2016, May
Body Dimensions 145 x 71 x 8.6 mm (5.71 x 2.80 x 0.34 in)
Weight 129 g (4.55 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM/ Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~441 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Mediatek MT6753 (28 nm)
CPU Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T760MP2
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal 16GB 2GB RAM
Main Camera Single 13 MP, f/2.2, PDAF
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 8 MP, f/2.2, 1/3.2", 1.4�m
Features LED flash
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Po 2700 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 225 h (2G) / Up to 225 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 18 h (3G)
Misc Colors Matte White, Matte Blue
Models S1La40
Price About 210 EUR

Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite - User Reviews

  • I used 2 phones - first was for 2 years, second for 1 year - both had the same problem - 87% battery and turned off. But as all, this is best phone, just Lenovo don't know how to made batteries to work longest of 1 year. :)

  • How you can to put a 4000 mA battery in this phone?

  • Works great!!! I have used it for 2 years. I have replaced the battery (with 4000mAh) after 1,5 years. I am very satisfied. probable best phone in this price range.

  • Worst phone I ever had. It's overheating, discharging very fast. 2/10.

  • Hold volume down button and press lock button once while holding.

  • pros- light weight, fast, nice Youtube play, nice sound cons- front camera is very blurry and real quality is below 5 megapixels, battery drains fast, sides around the screen are lifted a bit and feel rough beneath fingers.

  • Yes..it support otg

  • Use accubatery or ampere from playstore..when charging if u can see the bigger number charges ( MA) thats the better the charger for yr phone...the lower charges cause slower charging...Calibrate or discharge yr phone to 0% if notice phone not fully charging at some point and recharge back.. this cud improve yr battery cycle.

  • Been using this for 1 year and 2 months now. Overall, it works superb. No complaint for the performance. But! Real issue is the battery. 6 months after I used this phone is started to acting up. Since that day, this phone never been fully charged. And it will turn off when the battery level reach 30-40%. To this day, it will turn off once the battery level reach 70%. Kind of sad because I really love this phone. The camera works perfectly. Fast, smooth. Actually I looking forward to replace the battery so I can continue enjoy it excellent performance.

  • tell me about battery time??

  • Noticed must use the charger and cable from the box provided and will work fine, output charging is 1.5a unless using other mobile charger it will charge slow. This phone overall fine with me

  • The same issue with my mobile, it is either very slow in charging or not charging at all, and after only a few hours of using, the battery drains very fast from 15% to 1% immediately.. it is also not connecting now to our wifi.. have you solved your issues on your mobile problem?

  • I've used the phone for almost a year and i m still usinh it. It works very good for an one year android phone. I havent find anything wrong yet. It still works fast.

  • On the first look it looked like an excellent low budget phone but after month of daily usage the phone started not to charging or charging really slow. The time to charge said 22hours. I thought that some app is draining the battery so I shut down the phone and let it charge. Nothing happened, the battery was at 13% after 12hours on the charger. Send at lenovo to fix, and they claims that they did, but after 2 days of usage the same problem occurred. I wander if anyone else has faced similar issues.

  • Lenovo vibe shot is better

  • This Mobile is waste. No battery backup. And waste of money don't buy the mobile and data using to mobile heating

  • obviously most of the user experiencing with battery problem. I don't know why it drains so fast even when I'm not using it and no running apps! and does anyone have problem to screenshot? I can only success to screenshot after almost tenth times!

  • The phone has two slots: one for the main sim card and the other can be used for either a data sim card or a microsd card.

  • How can I do this( details) plus?

  • Hi guys, I have big lag in Asphalt 8 and Nova 3 but GTA San Andreas have good performece. Do you know why?

  • Is this lenovo vibe s1 lite support sd card?

  • its not t760 but t720 instead right?also lower score than mt6752

  • Hi guys..this or mi4?

  • I use two Lenovo phones,Vibe Shot and S1 Lite.I found no related issues about it,although already many months I using it.The downside of the S1 Lite was the front selfie camera is more than worse and the Vibe Shot was overheating.Somehow I am still have my priority on Vibe Shot because it does shoot very amazing photos and videos.Another good thing about Lenovo phone is,when you change the default storage location to microSD,not just the apps alone,but the game obb are also completely moved to microSD and the game still playable!I have Need For Speed Most Wanted (2.07GB) and it's in microSD!

  • I think that i found a solution based on other phone forums with microphone issue. I deactivated noice cancellation from the call settings and ok google from google settings. I restarted the phone and the issue disappeared. It's been a week now without problems. I'll provide update information if something goes wrong again.

  • microphone problem, too

  • Microphone problem.

  • WHat problem?

  • Too many users face this problem. There is no solution from lenovo. After restart works excellent for some days and then the same again.

  • There is no otg support

  • I wonder, is there sd card slot available? Is the 2nd sim card slot cover for 3g or just gsm?

  • Where to find the screen protector or tempered glass?

  • Lenovo vibe s1 lite or huawei p8 lite?i want to buy but i dont know which should i buy...

  • Otg support??

  • It's superb. I am using this since last 3 months.

  • Can anyone help me with speaker problem? I cant hear any tones from my vibe s1 lite...i need to use headset to listen anythings...speaker didnt works at all...

  • Please tell me about its bettery timing?

  • This phone has Battery timing issue or just i faced it?

  • Phone is fully crap. I have front camera bugs and area get hot. Bad mic that need restart the device. No future OS updates but is 2016 phone. Its worse phone u can use it 2 year without problems. Just waste of money :(

  • Do you get instant notification from whatsapp when in stand by mode? Does this phone have problem with not receving notification from whatsapp and viber when screen is off (stand by mode)like other chinees phone?

  • Hello There, have a nice Year, I have the same device and the sam problem as you.. have you solved the problem? and if Yes.How?? thanks Vassilis

  • When I Call people can't hear me completely. I bought the phone yesterday 09/01/2017

  • I have one question, I know I'ts not a good idea , but I want to buy this phone especially for gaming - real racing 3, because my xperia sp with only 1gb of RAM can't handle it anymore. So I've found that mali t720 mp3 is weaker than andreno 320. My question is if anyone has tried this game on this phone , if yes ,how does it run ?

  • Don't know if it's the same but it has a curved design.

  • No, and probably it will not.

  • please help , does this phone have the same curved design as the regular vibe s1 ?

  • Has the phone received Android 6.0 update?

  • You can use two Sims or one sim and one SD card simultaneously not two Sims and microsd card simultaneously

  • I have bought it too from Hyperstar DHA II...i am very satisfied with it.

  • Hi I want to purchase new phone lenovo s1 lite on promotional price at hyperstar ? what can i do this phone is good or not please tell me truth ?

  • i purchase lenovo s1 lite on promotional price PKR 13990/- what can i do ? please guide me

  • Lenovo Vibe S1 or Lenovo Vibe Shot which is the good quality phone or any other choice?

  • Hey,i just wanna know if lenovo vibe s1 lite has a good quality on snapchat or not. I'm in love with this phone but i'm not sure about the quality of photos,thanks for answers.😊

  • I think that this phone has a huge bug: after a few days the active microphone is the one on the top (for noise canceling). I called myself on the other phone and i slowly blow air on both mics and i could only hear the top one hissing. Also when i speak with other people they tell me that they cannot hear me well. If i restart the phone and do again the test it works fine.

  • Ok tq bro

  • This phone is, by just looking at the specs better tho

  • I was thinking about buying this phone but i chose Samsung Galaxy j5 2016 so :D

  • Hi, does anyone know whether this phone has a micro sd card slot? And, is it possible to use 2 sim and a micro sd card simultaneously? Thanks !

  • The speaker is on the right side, however the other side is mic

  • Hi, Marto-Bulgaria. 1. Yes, it has the led notification 2. No, the touch buttons are not iluminated. However, be aware that the battery is not great at all. On sub-medium usage, it makes a day...

  • Hello guys i just have 2 questions 1- Does Lenovo vibe s1 lite has LED notifications ? 2-Do touch buttons have backlight ?

  • Lenovo please send you Marshmallow upgrade

  • I have a lenovo s1 vibe and I am having network issue....as in my sim works in other phones...but I m not able to place a call...it's shows no sim inserted....wat do I do??

  • I have matte white bro.

  • Yes bro, it's more than what you get, even the camera is great. It's fast also, i can run smoothly with Asphalt 8, but roughly with NBA 2K17. Well base on its ram.

  • How is the camera quality? Specially front camera. Plz guide me.

  • Can i know the speaker left or right?

  • Hi, guys! I have a problem with the LED notifications. It's turned on, but they blink only when the battery is low and don't show missed calls and messages.

  • secondary camera = front camera and is 8MP Sony

  • Hi which is better asus zenfone 2 laser ze500kl or lenovo vibe s1 lite

  • Hiii please tell me which is better---lenovo vibe s1 lite, lenovo vibe Z2, Lenovo vibe X2, asus zenfone 2 laser ze500kl or HTC desire 626 please tell me

  • Has anyone found the sensor size of the front camera?

  • For simple use, browsing, whats app, face book, and sometimes youtube. Do you recommend this phone? Thanks

  • true

  • I have issues with wifi going off , and bluetooth on by itself. Do you have similar issues ? How to fix iy

  • vibe k5 note

  • Battery is very very bad .. Egypt.i used for tow weeks and Battery drain very fast without played games 20 minutes call internet 45 minutes wifi , 30 mobile data..!!!!!!!

  • Battery is very very bad .. Egypt.i used for tow weeks and Battery drain very fast without played games 20 minutes call internet 45 minutes wifi , 30 mobile data..!!!!!!!

  • should i get vibe s1 lite or vibe k5? which one overall better perfomance?

  • Android 6.0 when it occurs in this model ?

  • can i update the latest version??

  • I've just owned a Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite. It is for my company phone. So far i had used it for 2 weeks and it is very fine in terms of touch. Battery is quite impressively good as it doesn't take up a lot as is just for my work purposes. Good thing is that it is light as good for my pocket when outside the building. I was hoping to buy another one in matte white colour version but however it seems not in the market at the moment but only the matte blue only. Anyone has any idea on this ? Thanks.

  • any news on marshmallow upgrade on s1 lite ? still i see the big brother the s1 has it when it will happen to this model

  • it has compass

  • I just bought this phone a few days ago.And i have to admit,it''s quite nice,feels light and prety resposive howevef there are some short commings to it.First tue battery is nonremoval and drains quite fast(you can get a day out of it not more than that)and also tue phone has a tendencie to get hot anx the last thing i don''t quite like is the custom Ui from Lenovo.A for accesories:the phone comes with a pair of headsets(average sounding),a protective case(glass like plastic) and a screen pfotector(it's a plastic one,that you need to apply it your'self).And thats all i can say about it.The only thibg i got pissed off,is the fact that i meesed up on adding the screen pfotector.(If you don't know how to apply it go to a gsm service and lef them do it for you)And yes,it's a dual sim phone ,but one sim runs in 3G/4G and the other one runs in 2G,also if you want dual sim,you will have to ditch the micro SD card(the phone only has 8GB of actual free memory,the other 8 is occupied by theAndroid OS and the aditional software) so it's up to you if you want the extra memory(32 GB it's the maxmium memory you can add) or the dual sim function.And that all about thisphone

  • I want tel u Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite Charge Battery is Very Very Hot or Hot Only? And Than This Connection got Every time Connect Wifi or Every time Disconnect Mobile Connection?

  • yes my brother.,. you use sd card in this phone

  • Guys please help me about this phone how can I use the sd card to the phone? Yes or not?

  • yes it supports otg microsd tested 32gb and 64 gb sandisk ultra

  • kirinin on p8 lite has issues .. plus every p8 lite i've seen got the yellow tint after a few months specs to price ratio is good no lags no crashes .. battery holds a day for normal use ... for me i use 2 sims so it's ok antutu score around 39000 more or less

  • it is simple .. always people doesn't know that 16 gb total means 1 operating system 5.88 gb ( locked not accesible without root 2 system apps around 2 gb (same can't be removed without root) the rest of it is free so that is why you have 8 gb free same on any phone ex htc 32 gb has 25 usuable storage nexus 16 has 8

  • I have owned Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite for 2 months. There are 2 basic for me features that the phone does not provide in good enough quality: - GPS: GPS signal constantly lost and frequently provide poor positioning. I tried several apps, like GPS Fix, but it doesn't help. Even when more than 5 satellites are appeared, the phone may do position on neighboring street or 20-30 meters aside. So, I thing there is a hardware problem related to timing accuracy. - Mobile network connection: When I am in the mountain the phone loses connection with mobile network very frequently and the only way to force it to refresh the connection is to restart it or set on and off the airplane mode. It seems that the phone does not try to find a mobile network frequently enough and cannot connect to a network at all when the signal is poor. I had never experienced such problems with my previous phone (Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo) for 4 years or more. The battery could last for 2 days, which is good enough for me. I do not use phone camera and can not say anything about it. So, in other words, I thing Lenovo Vibe S1 is not appropriate for someone who is outdoor activities fan.

  • Think you can change that in settings (mouse sensitivity or something like that ) idk why its called like that

  • lenovo. It has more power abd its quite better the more Samsung phones but if u wanna better buy lenovo p70

  • buy another phone

  • Samsun j5 or lenovo vibe s1 lite?

  • 11street got 1 for RM560

  • Also, the internal storage mentioned 16gb but usable up to 8gb ??Why ?? For those ask about the external memory .. yes, it does support external memory up to 32GB, but user have to decide to use either 2nd SIM or an external memory card, good luck !

  • Just bought mine, blue ..so far work like a charm considering the price. Handsome design & perfect color I would say. Rear camera can shoot good low light environment. Front camera also good, have flash .. advantage for selfie . Volume not so loud but still good (I am not a fan of music, so not a problem). Screen size 5" just work perfectly with single hand operation which is very convenience. The battery can hold for one day operation, maybe due to low processor ? Some drawback was, no assistive touch for this?? (I hate to push the volume button every time lock/unlock the phone). Also no black screen operation (in my other Lenovo, I can just double tab to lock/ unlock screen). Other from that, all is satisfactory ! I recommend this phone :D

  • ok

  • can anyone confirmed that Lenovo vibe S1 lite can use Virtual Reality (VR) features or not????? please help me

  • No, it is mono but good tho!

  • Does it have a stereo speaker?

  • Can somebody confirm with the phone at hand if it operates in all the bands listed in the gsmarena specifications. In particular I would like to know if what it says for 4G bands is true: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) Thanks!

  • Guys, do you have problem with the Snapchat resolution on this phone? In my case it cuts the bottom of the screen and you can't see anything at the bottom of the app!

  • Today I bought this phone and overall performance is just above the other mid-range smartphones. Works smooth, no lags at all, good camera and great screen. What I dislike in it is the scrolling, it is not very good, when scrolling in Facebook or Instagram for example sometimes when you scroll down just a little it scrolls few pages down, too sensitive. Another thing what I didn't like is that the front camera is too much zoomed in. But overall it is good phone for its price.

  • google greenfone gadget..

  • i have this phone,and you know .... IT'S GREAT ! 1 slot is for sim card and 2nd is optional,or for sim card or for memory card,realy cool ! and it's good that they made the same design for both models i mean for s1 vibe buy it guys,you wont regret

  • Heating problems with battery? Huawei P8 Lite or this one?

  • It glasses?

  • Just moved from lenovo a606 ,jst wat i needed, sold un Qatar under promo for 750 QR ~ 205 $ (june 1st 2016) Still under 5.1, has micro sim, nano /mSD

  • Wish there are smaller 4.7inch option for the same specs. There are too much 5inch in the market. Waiting the xperia e5 to be true, but the price will be 25% more than the s1 lite?

  • I have this phone. Took it at a very reasonable price of about 236 USD from my romanian phone carrier. I am happy with this phone. It looks nice, has a good display and performs good. There are however 3 issues that I would like to mention, 1 of them major. Eventhough the phone has a battery of 2700 mAh it does seem to drain quite fast. A small or medium Powerbank and a car charger are absolutely necessary to get properly through the day. The phone also gets very hot. Hopefully the heating issue will not have any long term consequences. The biggest downside that I found however is the poor GPS accuracy. The lacking accuracy of the GPS takes GPS navigation to the limit of being useable. You drive along and suddenly the GPS snaps to a road several dozen meters away. Navigating to your location in a dense neighbourhood can get tricky as the GPS jumps around like crazy and keeps snapping to roads you are not in. I never had this issue with any other phone. I hope Lenovo is aware of this problem and provides an update as soon as possible!!

  • I bought that phone, now I don't remember ID. What can I do?

  • Good phone Speed processor Excellent display Good camera in light Battery draining fast There's a problem wen switching between internal memory and SD card.

  • Remove one.

  • Does it have a dedicated microSD slot, or you have to remove one of the sims to use a microSD?

  • Yes, there is a memory slot... Up to 32GB

  • Is there memory slot ??

  • when can i buy at malaysia market

  • Pls can u get me lenovo s1blue colour with one sim

  • Memory card sloy - not mentioned in the spec. Please advice the same.

  • I have one s1 lite nice phone smooth in gaming very good camera this phone is amazing thumbs up for lenovo

  • whats happens

  • Just a question.. Is it confirmed that Vibe S1 Lite will have a compass sensor as all other mobile websites say it will not have it.

  • yes its have otg support plz it must have dolby atom speakers in it.

  • At last a phone made for me :-) Yeah it should have sd card slots

  • Can you tell me? This phone is support, OTG pen drive

  • This phone is like a confirmation for : Yes - Phone Performance vs Battery is at Stalemate, just like laptop CPU vs Battery Yes - Because the reason above, we can't produce faster CPU/GPU for mobile Yes - Not to mention the Heat problem that even Intel and AMD cannot solve without using extreme cooling method

  • For 5" there are lots of phones.. Wish lite version was at 4.7" form factor..

  • Quite unusual specs for a lite variant of vibe S1. Octa core processor and 1080x1920 screen are not required. However the battery and cameras are very good. Expandable storage is questionable (32GB according to some videos on youtube).

  • Exactly what I'm looking for,I will buy it if the price is under 200 usd

  • bad screen to body ratio

  • Still no 4K recording.

  • Perfect phone, this is what i have been looking for... Just have a dedicated Memory card slot... and Dolby Audio, that's it.....

  • Can we use 4G on both the SIM..?

  • Grt specs... but y there is no bk lit led on keys.....does it support OTG...

  • Ladies and Gentlemen: the killer of the huawei p8 lite :))