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GROUP TEST BUDGET PHONES
BACK IN BLACK
Having an OLED
screen means the
parts of the screen
that need to be black
can be really, really
black rather than
LCD-style dark grey.

FUEL’S GOLD
is phone comes
with a potent 24W
charger so its huge
battery doesn’t take
a week to recharge.
You get 10 hours’
worth in 15 minutes.

TEST
WINNER

£199

NOW Lenovo P2 Price £199 / stuff.tv/LenovoP2
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THIS What’s the story? which will beat any LCD for a 7.0 update is slowly making
It’s not often you see a budget contrast. At 5.5in and 1080p, its way around the world.
Rid
e Racer Slipstream phone that can take on rivals it’s also big and sharp. ere are no big complaints,
£free (IAPs) three times the price, but really. e 13MP camera is on
One of Android’s best that’s what the Lenovo P2 is all Is it any good? a par with a bunch of the better
racers, Ridge Racer about. It has one of the biggest is isn’t a basic plastic phone budget phone cameras: good if
Slipstream looks batteries ever seen in a phone: either. e Lenovo P2 has a not amazing. We’ll happily take
great on the P2’s big, a mammoth 5100mAh unit that metal frame, and despite that the odd niggle for a phone with
bold screen. is is a lasts two and a half days rather giant battery it’s not too thick, a great screen, metal build and
high-speed drifting race than just one and a bit. at 8.3mm. that amazing battery life.
game that gives you ere’s a lot else to like: 32GB e one minor stumble is that
more control than most storage is double the budget the Snapdragon 625 processor
casual mobile racers – norm, and the snappy fi ngerprint is shown up slightly when you TECH SPECS
you’re driving, not just scanner on the front can be used load up a high-end game like ● 5.5in 1920x1080 Super
steering. It’s a fi ne way to control the phone, nudging Asphalt 8. But you can always AMOLED ● Android 6.0.1
to kill a few minutes, the out the soft keys. tone down the graphics a bit if ● Octa-core Snapdragon 625
only drawback being Even the screen is great. the frame-rate hitches get on ● 4GB RAM ● 13MP rear, 5MP
annoying ads. is is one of the few sub-£200 your nerves. Oh, and the phone front ● 5100mAh ● 32GB,
phones with an AMOLED display, runs old Android 6.0.1, although microSD ● 153x76x8.3mm, 177g
STUFF SAYS A phone with battery life that’s beyond even fl agship handsets

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