SpecEagle review · ZUK

ZUK Z2 review: Compact Snapdragon 820 flagship killer at a budget price.

Item: ZUK Z2
Rating: 74
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2016·$270

Overall

74/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Lenovo's flagship-killer experiment.

ZUK Z2 — from Lenovo's short-lived enthusiast sub-brand — crammed Snapdragon 820 flagship performance and a 3500 mAh battery into a compact 5" body at just $270, a value benchmark that enthusiasts imported worldwide.

01Display

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

TypeIPS LCD

Size5.0 inches

Resolution1080 x 1920 px

FingerprintU-Touch front home button

02Camera

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

Main13 MP Sony IMX258, f/2.2, PDAF

Selfie8 MP

03Performance

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

ChipsetSnapdragon 820 (14nm)

GPUAdreno 530

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

Capacity3500 mAh

ChargingQuick Charge 3.0

05Build

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

What works

Snapdragon 820 flagship power at $270
Compact 5" / 149 g body
Big 3500 mAh battery for its size

What doesn't

Single modest 13 MP camera
ZUI niche software
No microSD

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .