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what's up guys lon here from Android Authority and we're here Aoife in Berlin taking a look at the vibe P 1 1 of lenovo's latest mid-range devices and if battery life is your biggest concern when it comes to smartphones the p1 puts a pretty big focus on that which we'll get into in a sec but starting with the design really quick you're looking at an aluminium unibody design which looks eerily familiar to an HTC One but that isn't necessarily a bad thing because it is a good looking device with good build quality it's also relatively compact in size and comfortable to use in the hand due to the tapered back on the front is a 5.5 inch IPS LCD display with 1080p resolution and so far it looks pretty good with great colors sharpness and brightness and what 5.5 inches starting to become the norm for smartphone screen sizes most people should be perfectly fine with this particular display the phone is being powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 two gigabytes of RAM with 32 gigabytes of on-board storage with microSD card expansion for up to an additional 128 gigabytes and if it's like many other mid-range smartphones being powered by the same chipset then performance should generally be pretty good and so far it does seem to be very snappy and responsive going around the device you've got the buttons and ports in typical places like the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack up top speaker grilles and micro USB port on the bottom and power and volume keys on the right side but one of the most notable pieces of hardware on the p1 is the built-in fingerprint scanner on the bottom which is actually really great to see for a mid-range phone it's a press and hold type and setting it up is very similar to other fingerprint scanners where you just continue to press on the button until your fingerprint is completely captured and once that is done it's ready to be used and from the short time that I got to try it out it seems to be just as fast and reliable as fingerprint scanners on more high-end devices like the galaxy s6 so if you're into biometric security then you'll enjoy the fingerprint sensor and it's great to see lenovo bringing a feature that you normally see on flagships down to a more affordable smartphone for the battery you're looking at a very large 5,000 milliamp hour battery which does make the phone quite big in terms of its thickness but if you're more concerned about battery life then the extra thickness is going to be a fair trade-off another interesting feature with the p1 is to switch on the left side of the phone and this is actually a battery life switch that switches the phone into a power saving mode which lenovo claims is supposed to double the battery life it's a little bit unique and something we've never really seen before but it is there to take advantage of anytime you want to extend the battery life even further but hopefully the battery life is more than good enough that you won't have to rely on it all too often software wise you're looking at android 5.1.1 with Lenovo's custom skin and unlike the fab plus it's a little bit more heavily customised with rounded squared off icons and just a color for UI in general with a few more extra features also if you're willing to give up a little bit of battery capacity for some splash proof capabilities and a more plastic design lenovo has the p 1m which is a very similar phone but with slightly lowered specs the p1 and p1 m will be going for a price of 2 80 and 160 dollars respectively and will be available in the coming months which is a great price for two phones that should be a beast in the battery life department but that pretty much does it for this quick hands-on of the vibe p1 hopefully you guys enjoyed this video if you did please give it a thumbs up down below and let us know what you guys think of the vibe p1 and subscribe to the channel as well if you haven't already that button is also down below and stay tuned for more of our Aoife 2015 coverage there's a lot more to come and don't forget to check the website as well and Georgia Thor decom because we are your source for all things Android and Aoife 2015 you