ZUK Z2 review: Compact Snapdragon 820 flagship killer at a budget price.
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
74/10074/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
02Camera
68/10068/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
03Performance
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 16 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 13 points above the cohort average.
05Build
76/10076/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
- Snapdragon 820 flagship power at $270
- Compact 5" / 149 g body
- Big 3500 mAh battery for its size
- 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 109-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .