Monsters from Asia: the Lenovo K80 with its 4GB RAM, OIS camera, and giant, 4,000 mAh battery

Monsters from Asia: the Lenovo K80 with its 4GB RAM, OIS camera, and giant, 4,000 mAh battery:

For our 30th episode (does time fly!) in our fortnightly column dedicated to exotic handsets from faraway lands, we'll be taking a look at a relatively new entrant to the Chinese market — the Lenovo K80.

Heralded by many as the device that has Asus' ZenFone 2 in its cross hairs, the 0.33 inches-thick (8.5 mm) K80 has quite a bit going for it, especially considering it costs either ¥1,499 (~$242) or ¥1,799 (~$290) in its homeland of China. That's right, like the ZenFone 2, the K80 also comes in two distinct models, though they differ only in terms of the RAM (2GB vs ...