Zuk Edge to Be Launched Next Week, Confirms CEO Chang Cheng

There have been several leaks and rumours regarding Lenovo's upcoming Zuk Edge smartphone, but now Zuk's CEO has himself confirmed that the phone will be launched next week. Even though there is still no confirmation for exact launch date, we now have official renders of both the front and the back of the Zuk Edge smartphone, along with its packaging.

Former Lenovo VP and current Zuk CEO Chang Cheng on Monday posted the official renders of Zuk Edge, and announced on Chinese social networking website Weibo (via GSMArena) that the company's upcoming smartphone will be launched next week.

Earlier this month, Zuk Edge was allegedly spotted in live images. Further, Zuk Edge was spotted in a listing at the Chinese certification authority TENAA. As per the listing the Zuk Z2151 aka Zuk Edge sports a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display and will be powered by quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. The Chinese publication which posted the live images of Zuk Edge made claims that the smartphone will also come with a 6GB of RAM variant.

Zuk Edge smartphone will reportedly be available in 32GB and 64GB storage models. In terms of optics, the Edge smartphone is tipped to come with a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel camera at the front. As per the TENAA listing, the Zuk Edge will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow with ZUI 2.0 skin, and will house a 3000mAh battery. The smartphone is tipped to come with a fingerprint scanner as well.