Pre-orders starting in Malayasia for ZTE Blade S6

Pre-orders starting in Malayasia for ZTE Blade S6

Phone buyers in Malaysia can now pre-order the ZTE Blade S6 for the equivalent of $262 USD. The device is being offered by Lazada.com and will be delivered 10 to 14 business days after the order is received. Right off the bat, we should point out that the handset comes with Android 5.0 right out of the box, and the handset supports 4G LTE connectivity.

The ZTE Blade S6 features a 5-inch screen with resolution of 720 x 1280. That works out to a 294ppi pixel density. A 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615 CPU is under the hood with the Adreno 405 GPU handling graphics. 2GB of RAM is onboard along with 16GB of native storage. Those requiring more memory can take advantage of the 32GB capacity microSD slot. A 13MP Sony IMX214 camera can be found on the back and a 5MP wide angle "selfie snapper" adorns the front of the unit. A 2040mAh battery keeps the lights on.

A 7.7mm thin design and dual SIM slots are both part of the ZTE Blade S6. The phone is available in silver only. Source

The ZTE N919D launches in India for Rs. 6,999

The ZTE N919D launches in India for Rs. 6,999

We’ve spent quite a bit of time talking about ZTE smartphones like the ZTE Blade S6 and Max series. The company has also started launching more handsets globally, and the budget friendly ZTE N919D has just touched down in India for Rs. 6,999.

ZTE’s devices cover a lot of ground, and the ZTE N919D falls into midrange territory with its 5-inch FWVGA display. Powering the smartphone is a quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon and the standard 1GB of RAM. The storage capacity is listed at 4GB, but expandable up to 32GB.

The ZTE N919D packs a solid 8MP sensor on the back while a 0.3MP snapper takes care of your selfies.  The 2,500mAh battery should provide plenty of juice, and connectivity options include Bluetooth 4.0, FM Radio, GPRS/EDGE, WiFi and GPS/A-GPS. As for the dimensions, it’s not necessarily svelte at 143.5mm x 72mm x 10.15mm with a weight of 165.5 grams. The dual-SIM handset will unfortunately run Android 4.1 out of the box although we’re sure it will eventually get an upgrade.

If you want a high-powered smartphone, the ZTE N919D is obviously not going to be for you, but it’s fairly cheap at Rs. 6,999 which is around $112. That said, there are better options out there for the price considering the specs and outdated OS. If you are interested in the ZTE N919D, it’s available through Ebay.in. Source

ZTE Grand X Max+ Review

ZTE Grand X Max+ Review

Introduction

Fighting in the high-end category of the US smartphone market isn’t necessarily in the pipelines for ZTE, but they’re setting their sights on the entry-level segment. In several years past, ZTE’s line of devices have been relegated to nothing more than these poorly-made, cheap-feeling devices that normally have been rebranded using carrier names – like the AT&T Avail. More recently, however, ZTE has taken appropriate measures in showing consumers that they’re able to deliver quality, entry-level devices that compete nicely against companies with more brand recognition. We’ve seen that ourselves with the ZTE ZMAX over the busy holiday season, but it’s continuing to pick up even more steam with its latest device in the ZTE Grand X Max+.

The package contains:

microUSB cable
Wall charger
Quick start guide
Terms of service

Design
For an inexpensively priced phone, the ZTE Grand X Max+ feels solid.

Gone is that reputation of making cheap-cheap phones, as the ZTE Grand X Max+ impressively delivers a design that’s not only attractive for an inexpensively priced phone, but it’s also solid in construction to give it the qualities of a high-end device. Indeed, it’s certainly a beefy sized phone, one that requires a wider grip to handle, but for something so grand in size, it somehow manages to sport a relatively svelte profile (0.31-inches) and lightweight feel (172 gr). Mostly constructed from plastic, the uniform nature of its construction is accentuated by the glass covering both the front and back sides of the phone – plus, the carbon fiber-like pattern of the rear adds some style points to the phone.

Its overall size is enough to classify it as a phablet, but it’s certainly not that type of smartphone because of the basic package it offers. Looking around the sides of the phone, it features a 3.5mm headset jack, microphone, microUSB port, SIM slot, microSD slot, volume controls, and a power button. Rounding things out, the rest of its package includes a 13-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and a front-facing 5-megapixel one. yoursalephone

Cheap ZTE Blade L3 coming soon, Android Lollipop in tow

Cheap ZTE Blade L3 coming soon, Android Lollipop in tow

Not long after we saw the ZTE Blade S6, which runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box, here we have another ZTE-made smartphone which comes with the latest version of Android pre-installed: the Blade L3.

Like the S6, the Blade L3 - pictured above - sports a 5-inch display, though its resolution is a lower one: 540 x 960 pixels. Its processor is also weaker: instead of the octa-core Snapdragon 615 that's powering the Blade S6, the L3 uses a quad-core MediaTek MT6582M CPU clocked at 1.3 GHz. The new Blade further features an 8 MP rear camera, 2 MP front-facing camera, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory, and a 2000 mAh battery. Of course, all this means the L3 will be significantly cheaper than the S6, which is expected to cost around $250.

While ZTE doesn't say when and where the Blade L3 will be released, the company mentions that the handset has several color variants, including " unique pearlescent colors." Sounds fancy.

All in all, it seems that we should get used to seeing only Lollipop (or OSes based on it) running on newly-announced Android smartphones. Here's hoping. Source

ZTE Blade S6 outed as the first Android with octa-core Snapdragon and Lollipop

ZTE Blade S6 outed as the first Android with octa-core Snapdragon and Lollipop

Value-for-money lovers, rejoice, as today is the day. Apple might have announced a quarter for the books, but its smartphones' prices aren't for everyone, and for all the rest there are the up-and-coming Chinese phone makers, which are encroaching on everybody's turf now with great propositions.

Meizu just announced its $112 Blue Charm midranger, and ZTE strikes back with a bit more souped-up and elegant handset for still a pretty low price. The ZTE Blade S6 (don't ask why they called it that, but we have a hunch) flaunts a 5" laminated HD display, an octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon 615 chipset, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage plus microSD slot, and a 13 MP rear camera plus a 5 MP wide-angle front cam. All of it is backed by a 2400 mAh battery pack, and is running the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop.

ZTE Blade S6 has more aces up its sleeve, though, such as a fairly elegant 144 x 70.7 x 7.7mm body, Hi-fi sound with dedicated audio processor, and what ZTE calls Smart Sense - a clever set of gestures that can turn your flashlight on with a flick of the wrist, for example. The phone will be available from AliExpress starting February 10th, with a more global rollout on February 27th, for the suggested retail price for the western market of $250 off-contract. ZTE promises it will be shipping it from UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Hong Kong, too. Any takers? ZTE

ZTE Blade S6 official price and global availability

ZTE Blade S6 official price and global availability

Big name manufacturers in the smartphone industry such as Samsung, Apple, Sony, and HTC, are increasingly meeting competition from phone makers in China. Makers such as ZTE are coming up with some great value for money devices and now the ZTE Blade S6 4G LTE has been made official. We have the official price as well as global availability details and of course specs.

Specs of the Blade S6 include a Snapdragon 615 MSM8989 64-bit octa-core processor, Adreno 405 graphics, a 5-inch HD display with In-Cell technology, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage that’s expandable via microSD. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with wide-angle lens for selfie fans, and a 2400 mAh battery. It runs the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system out of the box with ZTE’s MiFavor 3.0 UI.

It’s a sleek looking handset that’s likely to appeal to all kinds of buyers and its dimensions are 144mm x 70.7mm x 7.7mm. Connectivity includes LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and microUSB. Features include Smart Sense gestures such as being able to switch on the flashlight by flicking the wrist, and it also has Hi-Fi Sound, and Alive Share for network-less communication.

The phone comes with silver or pink matte finish. The ZTE Blade S6 price is US $249.99 and the company states that it will be available globally online through AliExpress from February 10th. There will be a more global rollout from February 27th, with Amazon and eBay also supplying it in selected markets. If you want to see more of this phone you can check out the this video below showing an official ZTE promo.

Tell us what you think of the ZTE Blade S6 by sending us your comments. Is this a smartphone that you would purchase for yourself? Source

ZTE unveils the 64-bit ZTE G719C smartphone

ZTE unveils the 64-bit ZTE G719C smartphone

ZTE is a popular brand around the globe, and it’s also a brand we’ve been following closely as they’ve slowly started to offer their handsets in the states and abroad. Today, a new smartphone from the company has appeared online, and it’s called the ZTE G719C.

Last year, we spent a lot of time talking about Snapdragon 400’s and 600’s, but 2015 is going to be a 64-bit year. The ZTE G719C is another new handset with one of Qualcomm’s 64-bit processors, and it will have the 1.5GHz Snapdragon 615 under the hood. It’s faster than your typical mid-range device, and it certainly helps to have 2GB of RAM as well. The screen isn’t too shabby either as you’ll get a 5.5-inch 720p display.

The storage space on the ZTE G719C is listed at 8MP although we’re not sure if it’s expandable. The rear camera is listed at 13MP while the front-facing snapper is a 5MP sensor. Connectivity options include LTE Cat. 4, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC. It’s a dual-SIM handset that will run KitKat 4.4.4 out of the box, and it’s powered by a 3,500mAh battery.

The ZTE G719C appears to be bound for China Telecom at the moment, but that doesn’t mean it won’t show up in India or the states in the near future. No price or release date has been set, but stay tuned and we’ll keep you in the loop on the ZTE G719C.

Would you like to see the ZTE G719C arrive in your country? Source

ZTE Nubia Z7 mini hands-on Smartphones

ZTE Nubia Z7 mini hands-on Smartphones

When investing a few hands-on time using the monster sized Nubia Z7 in ZTE’s booth more than in CES 2015, all of us additionally were able to place the compact variant inside the ZTE Nubia Z7 mini nearby. Normally, there are many similarities in among the 2 smartphones, however the the majority of significant distinction right listed below, but, is when the actual telephone is much more form-fitting withinside dimension. Becoming part of the actual Nubia collection, a person can get top-shelf specs using this 1 as well !

Design

Of course, the design language of the ZTE Nubia Z7 mini follows in the same precise manner as its larger sibling in the Nubia Z7. From head-to-toe, there’s no shortage of attention and detail, as the phone bears a more hand-friendly size and solid construction. Its body is still comprised out of the same soft touch matte plastic casing, but now missing is the metal trim bezel around its side. Instead, the soft touch matte finished casing extends around the sides of the Z7 mini.

Display

Toning things down for this mini variant, the ZTE Nubia Z7 mini is flaunting a smaller sized 5-inch 1080 x 1920 display. Indeed, it’s smaller in size and lower in resolution than the display in the Nubia Z7, but nevertheless, it’s still an effective one that's rich with great details, wide viewing angles, and natural looking colors – so it has all of the qualities to make it favorable looking.

Interface

ZTE’s Nubia 2.5 UI is running on top of Android 4.4.2 KitKat, which is a refreshing looking skin that’s rich with animations and features. We can tell that ZTE takes a lot of care and attention to the operation of its customized experience, one that even features small things, like its one-handed mode, to make it more practical to use with a single hand. The only thing left to catapult the experience, of course, is to bring it up to Android 5.0 Lollipop!

Processor and Memory

Just like the display, the ZTE Nubia Z7 mini’s processor is a step down – a quad-core 2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip with 2GB of RAM. Despite the shift to a lowered clocked chip, with the lower amount of RAM as well, the Nubia Z7 mini still manages to exhibit plenty of smooth and snappy responses. From our cursory look, we didn’t come across any slowdown or lag with its performance, so it’s a safe bet that it can handle its fair share of processor intensive applications.

Chopped down, too, is the handset’s amount of internal storage. Specifically, it’s only 16GB available with this one, which is still plentiful enough, but it can be supplemented by the availability of its microSD card slot.

Camera

ZTE wants to make sure that owners take some sharp looking photos with the Nubia Z7 mini, just because it’s been outfitted with a 13-megapixel Sony Exmor RS CMOS sensor with optical image stabilization, f/2.0 aperture lens, and a two-toned LED flash. Surely, we can expect nothing but perfection with this combination, but better yet, the phone is capable of recording 4K videos. Needless to say, the entire package sound exceptionally juicy!

Expectations

Certainly, the actual specs from the ZTE Nubia Z7 mini is toned lower more than the beefier sized sibling inside the Nubia Z7, however despite which, it’s the compact sized smartphone which oozes along with lots of juicy specs to stay this engaging. What’s particularly drool worthy is actually the worth purpose, exactly in which it could be picked upward on-line with regard to concerning $240 via numerous outlets. Because it’s not really coming towards the US via any kind of official channels, it may be worthwhile in order to be able for you to help import in case you’re attempting to find the premium providing through ZTE’s camp – as well as while not getting your own wallet drained an excessive amount simultaneously.  Source

ZTE Nubia Z7 hands-on Smartphones

ZTE Nubia Z7 hands-on Smartphones

Stateside, we’re nevertheless eagerly expecting a few high-end, high-spec’d smartphones through ZTE. Overseas, but, the corporate offers created the presence recognized using its premium Nubia collection, and also at CES 2015, all of us handled to obtain a fast hands-on using the ZTE Nubia Z7. This really is undoubtedly the monster of the smartphone, because the specs alludes, and importantly, it’s the display associated with what the corporate is actually proficient at providing inside a crowded area.

Design

Care and attention is evident throughout the ZTE Nubia Z7’s design, since it bears all the premium qualities to make it one darling looking smartphone. Sure, its design language will draw many comparisons, but ZTE has especially concocted an attractive looking smartphone that doesn’t skimp in the feel, look, and construction. Sporting a soft touch matte plastic casing, the back bears a curvy feel that makes it comfortable to hold in the hand – plus, it’s pretty svelte and lightweight, without any compromises to its construction. Accenting the thing, a metal trim bezel runs around the outside of the smartphone to profoundly highlight its premium nature.

Display

Exquisite. That’s the word that best comes to mind as our eyes feast upon its massive sized 5.5-inch 1140 x 2560 Quad HD display. Naturally, there’s plenty of detail produced by this thing – allowing small text in the browser to exhibit that sharp quality. In addition, the IPS display produces natural looking colors and wide viewing angles to surely make it a fantastic thing to use when it comes to multimedia consumption. Considering what the Nubia line is all about, the Z7’s display no doubt matches its contemporaries.

Interface

ZTE’s Nubia 2.5 UI is running on top of Android 4.4.2 KitKat, which is a refreshing looking skin that’s rich with animations and features. We can tell that ZTE takes a lot of care and attention to the operation of its customized experience, one that even features small things, like its one-handed mode, to make it more practical to use with a single hand. The only thing left to catapult the experience, of course, is to bring it up to Android 5.0 Lollipop!

Processor and Memory

The ZTE Nubia Z7 screams at fanatical pace thanks to its mighty quad-core 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip with 3GB of RAM. Even with all the heavy, dynamic animations running throughout the software experience, the Z7 doesn’t stutter at all with its overall performance. We can even believe that it can handle its fair share of strenuous operations – including heavy 3D gaming and multimedia.

Armed with 32GB of internal storage, that tally is plenty enough to appease a wide array of people, but things can be supplemented thanks to its microSD card slot.

Camera

ZTE wants to make sure that owners take some sharp looking photos with the Nubia Z7, just because it’s been outfitted with a 13-megapixel Sony Exmor RS CMOS sensor with optical image stabilization, f/2.0 aperture lens, and a two-toned LED flash. Surely, we can expect nothing but perfection with this combination, but better yet, the phone is capable of recording 4K videos. Needless to say, the entire package sound exceptionally juicy!

Expectations

The greater all of us listen to and find out ZTE’s type of Nubia smartphones, the greater we’re eager to discover all of these build their own presence stateside. Unfortunately, there aren‘t any ideas at this time for the – therefore the ZTE Nubia Z7 is merely accessible overseas withinside China. Nevertheless, in case you’re ready to import this particular beast of the smartphone, you’re seeking to fork more than around $550 in order to be able for you to help decide this particular 1 upward. Source

ZTE Star II hands-on Smartphones

ZTE Star II hands-on Smartphones

In case ZTE had been preparing upabout releasing the actual Celebrity II in a commercial sense inside the US marketplace, all of us suspect the scenery might shift a great deal through actually can or else seem like along with the standard gamers competing with regard to your hard earned dollars. Announced past due final 12 months, the actual Celebrity II provides a large array associated with attributes which contend handily as much as, as well as past the current brand front runner, as well as voice management abilities which exceed which associated with the newest Motorola Moto X.

Display

The ZTE Star II bestows its user with a brilliant looking 5-inch 1080x1920 LCD display. With 441ppi, the panel gives up nothing but a crisp looking amount of detail. Viewing angles look great, and from any distance, the display looks like it is ready and waiting to deliver content.

Interface

Making use of all those pixels is Android 4.4.2 with the ZTE MiFavor 3.0 user interface running on top. The Star II lets you change themes and personalize the UI in a variety of ways. It is a single-layer UI, with no app tray. The distinction is a device-level integration of what ZTE calls SmartVoice, an innovative direct voice activation and control of any app. By residing on the device, SmartVoice can work even when the network is not available to control things like media player, or photo gallery. Also, because it does not rely on a developer using an SDK for their respective app, ZTE claims SmartVoice will work with just about any application installed on the device.

Processor and Memory

Chewing on all content and user commanded tasks is a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU running at 2.3GHz and its trusty companion, the Adreno 330 GPU. Managing the apps and content is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. There is a microSD slot which will accept cards up to 64GB in capacity.

Camera

The main camera is a 13 megapixel with an F2.0 aperture and aspheric lens (meaning non-spherical). A dual-LED flash provides the lighting if needed. The camera will capture 4K videos at 30fps and 1080p videos at 60fps. On the front, a wide-angle (88-degrees) 5 megapixel sensor to grab selfies of you and everything around you.

Expectations

Whenever you scan with the specs all of us described, you are able to realise why all of us question just what the scenery may seem like in case ZTE introduced the actual Celebrity II towards the west. Whilst this type of device Isn‘t US sure, it‘s a glimpse in to what ZTE can ultimately deliver in order to be able for you to help bear because it grows the item line-up as well as contend out there. Disassembling the general type issue in to consideration, we expect ZTE is actually producing the correct moves through concentrating upabout developing customer degree brand awareness. This way, because customers upgrade as well as evolve their own solutions along prepaid, as well as prepaid-to-postpaid channels, the actual eventual arrival of the ZTE flagship can seem as a organic path in order to be able for you to help adhere to. Source