Mobile phones ZTE: reviews. Phone ZTE V815, ZTE S207: reviews

The popularity of mobile devices has led to the fact that recently a lot of new, previously unknown players appeared on the smartphone market. Most of the companies are immigrants from China, high-tech companies that have cheap labor and potential, capable of leading the brand to leadership positions around the world.

One such company is ZTE. Previously, probably, no one heard about it in our country because of its activities in the Chinese market. And meanwhile the brand exists since 1985, and now it works already in 160 countries all over the world. And the brand was brought to the budget phones, which will be discussed in this article. How worthy is the company's products, what are the advantages and disadvantages of smartphones manufactured with the ZTE logo? - we will tell in this article.

The lineup

So, the models of the company that were ever produced and put on sale are in a special list posted on the official website. Here you can see the names, photos of devices, as well as their full technical characteristics.

The general impression about ZTE phones (which we will publish about later in the text) is that we have an exhibition of copies of Samsung, HTC, LG, Apple devices and others. It is immediately evident that the company did not develop an individual design for its equipment - everything was copied from the most successful models of competing companies.

However, this is not news for Chinese manufacturers. This can be seen by looking at Lenovo, Zopo, Huawei and the same ZTE phones. Customer testimonials show that people especially can not distinguish these phones among themselves. In addition, there is clearly a clear focus on the more well-known companies (concerns Samsung), which are the conductors in the world of device design (unless you talk about copying the style of Apple, of course).

Market positioning

Although the Chinese themselves obviously do not disclose this. The company positions itself as an individual manufacturer of available devices, which can be counted on the market a lot. It's a feeling that the factories on which ZTE devices are made try to release as many different models as possible. With names for them, by the way, here, too, are not original - ZTE phones (reviews about them you will see further) are called the same as the models of those companies that originally developed them. See for yourself: ZTE S6 (Galaxy S6), Grand S3 (like Samsung Galaxy Grand), Star (like Galaxy Star) and many others. It can be seen that Chinese developers are hoping, therefore, to "chop off" a bit of the authority of the Korean company, to stick to the glory of its products.

The above leads us to the conclusion that the design and names (that is, in fact, the form), the company ZTE is like a carbon paper. Therefore, in order to understand how much its models are generally of interest to the buyer, let us consider some of them.

«Flagship» models

To begin with, we will identify the circle of "top" or "flagship" devices, which are worthy of our attention first of all. The best ZTE mobile phones (reviews prove this) are the latest versions of the Blade, Grand, Star, Kis, V generation. We will analyze them.

At the moment, for example, the Grand S6 version costs about 200 euros. This allows us to classify ZTE phones as budget class, which we will certainly take into account in our reviews. We will start with them, since they are the best phones of ZTE. Reviews about them and the characteristics will be studied in the framework of this article.

Review of Blade S6

Externally, the model is very similar to the iPhone 6. As shown by customers' reviews, from afar it is difficult to distinguish it from the "apple" representative. Only, unlike Apple, ZTE is much cheaper, due to what the materials of the shell finish, like all the quality of its fit, to a level lower. So, it may first seem that the device is made of metal, but with more detailed probing, it becomes clear that this is plastic.

The phone pleases with interesting design solutions in some details, for example, a round button return to the home screen. It glows with a nice blue color, and so as not to get blind from it at night, you can reduce its brightness in the settings.

The technical equipment of the device is of some interest to gamers. Thus, Blade operates on the basis of an eight-core processor, 4 cores of which produce a clock frequency of 1 GHz, and another 4 - 1.7 GHz. Due to this, in the Asphalt game, for example, the device is able to reproduce graphics in "medium" mode.

In work, the phone can be called quite bright. As for the screen, it shows the picture quite clearly, although at a certain viewing angle you can see the pixels. The camera on the Blade S6 leaves much to be desired, despite the 12 megapixels.

Review of Grand S3

This device can be called advanced if you compare all cell phones ZTE. Reviews of fans of the company show that it has not been released to the public yet, but it was announced at the exhibition of available Android-devices. An interesting feature of the device are heartbeat sensors and the retina scanner, with which you can recognize a person who glanced at the display of the phone. They say that it's even safer than a fingerprint.

As for the technical characteristics of the device, the Grand S3 runs on a 2.5-GHz processor, is equipped with a 3100 mAh battery, and a 16-megapixel camera.

Star II Review

The phone is also a novelty, so there is not enough information about it yet. It is expected that it will function on the basis of a processor with a frequency of 2.3 GHz, have a camera of 5 megapixels, as well as a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The device will receive 16 GB of memory, but it does not yet know if it will have support for a memory card slot. However, most often, ZTE phones (reviews confirm this) have such slots. In this smartphone, developers promise to use some unique system of voice control, analog Siri, installed on the iPhone.

Review of Nubia X6

An interesting product of ZTE is the Nubia X6 model, equipped with a 6.4-inch screen. The device is made in an attractive, smoothed style in white. The back cover is covered with a gray metal, due to what the device looks quite expensive.

Hardware on it is typical for the "top" models of the manufacturer - 8-core Quallcomm processor, camera with a resolution of 12 megapixels, RAM in 3 GB - all this makes the work of Nubia X6 pleasant and fast enough to play medium-sized games.

The advantage of the model is a capacious battery at 4250 mAh. It allows you to work with your phone for dozens of hours without recharging. Plus, in addition to the volumetric battery, the developers took care of the economical charge of the device itself. Due to this Nubia of this version can be confidently called the "hardy" flagship of the model line.

Review of ZTE ZMAX

Another popular representative of ZTE is the ZMAX model. The device is presented in the class of "Fablets" (something between the smartphone and tablet) due to a large capacitive battery, as well as a balanced operation of the cores with a clock speed of 1.7 GHz. This means that most games and applications on it will go perfectly, due to the newest races and shooters with complex graphics. In general, in the tradition of ZTE. Reviews on the phones of this model note that, in general, the device management is fast enough. The device responds quickly to touch, does not brake. It is not observed and hangs even after a long work.

The cost of the phone, like other models of this manufacturer, does not exceed the "average" price segment and is equal to 250 dollars. At the same time, the phone looks quite solid, despite such a low cost.

ZTE ZMAX is reliably protected from mechanical influences - its body is made of a dense matte plastic, on which it is difficult to see even deep scratches. Regarding the screen - it is covered with glass Gorilla Glass 3, which, again, makes it reliably protected from any trouble.

Overview of family V models

In addition to the advanced (the most powerful and interesting phones), ZTE also has an "average" class. We are talking about the family V, which is represented by several models. This is, for example, the phone ZTE V815. Reviews of it go like an affordable budget device, which "does not pretend to anything." At the same time on the phone is the operating system Android, which means that with it you can do some of the most common basic actions like working with the browser, reading any materials, watching movies. The screen here, like other elements, is very simple - the phone can be positioned as an inexpensive toy for a child.

The same goes for other models of the V family - it's very simple, cheap, but it works. For the most part, the other ZTE phones work the same way. Customer feedback, at least in this we are convinced.

Other ZTE phones

It is now the company is engaged in the production of touchscreen smartphones that copy the "top" phones of other brands. And before that, there was a time when even keyboards went out under the brand. With smartphones and the Android operating system, they, of course, had nothing in common. This is, for example, the phone ZTE S207. The reviews call it an "elementary" and simple device without unnecessary complications. Thanks to the control on the buttons, everyone can cope with it; But due to a reliable casing and simplicity in operation the device turned out to be quite reliable. It costs, by the way, only 1490 rubles. For this money you can get a reliable tool for calls, SMS and the simplest organizer.

conclusions

What about the manufacturer of ZTE in general? What do they say about ZTE reviews about phones? First and foremost, this is a typical Chinese company that produces affordable devices of medium and low price class, which have "loud" technical characteristics and average performance in fact. However, as the company's newest developments show, some models can leave this "Chinese" niche and enter an independent segment. Therefore, it is quite possible, very soon the manufacturer will become something like Meizu or Huawei - a potential niche leader.