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ZTE Tania Review

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Nokia's current financial woes show this, even though it's now joined at the hip to Microsoft and its flagship Lumia 900 is in the wild.But Microsoft isn't abandoning its smartphone operating system. In fact, a new version is in the offing this year. And ZTE has muscled in with the ZTE Tania, a budget Windows Phone handset that might, just might, help bring the operating system to the masses.With the ZTE Tania costing £210 on Pay As You Go, or £10-£20 a month on contract, the smartphone undercuts the £450 Nokia Lumia 900 hugely. The question has to be: what do you gain and lose by dropping so much cash from the price?</div>
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Well, you don't lose out on a sizable mobile phone. The ZTE Tania has a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 pixel screen. This isn't as sharp and vibrant as the AMOLED found on the Nokia Lumia 900 but it is the same size and has the same pixel count.</div>
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There's no front camera, but you do get a 5MP main camera and that Windows Phone stalwart 'Unlock to camera' shortcut button is on the right-hand edge. ZTE has also put the main on/off switch on the right-hand side, where it is easy for smaller hands to reach.</div>
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There's a volume rocker on the left edge, headset slot on the top, and the USB port is rather awkwardly located towards the middle of the right edge.</div>
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One place ZTE has cut corners is with the build. Next to the Nokia Lumia 900 o rLumia 800 it really does look low grade. The phone is solid enough - we couldn't bend or bow it in our hands - but it just looks budget rather than premium.</div>
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The plastic chassis doesn't help here, and there were telltale signs of wear and tear on the camera surround of our review sample.</div>
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ZTE has pulled a few punches on the internals too, with just 4GB of internal storage (and you can't add microSD cards to Windows Phone handsets), 512MB of RAM supporting the 1GHz Qualcomm processor, and a 1400mAh battery.</div>
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Then again, the ZTE Tania is a Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.</div>
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ZTE Tania Review

Nokia's current financial woes show this, even though it's now joined at the hip to Microsoft and its flagship Lumia 900 is in the...

ZTE Blade 3 Review

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The ZTE Blade 3 is the latest smartphone from the Chinese firm intent on bringing customers great value for money at the bottom of the mobile market.</div>
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While ZTE and it's Chinese compatriot Huawei both say they're targeting the full smartphone spectrum with recent high-end handsets such as the Grand S and Ascend D2, the reality is that they are still primarily considered budget handset manufacturers.</div>
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The budget ethos rings true with the ZTE Blade 3 as it will only set you back £69.99, plus a £10 top up from Virgin Mobile.</div>
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One of the reasons ZTE is able to keep its costs down is the fact that the Blade 3 is designed and manufactured in China, with the cheap labour and parts reflected in the final price.</div>
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ZTE claims it's in talks with other mobile carriers about ranging the Blade 3, but for now only Virgin Mobile have the handset in store.<br /></div>
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Although the price tag suggests that the Blade 3 is an entry level device it actually sits in the middle of ZTE's smartphone line up, with the high-end Grand series above and the super-budget ZTE Kis below it.The mid-range tag becomes more apparent when you take a look at the specs with the Blade 3 sporting a 4-inch 480 x 800 display, 1GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage (although only 2.5GB is accessible) and a 1,600mAh battery.</div>
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It's not exactly a scintillating spec list, but considering the sub-£100 price tag you're getting a decent amount of bang for your buck.</div>
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This means the ZTE Blade 3 is going head to head with the slightly more expensive Huawei Ascend G330 and the likes of the HTC Desire C and Sony Xperia Miro, both of which will set you back around £100 more.</div>
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Indeed in terms of design there's little to choose between the Blade 3 and its Chinese counterpart the Ascend G330.</div>
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Measuring 120.5 x 63.5 x 10.85mm and weighing 133g the ZTE Blade 3 is a good size and weight with a well balanced finish reducing the risk of dropping the handset.</div>
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Unsurprisingly the Blade 3 has a noticeably plastic finish, although it's pretty sturdy and the slightly curved rubberised rear means it's easy to hold.</div>
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Up top there's a headphone jack and an easy to hit power/lock key, while down the left hand side is a volume rocker key with a microUSB port located on the base of the Blade 3.</div>
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Under the 4-inch display you'll find four touch buttons used to navigate around the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.</div>
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The keys are typical Android fare; menu, home, back and search and all were pretty responsive to our various pokes and prods.</div>
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The display on the Blade 3 is responsive and Android looks crisp and clear, although on closer inspection it's obviously not HD quality.</div>
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You can easily peel off the rear cover of the Blade 3 giving you access to the microSD slot and removable 1,600mAh battery which should see you through the day thanks to the modest innards and screen.</div>
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ZTE Blade 3 Review

The ZTE Blade 3 is the latest smartphone from the Chinese firm intent on bringing customers great value for money at the bottom of the mob...

ZTE Blade V Review

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Here is much that can be said about the ZTE Blade V, the price and the quad-core processor. It almost single handedly proves that rise of the budget smartphone can't be ignored.Varying international markets, a global recession and a rise in smartphone-buying teens mean that demand for cheaper smartphones has never been higher.Firms such as Chinese brands Huawei and ZTE have now become synonymous with low spec low cost devices, with Samsung's Galaxy range of smartphones attacking every single area of the market.At just over £80, locked to Virgin Mobile, the ZTE Blade V is clearly pitched towards the very budget conscious, ideal for those that want a cheap smartphone to take to school.This means it has some decent competition, with the Nokia Lumia 520, Samsung Galaxy Fame and the Huawei Ascend Y300 helping to pack out an incredibly competitive market.</div>
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Has the Chinese firm given the Blade V enough to fight it out and shine against the competition? With the price being so low, there have been some obvious cut backs, obvious being the optimal word there.</div>
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Don't go expecting the latest version of Android, although the ZTE Blade V does come packing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. In all, a reasonable start.</div>
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The design of nigh on every smartphone, all but the odd BlackBerry, that hits the market is dominated by the screen. On the face of the Blade V is a 4-inch IPS screen, with a 480x800 resolution.</div>
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You almost get the feel that ZTE has tried to beat the Samsung Galaxy Round and LG G Flex to market with a flexi screen of its own, but the reality is that it is just the way the screen sits poorly in the chassis.</div>
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Running your finger from top to bottom gives a definite flex in the screen, giving the ZTE Blade V a really cheap feel.</div>
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The plastic casing also gives a cheaper feel, but with the low price we didn't expect the premium feel of the aluminium HTC One.</div>
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The screen is noticeably low resolution as well, but given that you only get 4GB of internal storage (less with OS), we don't see there being a lot of desire to watch HD movies on the Blade V.</div>
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Now we come to the kicker. That 1.2GHz quad-core processor. Yes, quad-core. While it doesn't match the 1.6GHz chips found in older handsets like theSamsung Galaxy S3, given competitors are running 1GHz single and dual-core insides, the added size is something we can see really appealing to consumers.</div>
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These multiple cores are backed up with 1GB of RAM to help ease the strain, reducing any excessive battery drain associated with the multiple cores.</div>
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Other key specifications include a 5MP rear camera for those funky playground shots, and a VGA front facing camera for those profile pictures. We've heard that sparrow faces are the latest craze.</div>
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As mentioned, there is only 4GB of storage. This can be expanded with the inclusion of a microSD card, with the ZTE Blade V supporting cards of up to 32GB.</div>
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In terms of buttons, there are the three standard Android soft keys sat beneath the screen, meaning that the Back, Home and Menu buttons aren't on screen affairs.</div>
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The volume rocker is sat on the top left, fairly flush to the Blade V, although still providing enough of a raise to be easily located and pressed. The power/lock button is on the top.</div>
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Thankfully, the smaller size of the ZTE Blade V means that all buttons were easy enough to hit one handed.</div>
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The ZTE Blade V also has all the regular ports, with the microUSB say halfway up on the left and the 3.5mm headphone port on the top, leaving both the bottom and left hand side of the device free.</div>
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Behind the removable back cover sits a 1800mAh battery, the SIM port and the microSD port. It's a little fiddly to get the card in and out, but we were pleased to find that it was hot swappable.</div>
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In all, it is clear to see where all the focus of the ZTE Blade V is going to sit, slap bang on that large processor/small price combination. Initial impressions elsewhere reflect the cost cutting measures involved in making the ZTE sub £100.</div>
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<img alt="ZTE Open" height="320" src="http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000029c47/1ddf/2013081510293507.jpg" width="195" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br />The ZTE Open is very much an entry-level handset. Its appearance is reminiscent of the </span>HTC Wildfire<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">, although our sample is considerably more orange. There is a blue version available too, but ZTE is currently only selling the orange one in the UK. The power button and 3.5-inch jack are on the top, the volume rocker is on the side, and the MicroUSB port is on the bottom, so pretty standard smartphone fare.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Apart from these features and the single touch button below the screen, which acts as a home button as it does on an iPhone, every other function works via the touchscreen. Pressing power on the top wakes up the screen, and then a swipe up reveals icons to start the camera or fully unlock the phone. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The main interface sits somewhere between Android and the iPhone, with screens you can swipe between. You can also swipe down to see any notifications, with a selection of common settings along the bottom, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, airplane mode and access to the full settings page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The main screen simply houses a clock, and the right-hand screens contain icon grids of the apps you have installed, in a similar fashion to the iPhone. The left-hand screen, however, contains an innovative smart search facility called Everything. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">This is essentially a searchable compendium of mobile-optimised websites. It's almost a portal, with for example the Social section giving you access to Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram, Myspace, LinkedIn and so on. You feel like you are using dedicated apps, but these are all the mobile sites for these services.</span><img alt="ZTE Open" height="286" src="http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000029c46/749a/2013081510285724.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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ZTE Open: Screen, Camera and Performance</h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The screen is not a particular strong point for the ZTE Open. Our comparison with the HTC Wildfire wasn't just about looks; this phone also only sports a 320 x 480-resolution 3.5-inch screen. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Viewing angles are on the poor side, and it's not the brightest or most colourful screen either, but it's adequate for watching the occasional kitten-related online video, with the speaker loud enough for this as well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">There's a built-in FM radio, too, although this only works when the supplied headset is attached. Another area where the ZTE Open isn't exactly state of the art is the camera. This is rear-facing only and has a resolution of 3.15Mpixels. Images aren't exactly sharp, particularly in low light, and there is no flash. So the photography experience is about four years out of date, and Skype video calling won't be particularly pleasant.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon Cortex-A5 runs at 1GHz, which is rather mediocre by today's standards, as is the paltry 256MB of RAM. But the ZTE Open doesn't feel particularly sluggish. In fact, it's adequately smooth in operation. One area where this phone does not feel smooth, however, is when entering text. The touch keyboard is inaccurate and the lack of predictive text entry makes it particularly painful to use.</span></div>

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