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ZTE ZMAX Pro hands on | What is a $100 smartphone like?

2016-07-19
we all know that ZTE already has something good in the high-end area of the market the ZTE axon 7 it's super spec and has a very attractive price point but they're not neglecting the entry-level market because that's where they have their roots established and today they announced their latest phone this is the ZTE zmax Pro and some people are going to have a tough time wrapping the heads around its pricing first of all it's going to be available through metro pcs but more importantly it's going to start off with a price point of $100 outright that's pretty aggressive if you ask anyone but luckily it doesn't look or feel cheap at all I like some of the other sub 200 phones out then market we definitely like the soft touch finish of the rear case and because it adds a certain degree of grip to the hand also being pretty good at being smudge resistant now the size is going to be something that some people are going to think about some weight like it some might not but considering that this is $100 the design the bone is pretty good what you get here is a six inch TFT LCD display with Gorilla Glass 3 now it's worth mentioning that it has full HD resolution which is kind of prescient because when you think about phones under $150 not all of them offer Full HD resolution so it's nice having it here and it is pretty detailed for the most part now our issue pertains to the brightness output it was a cloudy day not all that bright and even on the highest button setting it seemed kind of kind of tough to make out kind of underpowered and the screen seems to be highly reflective as well specs wise it's pretty indicative of its price point it's a value conscious smartphone so it's found by 1.5 year it's octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 chip with 2 gigabytes of RAM it's going to handle all the trivial stuff with ease but when it comes to more processor intensive stuff you kind know it might not be able to handle them it has 32 gigabytes of internal storage it can be supplemented with a microSD card slot but there are two things worth noting about the hardware here first it does come with a fingerprint sensors on the back and that's key because that it adds an element security and very few phones in its price range offers a fingerprint sensor when secondly it offers also a USB type-c port so at least it's up-to-date with that in terms of the connectivity the cameras on the phone seem to be decent from a specs standpoint you have a 13 megapixel rear camera with phase detection autofocus and then you have a 5 megapixel front facing camera we did take a few snapshots with the phone in our time using it and we check them out on the phone itself it looked nice but again it's not really indicative of its real potential because low lighting is usually key to telling what phones are good and what phones aren't and finally the software now it's running marshmallow out of the box and who knows if we'll get the next version Android but what's more important here is that it's a mostly stock interface which is nice just like the ZTE axon 7 so curious will like that because it's simple and straightforward now however they do include some do metro pcs software - the biggest thing about the ZTE zmax pro is its price point it's $100 that's kind of ridiculous and also unbelievable at the same time but that's what it is and given that it has a fingerprint sensor a USB type-c port you have expandable storage you have HD voice functionality it's a pretty good offering a lot of value thrown in there but it's only available to metro pcs and that's the only limitation and getting this phone known so if you guys want one more about the ZTE zmax pro you can check out our website Android thority comm this is John VIII signing out
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