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everyone this is Jessica Valcourt 40 met here at CES 2014 in Las Vegas I've got the ZTE iconic phablet and yes that is actually its name this has a 5.7 inch display 720p resolution that's a little bit lower than we've seen on some other phones of this size but you probably won't notice too much of a difference in crispness and sharpness unless you're holding two phones side by side 1 1080p HD and this one let's talk about the design and build for a little bit this is a unibody design that means you're not going to be able to take off the back cover to get to the battery and yes this is actually made of real aluminum so it is really nice looking a little bit heftier the aluminum is complemented by some soft touch backing at the top and bottom probably to make for easier grip this phone has one feature that I really like that you don't see on a lot of smart phones these days and that is a dedicated camera button on the side very excited to see this here speaking of cameras you've got an 8 megapixel shooter on the back with an LED flash on the front you've got a 1 megapixel camera of course the 8 megapixel camera on the rear does capture 1080p HD video the operating system is Android 4.1 jelly bean so it is a little bit outdated being a more mid-range device will find a 1.2 gigahertz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor on here on the plus side this is a 4G LTE capable device one thing that's kind of neat in here is that you can use split screen action so you can have a nap on the top and a nap simultaneously running on the bottom there's no pricing or availability for this phone yet but it will be coming to the u.s. at some point to keep your eyes peeled for more information on the ZTE iconic phablet read the full hands on impression at cnet com