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2017 has been an incredible year for budget smartphones but what is life like with a hundred dollar smartphone this is Joel has flipped with pocket now I've spent about a week with the ZTE Max Excel what kind of value can you get out of a $100 smartphone well with the ZTE Max Excel there's a lot to offer for the price Snapdragon 435 six inch 1080p display three thousand nine hundred and ninety milliamp hour battery 16 gigabytes of storage and two gigs of RAM as you may know specs don't always tell the story but even though this phone doesn't have the latest Snapdragon chipset with day-to-day tasks this phone does adjust fine there isn't noticeable lag or stutters between switching apps taking pictures or normal tasks I've noticed a few weird things though like the screen might go black occasionally in YouTube and starting off the display and turning it back on solves this problem and this could be a RAM management problem potentially it is definitely not a speed demon by any stretch of the imagination but you're not going to notice the huge difference when opening and closing and switching between apps versus a faster flagship but because of the slower chipset this really allows the device to sit battery day-to-day this 3990 million in battery and only a 1080p display I've had no issues of getting to work days of battery life on the ZTE Max XL the media experience with the max XL is solid this display looks good and has good viewing angles my least favorite part would be this back facing speaker but it is loud and sound fusili clear you do start to get some distortion at the higher ends and it is a little tinny if you turn it up too loud you may have noticed the size of the phone and there's no getting around this this is a huge phone you'll most likely have to use a two hands for everyday use thankfully it has an aluminum body around the edges here and has a nice texture back which feels good in the hand I really enjoyed the build quality of this and it feels much better than $100 device I've been a huge fan of the vanilla Android experience that ZTE offers and you get Android 7.1.1 right out of the box you won't find a lot of bloatware here and that really adds the overall speed of this device the camera experience on the Mac sextile can be hit or miss you really start to see the limitations of a budget smartphone in this category I was able to get some solid shots with good lighting around town and on some hikes but it really starts to struggle with their lower light and low light you start to see the limits of the sensor and you see grain in your shots you have to hold it really still and it does take quite a while to focus if your selfie fanatic this phone might not be your best option it gets the job done here for a selfie or snapchat from here to here but not the best I have enjoyed the manual camera modes that ZTE offers here being able to adjust your ISO shutter speed and white balance manually is quite nice so this will give you an idea of the front-facing cameras video this is 1080p and a sample of your back facing shooter as well overall I've enjoyed my time with the ZTE Max XL this is a budget phone for sure with its limits but with a Salva display and great battery life it makes up for a slower processor and a just-okay camera for $100 this could be a great option for a lot of people this has been joe has flipped with pocket now thank you so much for watching if you enjoyed this feel free to like it and share it with a friend hello Joel this is cat