ZTE has been making more of a name for themselves lately while also establishing a larger presence in the U.S., and today they have just announced a couple of brand new phones they plan to bring to the market. Alongside the new phone launches, which were unveiled today at a product launch conference in Beijing, ZTE has also announced that they are also expanding their channel development this year and plan to have their phones and other devices distributed in more retail channels than ever before. As for the new devices, ZTE has just unveiled the Blade A910 and the Blade V7 Max smartphones, although they have yet to mention any specifics in regards to release dates, pricing, or availability information.
The ZTE Blade A910 comes equipped with a 5.5-inch HD AMOLED live color display, a first for the device market in China. It’s powered by an MT6735 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. ZTE will also be launching a model with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage called the “Open Edition.” The Blade A910 comes with a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera, is powered by a 2540mAh battery, and it has an integrated fingerprint sensor as well as NFC, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, and WiFi 802.11b/g/n. The Blade A910 will be available on China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile with 16GB of storage and 2GB of RAM,while the Open Edition model with 32GB of Storage and 3GB of RAM will potentially be an unlocked model. The device will run on Android 5.1 Lollipop with ZTE’s MiFlavor 3.2 UI.
The Second phone announced today, the Blade V7 Max, will come equipped with a 5.5-inch Full HD display. It steps up the rear camera from 13MP to 16MP, and also comes with an 8MP camera on the front for selfies and video chat. It’s powered by a 3000mAh battery on the inside and will run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and it sports a 1.8GHz octa-core processor. There will be three different models of this device, one for China Telecom and one for China Mobile, both of which come with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage space, and a third for China Unicom which comes with the same 32GB of storage, but will be moved up from 3GB of RAM to 4GB of RAM. All three models will come with a fingerprint sensor with a side placement, Bluetooth 4.0, and WiFi 802.11b/g/n.