ZTE Blade Vantage Launched as the Cheapest Prepaid Smartphone on Verizon

Thursday, 05 October 2017 at 11:19

Chinese smartphone manufacturer - ZTE - has gone a long way from its origins. ZTE is now indeed one of the most recognized Chinese phone brands in the US. That's mostly because of the more cost-effective devices they've been launching throughout the years, as opposed to bigger brands such as Samsung, Apple and LG.

This time is no different, ZTE are in fact releasing a new really affordable handset in the US market - it's called ZTE Blade Vantage. The smartphone is a low-end one and it'll be costing $49.99 on Verizon's website.

Hardware wise, the ZTE Blade Vantage is packed with a 5-inch display with 854x480 resolution, encased in a textured plastic body. ZTE's handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 CPU which dates back to 2014, 2GB of RAM and a relatively good sized 2500mAh capacity battery.

ZTE says that due to the presence of a low-power consumption CPU, the device should bring at least 8 hours of talk time and 13 days of standby. The phone will be running Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box, which should be still fine for most users.

ZTE Blade Vantage Specifications

Processor	MSM8909 Quad core, 1.1GHz for each core
Display	5” FWVGA 854x480, 196PPI
Cameras	8MP rear, 2 MP front
Battery	2500mAh
Standby Time - Up to:	15 days
Talk time - Up to:	23.4 hours
Dimensions	2.9 in (height), 5.74 in (width)
Memory	2 GB
Network Frequencies	LTE B13/B4/B2/B5, Cat4