By Todd Haselton |
Research firm IDC published a report in March that suggested smartphones were going to outsell feature phones during the first quarter of this year. Today the company confirmed that, for the first time ever, that actually happened. IDC found that 216.2 million smartphone units were…
By Brandon Russell |
ZTE has an unannounced 5-inch device headed for Sprint called Quantum, according to a new report. Android Police received photos and a full spec list of the device: it’ll have a 720p screen (320 ppi), 13-megapixel camera and 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4, among other familiar specs.…
By Todd Haselton |
ZTE just recently unveiled its massive 5.7-inch 1080p smartphone, the Grand Memo, and we swung by the company’s booth to check out the phone. At first glance, the device looks like an oversized Galaxy Note II or a Galaxy S III, mainly because the faux…
By Brandon Russell |
The Galaxy Note II is small compared to ZTE’s new Grand Memo, which sports a 5.7-inch 1080p display. This is a phablet in the truest sense, and paves the way for that 6-inch size manufacturers have been slowly working towards. So what does a 5.7-inch…
By Brandon Russell |
It looks like the very first Firefox phone made by ZTE is on the ground at Mobile World Congress, awaiting its big debut. Some sneaky fellow snapped a picture at ZTE’s booth, showing off what’s apparently the spec sheet of the ZTE Open—plain as day…
By Todd Haselton |
NVIDIA just announced that ZTE will be the first smartphone maker to offer its brand new Tegra 4 processor, not to be confused with the new Tegra 4i, and that the phone will make its debut in China during the first half of this year.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Android was the top dog mobile operating system globally as measured by Canalys in the fourth quarter of 2012, and Samsung was the top manufacturer. Canalys has released its report showing that it tracked smartphone shipment estimates in over 50 countries and found that overall…
By Todd Haselton |
ZTE recently published a vague press release that suggests two things: the ZTE Grand Memo will officially be unveiled during Mobile World Congress, as well as something related to ZTE and its relationship with Mozilla. Our best guess? ZTE has a Firefox OS smartphone in…
By Aaron Baker |
ZTE announced its 5-inch Grand S phablet during CES, and it’s certainly quite the looker. It packs a 1920 x 1080-pixel resolution, that’s full HD folks, as well as a blazing fast 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage (expandable…
By Brandon Russell |
ZTE’s Grand S was officially unveiled and it’s big and thin—the world’s thinnest—full HD smartphone, and it comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Let’s not beat around the bush here: ZTE isn’t the most well-known company here in the U.S., but with the Grand S,…
By Brandon Russell |
In addition to ZTE’s 5-inch, 1080p handsets, the company also has a device in the works that out-bigs Samsung’s Galaxy Note II. Because with smartphones, bigger automatically equals success and power and presence. That seems to be the mantra companies are heeding as we near…
By Brandon Russell |
ZTE on Thursday went beyond merely confirming the existence of its 5-inch Grand S ahead of next month’s CES, sharing a few teaser specs with the Chinese media and specs that’ll certainly whet the appetites of phablet connoisseurs. Here’s what we know: The device will…
By Todd Haselton |
We had a feeling ZTE was going to release a phablet of its own after pictures of the device leaked earlier this month, and now the company has made the phone official. ZTE’s phablet is officially called the “Nubia Z5″ and it features a full…
By Todd Haselton |
ZTE officially announced its Nubia Z5 phablet on December 26, 2013. It will make its debut in China, although we suspect it will surface in other markets around the globe, too. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this being an unannounced phone, specs are subject to change numerous times…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember the ZTE Grand X that launched in Europe this summer? It may end up making its way to T-Mobile in the United States soon. That is, if a recent FCC approval is any indication to the final product’s U.S. launch carrier. The image above…
By Todd Haselton |
The ZTE Grand X originally went on sale in the summer of 2012 and features a relatively low-end feature set. Recent leaks suggest it will launch on T-Mobile in the USA sometime in early 2013.…
By Brandon Russell |
As if we didn’t already know ZTE was going to introduce a 5-inch, 1080p smartphone at CES, yet another leak is confirming the Grand S’ existence. Engadget has acquired a rendering of the 5-inch handset—apparently the thinnest 5-inch FHD smartphone in the world, according to ZTE—along…
By Sean P. Aune |
MetroPCS has added another LTE phone to its line-up with the ZTE Avid 4G. The new ZTE Avid 4G isn’t going to set anyone’s hearts aflutter with its specs, but at $149 for a no-contract phone, it isn’t too shabby either. The Avid is running…
By Brandon Russell |
ZTE will unveil its Grand S, the oft-rumored 5-inch phablet, during next month’s CES event in Las Vegas. Typically, cold hard facts are withheld from the prying public until a company takes the stage, but right there on the CES event schedule is the following…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC, Samsung and LG all have devices with 5-inch screens or larger, which we lovingly refer to as “phablets” – a cross between a tablet and a smartphone due to the large screen size. ZTE is apparently working on its own phablet device, dubbed the…
By Sean P. Aune |
The ZTE Grand X Pro has shown up in an image, but that is unfortunately the end of the information for the moment. Evleaks has once again hit the world with a new leaked render, and this time it’s for the ZTE Grand X Pro.…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! It’s only been a couple of weeks since the iPad mini has hit store shelves, and there’s already rumors of an iPad mini 2 – this one packing a full pledged Retina…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s iPhone is no longer among the top 5 smartphones with the most market share in China, according to a new report published on Thursday. The iPhone was the 5th most popular smartphone in China during the second quarter but is now behind Samsung, Lenovo,…
By Todd Haselton |
Hmm.. phablets seem to have been reserved for Android most recently, thanks to the likes of the LG Vu, the Galaxy Note and Note II and several others. But now it appears the genre could spread its wings into the Windows Phone world. ZTE’s marketing…
