ZTE Grand X 3 and Avid Plus
ZTE announced two new entry-level
additions to its US smartphone portfolio at its CES press conference. Neither
the ZTE Grand X 3 for Cricket Wireless nor ZTE Avid Plus for T-Mobile and
MetroPCS will impress you with their specs, but they both come at attractive
off-contract prices.
The Grand X 3 packs a 5.5” 720p screen
and a Snapdragon 210 with 1.3 GHz quad-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM to keep things
going. It has an 8 MP camera at the back and a 2 MP front one, while its 16 GB
storage is expandable via a microSD slot. Android 5.1 Lollipop is in charge or
operations.
A 3,080 mAh removable battery powers the
Grand X 3 and it should last quite a while given the modest hardware at hand.
You get a USB Type-C reversible port - a feature normally reserved for more
expensive smartphones. The ZTE Grand X 3 will be available
shortly on Cricket Wireless in the US for US$ 130 without a contract.
The ZTE Avid Plus is even more compact,
coming with a 5” FWVGA (854x480px) LCD. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 210
chipset with 1.1 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and 1 GB of RAM. The 8 GB of built-in
storage are once again expandable thanks to the presence of a card slot.
The Avid Plus has a 5 MP camera at the
back and a 2 MP one at the front. Android 5.1 Lollipop is once again ZTE’s
platform of choice even if Marshmallow is more than a few months old now. At
least battery life should be decent with a 2,300 mAh juice pack. The ZTE Avid Plus will be available at
T-Mobile on January 20 and shortly after to MetroPCS. It will retail for US$ 115
off contract.
