The market of ultra-affordable smartphones has
another competitor in sight after the ZTE Blade A7 arrived for pre-order. The
phone has basic specs like a Helio P60 chipset and a single 16 MP camera on the
back and will start at CNY 599 which is slightly under US$ 90/€ 80.
The Blade A7 has two memory combos - 2GB RAM + 32 GB
storage, and 3 GB RAM + 64 GB storage. The screen is 6.1” LCD with a notch and
a bezel on top, but there is no fingerprint anywhere on the phone. The selfie
camera brings some basic Face Unlock and AI features. The sensor itself is 5
MP.
The main shooter also is tagged as “AI”, which is
basically some scene recognition and color boost, depending on what you are
shooting. It is coupled with an f/2.0 lens and a single LED flash below. The
smartphone comes with MiFavor 9.0 UI, based on Android 9, and can adapt your
CPU and GPU resources to different processes.
The Blade A7 arrives in Blue with the lower price
tag; however the 3/64 GB variant will be available in two types of Black for
CNY 699 (less than US$ 100), starting May 17. That’s when the first online flash
sale is scheduled, although the phone is expected to hit offline stores as
well.
