Overview of the smartphone ZTE Blade 10 Prime with key features

ZTE has been on the Russian market for more than one year, which contributes to the rapid and promising growth of the brand.

New for November is the ZTE Blade 10 Prime smartphone. This is an inexpensive device from one of the best manufacturers, with a good matrix, a dual main camera and a Li-Po rechargeable battery, although there are questions about the capacity of the latter. At first glance, it is difficult to distinguish the ZTE Blade 10 Prime from other popular models, but we will try.

ZTE brand

Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited or ZTE Corporation for short is a Chinese company that was founded in 1985. Initially, the company was created in order to solve the nuances associated with providing the Chinese army with all available means of communications, etc.It all started with the production of electronic watches, wire phones and other consumer electronics. During the research, an automatic telephone exchange was created, which helped to enter the telecommunications market and stay there for a long time.

ZTE launched its first phone in 1999, releasing a phone with a removable SIM card the following year. Already by 2007, the ZTE brand held a strong position in the ranking of quality devices, entering the top ten.

The release of smartphones took place in 2010, a storm of new models began in 2011, and already in 2012, ZTE entered the top five global manufacturers. Until today, the brand has had to face many problems of a different nature, against this background, few expected the release, for example, ZTE Axon M with a dual screen. Therefore, the release of another novelty in the form of Blade 10 Prime, the brand's audience inspires confidence in the bright future of the company.

ZTE has three lines of smartphones, let's take a quick look at each.

• The Nubia line is prestigious, expensive and high-tech gadgets, the line itself appeared in 2013. The emphasis in the models of this series is on the appearance, and each model has a “mini” version. Since 2017, Nubia Technology has become an independent company.
• The Axon line is popular and expensive gadgets that have been released under this line since 2015. For devices of this line, technical developments, concert sound quality and multimedia capabilities are in the first place.
• The Blade line is budget and running gadgets, they began to be produced, as mentioned earlier, since 2011. The popularity of the models of this line is growing every year. The emphasis on devices is on the price and adding some interestingness to the new model, it can be either a powerful battery, or a good camera, etc.

Despite the different prices of the lines, ZTE smartphones are among the ones available on the market.

Review ZTE Blade 10 Prime

On November 7, the ZTE brand introduced a new smartphone - Blade 10 Prime.

This is not the most productive novelty right now, however, the processor and battery capacity will be enough for most tasks. And in comparison with the Blade A7 Prime, which was announced on the same day, the hero of our review clearly wins.

Therefore, we will not delay and see what an inexpensive, but reliable in operation and comfortable phone should be.

Equipment

The delivery set is not the most generous, but everything is well packed, each element in its own cardboard box.

So, the package consists of:

• a convenient paper clip to open the SIM card tray;
• instructions for using the gadget;
• smartphone directly;
• Type-C cable with standard length cord;
• adapter.

Everything is quite concise, but clear and to the point.

Design

The body of the gadget is made of high quality and practical polycarbonate. The smartphone will be released only in black color.

Device dimensions:

• length - 158 mm;
• width - 75.2 mm;
• thickness - 7.9 mm;
• weight - 165 gr.

For some, it may seem large and uncomfortable, but this is only the first impression. After holding the smartphone in your hands for a few minutes, it becomes clear that this is a misleading opinion.

Screen

The screen of this model is quite large, the diagonal is 6.3 inches with an aspect ratio of 19:9. Watching videos, playing games or simply browsing the Internet will be quite comfortable.

Display with an IPS LCD matrix and a resolution of 2280x1080. Color rendition is not bad, good viewing angles with a margin of brightness.It will be comfortable to work if the device is in the sun. The pixel density per 1 inch is 400ppi and this is a good indicator for the average segment of a smartphone.

The screen occupies 83.4% of the front panel of the gadget, which indicates the presence of frames.

In general, the characteristics of the display leave a positive impression, because for watching videos, for playing games and for surfing the Internet, it is great.

Filling

The most important and controversial section of any smartphone. Controversial from the fact that everyone is based on their selection criteria, and for some this gadget may seem like a low performance, but for some this is quite enough.

The Android 9.0 (Pie) operating system with a good Helio P60 chipset from Mediatek MT6771, which is produced according to lithography standards - 12mm with support for artificial intelligence systems. It has 8 cores: 4 Cortex-A73 cores with a frequency of 2.0 GHz and 4 Cortex-A53 cores with a frequency of 2.0 GHz.

The graphics accelerator was installed by ARM Mali-G72 MP3, which operates at a frequency of 800 MHz.

RAM - 3 GB, built-in - 64 GB. This is enough to perform basic functions and tasks, for active games and large applications this is not enough.

There is a slot for microSD cards with a maximum capacity of 1 T, which is very good and you don’t have to worry about whether you have enough space for photos, videos and music.

Of course, the somewhat outdated configuration raises the question, and why the chip is not from Qualcomm. But surely the manufacturers were guided by something when they created this model.

autonomy

The gadget was awarded a rechargeable battery with a capacity of 3200 mAh Li-Po type. The battery also supports USB PD 2.0 (USB Power Delivery) and fast charging - 18W to which the device is connected via the USB Type-C port.

Manufacturers report that the battery can withstand 270 hours of battery life and 16 hours of talk time.

All this, of course, is good, but 3200 mAh on the eve of 2020 is a little strange.

Camera

On the rear panel is the main dual camera, which consists of: the main module with a resolution of 16 MP - f / 1.8, a module for creating depth or a depth sensor with a resolution of 5 MP - f / 2.2. Nearby is also an LED flash and a fingerprint scanner or a fingerprint scanner.

The Blade 10 Prime lacks a wide-angle camera and a macro camera, which again raises questions. A positive fact is the presence of stabilization.

The front camera is located in a neat waterdrop notch on the front panel and has a resolution of 16 megapixels - f / 2.0. "Sebyashki" should be of quite tolerable quality.

Questions on the topic “How does the gadget take pictures? How do you take pictures at night? What is the sharpness of the photo? ' are still open. There are no examples of photos yet, although, on the other hand, one can already roughly imagine the quality of photos this smartphone can take. It is clear that the model is not for lovers of high-quality photos.

Communications

One of the stable sections, the review hero has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS.

There is an audio jack - 3.5 mm, but there is no NFC module, which is not surprising against the background of other shortcomings.

Unlocking occurs thanks to the fingerprint scanner.

How much is this happiness worth?

Price policy

Sources on the Internet say that the average price of a gadget starts at 11,000 rubles. or 160 EUR.

Where is it profitable to buy a device? In chain stores, search online shopping sites. Perhaps you should wait for New Year's discounts or promotions.

Characteristics

In order to give you the opportunity to quickly and comfortably get acquainted with the main indicators, we will arrange everything in the form of a table.

For such a price, perhaps this model will have fans. Although the novelty does not stand out with a productive and nimble interface.

Positive and negative sides

The review and other reviews help sort out the information and highlight the pros and cons of the Blade 10 Prime both for themselves and for readers.

• screen;
• fast charging;
• memory expansion up to 1 terabyte.

• accumulator battery;
• outdated configuration;
• main camera setup.

Already by the fact that the advantages and disadvantages are on an equal footing, we can conclude that this is not the most successful model of November 2019.

Results

Still, our hero of the review is more for those who use the phone mainly for its intended purpose, that is, to make calls, to be in touch thanks to instant messengers, to find the necessary information on the Internet or to “click” something for memory.

We said that we announced 2 models on November 7th, and between Blade 10 Prime and Blade A7 Prime, how to choose? Depending on what to focus on in terms of price, in terms of functionality, in general, these are two models that are close in terms of characteristics, and in this case, Blade 10 Prime wins.

Among the competitors, the Blade 10 Prime is not the strongest model, to say the least. Which company is better to buy a gadget? A novelty from ZTE or not - the choice is up to the consumer.