ZTE Grand S: the world's thinnest smartphone with a 5-inch screen 1080p [CES 2013]

At CES 2013 the Chinese company ZTE has demonstrated the world's thinnest smartphone with a 5-inch screen that has a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The thickness of the shell model Grand S at around 6.9 mm. For comparison, the same parameter in the new iPhone 5.

The device is equipped with a quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro with 1.7 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory, microSD card slot and supports a network of LTE. In this Grand S has a 13-megapixel camera, around which much slight thickening. The victim of the race for the millimeter casing was battery - its capacity is only 1780 mAh.

The device receives a ceramic dress. In fact, the Grand S enclosed in a one-piece polycarbonate. Price smartphone that the new version of Android Jelly Bean, will be in China nearly 2,800 yuan (about 449 dollars).

ZTE has officially unveiled a 5-inch smartphone Nubia Z5 thickness of 7.6 mm and a 13 megapixel camera

ZTE has officially unveiled the smartphone Nubia Z5. The main feature that determines the shape of the device is a combination of the display with a screen diagonal of 5 inches and very thin body - 7.6 mm.The same thickness as a iPhone 5. IPS-resolution display Chinese device is 1920 x 1080 pixels, with a density of 443 pixels per inch. At the moment, Nubia Z5 is the thinnest smartphone with a five-inch screen 1080p.

Nubia Z5 based on a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz and is managed by the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Declared support networks WCDMA (2100 MHz), GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) and EVDO (800 MHz). The configuration includes 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash memory.

The device has a 13-megapixel main camera and a front with a resolution of 2 megapixels. Supports Wi-Fi Display and MHL. The device comes with a battery capacity of 2300 mAh.

ZTE is the first manufacturer to upgrade a device to Android 4.1.1: PDK effect?

At the end of June, during the Google I / O 2012, we spoke of the  Platform Development Kit (PDK): the solution to eliminate the fragmentation Android  from Google that proposed by Jelly Bean promises a speedup of official updates from the manufacturers.

 

In practice, Google will offer the new distribution three months before the release in order to help partners in the hotfix of its range. Jelly Bean is the first system to take advantage of this PDK although it was offered only a month before the various brands.

Although this seems to be ZTE achieved something impossible up to now. The manufacturer has in fact officially updated at Jelly Bean smartphone ZTE N880E, Gingerbread released in China in May and passed directly to Android 4.1.1.

This is actually not the first smartphone Nexus to be upgraded to the new operating system, and although the hardware is not particularly interesting, N880E is having a huge advertising.

Features ZTE N880E:

• Size: 119mm x 61mm x 10.4mm
• Screen: 4.0-inch, WVGA, 480 x 800 TFT , capacitive touchscreen
• Weight: 130g
• Battery: Li-ion 1650mAh
• Standard: CDMA2000 1x, EVDO Rev.A, 800MHz
• OS: Android 4.1.1
• Platform: Qualcomm 7627A
• Frequency: 1 GHz
• Memory: 4GB (storage) + 512MB (RAM)
• Extended memory: microSD (maximum support 32G)
• Camera: 3.2MP AF
• Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP, AVRCP
• WLAN: 802.11 b / g / n
• Other: GPS, GSM, FM, A-GPS

ZTE has thus demonstrated that, probably due to the PDK, you can actually decrease the fragmentation of Android. by

Whole new range of Android smartphones ZTE presented at MWC

Together with the flagship model was ZTE , the Chinese manufacturer has unveiled the full range of smartphone Android device consists of six that will be available in the coming months in Europe, Japan, USA and China.

ZTE Kis

• Display 3.5-inch HVGA.
• Processor Qualcomm MSM7225A 800 Mhz.
• System Android Gingerbread 2.3.5.
• 256MB RAM.
• 200MB internal memory.
• Camera Flash LED with a 3.2 MPXl.
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS, NFC.

ZTE Blade II

• Display: 3.5 inches.
• 1 GHz single core processor.
• System Android Gingerbread 2.3.
• 512 MB RAM.
• Camera 5 MPXl.
• Front camera 0.3 MPXl.
• NFC miFavor UI.

ZTE N91

• 4.3-inch WVGA.
• Dual-core 1.2 Ghz.
• Android 4.0 system.
• 512 MB RAM.
• 4 GB of internal memory.
• Camera 5 MPXl.
• LTE connectivity, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, DLNA, GPS.

ZTE PF200

• 4.3-inch QHD.
• Processor Qualcomm dual-core 1.5 Ghz.
• System Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
• 1 GB RAM.
• 4 GB of internal memory.
• 8 MPXl camera.
• NFC, DLNA, GPS, BT 2.1 and MHL

ZTE PF112 HD

• 4.5 inch HD display (1028 x 720).
• 1.5 Ghz dual core processor (tbc)
• System Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
• 1 GB RAM.
• 8 GB of storage.
• 8 MPXl camera.
• Wi-Fi, BT 3.0, GPS , DLNA, MHL and support HD Voice .

ZTE Skate Water

• 4-inch WVGA.
• 1 Ghz processor.
• System Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• 512 MB RAM.
• 4 GB of internal memory.
• Camera 5 MPXl.
• 1600 mAh battery.

Certainly a wide range of Android terminals that presented by the Chinese producer, for everyone, which will position themselves in different market segments with prices yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned for future updates and posts.