ZTE has released Blade A1, its new budget smartphone, which becomes the most affordable smartphone with a fingerprint sensor, beating the UMi Fair that was released in September. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
ZTE says that fingerprint sensor can unlock the phone in just 0.3 seconds. It has hybrid dual SIM support that lets you second SIM slot as a microSD slot when required and has it 4G LTE connectivity.
ZTE Blade A1 specifications
- 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
- 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 MP2 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, LED Flash
- 8MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 142 x 70.2 x 8.9mm; Weight: 137g
- 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2800mAh battery
The ZTE Blade A1 comes in White color is priced at just 599 Yuan ( US$ 94 / Rs. 6,255 approx.). It will now available for order through jd.com in China and will go on sale from December 11th.