ZTE Blade V7 and V7 Lite now official with Smart Sense gesture control

BY Evan Selleck

Published 22 Feb 2016

Blade V7

With Mobile World Congress now officially underway, other companies are starting to announce their new smartphones as well.

ZTE has recently announced a pair of new smartphones within the same V7 family. The first is the Blade V7 (pictured above), which features a 5.2-inch full HD display with a 2.5D curved design, and a 78.2-percent screen-to-body ratio. There’s an octa-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz under the hood, paired with 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage. It’s running Android M out of the box, and the battery is measured in at 2500mAh. The camera on the back is a 13MP PDAF shooter, with a double color flash for good measure. It also boasts ZTE’s Smart Sense gesture controls. There’s a 5MP camera on the other side. It will be available in Germany, Spain, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Mexico by summer of 2016.

Blade V7 Lite

The Blade V7 Lite shares a similar design, just with a 5-inch display, a quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage with expandable memory. It’s running Android 6.0, too, and a battery that’s measured in at 2500mAh. Interestingly enough, the Blade V7 Lite features a fingerprint sensor. It will first launch in Russia before becoming available in Mexico, Spain, Germany and Thailand by spring 2016.

What do you think of ZTE’s newest phones?

[via ZTE]