ZTE Blade

ZTE
Manufacturer ZTE
Model V880
First released 21 September 2010
Type Slate smartphone
Dimensions 116 mm (4.6 in) H
56.5 mm (2.22 in) W
11.8 mm (0.46 in) D
Weight 130 g (4.6 oz)[1]
Operating system Android 2.1 Éclair or 2.2 Froyo
CPU Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz (ARMv6 architecture)
GPU Adreno 200[2]
Memory 512 MB or 256 MB RAM
Storage 512 MB NAND
Removable storage

microSD slot v2.0 compatible (supports up to 32 GB)

2 GB card included
Battery 1250 mAh
Internal rechargeable lithium-ion battery, 4 hours talk time and 216 hours (9 days) stand-by time
Data inputs Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display, 3-axis accelerometer, digital compass, proximity and ambient light sensors
Display

480×800 px, 3.5 in (89 mm), 267 PPI, WVGA,

OLED or TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen
Rear camera 3.2 or 5.0 megapixel with auto focus
Connectivity Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz HSPA/WCDMA 900 2100 MHz
Other Proximity sensor, Ambient Light sensor, Accelerometer, FM Radio, Compass, GPS, A-GPS, LED Notification.

The ZTE V880, sold outside China as ZTE Blade and marketed by networks under various customized brand names (see variants below), is a smartphone manufactured by ZTE Corporation for the Android platform. Unveiled by Orange UK as San Francisco, it went on sale on 21 September 2010, with a white variant released later.[3] By 2011, more than 8 million Blade handsets have been sold in more than 50 countries worldwide.[4]

The Blade II was released in March 2012 with Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A 1 GHz processor and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.[5]

The Blade III was released in September 2012 with a 4 in screen, 4 GB storage, a 1600 mAh Li-Ion battery and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.[6]

The Blade brand has since been applied to successor models such as Blade C and Blade L.

Variants

In some countries, the ZTE Blade is available in customized versions with different cameras and touchscreen displays and often bears a different brand name:

Reviews

Reviews of the ZTE Blade have been positive due to the amount of features offered while maintaining a low price.[29] The screen in particular received praise, while the camera/camcorder quality was identified as one of the few downsides to the device.[30]

Community reception

A Blade without a customized brand name.

In the annual handset opinion survey of The Best non-htc Device of 2010, organised by xda-developers forum, the ZTE Blade won a total of 24.66% votes, placing it first among the 32 handsets including Samsung Galaxy S and Google's flagship phone Nexus S, placing them on the second and third position right behind ZTE Blade, as judged by forum users.[31]

Various websites, mainly MoDaCo and xda-developers, have created a very large modifications scene around the Blade. Offering various custom ROMs (such as de-branded ROMs, for the re-branded devices) which remove all software that phone companies put on the device like applications and games, etc., or upgraded software versions (like Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, or Jelly Bean) which do not come on the device in its stock configuration. Users who flash custom ROMs void their warranty and take risks in doing so, however it is possible to restore the original stock ROM.

At first, because of the lack of essential components such as OpenMAX libraries for ARMv6, Blade running Android 4.0+ lacks hardware video acceleration. However, the fix has been found[39] and the current Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean ROMs can be considered as fairly stable ROM for daily use, as all the major features have worked and been fixed.

See also

References

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  33. ics4blade
  34. CyanogenMod 10 (Android 4.1.2)
  35. CyanogenMod 10 (Continuation of KonstaT's work)
  36. CyanogenMod 10.1 (Android 4.2.2)
  37. CyanogenMod 10.2 (Android 4.3.1)
  38. CyanogenMod 11.0 (Android 4.4.2)
  39. XDA Developers - Modified libstagefright to use legacy Qualcomm OMX IL libs on ICS for MSM7x27 SoCs

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