ZTE unveils Blade A2 — octa-core, PDAF, fingerprint scanner for cheap

ZTE has a new budget smartphone for the Chinese home market and it’s going to be really cheap despite the impressive internals it has.

The ZTE Blade A2 has a metal build sporting a 5-inch HD display topped with a 2.5D glass and is powered by a MediaTek MT6752 with 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage. ZTE also threw in a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase detection autofocus and a fingerprint scanner. All are supported by the sealed 2500mAh battery.

ZTE Blade A2 specs:
5-inch IPS LCD @ 1280 x 720 pixels
1.5GHz MediaTek MT6750 octa-core processor
Mali-T860 MP2 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
13-megapixel rear PDAF camera w/ LED flash
5-megapixel front-facing camera
Dual-SIM
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS w/ A-GPS
Fingerprint scanner
2500mAh non-removable battery
Android 5.1 Lollipop w/ Mifavor 3.2
143.8 × 70.2 × 7.9mm
Gold, Silver, Gray color options

The Blade A2 is available in two variants in China, a cheaper 599 Yuan (~Php 4200USD 72INR 6,067EUR 68CNY 521) that’ll work in two networks in their country and a more expensive 699 Yuan  (~Php 4900USD 83INR 7,079EUR 80CNY 608) that’ll work with any network.

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