ZTE presents budget Star 3 smartphone

ZTE is back with a new smartphone but this time we won’t be dealing with high-end phablets or even smartwatches – instead fans of the brand will get the Star 3 smartphone, which happens to be a budget-oriented handset.

The device measures 155.3 x 77.2 x 8.55 mm and weighs 160 grams. The first piece of good news comes here – despite its budget status, the ZTE Star 3 has an aluminum chassis and a built-in fingerprint reader. The rest of the specs include a 64-bit octo-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with four cores at 1.7 GHz and the rest at 1 GHz, Adreno 405 graphics, a 5.5-inch sensor display at Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels, 401 ppi), 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot for expansion (up to 128 GB), a rear 13 MP camera with an aperture of f/2.2, laser focusing and dual LED flash, a front 5 MP camera and a 3000 mAh battery. Finally there’s support for LTE and two SIM cards.

The ZTE Star 3 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop under the Nubia 3.0 user’s interface and sells for around USD 160.

Source: ZTE