By Star Chang, posted Aug 23, 2012 at 3:52 AM, 684 views,

ZTE New Quad-core Smarphone is Selling Cheap in China

ZTE has just released a new quad-core handset in Chinese market. The new Grand Era U985 Android smartphone features a 4.5-inch HD display, scoring a 326 ppi of pixel density. The quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset clocked at 1.5 GHz gives powerful processing performance. It is selling really cheap in China for US$312 (1999 yuan) without contract. Too bad the device only support TD-SCDMA, which is a proprietary 3G network for China Mobile. Grand Era U985 is primarily a China-only handset if you are using 3G radio. The recently announced Xiaomi Phone 2 may have caused the new ZTE handset to set at a lower price with high-end specification. We hope the Grand Era U985 will provide a WCDMA version at the same price point. More pictures after the break.

ZTE Grand Era U985 comes with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of built-in storage with microSD slot for storage expansion. The phone’s thickness is 8.5 mm, two cameras are fitted in, 8 megapixel on the back and 1.3 megapixel on the front. The rear camera is equipped with LED flash, auto focus, and Full HD video recording. Connectivity features includes GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth with A2DP, NFC, DLNA, and micro USB 2.0 port. It also supports Dolby audio certification and MHL. It comes with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and is customized with ZTE Mifavor UI. It runs a lithium-ion battery with 2000 mAh capacity.

SOURCE: CNMO.com, PCPOP.com (Chinese content)