ZTE has launched a new smartphone under its Blade-series, Blade S6 at an event in Hong Kong. The ZTE Blade S6 and ZTE Blade S6 Plus are the clones of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus respectively.
The Blade S6 features a 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) display with In-Cell technology. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) alongside 2GB of RAM. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box with ZTE’s MiFavor 3.0 UI on top. As claimed by ZTE, Blade S6 is “world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core smartphone running the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system.
On camera front, ZTE Blade S6 sports a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor and LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera also onboard. The smartphone is backed by a 2400mAh battery. ZTE has provided various connectivity options including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, 4G LTE, and Micro-USB.
The ZTE Blade S6 include ZTE’s AliveShare application for network-less communication and Smart Sense gesture motion control.It packs 16GB of built-in storage and supports expandable storage via microSD card while the company is touting Hi-Fi sound capability. The smartphone packs proximity, ambient light, accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope sensors.
That ZTE Blade S6 is priced at $249.99 and will be available globally starting February 10. The handset will be available online worldwide via AliExpres, and via Amazon or eBay in select markets. The new Blade series smartphone can also be shipped to India via AliExpress.
