review of ZTE Blade V7 Lite
ZTE at the MWC 2016 event introduced Blade V7 Lite aimed at young people to look more stylish.
Looking at the specifications offered by the ZTE Blade V7 Lite, this smartphone is classified as middle class. Even so, the price of the ZTE Blade V7 Lite is very affordable, at the price of Rp. 1,549,000. Then is spending such an amount of money getting a worthwhile experience?
Now this gadget has the opportunity to review the ZTE Blade V7 Lite so that you know more about how good this smartphone is.
Design
The ZTE Blade V7 Lite has a full aluminum metal body with white on the front and silver on the metal at the rear. Even so, when held metal material used feels quite thin.
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The ZTE Blade V7 Lite also uses LED notification lights as notifications. Overall the ZTE Blade V7 gives the impression of a futuristic cellphone, only the material used reflects the price.
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The back of the ZTE Blade V7 Lite
The thickness of this smartphone is only 7.9mm so it is very fitting and comfortable when held. At the front there are three capacitive touch buttons with a round "Home" button in the center, while the "Back" and "Option" buttons can be changed according to their preference through settings.
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Home, Back, and Option buttons
ZTE Blade V7 Lite offers a 5-inch IPS touch screen. The resolution is still in the form of HD 1280 x 720 pixels so that it has a pixel density of 320 ppi. Using the IPS panel ensures better image quality and color brightness.
One that might need a little attention is on the screen that is easily scarred by oil or sweat.
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Many fingerprints stick
Camera
The photo enthusiast will definitely be interested in the ZTE Blade V7 Lite camera which can be said to be one of its advantages. This smartphone offers a 13 MP camera on the back and 8 MP on the front. Both cameras have LED Flash lights and on the rear camera there is face detection technology.
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The main camera in outdoor
The quality produced by the rear camera is quite good both in the outside and in the room with poor lighting. Likewise for the front camera still produces images that remain good compared to most smartphones in their class.
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In a lowlight state
Performance
ZTE Blade V7 Lite features the MediaTek MT6735P chipset with Mali-T720 GPU. 2 GB of RAM is available and 16 GB of internal storage can be added with a microSD with a capacity of up to 128 GB.
All specifications are run by the latest Android operating system, namely Android 6.0 Marshmallow. In the manufacturer's condition, the ZTE Blade V7 Lite does not have too many default applications and the RAM used is 740 MB.
Through a trial test with a benchmark application , the ZTE Blade V7 Lite reaches the value of 2,616 on PCMark 7 and 23,872 on AnTuTu v6.
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Benchmark value of ZTE Blade V7 Lite
When navigating the smartphone it still feels less smooth for the screen transition on the Home and App Drawer, but this doesn't mean much because it's still fairly smooth and can be further adjusted through another application launcher .
Furthermore, trying to run the game Hitman Go and Modern Combat 5 that has a graphic intensive to find out how powerful it really is. As a result, in most ZTE Blade V7 Lite is able to run it smoothly, but found some decrease in FPS (Frame per Second) in certain parts.
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Temperature when playing games
The temperature of the ZTE Blade V7 Lite when playing games is in the range of 43 degrees Celsius. As a result of the material, which is mostly made of metal, the heat will be felt in the hands, especially in long-term use.
Battery
ZTE Blade V7 Lite has a 2500 mAh capacity battery. In the trial results using PCMark can last up to 7 hours 35 minutes in normal use such as reading or browsing .
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Battery life
Of course, how long the ZTE Blade V7 Lite can turn on actually depends on how heavy the use is such as the brightness, type of game and video resolution that is witnessed. To charge a battery of 12% to return to 100% it takes around 2 hours 10 minutes with a 1A adapter.
Others
The ZTE Blade V7 Lite has a round finger scan sensor in the bekalang section exactly below the camera. There are 3G, 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth v4.0, and microUSB v2.0 connectivity. There are two SIM card slots that one also doubles as a microSD slot.
Conclusion
At a price of Rp. 1,549,000, the ZTE Blade V7 Lite is able to offer attractive middle-class smartphones . The combination of aluminum metal design with white-silver color makes it look beautiful and comfortable in the hand even though it feels it can be even better.
ZTE Blade V7 Lite is suitable for those who want a cheap smartphone with specifications that are sufficient for daily activities and light gaming , but with camera quality that exceeds the price to capture important moments.