US and Chinese presidents work to get ZTE ‘back into business’

ZTE's future is currently grim in light of the revived US export ban, but is it guaranteed to wither and die? Not necessarily. President Trump has tweeted that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping are "working together" to give ZTE a "way to get bac...

ZTE nubia Z18 mini 4G LTE-Enabled Android 8.1 Smartphone

ZTE nubia Z18 mini

ZTE has unveiled a new 4G LTE-enabled Android 8.1 smartphone ‘nubia Z18 mini’ to its range. Adopting an all-metal aluminum alloy frame, this mid-range smartphone packs a 5.7-inch 2160 x 1080 18:9 FHD+ In-Cell 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, an Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform, an Adreno 512 GPU, a 6GB RAM and a 64GB/128GB internal storage.

Coming with dual SIM card slots, the handset sports an 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1.12um pixel size and 80-degree wide-angle lens, a 24MP rear-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture, PDAF, CAF and dual-tone LED flash + 5MP secondary camera, a fingerprint sensor on the back and a 3450mAh battery.

Running on Android 8.1 Oreo OS with nubia UI on top, the nubia Z18 mini provides 4G VoLTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + GLONASS and USB Type-C for connectivity. The ZTE nubia Z18 mini will go on sale in China from April 19th for a starting price of 1,799 Yuan / $286 for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage version. [FoneArena]

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ZTE faces revived US export ban over false statements

When the US Commerce Department slapped ZTE with $1.19 billion in penalties for illegally shipping telecom gear to Iran and North Korea (and making false claims about it), it offered a reprieve: it would suspend a seven-year export ban as long as the...

Researchers say some Android phone makers hide missed updates

A number of Android phones have a tendency to skip the occasional security patch while making it appear that the device is fully up to date, Wired reports. Researchers with Security Research Labs (SRL) looked into 1,200 phones from manufacturers like...

ZTE Tempo Go Android Go Smartphone

ZTE Tempo Go

ZTE has released a new Android Go smartphone ‘Tempo Go’ in the US market. Specs-wise, this low-end smartphone packs a 5.0-inch 854 x 480 FWVGA toucshcreen display, a 1.1GHz MSM8909 quad-core processor, a 1GB RAM and an 8GB of expandable internal storage (up to 32GB).

Coming with a single micro-SIM card slot, the handset sports a 2MP front-facing camera, a 5MP rear-facing camera, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 2200mAh battery.

Running on Android Oreo Go Edition OS, the Tempo Go provides 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS for connectivity. The ZTE Tempo Go is available now for just $79.99. [Product Page]

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