ZTE U887 is a low-cost 5-inch Phablet for the masses


Tis the season for leaked flagship phone’s, amazing specifications and equally high price tags, but if you are hoping to bag a 5-inch Android phone for a low price in 2013 ZTE have your back!

From our count ZTE have 3 5-inch phones lined for launch over the coming month. First up is the quad-core, 13MP equipped Nubia Z5 which will launch this Friday, then there are rumours of a 5-inch Grand S and now we have the ZTE U887.

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Unlike the other two phones the ZTE U887 will be aimed at the low-end market and as such doesn’t get a quad-core CPU, huge mega-pixel rear camera. Instead the U887 has a 1.2Gghz MT6577 dual-core chip, 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM, 2000mAh battery and 5-inch 800 x 400 display.

Despite the low-end specs ZTE have given the U887 a 3 mega-pixel front camera, possibly in the hopes to sell the big screen device as a ‘fashion’ phone.

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12 Comments

  1. ThinkOutsideTheBox
    December 18, 2012

    Now that 2013 Is almost here, I’m more excited about octa-core processors & Tegra 4. I can’t wait to see octa-core Android phones & Android TV boxes coming out of China @ cheap prices.

    • YaPeL
      December 18, 2012

      Octa cores? what the heck? android can barely use 2 cores

  2. lordsbm
    December 19, 2012

    ZTE U887 seems like a repackaged beidou chi to me. It would suprise me as they did have decent result making U950 with beidou.

  3. Guest
    December 19, 2012

    Now that 2013 Is almost here, I’m more excited about octa-core processors & Tegra 4. I can’t wait to see octa-core Android phones & Android TV boxes coming out of China @ cheap prices.

    • Guest
      December 19, 2012

      Octa cores? what the heck? android can barely use 2 cores

  4. Guest
    December 19, 2012

    ZTE U887 seems like a repackaged beidou chi to me. It would suprise me as they did have decent result making U950 with beidou.

  5. david
    December 19, 2012

    512mb ram is a deal breaker 🙁

  6. Victor
    December 20, 2012

    Some phone mentions about MT6577 1,2ghz , is this a real world processor or just an ad gimmick ?

    • December 20, 2012

      Nope real speed. Some have 1ghz others have 1.2ghz

  7. Guest
    December 20, 2012

    512mb ram is a deal breaker 🙁

  8. Guest
    December 20, 2012

    Some phone mentions about MT6577 1,2ghz , is this a real world processor or just an ad gimmick ?

    • Guest
      December 20, 2012

      Nope real speed. Some have 1ghz others have 1.2ghz