ZTE may be relative newcomers on the smartphone scene but they have been absolutely killing it since their entry into the market in 2011. That trend has continued with its two newest devices to its boutique
Nubia line of smart
phones, the Z5S and Z5S Mini. China's largest online retailer, JD.com (formerly 360buy.com) has received over 2.5 million preorders for the soon to be released phones according to a
press release distributed by
ZTE.
According to the press release, the previous record was held by rival phone manufacturer, Xiaomi. Both the Z5S and Z5S Mini are beautiful looking phones, with
ZTE acting especially proud of their
cameras. Both phones include 13MP rear facing
cameras that feature ZTE's
new NEOVISION 3.0 system which the company claims is the first to feature "independent white-balance" to China.
ZTE even goes as far as to claim that the
new handsets "[have earned] the moniker of 'Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) Smartphones.'" Anyone who has real experience with both SLR
cameras and the
cameras found in most of our phones will be quick to point out that
ZTE is giving its own products incredibly high praise with that comment.
The Z5S also features top of the line
specs: a 1920 x 1080 5-inch HD screen, the Snapdragon 800
chipset with a
quad-core processor running at 2.3Ghz and 2GBs of
RAM. The Z5S Mini includes slightly lower specs, with the Snapdragon 600
chipset with a
quad-core processor running at 1.7 GHz, 2GB of
RAM and a 720p 4.7inch screen. In addition to the 13MP back facing cameras, both phones also feature 5MP front facing
cameras. The Z5S retails on JD.com for 1999 Yuan (about 329USD, 239EUR) while the Z5S Mini goes for 1499 Yuan (246USD, 179EUR) both are currently sold out. If those
cameras and
specs don't convince you, maybe these
Antutu benchmarks will.
What do you think of ZTE's extremely popular phones?