This phone goes on sale on PAYG for £99.99 inc £10 top up on 4th september or £81.99 in store if you are a virgin media customer. You can get it on contract from £13/month for virgin media customers (£18/month for non-virgin customers) on a 24 month contract too. Click on the link and then the zte checkbox on the left hand side, the zte blade v will appear there on 4th september.
This is easily the best spec for a phone available at £99.99 from the uk. The samsung galaxy ace 3 and sony experia m cost way more than this, huewei's phones of similar spec cost a lot more too.
The phone is locked to virgin sim cards, the only way to unlock the phone at this time is to pay virgin £15.32. the £10 payg credit can be used to put towards this cost, resulting in you paying just £5.32.
Specs:
Android 4.1.2
1.2GHz Qualcomm 200 (MSM8225Q) Quad-Core CortexA5 chip with Adreno 203 GPU
1GB RAM
4GB storage (2gb user accessible)
Micro SD card slot (supports upto 32gb)
4" 800x480 IPS Capacitive screen
5 megapixel rear camera with auto focus & flash
VGA Front camera
1800 mAh battery
Bluetooth 4.0
A2DP1.2
802.11n wireless
GPS
FM Radio
Mobile standards: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) /HSPA/HSPA+/UMTS/GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Audio codec support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, AMR-NB, Ogg Vorbis, PCM/WAV
Video codec support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
130 grams
Dimensions: 126x64x10.9mm
Top ups are in £5 minimum increments so ask the phone advisor nicely if they can credit you the 32p needed to unlock. they did for me but if you demand it they could insist you buy another £5 to cover it
- mrwhitelabel
Top comments
hajj_3 to revzman
1 Sep 13246#5
You are correct it isn't as good as the £500 Samsung galaxy s4, thank you for pointing this out.
MadeDixonsCry to revzman
1 Sep 13144#9
Besford to revzman
2 Sep 1331#15
Genius - comment of the day! :laughing:
revzman
1 Sep 1328#4
Not as good as some of the more expensive phones IMO.
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hajj_3
1 Sep 132#1
hajj_3
1 Sep 134#2
Those phones are rather different really, galaxy s3 is faster, better screen, camera etc. But this has some tasty spec for just £90. There are few phones if any under £150 that have 1gb ram, many have android 4.0 instead of 4.1.2, i expect this phone to sell well in the uk. This uses cortex a5 cores (low power), galaxy s3 has cortex a9 cores which are probably 50% or so faster but i wouldn't pay £215 for a phone with that spec personally.
Sliwka
1 Sep 13#3
Some of the deals on HTC one got 500° for 2% discount during 2 days, so this should got 10000° for the value..
revzman
1 Sep 1328#4
Not as good as some of the more expensive phones IMO.
hajj_3 to revzman
1 Sep 13246#5
You are correct it isn't as good as the £500 Samsung galaxy s4, thank you for pointing this out.
MadeDixonsCry to revzman
1 Sep 13144#9
Besford to revzman
2 Sep 1331#15
Genius - comment of the day! :laughing:
7r34 to revzman
2 Sep 13#56
duh!
ppatto to revzman
2 Sep 133#78
yes
not as good as being married to my amazing wife
not as good as being a father
but a lot better than a phone made from poo or a carrot
have i stated more obvious stuff out for you
please leave hukd and never ever return
u sir r stating the ultimate in obvious :smirk: made me laugh though thanks for that
spenspuma to revzman
2 Sep 13#146
guitarman1 to revzman
2 Sep 133#172
After taking a minute to think about your comment?
RohanC to revzman
4 Sep 13#309
thank you captain obvious, I was thinking this was better than a 400 pound phone then
GiggleStool to revzman
7 Sep 131#525
Well... obviously you pleb!
Sstuff
1 Sep 13#6
Any link to the phone for sale? Will it be available online/Instore?
hajj_3 to Sstuff
1 Sep 13#7
the link provided takes you to their store, click on the zte checkbox on the left hand side on 4th september and it will be there for us to see. I'm not sure about instore i presume so.
Sstuff
1 Sep 13#8
Thanks
Croftybaby
1 Sep 13#10
Will be nabbing one of these!
MadeDixonsCry
1 Sep 13#11
If you thought the acer e2 looked budget, take a look at this phone!
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Opening post
Confirmation from Virgin that it will indeed be on sale on the 4th september and that virgin customers can get it for £81.99 in store: http://about.virginmedia.com/press-release/9398/virgin-media-cuts-the-mustard-with-zte-blade-v Virgin store staff just need your account number and name to get it for this price in store.
This is easily the best spec for a phone available at £99.99 from the uk. The samsung galaxy ace 3 and sony experia m cost way more than this, huewei's phones of similar spec cost a lot more too.
Contract link for blade v: http://store.virginmedia.com/content/eSales/en_gb/home/virgin-media-mobile/pay-monthly-phones/zte-blade-v/zte-blade-v-tariffs.html PLEASE NOTE the phone is showing up as blade 3 in the basket, don't order yet until they fix this problem.
The phone is locked to virgin sim cards, the only way to unlock the phone at this time is to pay virgin £15.32. the £10 payg credit can be used to put towards this cost, resulting in you paying just £5.32.
Specs:
Android 4.1.2
1.2GHz Qualcomm 200 (MSM8225Q) Quad-Core CortexA5 chip with Adreno 203 GPU
1GB RAM
4GB storage (2gb user accessible)
Micro SD card slot (supports upto 32gb)
4" 800x480 IPS Capacitive screen
5 megapixel rear camera with auto focus & flash
VGA Front camera
1800 mAh battery
Bluetooth 4.0
A2DP1.2
802.11n wireless
GPS
FM Radio
Mobile standards: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) /HSPA/HSPA+/UMTS/GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Audio codec support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, AMR-NB, Ogg Vorbis, PCM/WAV
Video codec support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
130 grams
Dimensions: 126x64x10.9mm
Qualcomm 200 series specs: http://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/qualcomm-snapdragon-200-product-brief.pdf
foreign video reviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gb9SXhsmYMc&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-8_WU1TcItc
English Reviews:
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/zte/zte-blade-v/21098/zte-blade-v-first-look-specs-first-impressions
http://www.stuff.tv/zte/hands-review-zte-blade-v-90-quad-core-android-phone-thats-better-it-has-any-right-be/news
DIRECT LINK TO PAYG PHONE: http://store.virginmedia.com/content/eSales/en_gb/home/virgin-media-mobile/pay-as-you-go-phones/zte-blade-v/zte-blade-v-tariffs.html
Stock rom: http://www.ztedevices.com/support/smart_phone/cd8f32ce-9d6a-41ac-941d-d24e7317ca44.html?type=software
Root instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403230
ClockworkMod Recovery: http://www.modaco.com/topic/365228-recovery-clockworkmod-6036-for-zte-blade-v/
Top ups are in £5 minimum increments so ask the phone advisor nicely if they can credit you the 32p needed to unlock. they did for me but if you demand it they could insist you buy another £5 to cover it
- mrwhitelabel
Top comments
All comments (1070)
not as good as being married to my amazing wife
not as good as being a father
but a lot better than a phone made from poo or a carrot
have i stated more obvious stuff out for you
please leave hukd and never ever return
u sir r stating the ultimate in obvious :smirk: made me laugh though thanks for that