Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsGreat phone with a not so great camera
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2024
For the price paid i think it is a cracking phone.Snapdragon 8 gen 1 and 16 GB ram.Very fast.The main reason for buying it is that i don't like the notches for the camera in the screen.Battery life not great but i think that's the case with flagship phones nowdays.I get 2 days out of it sometimes but most of the time i need to charge it daily.Also it came completely flat which is not great for a Lithium battery.It was probably sat on the shelves somewhere.I think that is one of the reasons for it being discounted.This phone launched at over 700 pounds. I hope i am not wrong nut i think this is the fastest phone from 2022 because of the cooling system allowing the snapdragon processor to perform better than other flagship phones.Camera it is average at best.i know that is a gaming phone but camera could be much better at this price point.I've owned a S Note 9 before and it was taking much better pictures than this and that phone was launched in 2018.The selfie camera is "functioning".The image quality is bad as expected for a camera under display but i don't mind that.I am not doing selfies so i prefer not to see it when watching the screen.Another thing i don't like is that the fingerprint is on the screen and it doesn't allways works first time.Don't expect any updates.It says on their website LAST UPDATED. 2023.11.07.This phone was launched in 2022 so i think they already dropped the updates for this model.It says on their website that they support the phone for more than 2 years.I knew ZTE are not great when it comes to updates.I bought this phone knowing this.I will keep it regardless of the lack of updates.I am giving this 3 star mainly because the dissapointing camera.