ZTE Era

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ZTE's first major offensive on the mobile market this year is the ZTE Era, running on a quad-core Tegra 3-powered processor, the ZTE Era sports a  4.3-inch display screen with resolution of 960 x 540-pixel qHD pixels. With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as its operating system, this mobile device from ZTE has got 8GB of internal storage with a micro-SD slot option, thus providing powerful new ways of communicating and sharing, with easy multitasking, rich notifications and deep interactivity

The ZTE Era, considered as the strongest smartphone from the ZTE stable, is just 7.8 millimetres thick and comes equipped with an NVIDIA Icera 450 HSPA+ modem. It distinctively combines amazing battery life and outstanding performance with Tegra 3′s unique 4-PLUS-1™ quad-core architecture with a fifth battery saver core.

There is some good news for ZTE as according to industry analyst Gartner, ZTE was ranked as the world’s No.4 in terms of handset shipments in Q4 2011 and ZTE smartphone sales are growing faster than any other vendor except Apple.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Design

• Device type:
  • Smart phone
• OS:
  • Android (4.0)
• Form factor:
  • Candybar

Display

• Physical size:
  • 4.30 inches
• Resolution:
  • 540 x 960 pixels
• Pixel density:
  • 256 ppi
• Colors:
  • 16 777 216
• Touchscreen:
  • • Capacitive, Multi-touch
• Features:
  • Light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

• System chip:
  • NVIDIA Tegra 3
• Processor:
  • Quad core, 1300 MHz
• Graphics processor:
  • • Yes
• System memory:
  • 1000 MB RAM
• Built-in storage:
  • 8000 MB
• Storage expansion:
  • Slot Type:
    • microSD, microSDHC
  • Maximum card size:
    • 32 GB

Camera

• Camera:
  • • 8 megapixels
  • Features:
    • Geo tagging
• Camcorder:
  • • 1920x1080 (1080p HD)
  • Features:
    • Video calling
• Front-facing camera:
  • Yes

Multimedia

• Music player:
  • Filter by:
    • Album, Artist, Playlists
  • Features:
    • Album art cover, Background playback, Dolby Mobile
• Radio:
  • • FM
• YouTube player:
  • Yes

Internet browsing

• Browser:
  • • Yes
  • Supports:
    • HTML, HTML5, Flash
• Built-in online services support:
  • YouTube (upload), Picasa

Technology

• GSM:
  • 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS:
  • 900, 2100 MHz
• Data:
  • HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
• Positioning:
  • GPS
• Navigation:
  • Yes

Phone features

• Phonebook:
  • Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID
• Organizer:
  • Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
• Messaging:
  • SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input
• E-mail:
  • • IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Push e-mail

Connectivity

• Bluetooth:
  • • 3.0
• Wi-Fi:
  • • 802.11 b, g, n
• USB:
  • • Yes
  • Connector:
    • microUSB
  • Features:
    • Mass storage device, USB charging
• HDMI:
  • • Yes
• • DLNA, MHL, UMA, Computer sync, OTA sync

Other features

• Notifications:
  • Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
• Sensors:
  • • Accelerometer
• • Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording