- Analysis by KJ David
Released alongside a couple of other budget-class smartphones, namely, the A5 2019 and the A7 2019, the Android Go ZTE Blade A3 2019 is peppered with some dinosaur-esque cons, such as a 1.4GHz quad-core Unisoc SC9832E processor coupled with a paltry 1GB RAM . Those specs obviously pale in comparison to the basic eight-core engines and at least 2GB RAMs offered by several other low-budget contenders featured here on Phonerated.
Its under-the-hood pros and cons also include a 2000mAh-only battery whose raw capacity obviously will not be plugging it into our list of the best high-stamina phones -- even 2500mAh of power already sounded so-so in the low-end market as we were writing this.
Storage-wise, it offers 16GB of on-board storage extendable by up to 128GB , which we flagged as a slight pro, at least compared to the 8GB-only storage memories offered by a few slightly-older models. Keep in mind, though, that a few competing budget Androids have twice as much native memory, at 32GB. Also, its aforementioned Android Go operating system (Android 9.0 Pie) is specifically designed for low-end phones -- it has stripped-down versions of basic apps to conserve phone memory and it comes with a native data manager for browsing.
When it comes to imaging, this Blade model is ironically dull, offering an 8-megapixel fixed-focus primary camera and an even more low-caliber 5-megapixel selfie cam, still suffering from a fixed focus capacity.
The A3 2019 sports a 5-inch FWVGA+ (960 x 480) display , which, as of this review, was all but a telltale sign of an essentials-only smartphone. Also joining in is a standard 4G-LTE network reach, Bluetooth 4.2, and a casing of either Blue or Black.
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So, taking all its pros and cons together, this 2019 edition of the Blade A3 caters to basic Android users and pragmatists.
On-paper Review rating:
A year ago, this smartphone's on-paper performance would have been just fine, but by today's standards, the 1.5GHz Unisoc SC9832E processor with a RAM of only 1GB seems a little pale.
It's frustrating that we could not find its weight information.
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Not only does it have a 1.5GHz processor clock speed, but it also has 4 cores.
We are talking about an above-average screen, making it a phablet: 5, 1.4GHz inches and a resolution of 960 x 480 pixels means about 10.01 square inches and an image sharpness of at least 385 dots per inch (DPI)!
It features a high-megapixel camera (8-megapixel (fixed focus))
The selfie cam resolution seems just about average.
** This phone is also known as: ZTE A3 2019
*** These pros and cons are spotted automatically based on our analysis formula and the specifications we have in our database for this product. If you notice a mistake, please let us know.
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