For some of you, might not have heard of the ZTE. It’s a company based in China which offers handsets, wireless communication products and services etc. The company is now deemed the sixth largest handset maker in the world. And they have a few cellphones that have entered the Canada and US markets. C79, a flip phone, is one of them and it’s on MetroPCS.
MetroCPS only charges $159 for the ZTE C79 flip phone, which is completely contract-free with no strings attached. EngadgetMobile has got their hands on the ZTE C79 flip. On the negative side, the C79 feels like a cheap phone, it’s kind of bulky but it feels pretty light, which might be too light that you would think it’s just a piece of cheap plastic. The external music controls of this phone are unnecessarily small, but the volume can be adjusted via the earpiece during calls and the sound was pretty muddy.
On the positive side, the keypad is large enough with easy-to-press buttons, which gives no problems at all to even fattest fingers. The screens are bright and reasonably colorful, which has a resolution of 220X176, that is pretty comfortable on a low-end device like that. The hinge of this flip phone is pretty solid, which is unlike other low-end devices that hinge is always the weakness – easily breakable.
You’ll also find other mid-range features on the C79 flip phone, including microSD expansion and stereo Bluetooth etc.
source [engadgetmobile]
October 13th, 2010 at 3:55 am
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