Barcelona, Spain – The ZTE Blade V8 Mini and ZTE Blade V8 Lite smartphones are the latest entrants at this year’s MWC 2017. The two new Blade V8 series devices sport a metal unibody design, rear fingerprint sensor, front facing 5MP selfie camera, and run Android 7.0 Nougat OS.
The Blade V8 Mini is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor and uses a dual rear camera setup – 13MP main + 2MP secondary camera for depth sensing while the Blade V8 Lite is powered by an octa-core Mediatek processor and packs a single 8MP camera. See the full specs after the image below:
| Specifications | ZTE Blade V8 Mini | ZTE Blade V8 Lite |
| Operating System | Android 7.0 Nougat OS MiFavour 4.2 UI | |
| Dimensions | 143.5 x 70 x 8.9mm | 143.5 x 71 x 8mm |
| SIM | Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD) | |
| Display | 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD | 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) FHD |
| Processor | 1.4GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 SoC | 1.5GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 SoC |
| Graphics | Adreno 505 GPU | Mali T860 GPU |
| Memory | 2GB of RAM | |
| Storage | 16GB built-in + up to 128GB via microSD | |
| Main Camera | 13MP camera with LED Flash + 2MP Secondary camera | 8MP camera with LED Flash
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| Front Camera | 5MP Selfie camera | |
| Connectivity | 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS | |
| Fingerprint sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Battery | 2800mAh built-in | 2500mAh built-in |
The ZTE will be available in Asia Pacific and Europe while the ZTE V8 Lite will roll out to Europe (Germany, Italy and Spain). Pricing and exact launch dates are still a mystery.
