ZTE Open Reviews & Tests

Expert review by : Trusted Reviews (trustedreviews.com)

ZTE Open

The Firefox phone comes to the UK. Is this £60 'web' phone worth a punt?

Web-based Firefox OS platform easy to create apps for, Very cheap for a full smartphone, Non-premium app culture

Inaccurate touch keyboard, Low-resolution screen, Mediocre camera with no flash

Nov, 2013

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Expert review by : Dan Grabham (techradar.com)

ZTE Open review

The first Firefox phone takes a bow

Firefox OS isn't even in its infancy yet, but it's clear that Mozilla, operators and manufacturers have one thing in mind for the OS - budget handsets for developing markets. The ZTE Open is a colourful, cheap option, although it's hardly iOS- or...

Feb, 2013

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ZTE Open Firefox OS phone - review

Budget open-source smartphone destined for emerging markets for now

The ZTE Open is a promising-looking budget handset, and looks like a great buy for its claimed sub-$100 SIM-free price. However, don't count on it being readily available in the UK any time soon – Mozilla claims Firefox OS-powered smartphones are...

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Expert review by : Lynn La (cnet.com)

Hands-on with the bare-bones ZTE Open II Firefox phone

The Open II features a 2-megapixel camera and Firefox OS, and has its sights on emerging markets.

Feb, 2014

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Expert review by : Jessica Dolcourt (cnet.com)

ZTE Open review

ZTE's Open is many things: attractive, significantly inexpensive, frustrating, underpowered, and extremely targeted to a specific audience. Apart from being one of the first commercially available phones running the inchoate (and understandably...

ZTE's Open is an attractive smartphone that represents Firefox OS's budget aspirations.

Hardware performance suffers all across the board, from image quality to the time it takes to complete a task. Call quality wasn't so hot, either.

Skip the ZTE Open and keep hunting for your low-cost smartphone, unless simplicity or Firefox development are at the top of your list.

Sep, 2013

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Expert review by : Sascha Segan (pcmag.com)

ZTE Open (Unlocked)

We're giving the unlocked ZTE Open with the Firefox OS huge points for its very reasonable price, but the software needs more polish before it's consumer-ready.

Very inexpensive for an unlocked smartphone. Robust Web browser.

Unfinished software. Dim screen. Poor camera and GPS.

That restriction—no DRM (and no plugins)—creates some problems for Web video. The Firefox OS has a working YouTube app, but sites like Netflix and MTV.com failed to stream video because the browser couldn't handle their proprietary video plug-ins.

Sep, 2013

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